1875: writer, Anthony Trollope - “Levuka has been the white man’s capital in Fiji”; merchants and the missionaries compelled colonial control

 English writer, postal commissior, Anthony Trollop gives an English view of Fiji in 1875, after visiting Consul Hector Robinson, who quotes Cakobau as he explained his tactic in ceding to Britain..
October 1874: Trollope reported the British flag was hoisted, “with the usual formalities,” by Sir Hercules Robinson, in Fiji. Anthony Trollope, in The Tireless Traveler: [...]

1859: First ever, general meeting of chiefs in Levuka on December 14

According to Robert Matau, “The Great Council of Chiefs was a brainchild of William Pritchard, the British Consulate who initiated the first ever, general meeting of chiefs in Levuka on December 14, 1859 to pave the way for the cessation process of Fiji to the British Crown. Like the 1997 Constitution, the old Matanitu [...]

1859: Cakaobau “a great man”; conversion to Methodism gave Fiji peace

The Anglican Archdeacon of Polynesia said “I feel the greatest moment in the history of Fiji was the baptism of King Cakobau, in 1859, with the baptismal name of Ebenezer.