Oceania
- Hawaii - Kalākaua, King of Hawaiʻi (1874–1891)
- Niue - Tui-toga, King of Niue (1875–1887)
- Samoa -
- Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a, Malietoa (1860–1880)
- Malietoa Laupepa, Malietoa (1880–1898)
- Tahiti -
- Pomare IV, Queen of Tahiti (1827–1877)
- Pomare V, King of Tahiti (1877–1880)
- Tonga -
- Monarch - George Tupou I, King of Tonga (1845–1893)
- Prime Minister -
- Tevita 'Unga, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1876–1880)
- Shirley Waldemar Baker, Prime Minister of Tonga, (1880–1890)
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