Fiji.

An archipelago of 200 islands in the South Pacific within the tropics. About 80 of these islands are inhabited, the largest is Viti Levu. Ceded to the Queen, 1874. Population, about one-third of Liverpool; one-fortieth Europeans.

Fiji is distant by steamer five days from New Zealand, six and a half days from Sydney, nine days from Melbourne. The whole group is about one-fourth the size of Scotland.

The beautiful climate and fertile soil enable the natives to supply their own wants with ease, and they care little for work.

Products.—Tropical—Sugar and cotton the most important. The most interesting exhibits are those illustrative of native life, and page 60 Miss Gordon Cumming's sketches of Fijian manufacture, pottery and scenery.

Value of Labour.—Wages of labourers brought from India, £18 per annum; of labourers from South Sea Islands, £12 per annum; of Fijian labourers, about £6 per annum.

Does this proved efficiency of Indian labour suggest a means to avert the serious danger which will arise from the rapidly increasing population of India?