[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS.
NEW ZEALAND--
General Account of the Islands, 1
Scenery and Climate, ----- 2
Influence of the Climate on Health, 4
History, ------ 6
Material Progress, ----- 8
The Original Inhabitants, and their Progress, ...10
Their Property and Industry, ..... 15
Capabilities and Inducements to Settlers, .... 16
The Timber, .... 17
Indigenous Food Productions, ....18
Agricultural Capacities, ..... 19
Question of Agriculture and Pasture, 20
Minerals, .......21
Wages and Prices, ...... 21
Arrangements for Disposal and Occupation of Land, .... 22
The various Settlements, ..... 24
The Northern Settlements, ...... 24
Auckland, ..... 24
New Plymouth, ..... 27
Soil and Agricultural Prospects, ..... 29
Middle Settlements and Cook's Strait, ..... 33
Wellington, ..... 33
Valley of the Hutt, ..... 33
Nelson, ..... 37
Wairau Plains, ...... 38
Land in Cultivation, Live-Stock, and Produce, ..... 39
Estimate for a Fifty-Acre Farm, ..... 42
Regulations for the Disposal of Waste Crown Lands in New Zealand, ...... 43
Account of the Otago Settlement, ..... 47
Account of the Canterbury Settlement, ..... 58
Conclusion, ..... 74
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THE AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS--
General Account, .........76
The Cape of Good Hope, Natal,.........78
Miscellaneous Productions, .........80
Land Investments,.........91
