Rotuma, 102

royal commissions, 68–69, 81

and Indian immigrants in Mauritius, 71–72

and Maori lands, 127

Royal Navy

in the Pacific, 106–108

Rusden, G. W., 126, 136, 140

Ryan, Bryce, 154

Samoan Islands, 7, 106, 108–112, 115, 118, 189

Sau of Rotuma, 102

Savai‘i, 109

Selborne, earl of. See Palmer, Sir Roundell

Serua, 92–94, 100

service gentry, 142.

See also notables

Seychelles, 60, 188

constitution, 75

report on African labour, 76

Shaw-Lefevre, Sir John George, 11, 42, 60

Sigatoka River, 92–93, 99

Sinhalese (Sri Lankans), 141, 143–146, 153–156, 159–160, 175, 190–192

in CCS, 143, 148

Smith, Albert, 27, 29–32

Smyth, Brigadier General E. Selby, 60–61, 65, 67, 80, 83

Solf, Governor Wilhelm, 7

soli vasa yasana , 98

Solomon Islands, 107

“spoils system”

in North America, 18

Sri Lankans. See Sinhalese

St. John, 16, 24

St. John River, 15, 22

St. Lawrence basin, 16, 24

Stanhope, Edward, 156

Stanley, Frederick A., earl of Derby, 155–157

Stanley, H. M., 76

Steinberger, Albert, 109–110

Stephen, Sir James, 1, 198

“Subsidiary Native Service,” Ceylon, 156

Sukuna, Ratu Sir Lala, 175, 178

Swanston, R. S., 108

Ta‘imua, Samoan executive, 111–112.

See also Faipule

Tafa‘ifa, Samoan paramountcy, 110

Taiaroa, Hori Kerei, 126

tama , 90

Tamils, 141

Taranaki, 123–138

Taufa‘ahau. See Tupou I

Tawhiao, 124

Taylor, Sir Henry, 12, 46, 50

Te Whiti o Rongomai, 121, 123–130, 132–133, 136–138

Thurston. Sir John Bates, 87, 90, 95, 103, 105, 116, 168, 177–178

Tilley, (Samuel) Leonard, 21, 23–24, 174, 184, 199

Timoci (Timothi), Ratu, 99–100

Titokowaru, 123, 128, 132

Tohu Kakahi, 125

tokatoka , 98, 103

Tonga, Tongan Islands, 96, 108–109, 112–115, 118

Tongans, in Fiji, 86, 92, 116

Tozer, Bishop, 76

Treaty of Waitangi, 124, 126, 128, 139, 174, 178