TONGA.
Berlin, January 12. The German newspapers disclaim any political intentions at Tonga.
The Friendly Islands or Tonga Group lie 230 miles E.S.E. of Fiji. Thero are 32 inhabited islands and 150 small ones. A treaty was concluded with Germany in 1876, with Great Britain in 1879, and a Berlin Convention (1886) provides for the neutrality of the islands. The Friendly Islands were discovered by Tasman in IC'l3, but named by Cook, who viaited them in 1777. The inhabitants are more highly civilised than other South Sea Islanders, but the population has dwindled from 50,000 to 20,000. King George was made ruler in 1845, and is an able ruler and a zealous preacher of ths gospel.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9641, 13 January 1899, Page 2
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116TONGA. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9641, 13 January 1899, Page 2
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