FIJI AS A PORT OF CALL.
The "News of the World" says that notwithstanding the objection to making the harbour of Levuka, Fiji Islands, a calling place for "Webb's steamers, plying between San Francisco and Australia, on account of the dangerous reefs surrounding the entrance, the merchants and other residents are taking steps to secure that end. They claim that the Nanuku Passage is safe for steamers, and that the business to be derived would warrant Mr "Webb in making Levuka a calling station. At a recent meeting of merchants of Fiji it was decided that when it was definitely arranged for the mail steamers to call at Levuka they and the inhabitants of the group of islands would guarantee £IOOO towards making the necessary surveys and erecting lights for ingress and egress. A committee of five was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting. Two lights have already been ordered for the harbor of Levuka.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 841, 25 July 1871, Page 3
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158FIJI AS A PORT OF CALL. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 841, 25 July 1871, Page 3
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