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Updated: June 7, 2025
What assisted the process was a tour of the stations, which it was thought well she should make in order to become acquainted with the conditions. In the out-districts she came into contact with the raw heathen, and felt herself down at the very foundations of humanity.
The sphere of Brandeis was limited to Mulinuu and the north central quarters of Upolu practically what is shown upon the map opposite. There the taxes were expanded; in the out-districts, men paid their money and saw no return.
"Dos reales" was the price of that piece of lavish entertainment, the old twopence-halfpenny still holding sway in out-districts against the more modern decimal notation. A peseta is worth rather less than a franc at the usual rate of exchange. And then a guide was wanted. Every able-bodied man amongst the villagers offered his services for nothing.
The sphere of Brandeis was limited to Mulinuu and the north central quarters of Upolu practically what is shown upon the map opposite. There the taxes were expanded; in the out-districts, men paid their money and saw no return.
Here the eye and hand of the dictator were ready to correct the scales of justice; in the out-districts, all things lay at the mercy of the native magistrates, and their oppressions increased with the course of time and the experience of impunity. In the spring of the year, a very intelligent observer had occasion to visit many places in the island of Savaii.
Sir Luke preferred the Blacks, and started the question of danger to white men in the out-districts. How far had officialdom penetrated into the back blocks? He understood that Mr McKeith had explored for the laying of a telegraph-line to the Big Bight. Could Mr McKeith give him any information about all that? McKeith explained again.
Here the eye and hand of the dictator were ready to correct the scales of justice; in the out-districts, all things lay at the mercy of the native magistrates, and their oppressions increased with the course of time and the experience of impunity. In the spring of the year, a very intelligent observer had occasion to visit many places in the island of Savaii.
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