A TONGAN PRODIGY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 154, 10 March 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

A TONGAN PRODIGY.

"The Tongan is an apt pupil," says a Consular report just published. The case or Incke Sateki may be cited as an interesting illustration. During a visit to the Protectorate In the latter part of 1911, High Commissioner Sir Francis Way was struck Dy he excellent draughtsmanship of the youth, who was then a student at the Tonga College. Sateki was subsequently - offered the post of a supernumerary rurveycr in the Lands Department of Fiji, and entered on his duties in March, 1912. The Commissioner of Lands, Fiji, when reporting recently on Sateki's work, stated that he was by far the best draughtsman the Department had ever trained. He ; dded that not oly was he a fine draughtsman, but he was making good progress towards becoming a surveyor, and only required field practice. Without any training In mathematics, he had learned to use a logarithmic table, to calculate co-ordin-ates, take out areas by double longitudes, obtain azimuth, time, and latitude from sun observations, and s'olved the usual problems in trigonometry.