A YEAR IN FIJI

ISBN: 9781330548332 Géneros: RG Sinópsis: Excerpt from A Year in Fiji Or an Inquiry Into the Botanical Agricultural and Economical Resources of the ColonyIN 1877 I accepted an invitation from Sir Arthur Gordon to visit the Islands of Fiji of which he was then Governor and availing myself of the privilege of leave of absence granted to Civil Servants I left en route for England via New South Wales Fiji and San Francisco after a resident service in Mauritius of 16 yearsSugar being the staple product of that Island the introduction of new varieties of sugarcane and their culture had received my special attention for a number of years and on leaving the Chamber of Agriculture with the sanction of Government commissioned me to select and forward whatever new and suitable specimens of canes I could find in the different islands lying on my routeAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works