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Show 1 h Jenson's Travels. j, I I LRTTHfc NO. XXXV. 'I 1 frtrlty, Oclob.r nlh, i8n. After at- i nirtlnf to iofn necrry biiainr.. In TcotiecHen with the tranapottatlon of F.I-fan, F.I-fan, I commenced my historical lihari n Auckland, New 7-raland, pertaining 1 t the Auitralaiian Mistion, asuMed by r. iler )otin Johnton, who it the aecre- ((ary ol the minion. He commenced to art in that capacity a few montha aio, ' alien Klder Den Goddard, the lormer (tecretary, returned home from a long j-.nd laitbful minion. ; Saturday, October nth. I continued j my labor! of the day pre.loua, and waa J introduced to Elder Charlea Hardy, j prtaident of the acattered iMgrnrnts ol s ' wbat waa once the Auckland branch. ', Drothtr Hurdy embraced the (impel in ' rlM. I" Au.lralia, and, together with Jff other Saints, wiled from the province of Victoria, April ar'h, 1H55, on Ihe brig Targuena, bound lor America. Hut the ahip sprang a leak and only brought her passengers to Honolulu, Hawaii, where aha waa declared until for further aea service; and the emigranta had to pur aue their way Irom there to Ami m a as best they could. Urother Hardy, who was then an unmarried man, auccreded fo reaching Sa'n Bernardino, Calilomia, where he lived for several years; but in stead of going to Utah when the Sun Hrrnlrd.no Saints migrated thither, , Urother Hardy went to l.ngland, where ' be took to himself a u, and In doe course of time wended bin w.iy to New 7.taiand, where be has railed quite a family. After the elapse ol many years he saw n Latter-day Satnt meeting ad-vartlaed ad-vartlaed In an Auckland paper, winch caused tbe old spirit of Mormonisin to come tpon him anew, and he made him self Iniown to the hldrrs, and was in dot course ol time baptued by Klder John l Sorensnn, ol Salt Iake City. Nnre then he has remained a faithful member of Ihe I'hurih, and has olten u-,iitrd the mission in a material way, btii'g bletaed with aome ol this world's Tiiumday, Oct o tier i U. Having or-riaiun or-riaiun to seek relircmrnt while consulting consult-ing about matters of importance, I.Ukr William Gardner and mysell iarted out on an curly morning walk, in the roure 01 whuh we ascended the f.imoui Mount Ktlen, an eitiitct vulcano, aiiuatad about three miles inUnd from the business part I of Auckland. The mount or bill ia about 6o leet hif h, and the view Irom hi luir-utit u nioftt e xtemive and man mhcf nt. All around is keen the cr.itcrs of txtmrt volt anoei, a careful count footing foot-ing up the remarkable total ol 63, with-luarat-iufol live miles, showing what a warm corner of the e.irth thu mutt have been at ionic pre-hittoric date. Auckland, with it beautiful suburbs and splendid harbor, Ilea spread out at cna'a leet, and beyond the VVaiUkeru raiiea on one aide and the Cor o man-dels man-dels on the oilier, while the eat met volcano, vol-cano, Rangitoto, with its tnolo cone, j dominates the landsapa straight ahead. Mcunt L-.len is alio interctii.g in other (:01111s. The crater remain perfect inserted cone, forming vast amphl-th4tre. amphl-th4tre. which ia aomtimea used lor masa meeting i ol the populace. In older Maori da) a Ibe hill was a pa or strong hold, and the terraced formications are ft Li nly visible on ita aidea. Auckland, containing a population ol jbout 51.000, including suburbs, la situ-a situ-a ed on the shores of Waitemata harbor, har-bor, a beautilul stretch of water branch-tug branch-tug Irom the Hauraki Gull. I he ground upon which the cily ia built is rolling, and tome ol the hills are quite steep; but at the streets, instead of erosMin; cuch other at tight angles, have been laid out bo aa to cotilurm to the bill alopct. the stretrU are ipnle nicely graded. grad-ed. Auckland is the chief port for the trade with the South Pacific lsUmJa. Ihe cily was louniled by Governor William Hobt-on, in 1H4 , and tt re maii.ed the capital ol New Zetland till 1164, when the srai ut government was removed 10 Wellington. S.nee October 37th, 1854 Auckland has been known 10 latter-day Saint hliiory On that day &dcrs Augustus J'arnham and William Cook landed in Auckland from Au-iiralia, as messengers of truth and Haivatiou 10 the people ol New aland, which at that tune con tained a population of only about yi,ouo whites. Auckland only had two or thrr-e thousand people in 1N54. The Hderi, on arriving lound all the houses ol armmmodntion in the city lull, in conceiienre of an inilux of emigrants; conse.piently they had to hire unftir niihed apartments to live in. Afler first visiting the respective miniMcM or prea. hers of different dcn'iminationo, they gave notice by advertisement, of a enea of meetings which they intended to hold at the Venetian cnitage, (formerly (for-merly the reidence ol General iMt). Iheir meetings were well attrmled, and there whs considerable inquiry n ihe part ol the people, many ol whom purchased pur-chased books treating upon the principles princi-ples of theGoipel. Alter holding wv eral ineelings the two Klders prmeeded to (tnrhunga, a small town siiu.itcd on the M mi kaii harbor, on the wc-u coast, seven miles liont Auckland, intending to hold meetings there; but the early departure de-parture of the steamer, on whirh thev were to sail for Wellington, prevented them from preaching there. The fust branch of the Church in New eal.ind was raised up by William Cook, after the return to Australia of Augustus l arnham, catlv In 1H.S5, at Karon, ne.ir Wellington, f have been unahle to learn ol any other orgamz.itiun ol the Lhurch in New Zealand, till 1.7, wheu Klder Carl C. Asmusnen, who had recently re-cently embraced ihe lulnets ol the Gospel Gos-pel in Kngland, baplued 11 it nrriont at Kaipoi, near Christ Church, on the Souih Island, and ordained Willium liurnett an Kldcr; but no branch wan or-gamied, or-gamied, though meetings wtru held every Sunday lur some time, and others baptized. In 1870, Robert Heaiuhamp revived the work near Wellington, and in April 1870, a branch, conMsling ol eighteen members, fi reMrted to ex lit at Karori, near Wellington, where the former branch of 1S55 hal been raised up by Klder Cook. On J.inuary Hih, 1S71, a conference was tuld at Karori, at which thirtvone mlult mem beia ol l ha Church In New Zealand was represented, including lour i.lders. In the latter part ol le enilrr, isji, Mder Henry lr'ilen and Mr oilier jo-eph i aw cett, with their respective laiuihes (eleven (elev-en souls altogether), sailed from New Zealand, per steamer Nevada. '1 hii lit-tie lit-tie company, which seems to be tho first Latter day Saints to emigrate direct to Utah Irom New Z'-aland, arrived 111 Salt Lake City February loth, iS;j. on I'erember Mth, iS;s, F.lders Fiedrrirk I Hurst, Charles Hurt, lohn T. Kich and William M I. sd.U n ;.n.led at Auckland at missionaries (rum Utah. The arrival of the lour Klders and that of Klder Thomas Stecrt, who was sent over Irom Australia about the same inn', may be termed the commencement of perpetual missionary work in New Zealand, though I believe even alter lh.it the held waa without representation from Zion once, fur a year or more. Hut though Klders lauded at and took their departure from Auckland, no successful suc-cessful missionary wurk was done in that city till alter the arrival ol Klder John I. Sorensen of Salt Lake City, on December t'-th, 1879. He commenced com-menced to prearh in Auckland at the Odd Fellowa Hall), January nth, iS-, and baptized his tina converts in that city, February ajth, ihSo A number ol others followed, and on une Mh, 1HS0, he organized a branch of the Lhurch in Auckland, with Klder Win. ohn McDonald Mc-Donald (the first man baptized), aa president. For many years tho Auckland Auck-land branch was strong and lively, though contentions occasionally arose among aome of the members. But in due course ol time the "cream of the branch" emigrated to Zion; others apostatized, apos-tatized, and there are at present only a few acattered members of the organization organiza-tion left. Among those are Sister Harding Har-ding and family, with whom we held a little meeting on Sunday evening, October Octo-ber 13th. Il the branch is nut revived In the near future, it will not be the lault of Klders Johnson and Browning, who are laboring with a xeal which their opponents op-ponents aay U worthy ot a better cause, to establish the cause ot Zion in Ihe beautilul city ol Auckland and vicinity. Monday, October 14th. In perusing the records ol the Australasian mission 1 lound that no accounts of the labor of the early missionaries have been preserved; pre-served; at least, they are not at the headquarters ol the mission at the present pres-ent lime. The record, which is known as ihe mission history, has been well kept since that date. Nearly two hun dred missionaries from Zion, have landed land-ed on the shores of New Zealand since of whom upwards ot sisty are pleading the cause of truth here at the present time, the bigger half among the Maori people The Australasian mission embraces New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania. The New .-aland part of the mission is divided into fifteen districts, of which twelve are Maori and three Kwopean district, though some Kuropean missionary mis-sionary work is also carried on in some of the Maori district. The names of the districts commencing with the north end of the North Island and finishing with the south end of South Is'and are as follows- Hay ol Islands, Whangarei, Auckland, Waikato, HanraKie, Tauran gi, Waiapu, Poverty IWy (or luran-gaiiui). luran-gaiiui). Mania, Hawkcs Hay, Mauawatu, VV'nirarapa, Wairau, Canterbury and "tjga. The hrst twelve embrace the North and the three last the South Maml. J no Auckland, Canterbury and t Hago are the three Kuropean districts. According to the statistical report of December, 14, the Australasian mission, mis-sion, exclusive of Klders tr im Zion, ! contained i,y Klders, isi Priests, toy j ' Teachem, ii Deacons and 1,93s lay j I members, thus making i.AS the total ol ol he u is mid member. Adding u under eight years of age in the families : i ol Saints, the grand total of souls toots I ui to 1 I'.K i Mil-.. Onlv 1 10 ol these are J in Austtaha and Tasmania; the rest urc 111 the New Zraland districts. ! The colony of New Zealand which is 1 n l.nlish possession, consists of three 1 main islands with several smaller groups ! ol islands lyinj: at some distance from ' the principal group. The main islands ' known as the North, the South, (the I middle,) and Stewart islam), have a I coast line 4..vv nulrs in length, namely, North islatius j,jiH, South isl.imls 7,000 I and Stewart islands 1 v miles. New I Zealand is a mountainous country, but it has many large plains. In thu North Island whit 11 is highly volcanic, is situated situat-ed that lamous Thermal Springs district. Ihe South inland is remarkable for its lolty mountains, with their magnificent glaciers, and tor the deep hounds or fluids on the western coast. New Zealand Zea-land is firstly pastoral, and secondly ail agricultural country. Sown glasses are grown almost everywhere, the extent ol land laid down being upwards ol S.ooo, 000 acres, according to government re-porth, re-porth, 1 11 the Soutn island a large area is covered with native grasses, and the large extent of good grazing luud has made the colony a giett wool and meat producing country. The number ot sheep in the colony in 18 ,4 was ao.ayv bi't, and the value of the wool exports lor that year v. at about twenty -five million dollars. The froen meat e ports (mostly mutton) lor th- was valued at about J'i.ooo.oo. 'I he North idand with its adjuend islets lias an aggregate area ut 44 4'S square milt, ihe South island, win atMacent islet", ,S $2t square miles, and Stewart island t'5 square nt'les. ilia area of New Zealand Is about one-sixth less than the area ut Great Britain and Ireland, the South liland a loin being a little larg'-r than the combined areas ol Kngland and Wales. Ihe North island extends over a little more than seven degree of latitude, a distance in a duect hue Irom no'th to south ot 4t geographical or 4S tttatute tn 1 lev, out as the northern portion of the iUnd trends to the west ward the distance in a straight line from the Not th Lape to Cape I'alhser, the extreme northeil and southerly points ot the island, is about 515 statute miles. Ihe extreme length ol the South island is about 5-ts statute mdca. The South Island is unerscded along almost its entire en-tire length by a range of mountains known as Hie Southern Alps. Some ol the kumnuts reach a height of Irom 10, 000 to u.axj feel, M .uut Cook, the highest peak, rising to u,.vw feet, l or beauty and grandeur 01 scenery the Southern Alps of New Zealand arc said to compare lavorablv wi!h the Alps ol Switzerland, and cvrn tn virpa tin m in point nf variety. Sn f.T, only a tew of the loltier New Zealand peaks have leen scaled, and many ol the peaks and most ol the filacieri are as vet unnamed. un-named. Situated in latitude Irom 25 to 470 17', South Ni tMlsnd en-joys en-joys a chm-ite varying Irom one similar to that of Italy, 111 the north to Hint at Kniclniid on the south. British l-overnlRiity was prmUinird over New Zealand In fnnuary iS).i, and It hecame a dependenry (,( N w S iuth Wales, Australia, until M iy yu iMi( when it was made a separate ndony. Ihe government of the colony was first vested in the governor who was h-nimhi-sible only to the Crown; tail in ihu an act graiiti-iK representative iiistituii'ms to the colony was passed tv the Imperial Im-perial l.i'K-slulurc; ami n i:rmT.i! asnem-lily, asnem-lily, coiiHivtiiiK ol a l.enisl.(tf.c I'ounr it, nppi'inted by the Rovrni.ir, anil an elective House ol keprt smtattves wns provided. The lint ss-.mmi of the general assembly was opuied M iy j;.h 1M54. Tne governor is .ipiumu-il I y IIib queen; Ins salery fjs.-n a year, which amount is oaid iy tin tony. The nit'mlH'is of the llou.pof Kepn-sen. Kepn-sen. at 1 vr are elected lor thric years; fiinrot the inrmhers are rtprt-eiilativcs of Maori conslilurucie. l he rstimsted population f New Zealand on Onceniher ;isl w.ia hstt,(ioo, exrlusiva of M'orn who, according ac-cording to census ol numbered 4 1 , , nt that time. A cording to the census of ihyi the rellnH u 1 complcxiuii of New Zealand was us follows: vv 9IHof the mhnhitants were members of me Church of Kn'aiid; 11147; I'resby tcrtuis; 87,272 Caiholus, . 1 1 5 Method iMs; 14,8asltapliit;f),lStt lllvialioild Imlcptndents; fi l." hcr.tiii. ,;,';J I'aKHils; etc., 1.4M Mtns; i .S I nl tarians, 1', S' ttty ol I nemK inrmhers and Ihhi and sma)iet nl all i l.nu-r-day Saints, commonly kmi 11 at 'Mormons." 'Mor-mons." This don't iik Hide the M.uti population of wtiomnc.iily uucti nth are nienilwr of the true O-ur. h o( Christ. Ol the 41, OM Maoris piven in the census returns ol iNyi, asi 1' inali s were Maori wives living with l-.urop.-.m husbands. It alnu mi lu led i..p6 haif-castrs living as Maois. In a.l.liiioii to the 4V'M classed as Maoris there were t,i;J bail cistes living as l.urwp. huh. t)l the Maori population i,ss.uuly livetl n the South iiUnd and i.V 011 M'-wart islam), thus showing that the lu'k ot the native population is on the North i-daml. Ol the white popul it on, eniinieraled In I 6n,t4 were Ix.m llrrtith sub-jrcis sub-jrcis and 14 ,V( of fiireign birth, among whom were 1,60) Noi'h Amrncaus (from the United States i. 4713 tiermans, a.oi Danes, 1,414 Swli1 , i.aS Norwegians, Nor-wegians, 711 t rench, etc 'Mure were Uo 4.470 Chinese In ihe colony. The number ol bachelors in the colony aged j-i anil upwardt was 7 -. r 17 , and of spinsters age t IS and upwaro (.7.1.00. It may Ik.- interesting to the ladits of l't ih and the reader ul the Nkw t generally gene-rally to know td they are not posted already) that tlie women ol Nc.-. Zra'antl enjov the elective Iran he, " The l-jee-toiirtl Act, iSijj," extended to women of both races (white nnd Maoris) the right to register as electors, and to vote at the elections for members of the llou.se ol Representative!. The qualifications qualifi-cations lor re; titration is the same lor both sexes. Women, however, are not qua Hied to be elected as members uf tne House of Representative. Pur 1- urjpean representation every ft !ult pert, on, tt resident one year in ifiecol-ony, ifiecol-ony, and throe mouths in one electoral district, can b registered as an eb-clor. I' teehuid properly uf the value of as held tor ia tnontlit prcceeding the ua of registration alto entitles a nun or woman to reg ster, It not already regis trred under the residential qualification Maoris posrss.ng a5 (reenolds under Crown title can also register; but, if registered reg-istered on a Kuropean roll, cannot vote for representative of their own race, l or Mauri representation every aituli Maori resident in any ol the four Maori electoral districts cun vote. Registration Registra-tion is not required in Native district. The proportion of representation to population is nut required in Native districts. The proportion ol representation representa-tion to population nt the gcueralclec-1 gcueralclec-1 tioii for ttie Home ol RcprcHcnlalives in November, was one Kuropean member to every 9,604 inhabitant and one Maori member to every io,4 na- , lives. AnIIHKW hNkoN. Kvatani.ata, near Wliangaili, New Zeal-nd, Octjber 17, 15. |