Northmore, J., 149

notables, 21, 37, 142, 144, 148, 154, 190

Nova Scotia, 16, 18, 26, 29

O_Brien, Sir G. T. M., 149, 151, 165, 168, 191, 197

Ocean Island (Banaba), 165

population, 165–166

Ontario, 16

Oriental Banking Corporation, 158

Ovalau Island, 87, 89–90

Pacific islands labour, 85–86, 104, 111, 117

Pacific Islands Company, 178

Palmer, Sir Roundell, earl of Selborne, 11, 22, 60, 63, 102, 116, 134, 151

Palmerston, Lord, 10

Pantin, J. A., 41

Parata, Wi, 126

Parihaka, 123, 125, 127, 132–133, 136, 138

patronage. See also patron-client model; Gordon, style and techniques of governance

in crown colonies, 37, 185, 196–197

disputes over, 39–40

by ministers and governors, 2–3, 7–8

patron-client model, 8

in Ceylon administration, 143–144, 147, 161, 191

in Fijian administration, 88, 117, 181, 184, 189, 195

in imperial administration, 6, 197

in Mauritius administration, 64, 83

in New Brunswick, 17–18, 20

in Trinidad administration, 33, 37, 55–56

use and limitations, 187

Peebles, Patrick, 133–134, 138–139, 141

Phayre, Sir Arthur, 73, 77

Philip, Michael Maxwell, 41, 46, 63

Pitt, William, 9

Police-Vidane , 145

Port Louis, 59

Qalimari (Ngalimari) clans, 93–94, 99

Quebec, 16, 23–24

conference, 28

and New Brunswick, 28

resolutions, 29

Queensland colony. See Australian colonies

Raoul, L. L., 63

rate mahatmayas , 153

Ratu Luki, 93

Reciprocity Treaty. See United States of America

responsible government. See New Brunswick; New Zealand

Rewa, 99–100, 103, 169

Robinson, Sir Hercules, 3, 7, 86–87, 89, 91–92, 102, 124, 129, 143, 147, 178, 184, 188, 195

Rogers, Sir Frederic, 12, 46, 196

Roko Tui Bua, 90, 213n10

roko tui, chiefs, 90–91, 93, 96, 98, 100, 113, 194–195

Romilly, H. H., 107, 189, 216n62

Roth, G. K., 176