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Native beliefs, 94 et seq.; customs, 50, 51, 92, 95, 133 et seq. mythology, 84; superstitions, 51, 52; justice, 103 et seq., 107; entertainment, 117 et seq.
Neiafu, the port of, 172, 184
New Zealand, annexation of Niué to, 45, 147; and her dependencies, 149
Niué-Fekai, letter from chiefs of, to Queen Victoria, 1; the inhabitants of, 3, 11; native politics in, 9; the architecture of, 15-18; the church in, 16; a tradition of the invasion of, 20 et seq.; the language of, 28; institutions of, 34; sovereignty in, 37, 38; annexation of, to New Zealand, 45, 147; burial customs in, 50, 51; superstition in, 51, 52; traders in, 56 et seq.; cocoanut plantations in, 57, 58; a set of stocks in, 65; influence of Samoan teachers in, 77; anchorages of, 79 (footnote); mythology of, 84; meaning of the name, 88; origin of the people of, 89 et seq.; tattooing in, 92; a unique custom in, 92; beliefs in, 94; infanticide in, 102; the tribunals of, 103 et seq.; the warriors of, 127, 130, 131; want of dignity in the natives of, 129; earth-hunger in, 138
Niuafoou, population of, 179 (footnote)
Niuatobutabu, population of, 179 (footnote)
Nukualofa, 145, 155, 158, 159, 163, 164, 194, 198, 201, 211; plague of hornets at, 199, 200

Ofa, Princess, 159, 164; joins the Church of England, 162, 163

Pacific Islands, the, federation of, 146
Pacific Islands Co., the, 55, 137
Pakieto, King, 36 (footnote)
Patterson, H. W., 57
Patuavalu, King, 36 (footnote)
Paula, the Samoan teacher, 77
Penal code, a, 112, 113, 178
Penalties for crimes, 108
Peniamina Nukai, 75, 78
Petitions from the natives, 206, 207
Polynesian chiefs, 170, 175
— music, 218
Polynesians, the, 3, 165; dignity of, 129
Population returns, 179
Porpoise, H.M.S., 4, 33, 117, 123, 146, 184, 215, 216; a royal visit to, 46, 171
Port-au-Prince, the, 192
Pratt, Rev. G., 79
Priesthood, the, 95
Protectorates, 41 et seq.
Pulangi Tau, the, 103, 104
Punimata, King, 36 (footnote)
Pylstaart Island, 91

Quarantine regulations, 113, 115

Ranfurly, Lord, 11 (footnote), 147
Rarotonga, 74, 105