was that of a Fijian, and a gallows was erected to suspend him from, but some ladies of Levuka presented a petition to the king begging him off . The sable monarch tardily and somewhat angrily consented, pointing out the expense his Ministers had been to in putting up the gallows, the exact cost of which he accurately stated in dollars, and then asked the pertinent question' " Who will pay the carpenters? Shall all the money go for nought?" The other instance was that of a Cuban murderer, who was hung by the neck, but not until he was dead, for they had to cut him down alive, and let him go, and he is now in the land of the living somewhere in this wide world. There has been much activity in the medical depart ment over the matter of vaccination. Al employers of colored servants were notified to send their servants on a given day, and have them vaccinated. On that day files of men and wemen from different isles of Polynesia were ranked in the yard at the back of the post office, and the chief medical officer quietly and persistently went to \v< rk for the morning. One or two of his flock made a bolt before their time came, und make good their escape over the rocks, despite the official shouts from a Customs officer to return. The vaccination of Europeans is still going on.
