Fiji, 1870-1887

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Reverend R. Short. The slave trade in the Pacific, further horrible disclosures contained in evidence taken before the Royal Commission in Fiji in 1871 but suppressed, with remarks thereon, 1874. (217pp) (pagination erratic: text continues p.20-22, 33-38).

Correspondence, 1871-1887. (55 letters). Letters, mainly to B. Millard and F. Chesson, on Fijian affairs, land rights in Samoa, Sir Arthur Gordon, recruitment of labourers in Pacific and treatment of Pacific Islanders in Queensland. Correspondents include E. Liardet (Samoa), E. Layard, Bishop G.A. Selwyn, W. Brookes (Brisbane), F. Langham (Bau), T. Leggat (Le Vuka), manuscript by H. Britton, 'Fiji in 1870'.

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