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ROTUMAH (Rotuma, Rotuam or Grenville)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 767 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROTUMAH (Rotuma, Rotuam or See also:Grenville)  , an See also:island of the See also:South Pacific Ocean, in 12° 30' S., 177° E., about 300 M . N. by W. of See also:Fiji, of which See also:British See also:colony it is a dependency . Its See also:area is 14 sq. m., and its extreme See also:elevation 800 ft . It is surrounded by See also:coral reefs, and is richly wooded . Several islets See also:lie See also:round it . The See also:population is about 2200, the natives being Polynesian, though their See also:language has been classified as Melanesian . They are Wesleyans or See also:Roman Catholics . The See also:chief product is See also:copra . A See also:European See also:commissioner resides . See also:Local See also:laws, subject to approval by the legislative See also:council of Fiji, are promulgated by a regulation See also:board, composed of the commissioner, native chiefs of the seven districts into which the island is divided, and two native magistrates . See also:Rotumah was discovered by See also:Captain See also:Edwards of the " See also:Pandora " in 1791, and was annexed by See also:Great See also:Britain in 1881 .

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