AN HISTORIC SCENE.—The Roke Tui Tailevu recognising King Edward as Tui Viti by serving the Administrator with yanqona as proxy for the King. This ceremony was performed after the cession of Fiji, when Cakobau (Tha kombau) and the chiefs first acknowledged the supremacy of Queen Victoria.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue II, 12 July 1902, Page 101
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46AN HISTORIC SCENE.—The Roke Tui Tailevu recognising King Edward as Tui Viti by serving the Administrator with yanqona as proxy for the King. This ceremony was performed after the cession of Fiji, when Cakobau (Tha kombau) and the chiefs first acknowledged the supremacy of Queen Victoria. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue II, 12 July 1902, Page 101
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