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Charles J. Morry Henry Cave A. "W. Allen W. Shepherd W. T. Sturt W. H. D. Howe J. Harinan John Bayly R. Stevenson W. J. Ahem J. Lazarus J. Banks John Mussan "William Howard J. R. Adcock J. G. Quin Archibald M'Gregor Saml. Lazarus William D. Lepper John M. Sutherland David Robbie Robert Lepper H. Raddock ¥m. Scott James M'Grath C. H. "Watson A. P. Anderson John Blair Thos. Steel Charles M*Caig P. W. Vautier Thos. Jones .** • Fred. A. Thomas John Acraman Edwards & Gains Thomas Patterson H. Spray Henry Jones Robt. Robertson E. Saunders John .Collie H. G. H. White John Gallagher George Palmer Richard C. Ross R. Whittard Henry Marks James Campbell J. D. Hathaway James "Williams G. "W. Thomas L. Armstrong Edward Magnus H. Niccol Alfred Lyons E. Dunbar C. S. Thomas E. "W. Hunt R. & H. Milne "William H. Cuthbert John Walker' John Murchie Paul Joske B. yon Klowerm Jos. R. Hill. A. H. Joske Charles D. S. Pinnock John Read H. Grovers Wm. Fillingham Parr W. S. Penman Robt. M'Dougal G. P. Woods T. Morton Richard Gray Dixon Archibald Martin F. T. Place Bernard Holmwood T. H. Prichard Jno. Randall George Clark T. W. Levitt P. Lafvers J. C. Taylor R. S. Ewins J. Wilson B. G. Dunning H. Hawkins Wm. S. Petrie D. Darrach Peter Patterson A. J. Skete A. M'Farlan D. Hardyside James W. Jennings C. Foster Henry M. Mangham J. Phillips W. T. Shaw, Engineer W. 11. Joyce John B. Hobson Geo. Meryal D. S. Montgomery Henry G. Hume Wm. Anslow Thomas IT. Phillips T. E. Riemenschneider C. A. Huon H. W. Marshall John Meredith A. G. P. Allt J. E. Pautton Robert Earle Robert Moss John V. Sims John Webber Wm. Paterson E. Plaisted Chas. D. Cuthbert William Heaydern Paul Stooss Ed. Joel H. Hall Ragg A. O'Fieffer R. Lennox Rowling W. A. Mahony W. Harris S. Levy A. C. Wood J. Gore Martin Walter Smith Wm. B. Leith R. Beckwith Leefe

To Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, &c, &c, &c. This the humble Petition of the undersigned your Majesty's British subjects, resident in the Colony of Fiji,Respectfully Showeth : — 1. That your Petitioners are colonists of Fiji, and are largely interested, commercially and otherwise, in the present and future prosperity of the Coiony. 2. That Fiji has been a British Colony since the 10th day of October, 1874. 3. That the present population of the Colony consists, it is estimated, of 110,000 native-born Fijians, and of 2,500 European and other foreign residents, exclusive of labourers introduced from other of the Pacific Islands and from India, 4. That the Government of the Colony is now administered by the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council. 5. That the Executive Council, as ordinarily constituted, consists of the Governor, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Receiver-General, and the Agent-General of Immigration. 6. That the Legislative Council consists of the Governor and his Executive Council, the Honorable the Chief Justice and other officials not Members of the Executive Council, with certain gentlemen not connected with the Government but who are nominees of the Crown. 7. That all laws and ordinances passed for the Government of the Colony are enacted by the Governor with the advice of the Legislative Council. 8. That the votes of the official Members'of the Legislative Council are recorded as His Excellency may direct, notwithstanding that their personal opinion may be at variance with his own. 9. That no Member of the Legislative Council, other than the Governor, can propose any expenditure of money, nor reduce nor adH to any amount proposed by him. 10. That since the constitution of the Government as now existing, no single ordinance has been passed when introduced by any non-official Member. 11. That the revenue of the Colony has now reached a total of at least £90,000 per annum; that the European inhabitants are the principal contributors directly or indirectly thereof, and that such revenue exceeds the present expenditure of the Colony. 12.