Show now mow zo zealand alana consists of three islands ial kno wu as g ilia north morth island the madille or bouthern island sail and the compans com par lively small Ste island the three extend overa over a length of 0 nearly 1200 milles allea north and south they haro bare a length ot of 0 so o that they a great grant variety ot at climate the total area of in i about square miles new pos poa two distinctive if agures vilio effect its future anil and the parin its find and character of its people there to is no country in the tha world tit any moment sit ai isolated from other countries mid and there is ia none which possesses Buea la in proportion to its tire area so BO extensive a when a freo free way la is open to tho the development of its resources an and d the industries suitable al tabla to them no 00 artificial system of protection will be neco osary the aijo capit rates it from thu rest ot of the world will all competition but bat that which will be for or the banedt of its ita people ita enormous enor mona seaboard aboard ee must maat tasks it a maritime country and its iti harily hardy and self BOH supporting colonists will carry to the tha farthest ar theat limits of the tha enterprise power and domin ion tile tho batly days of NOW new zealand worn much clouded by differences with the natives at the end of the english government determined to leave the colonists to their own resources and withdrew ill U the tha ald aid previously rou rendered dereLl to repress the tu turbulence balence of the man Ma ories aa confronted with the acting for themselves the ilia colonist bid no difficulty in coming to 10 the first that they wanted moro more population that they resulted required roads and railways to open with sit all parts of the tha country thirdly that thai the tha ro and value of now new zealand were ware such as to justify the expenditure of 0 large amounts anio until ol of capital in introducing population Ution and in constructing roads and railways from recent recant published statistics we loarn learn that hiro have boon been constructed since 1870 ever 1000 2000 miles of railway over orar 2000 miles ol of road aud and immigrants have been need these efforts it seems have hara tally fully realized all that was wail anticipator there 14 probably no BO country in the tha world at the present time in which prosperity proa parity more uniformly reigns thau than now new zw zoo joni the revenue of now zealand for the past financial year land sales bales mounted amounted to RUA and the expenditures inal riding branti to the amount of to local bodies bo liea and the appropriation of 1000 WO for the banking Bin liing I 1 and of the abo public debt was waa thus leaving a surplus ol of ills railways are stated elated to have earned elined III 3 per cent Ont on beit capi tal yielded and the tha stamp duty over the call mats maten anew mcw york economist |