2001至2003年期间，包括职业广告在内的部分就业指标普遍呈现上扬趋向，这是得到这几年连续成长的支持所致。
Partial indicators for employment, including job advertisements, have generally trended upwards from 2001 to 2003, propped up by consecutive good growth in these years.
尤其在2004年，新的纳税人登记数达到了创纪录水平。
For 2004, in particular, new taxpayer registrations were at record levels.
调查结果还表明，雇主的招聘意图每年有所提高。
Survey results also suggested that employers' recruitment intentions were also higher on an annual basis.
值得注意的是，去年就业率普遍提高，并伴随出现了移居国外者人数逐步减少，在高技术类职业中更是如此。
Notably, growth in employment last year was broad-based and accompanied by a slowdown in emigration levels, particularly in the high skills categories.
今年迄今为止，劳力市场状况稳定，但部分指标显示就业率增长速度有所放慢。
So far this year, labour market conditions are firm, however, partial indicators point to a slowdown in the employment situation.
通货膨胀
Inflation
125. 斐济通货膨胀率依然很低且稳定。
Fiji continues to enjoy low and stable rates of inflation.
2001至2004年期间，我国通胀率平均为2.9%左右。
The country's inflation rate averaged around 2.9 percent between 2001 and 2004.
2004年通胀率为3.3%，相对低于上一年，这是由于未将2003年增值税提高的影响考虑在内。
In 2004, inflation was 3.3 percent, relatively lower than the previous year given that the impact of the higher VAT rate in 2003 fell out of calculation.
今年迄今为止，通胀率为1.3%至3.5%，这是由于目前的高油价已为国内生产的货物和服务较低的价格所部分抵消。
So far this year, inflation has ranged between 1.3 - 3.5 percent as the effects of current high oil prices have been partially offset by weaker prices of domestically produced goods and services.
预计年终的通胀率将为3%至4%。
The year-end inflation rate is projected to be between 3 - 4 percent.
外汇储备
Foreign Reserves
126. 过去几年期间，外汇储备量保持适度水平。
Foreign reserves have remained at comfortable levels in the past years.
2004年，外汇储备量约为104600万美元，相当于4.7个月进口货物和非要素服务的所需费用，或7.1个月仅仅进口货物的所需费用。
In 2004, foreign reserves were around $1,046m, equivalent to around 4.7 months of imports of goods and non-factor services or 7.1 months of imports of goods only.
该年期间外汇储备量下降，这主要是由于为进口石油和大量资本投资项目支付了较多的费用。
During the year, foreign reserves have fallen, mainly on account of higher payments for oil imports and large capital investment items.
但在2005年9月底，外汇储备量依然充裕，为94000万美元，足以支付3.9个月进口货物和非要素服务的所需费用，或5.3个月仅仅进口货物的所需费用。
Nevertheless, at the end of September 2005, foreign reserves remained adequate at $940m, sufficient to cover 3.9 months of imports of goods and non-factor services or 5.3 months of imports of goods only.
经济――关键的金融指标
The economy - key financial indicators
资料来源：斐济岛屿统计局和斐济储备银行。
Source: Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics & Reserve Bank of Fiji
A. 斐济的法律――性质和组成
The law in Fiji - nature and composition
法律历史
Legal history
127. 与南太平洋地区其他国家一样，就整个国家或就国家大部分地区而言，斐济在十九世纪中叶前从来就不是一个统一的政治实体。
Up to the middle of the nineteenth century, Fiji, like other countries in the South Pacific region, was never a united political entity, either as a whole or even in a significant part of the country.
当时，居住在斐济的许多相互分散的族群尽管有着相似的民族血统，但从来没有在政治上统一。
At that time, many separate communities, although of similar racial origin, inhabited Fiji which was never unified politically.
这些相互分散的族群由各自的首领即酋长治理，一方面受既定的风俗和习惯所规范，一方面受其首领的命令和指挥所规范。
These separate communities were ruled by their individual leaders or chiefs, and were regulated partly by their customs and practices which had become well established, and partly by orders and commands of their leaders.
随着十九世纪的迈进，骁勇无比智慧过人的首领得以声称要对我国大部分地区进行有效统治，据此宣称这是由他们统治的地区。
As the nineteenth century advanced, leaders of exceptional prowess and intelligence managed to assert their dominance so effectively over large parts of the country that they could claim that these areas were under their governance.