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THE
NEW ZEALAND HANDBOOK:
(ELEVENTH EDITION)
WITH
Practical Information and Advice
FOR ALL
ORDERS OF EMIGRANTS
FROM THE
"CAPITALIST" TO THE "WORKING MAN."
LONDON:
E. STANFORD, 6, CHARING CROSS;
G. STREET, 30, CORNHILL.
1866.
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PRINTED BY
REES & COLLIN, 38, GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON,
E. C.
[INTRODUCTION]
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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
A desire to diffuse popular information about a young Country with which we are commercially connected, originally produced the "New Zealand Hand-Book." Ten large editions have already been called for; and we issue the present one in the hope that it will be found a practically useful Manual for all who may be looking to a "New Home" in that rising young Colony of our empire, destined to expand, by vigorous growth, into the future "Britain of the South."
The necessity of restricting our little Work to such a size as should bring it within reach of all orders of Emigrants, has obliged us to treat of every topic with brevity--but, we would observe, that whenever our Readers desire to obtain further information on any New Zealand Subject than may be found in our compressed pages we shall always be happy to afford it by replying to "Inquiries," addressed to us as below.
SHAW, SAVILL & CO.,
"NEW ZEALAND OFFICES,"
34, LEADENHALL STREET, LONDON, E. C.
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[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS AND INDEX,
CHAPTER I.
HISTORICAL SKETCH....1
CHAPTER II.
NATURAL FEATURES..... 9
Position.........9
Configuration and Size........9
Surface Character and Scenery.........10
Climate.........11
Temperature.........13
Salubrity.........15
CHAPTER III.
THE NATIVE RACE.........16
Early Migration.........17
Personal Appearance.........18
Language.........19
Dress.........19
Dwellings.........19
Food.........19
Disposition and Mental Qualities.........20
Attained Degree of Civilization.........22
Feeling of the Colonists towards the Natives - - 25
The Bishop's Testimony.........26
CHAPTER IV.
FAUNA. --FLORA. --MINERAL WEALTH.........27
Absence of Wild Animals and Reptiles.........27
Game....... 27
Birds....... 28
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Fish.........28
Insects.........29
Luxuriance of Vegetation.........29
New Zealand Forests.........30
Timber Trees.........30
Beauty and Variety of Shrubs.........31
Fern and Wild Flax.........31
Introduced Trees and Plants.........32
Mineral Wealth.........32
Gold and Gold Diggings.........32
A Gold Town.........34
Iron.........34
The Taranaki Steel Sand.........35
Coal, Copper, and other Minerals.........36
CHAPTER V.
THE NINE PROVINCES, AND THE CHIEF TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS.........37
Auckland.........37
Land Regulations.........42
Taranaki.........45
Land Regulations.........48
Hawkes Bay, and Land Regulations.........48
Wellington.........49
Land Regulations.........52
Nelson.........53
Land Regulations.........55
Marlborough.........55
Land Regulations.........56
Canterbury.........57
Land Regulations.........60
Otago.........60
New Zealand's First "Crystal Palace".........61
Land Regulations.........63
Southland.........64
Southland Land Regulations (See Note) 1 .........65
Communication between the Provinces.........65
Telegraphs and Roads.........66
Bush Travelling. Coming Railways.........67
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CHAPTER VI.
POLITICAL AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.--EXTENT OF TRADE.--SOCIETY.--AMUSEMENTS.........68
Form of Government.........68
Administration of Justice.........70
Public Revenue. Expenditure. Debt.........70
Imports and Exports.........72
Religious Institutions.........72
New Zealand's Army.........73
The Press.........74
Society.........74
Amusements.........75
CHAPTER VII.
STATISTICAL AND GENERAL INFORMATION.........76
A Four Years' Progress, despite of War.........76
Provincial Statistics.........77
"Nationalities" of the present New Zealand Population.........78
Ratio of Marriages and Births.........78
Prices. Expenses of Living. Wages.........79
Currency. Banks. Tariff.........80
Postal Regulations. The New Panama Service.........81
Chief Officers of Government.........83
Official Directory.........85
Table of (Sea) Distances.........85
CHAPTER VIII.
HOW TO GET TO NEW ZEALAND.........86
The Voyage.........86
The New Zealand "Passenger Packets".........88
Provisioning Ships.........88
Bill of Fare.........89
Rates of Passage.........91
Voyage-Clothing.........91
Regulations of the "Passengers' Line".........92
General Outfit.........95
Taking Money.........96
Taking Servants.........97
Insurance.........97
Arrival in Now Zealand.........97
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CHAPTER IX.
BY MR. HURSTHOUSE.
WHAT A MAN CAN "DO" IN NEW ZEALAND: THE CHIEF INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS OF THE COLONY, AND THE VARIOUS "OPENINGS" FOR CAPITAL AND LABOUR, ENTERPRISE AND SKILL.........99
Emigration from other Colonies to New Zealand.........101
The cause of Emigration's "fruitfulness and good results".........103
The greater value of a Man in a Young Country.........104
The question of personal "fitness" for a Colonist's Life.........105
Leaving Home and Friends.........108
Sheep Farming on the "Squatting" System.........111
Cattle Farming on the "Squatting" System.........116
"Estate-Creating" by Grazing and Farming.........118
Mining and Auriferous Industries.........140
Mercantile Pursuits. Storekeeping.........142
Manufacturing Industries.........144
Professional Pursuits.........144
Investments for Capital. Speculations.........147
Mechanical and Labouring Industries.........148
Clerks. Shopmen. Female Emigrants.........149
Those who should stay at-home.........150
Americans and Universal Suffrage.........153
Whether to go.........153
The British Lion in New Zealand.........154
New Zealand Emigration Agents.........156
Efforts to Promote Colonization.........156
Centralists and Provincialists.........157
Salmon in New Zealand.........157
Healthfulness of Climate.........158
Feathered Emigrants.........158
New Zealand's "Coming" Animal.........159
The Branston Wool.........159
Sheep and Wool-Washing by Machinery.........160
