centralization of government, 184

Deed of Cession, 86, 102, 168, 177

finances, 91, 95

immigrant labour, 104.

See also Indians; Pacific islands labour

population, 86

settler land claims, 91, 102

settlers and government, 105

Fijian administration

continuities in, 184

councils, 97–98

Kai Colo, 92–94, 100–101

land ownership defined, 103

link with governor, 97–98

magistrates, Fijian, 89

personnel, 97–98

proceeds of land sales, 103

produce tax, 91, 95–97

sources of law, 177–178

Fijian chiefs

abuse of powers, 99

as administrators, 97

homage to Gordon, 89

and labour recruitment, 105

political ambitions, 101

status reciprocity with Gordon, 89

sub-patronage, 98

Fijian Code of Laws, 91, 177, 189, 215n36

Fisher, Charles, 31

Fisher, F. C., 149

Fitt, H. A., 50

Fort Carnarvon, 95, 100

Fox, William, 127

Fredericton, 22

French convicts, 139

French Polynesia., 7

Frere, William E., 65, 68–71

Garcia, George, 39, 50

Germans

in Samoa, 110–111

in Tonga, 114

Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 165

Gladstone, W. E., 10, 12, 33, 35, 46, 56–58, 60, 80, 85, 163–164, 185–186, 194

Godeffroy and Son, 111, 114

Gonin, J., Catholic Archbishop, 47

Goodenough, J. G., Commodore, 86

Gordon, Arthur Hamilton, 1st Baron Stanmore

alleged influence on governors, 182

ambition. See career advancement

attitude to freed slaves, 43, 76

attitude to responsible government, 12, 23, 124

career advancement, 12–13, 27, 30, 33, 54, 56, 60, 80, 135

character traits, 23, 35, 50, 60, 136, 185–186, 197–198

compared with Lord Lugard, 180, 184–185

disillusionment with imperial system, 115, 196

education and early career, 9–10

evaluation of Fiji land policies, 170–171

evaluation of governorships, 186

family connections, 9–10

and “Indirect Rule,”, 179–181

in imperial historiography, 4–5, 174–178

instrumental friendships. See selection of clients; style and techniques of governance

marriage 1865, 11, 31

patron friends, 7, 11, 46, 60, 187