RCS/Y3091A contains:
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12	Native Town
13	Native Town
14	Waimarui [Wainibuka] River near Suva
15	Waimarui [Wainibuka] River near Suva
16	[Village Scene]
17	Sugar plantation (small part of)
18	Rewa River
19	Native girls washing on River Rewa
20	Fijian scrub each side Rewa River
21	Natives spearing fish [sic]
22	Plantation
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Title	Sugar plantation (small part of)
Reference	Y3091A/17
Covering Dates	1880–1889 (The date is approximate.)
Extent and Medium	Fairish condition, but fading in from edges.

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224 x 170 mm. A view from a hillside, looking down on the plantation headquarters located beside a river, with fields of cane beyond. Sugar was first planted on a commercial scale in the early 1870's and soon after this the Colonial Sugar Refining Company of Sydney opened a large mill and refinery. The growth in output was therefore impressive: in 1875, 95 tons of sugar were exported, to the value of £650. By 1904 these figures had risen to 52,138 tons, earning £469,391.

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