Show COCOANUTS AND COPPER products of tho the islands lately annexed by england vancouver B C AUT aug 2 the stel steamer rn ll Il lowera which has just arrived from sydney brought details at 0 tho the recent annexation ot of neicha sea cral islands 0 f the S solomon group the work of annexation was done by her british Maje Maj ettya ship eble WILlia wallaroo roo the first island made a colony was bellona BeHon ft which the wallaroo Wa Walt laroo aroca reached on july jath the union jack was hoisted the usual ceremony tho the natives were very shy at first and were much faight lightened frightened ened by tile the salute but they became reassured on the ships leaving and removed tho the notice of the board of annexation and dug due up the bottle containing the proclamation the entente corrlale cord ale lale was wa firmly established jay by tile the ships rescuing a native blown out to sea in a banoo runnell bunnell island wai wit also placed under british protection the same day tile in inland land Is 13 difficult of oc access and no native was seen reen the wallaroo called a at t maru sound and proceeded to the stewart fa islands annexing them the natives are ot of a high type and very friendly they were much pleased at becoming billish subjects runnell runnel and Il nel ellona lonu llo lie to the southward of oc in the solomon kroup group and apparently discovered by capt wilkinson in the Ind indispensable lapene in 1700 it to Is said ead that copper ore Is abundant on them according to t richards runnell island Is about orty forty five miles long lone and six or seven broad a ot f a uniform height ot of feet densely wooded hut but apparently affords no anchorage tho the rat ivele resemble those on tanna in the now new hebrides AU ali the islands we are rich in cocoanuts cocoa nuts |