Part II. is chiefly derived from the late Bishop Patteson's vocabularies, and contains more or less information on the languages of Fate, Api, Pama, Ambrym, and Vunmarama (north end of Whitsunday Island), in the New Hebrides, the Lifu and Uea (now written Uvea) of the Loyalty Islands, the Yehen, or Yengen, of New Caledonia, the Bauro, Mara, Ma-siki, Anudha, Mahaga and Eddystone Island of the Solomon Archipelago.

As regards Fiji, Mr. Hale published a grammar and dictionary in his great work already mentioned. There is also a very good grammar and dictionary by the late Rev. D. Hazelwood (second edition edited by the Rev. J. Calvert, without date). Both these works deal almost exclusively with the Bau dialect. As I have already stated, the Bau has been adopted by the missionaries, and into this portions of the Scriptures have been translated.

I have in my possession an admirably got-up Fijian Catholic Prayer-book, Ai Vola ni Lotu Katolika, printed in Sydney in 1864, which is a very complete book of devotion. As a specimen of the Fijian language, I give the 'Our Father' in Fijian :

'Tama i keimami, ni sa tiko mai lomalagi, me taburaki na yacamuni; me yaco mai na nomuni lewa; me ia na lomamuni e vuravura me vaka mai lomalagi.

'Ni solia mai kivei keimami edaidai na keimami kakana ni vei siga; mo ni vakalecalecava mai na neimamii valavala ca me vaka keimami sa vakalecalecava na nodra ko ira e rai valavala ei kivei keimami; ni kakua ni laivi keimami e nai vakacabacaba; mo ni vakabulai keimami mai na ca. Amene.'

There is a useful little grammar of the language of Mota, one of the Banks Islands (London, 1877); and it should be noticed in Dr. R. G. Latham's 'Elements of Comparative Philology' (London, 1862), that the author devotes three or four pages each to the Sawaiori and Tarapon languages, while he gives twenty pages (329-349) to those of the Papuan or Melanesian peoples.

All that is known of the Admiralty islanders is, I believe, confined to the paper of Mr. H. N. Moseley, F.R.S., published in the 'Journal of the Anthropological Institute' for May, 1877. In the eighth volume of the German Journal of Ethnology' (1876), Captain H. Strauch gives us comparatively a summary of seven languages belonging to New Guinea, New Hanover, New Ireland, New Britain, and the Solomon. Islands.

The above is a list of what has already been contributed to the philology of the Pacific. A large field is still open, however, to students of the present day.

VOL. II,

23

TREATIES WITH SAMOA.

IN January, 1878, the United States established a treaty with the Samoan Government on the basis of the most favoured nation, and acquired certain rights as regards the harbour of Pango-Pango as a coaling station. The German Government followed suit, and on the 29th of August, 1879, Sir Arthur Gordon, as Lord High Commissioner of Western Polynesia, concluded a treaty with the Samoan king and people, of which the following is a correct copy. This is good as far as it goes, but Samoa has one hope, and that is annexation to the Empire of Great Britain.

'TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, ETC., BETWEEN HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,
AND THE KING AND GOVERNMENT (MALO) OF
SAMOA.

'Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King and Government of Samoa (Malo), being desirous to establish relations of friendship between their respective dominions and subjects, have resolved to conclude a

treaty for that purpose, and have therefore named as their plenipotentiaries :

'Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, etc. The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, her Majesty's High Commissioner and Consul-General for the Western Pacific, Governor of Fiji; and Alfred Percival Maudslay, Esq., one of her Majesty's Deputy Commissioners for the Western Pacific: And the King and Government (Malo) of Samoa: The High Chief Malietoa Laupepa; and The High Chief Saga; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles :

'ARTICLE I.

There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the subjects of her Britannic Majesty and those of the Samoan State.

'ARTICLE II.

'The King and Government (Malo) of Samoa engage to grant to no other Sovereign or State any rights, privileges, authority or predominance in excess of such as are or may be accorded to her Britannic Majesty. The subjects of her Britannic Majesty shall always enjoy in Samoa whatever rights, privileges, or immunities may be accorded to those of the most favoured nation, and no rights, privileges, or immunities shall be granted to the subjects of any foreign state, that shall not be equally and uncon

ditionally accorded to the subjects of her Britannic Majesty.

'ARTICLE III.

'Full liberty for the free pursuit of commerce, trade, and agriculture is guaranteed to British subjects, as well as the peaceable possession of all lands heretofore purchased by them from Samoans in a customary and regular manner, and in the event of any dispute arising as to the fact of such purchase, it shall be determined by a Commission, to consist of one person nominated by the Samoan Government (Malo), and one nominated by her Britannic Majesty's Consul: and in the event of their disagreement, they shall themselves select an umpire; or, if they fail to do so, such umpire shall be appointed by her Majesty's Consul-General. All British subjects resident in Samoa shall be exempt from war contributions, military requisitions, and occupation of their houses and lands by war-parties.

'ARTICLE IV.

'If any subject of her Britannic Majesty in Samoa is charged with a criminal offence cognisable by British law, such charge shall be tried by her Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific Islands, or other British officer duly authorised by her Britannic Majesty in that behalf. The expression "British Law" in this article includes any rules duly made and issued by her Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific Islands, for the government of British subjects within his jurisdiction.