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HERVEY ISLANDS, an See also:archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, lying mainly between 155° and 16o° E., and about 2o° S.; a dependency of the See also:British See also:colony of New See also:Zealand. It comprises nine partly volcanic, partly coralline, islands, the more important of which are Rarotonga, hilly, fertile and well watered, with several cones 300 to 400 ft. high, above which towers the majestic Rarotonga See also:volcano (2920 ft.), the culminating point of the archipelago; Mangaia (Mangia); Aitutaki, with luxuriant See also:cocoa-See also:nut See also:palm groves; Atui (Vatui); Mitiero; Mauki; Fenuaiti; and the two Hervey Islets, which give an alternative name to the See also:group. The See also:total See also:land See also:area is 111 sq. m. Owing to its healthy, equable See also:climate, the archipelago is well suited for See also:European See also:settlement; but the dangerous fringing See also:coral reefs render it difficult of See also:access, and it suffers also from the See also:absence of See also:good harbours. The natives, who are of Polynesian stock and speech, have legends of their See also:emigration from See also:Samoa. They say their ancestors found See also:black See also:people on the islands, and the strongly Melanesian type which is found, especially on Mangaia, supports the statement. The Cook Islanders were formerly See also:man-hunters and cannibals, but they now are nearly all Protestants, See also:wear European See also:dress and live in See also:stone houses. The total See also:population is about 6200. Since 1899 the islands have enjoyed a See also:general legislature and an executive See also:council of which the Arikis (" See also:kings " and " queens ") are members. But all enactments are subject to the approval of the British See also:resident at Rarotonga, and a British See also:protectorate, proclaimed in 1888, was followed by the See also:annexation of the whole archipelago by the See also:governor of New Zealand, by See also:proclamation of See also:June loth, 1901. The archipelago was discovered by See also:Captain Cook in 1777, andin 1823 became the See also:scene of the remarkable missionary labours of See also:John See also:Williams, of the See also:London Missionary Society. The See also:chief products of the group are cocoanuts, fruits, See also:coffee and See also:copra.

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