[REVIEWS]
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NOTICES OF THE PRESS
ON SOME FIRST WORKS AND LECTURES.
"The advice to emigrants and settlers is peculiarly valuable, from its sound, practical character."--Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review.
"The work is written in a dashing, off-hand style, and contains an immense amount of valuable matter."--Colonial Magazine.
"The merit of this book consists in the full and impartial account it gives of the colony, and the sound advice which accompanies it. There is no attempt to paint anything in rose-colour."--Spectator.
"We cannot too warmly recommend Mr. Hursthouse's book to the intending emigrant and the general reader."--Critic.
"Mr. Hursthouse gives no exaggerated description of an emigrant's life, but states the case impartially."--Economist.
"Written in a vigorous and attractive style, and blends humour with earnestness, which latter quality it possesses in an eminent degree."--Weekly Dispatch.
"Written in a clear, candid, impartial spirit; every word bears the stamp and impress of truth."--Catholic Standard.
"Truthful, honest, and judicious."--Gardeners' Chronicle.
"One of the cheapest and best books on emigration."--Tallis's Weekly Paper.
"Every intending emigrant would do well by purchasing this little publication, and pondering seriously over its contents."--Mark Lane Express.
"Written in a style which combines vigour and ability, with a share of piquancy and vivacity which renders it very attractive."--Aberdeen Journal.
"A readable book, full fraught with useful information."--North of Scotland Gazette.
"We know not a better guide to the settler at our antipodes than is here afforded."--Norfolk News.
"The best work on the subject which has yet come under our notice."--Nottingham Guardian.
"Very cleverly written."--Rugby Advertiser.
"Replete with practical information."-- Wigan Times.
"Evidently the production of one who has studied the subject 'au fond.'"-- Durham Advertiser.
"A practised and practical writer on Emigration; here, in a few business-like pages, contrasts the various Emigration Fields."--Gateshead Observer.
"One of the most interesting and useful works we have perused for a long time past."-- Somerset Herald.
"The subject is treated in a very masterly manner."--Southern Times.
"A cheap and excellent little manual."--Coventry Herald.
"No one who thinks of emigrating should be without this book."--Kentish Observer.
"There is much sound information in these pages, and at times not a little humorous description."--Liverpool Times.
"The author thoroughly understands his subject, and well he may, his work is characterized throughout by candour and moderation."--Leicester Mercury.
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"Fraught with much valuable information, conveyed in a clear and amusing style."--Bath Herald.
"A perfect specimen of what a work on Emigration should be."--Herts Guardian.
&c. &.c. &c.
LECTURES.
"The author is a lecturer of acknowledged ability. His style is graphic and lively, his advice to Emigrants shrewd and sensible, and his general facts and observations are complete and reliable."--Sheffield Free Press.
"A very interesting lecture, at the Mechanics' Institute, was delivered here on Friday evening, by Mr. C. Hursthouse. J. S. Trelawney, Esq., M.P., occupied the chair. At the conclusion of the lecture further information was elicited; but the junior members giving vent to a round of applause now were the means of stopping further discussion."--Plymouth Journal.
"A Lecture, which excited very considerable attention, was delivered at the Literary Institution here, Friday evening, by Mr. C. Hursthouse. The president, A. Colliver, Esq., occupied the chair; and, although the evening was unfavourable, the hall was crowded, many persons being unable to obtain seats. * * * Mr. Hursthouse concluded his Lecture amidst much applause."--Penzance Gazette.
"On Thursday evening a lecture, on the advantages offered by New Zealand as a field for emigration, was delivered in the Town Hall, by Mr. C. Hursthouse, author of the excellent work on New Zealand, which we lately reviewed; and although the notice was very short, the audience was most numerous and highly respectable."--Leicester Mercury.
"Mr. Hursthouse, a gentleman who has spent several years in New Zealand and other colonies, and who appears to have availed himself of every opportunity thus afforded him of amassing a large amount of interesting and important information, gave a Lecture, on Friday evening, at the Assembly Rooms (Norwich), to a large and influential audience on the superior advantages of New Zealand as an emigration-field over every other colony."--Norfolk News.
"On Friday evening last, Mr. Charles Hursthouse delivered a very interesting Lecture on the above subject in the British Schoolroom. This gentleman is the author of several works on emigration, and has visited the United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, which latter country he has selected as his future home. His Lecture was delivered in a very pleasing manner, and it contained a great deal of useful and instructive matter."--Banbury Guardian.
"We have deferred till our present Number our report on the very instructive and interesting Lecture on emigration, which was given by Mr. Hursthouse on Tuesday evening last, because we could not afford the time or space which we desired to devote to the subject,--alike for the purpose of doing some measure of justice to the Lecturer, and of conveying to our readers a useful summary of the valuable information he communicated."--Guernsey Star.
"At the Corn Exchange, on Wednesday evening, Mr. C. Hursthouse, a gentleman who has resided six years in New Zealand, and is the author of an interesting work on the settlement at New Plymouth, delivered a free Lecture on the advantages offered by New Zealand as a field of emigration. The chair was taken by the Mayor."--Southampton County Paper.
"To a perfect acquaintance with his subject, the Lecturer added a clear arrangement and enunciation; whilst the absence of everything like claptrap gained for him the confidence of his audience, which was both numerous and highly respectable."--Cambridge Independent.
"On Friday evening a very interesting Lecture was delivered here by Mr. Hursthouse. The Lecturer was warmly cheered during his Address, which was clear, elegant, and, above all, practical."--Boston Herald.
"On Thursday evening, a Lecture on 'Emigration, Emigration Fields, and who should Emigrate,' was delivered at the Institution, by Mr. Hursthouse, to a numerous audience. The Lecture was fraught with much valuable information, conveyed in a clear and amusing style, and kept the attention of the audience fixed on the Lecturer to the close, when he was greeted with much applause."-- Bath Herald.
&c. &e. &c.
[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS AND INDEX.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY..........1
Author's Experience.......2
Interested Motives........4
Favourable Time for Emigration.....5
Private Information.....8 and 664
CHAPTER II.
HISTORICAL SKETCH.......9
Spanish Discovery........10
Dutch " ........11
Cook's "Visit.........12
De Surville's Visit...... . .13
Dawn of Australian Trade......15
The New Zealand Cannibal......17
Macaulay's Traveller . . . . . .20
Irregular Colonisation . . . . . . .31
Appointment of Consul.......34
The Missionary Confederacy......35
Missionary Designs........38
The New Zealand Company......39
The First Governor........40
The French Expedition.......42
The Colonial-Missionary Office . . . .43
Te Tamai's Fate........49
Missionary Anti-Colonisation......50
The Treaty of Waitangi . . . . . . .52
The Land Claims Court.......57
The Land Troubles...... . .60
The Wairau Massacre.......61
Governor Fitzroy..... . . .63
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HISTORICAL SKETCH--continued. Page
The New Plymouth Land Case..... 64
Ruin of the Company....... 68
Heke's Rebellion........ 70
Parliamentary Interference...... 73
Governor Grey........ 74
Te Rauparaha's Chastisement..... 75
The Wanganui Example...... 75
Governor Grey's Civil Successes..... 76
The New Zealand Company's End..... 77
The Australian Gold Fields...... 78
Governors Wyward and Browne..... 79
All's Well that ends Well...... 81
CHAPTER III.
PHYSICAL FEATURES....... 82
Configuration........ 82
Position......... 83
Acreage Area........ 85
Geology and Earthquakes....... 86
Surface Character........ 95
Scenery .......... 97
CHAPTER IV.
CLIMATE........... 100
Importance of Good Climate . . . . .101
Climatic "Long-bows"....... 102
Character of New Zealand Climate . . . .104
Mean Temperature ....... 107
Rain and Moisture....... 108
General Remarks........ 109
Salubrity.......111 and 556
Climatic Calendar........ 114
CHAPTER V.
ANIMAL KINGDOM ........ 117
Absence of Quadrupeds and Reptiles .... 117
Ornithology......... 118
Fish .......... 121
Insects....... . . .123
Semi-Wild Domestic Animals..... 124
Introduction of Game, &c. . . . . . . 128
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CHAPTER VI.
VEGETABLE KINGDOM ....... 133
New Zealand Forests....... 134
Small Bush and Shrubs....... 135
Fruits and Flowers....... 136
Fern, Flax, and Grasses...... 137
New Zealand Timber Trees...... 139
CHAPTER VII.
MINERAL KINGDOM . . . .. . .144
Coal.......... 146
Gold.......... 148
Copper.......... 150
Iron........ 151
Mineral Earths and Building Stone . . . .153
CHAPTER VIII.
NATIVES.......... 154
Origin . . ........ 154
Early Customs........ 155
Numbers and Decrease....... 158
Causes of Decrease....... 159
British Law.........162
Missionary Conversion....... 164
Language....... . . . 167
Physical Appearance....... 169
Domestic Habits........ 170
Dress....... . . . 172
Labour.......... 173
Amalgamation........ 174
Property and Possessions...... 176
Mode of Trade........ 178
Moral Character........ 181
Intellect and Education....... 182
Preservation of the Race...... 183
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CHAPTER IX.
THE SIX PROVINCES....... 189
Views.......... 189
New Zealand Christening...... 191
Provincial Jealousies....... 193
Auckland......... 195
New Plymouth . . ...... 209
Wellington......... 218
Nelson.......... 221
Canterbury......... 226
Otago..........239
Stewart's Island........ 247
Choice of Province....... 247
Sea Roads......... 248
Land Roads.......250
Bush Travelling........ 251
CHAPTER X.
GOVERNMENT......... 252
The New Constitution....... 252
Veto.......... 258
Legislative Council....... 260
Vestry-Parliaments....... 262
The Imperium in Imperio...... 271
Amended Constitution....... 271
Queen's Speech (New Zealand)..... 275
"A Night in the House"...... 280
Prorogation......... 283
The New Zealand Ministry...... 287
The New Zealand House of Commons .... 288
The Seat of Government...... 289
Public Revenue . . . . . . 291
Public Expenditure.....293 and 297
Public Debt......... 294
Law Courts, Police, &c........ 300
Patronage...... . . 302
Religious Institutions....... 303
Bishops..........305
Church Ordinances, &c. . . . . . . . 306
Currency......... 311
Press.......... 311
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CHAPTER XI.
EXPORTS AND MARKETS...... 314
Export Fallacy........ 314
Exports, present and to come..... 316
Hidden Exports........ 317
Exporting Power ........ 318
Markets.......... 318
Australian Markets....... 319
Rival Corn Growers....... 322
The Farmer's Sheet Anchor . . . . .327
CHAPTER XII.
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE . . . .329
Wild Lands and Mode of Clearing .... 329
Soils.......... 331
System of Farming....... 332
Farm Stock......... 335
Hand Labour......... 335
Implements......... 336
Wheat.......... 341
Barley.......... 342
Oats.......... 342
Maize.......... 343
Potatoes......... 343
Turnips and Root Crops . . . .. . 344
Hops......... . 345
Laying down Lands in Grass...... 345
Dairy Farming....... . 349
Fences.......... 350
Farm Houses and Buildings...... 353
Blights, Insect and Animal Pests..... 355
Purchase or Hire of Farm Lands .... 356
Profits of Farming....... 357
Horticulture . . ....... 360
Banana Blunder...... . . 361
Flowers--Bees--Shrubs....... 364
English Trees........ 366
CHAPTER XIII.
PASTORAL PURSUITS....... 368
The Home of the Golden Fleece..... 368
Australian Testimony....... 369
Numbers and Breed of Sheep..... 377
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Xll CONTENTS AND INDEX. *•
PASTORAL PURSUITS--continued.
New Zealand Wool....... 379
The Wool to Grow . . . . . 382 and 394
The Negretti Breed....... 384
Getting up Wool........ 391
Exemption from Disease...... 395
Lambing......... 396
Sheep Farming--Squatting...... 397
Young Beginners........ 398
Profits of Squatting....... 399
Evils of the Squatting System..... 400
Cattle.......... 406
Horses.......... 408
Pigs.......... 410
Goats.......... 412
Taking out Choice Breeding Stock . . . .412
The Sturgeon Merinoes.....414 and 662
Dogs........... 416
CHAPTER XIV.
GENERAL INVESTMENTS AND PURSUITS . . 417
Capitalists and Capital ....... 417
Loan Company........ 420
Professional Men........ 421
Mercantile and Trading Pursuits..... 422
Retail Traders ....... 424
Manufacturing Industry...... 425
Whaling......... 427
The New Zealand Flax....... 429
CHAPTER XV.
OUTFIT AND DEPARTURE PREPARATIONS . . 445
Taking Goods for Sale....... 446
Domestic Outfit........ 446
Packing......... 449
Shipping Goods........ 450
Wardrobe......... 451
Ladies' Outfit........ 454
Miscellaneous Outfit ....... 455
Taking Money........ 459
Letters of Introduction....... 461
Taking Servants........ 462
A Labourer Partner....... 465
Life Insurance ........ 467
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CHAPTER XVI.
SHIPS AND PASSAGE MATTERS...... 468
The New Overland Route...... 468
New Zealand via Australia...... 474
Transient Ships........ 475
The New Zealand Lines....... 476
Choice of Ship........ 477
A Bill of Fare........ 479
Proceeding Direct to the Settlement .... 482
Colonists' Rooms........ 483
Terms of Passage, &c........ 485
Engaging Passage........ 488
Cabins and Berths....... 489
Which to Choose . . . . . . .491
Fitting up Cabins........ 493
Insurance . . . . ..... 496
Time of Year for Sailing...... 497
Sea Sickness and General Health..... 498
The First Week at Sea....... 500
Occupations and Amusements ..... 501
CHAPTER XVII.
THE LAND REGULATIONS...... 504
The Pre-emptive Right....... 505
The Six Systems........ 507
Vestry Legislation...... . .511
The Auckland Regulations . . . (See Appendix) 513
New Plymouth " ...... 517
Wellington " ...... 518
Nelson " ...... 518
Canterbury " ...... 519
0tago " ...... 519
Remarks on the Six Systems..... 520
Selling on Credit........ 521
Selling by Auction . ..... 523
The Evils of the Six Systems..... 525
Colonisation Quackery....... 531
Suggested Uniform System...... 533
Selling Land in England ...... 539
Mr. Bridges' System....... 544
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CHAPTER XVIII.
STATISTICS AND PRICES...... 553
Population Table ........ 555
Births and Deaths........ 556
Export and Import Tables...... 557
Cultivations and Stock....... 558
The Infant Marine . . . . 558
Shipping ... . . . . 561
The New Tariff . . . . . . . 561
Shop Prices......... 564
Commercial Imports....... 566
Price Currents........ 567
Agricultural Produce Prices, &c...... 573
Wages.......... 573
Value of Improved Properties..... 574
Postal Regulations....... 574
Distance Table........ 578
Directory........578
Current Books on New Zealand..... 580
CHAPTER XIX.
EMIGRATION......... 583
Emigration's Enemies....... 583
Emigration Truths....... 588
The National Benefits of Emigration . . . .589
The "Excess of Emigration" Cry..... 593
Waste Lands at Home....... 594
Cohesion of our Home and Colonial Empire . . . 596
A System of State Emigration..... 600
How to Agitate for it...... 607
Why and how Emigration is beneficial .... 608
Capitalisation of Profits...... 611
Increase of Social Rank....... 612
Settling Families........ 613
Rural Life......... 614
Less Care and Toil....... 615
Retrenchment and Reform...... 616
Emigrationary Qualifications ...... 617
Hint to Bachelors........ 621
The Dangers of Delay....... 621
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CHAPTER XX.
EMIGRANTS, FIT AND UNFIT..... 624
Those who go to the Wrong Place..... 624
Canada and America ....... 625
American Liberty ........ 628
Those who should Stay at Home . . . . 630
Emigration Bugbears....... 633
Home and Friends....... 635
The Future ......... 637
The New Life........ 638
Society, Social Life, and Amusements . . . .640
Work and Play........ 645
Governesses......... 646
Retired Genteel Families...... 646
Brussels and Boulogne Emigration . . . . 649
Professional Men........ 650
Training Sons for Professions..... 653
Bachelor Heirs and their Careers..... 654
Invalids.......... 655
Tradesmen......... 657
Tenant Farmers........ 658
The Counter and the Desk...... 659
APPENDIX:--
The Auckland New Land Regulations .... 661
The Sturgeon Merinoes...... 662
Emigration from our North American Colonies to New Zealand.........663
The Author's Address....... 664
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