THE SAMOAN WAR. Auckland, June 27.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 5

THE SAMOAN WAR. Auckland, June 27.

Tji is steamer Wainui, which arrived from the islands yesterday afternoon, brought several days' later news from Samoa, chief amongsb which is the intelligence that peace has at last been arranged between Mataafa and T&masese. The "Samoan Times. " of last Satiuday week &ays :—: — Peace has now been arranged between Malietoa and Tamaseso. Each of the opposing parties have held their fonos. All the customary forms have been gone through by both parties, in accordance with the customs and traditions of Samoan warfare. The war hatchet, as far as the natives are concerned, is now buried ; we hope so deep it will never again be brought tothe&urface to be wielded in a civil war. Many of our foreign residents, more especially those who have been a number of years living on the islands, and who are well acquainted with the tribal jealou&ness of the natives of our group, have a foreboding, which is to some evtent justified by their previous experiences, that the natives will again break out into rebellion against any king or government that may be appointed to rule over them. Such may probably occur, but we anticipate those insurrections will never again form into a body sufficiently numerous to interfere to any material extent with theexisting authority, and will be suppressed without much difficulty by the Government, which will be established under the people's chosen king, aided- and supported by the Great Powers. We are convinced the natives of the Samoan Islands will be equally as willing to submit to legitimate rule, more especially when they find their King and Government supported by the influence of the threo nations with whom they have had commercial dealing for years, and from whom they are now awaiting a constitutional programme for the governing of Samoa. The future peace and happiness of the natives of these- islands, the security of the lives and property of our foreign residents, and our commercial prosperity are now to a considerable extent in the hands of the nations who are deliberating on Samoan matters. Whatever arrangements they may make tor our future rule will be assuredly accepted without opposition from the natives or our foreign residents. This week we noticed a number of boats with men from Tamasese's camp outside the reef on the way to their homes. This is in compliance with the peace arrangements made between Mataafa and Tamasese. ' The following public notice appears in the " Samoan Times :" —To American citizens. His Majesty Malietoa Mataata having informed me that he has detailed a number of Samoans as police for the enforcing of good order in Apia, I hereby notify you all that I have authorised said police force to apprehend any Americans committing a breach of the peace or offence against law and order, and bring same before me for examination. You are hereby requested not to obstruct in any way these men in the discharge of fcheir duties, but to assist in every way in the maintenance of law and order. —W. Blacklocic, U.S. Vice-Consul.

The "Insurance and Finance Journal " says the estimated annual output of chees 6 for the thirty-one factories in New Zealand amounts to 1,697 tons, which at £40 a ton produces £67,680 — certainly a fair gross return on the paid-up capital of £31,937, to which sum, however, must be added some £9,500 estimated capital invested in eight companies who give their outputs but not their capital. We shall not be going; very far wrong if we say that the capital invested in the dairying industry amounts to neatly £40,000. The estimated annual output, of butter is only 131 tons, a fact which will probably surprise most of our readers, i Careful examination on our part has, how- ' ever, shown that the small output of butter, , as compared with cheese is a natural enough result from the unstable market elsewhere. It pays much better to ship cheese than butter to London, while the colonial market, as represented by Sydney,, lias hitherto proved so erratic and unsatisfactory as !regarda price as to disappoint shipper, s*.5 *. Still, the output of butter would be as great, if not greater, than>that of ciieepe, if the factory system were everywhere -adopted.— ' "Auckland Star. "July 26. ■> > . s