FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 175 
New Zealand, and very severe restrictions were imposed on all 
Orientals. Perhaps this is the reason why the Dominion of New 
Zealand claims the purest Anglo-Saxon population in the world. 
It is a rare thing to meet any but English, Welsh, Scotch, or a 
very few Irish in that country and practically all of the Colonials 
are descended directly from citizens of some part of Great Britain. 
We were met on the dock by the manager of the Government 
Tourist Bureau for Auckland, Mr. Wallnutt, who at once took us 
in charge in the most helpful manner possible, saying that he was 
instructed to see all of our baggage and equipment through the 
customs without delay. Not a thing was opened after I had ex- 
plained that we had nothing but personal effects and the necessary 
scientific equipment for such a trip as ours. 
This Government Tourist Bureau, by the way, is one of the best 
organizations we met with in New Zealand. It welcomes the 
stranger on the dock and is at his service throughout his stay in 
the Dominion. It arranged all of our travel, secured our tickets 
and wired for our hotel accommodations wherever we went. Noth- 
ing could give a more pleasing impression to travelers from other 
lands than such service. It saved us without charge much time 
and annoying perplexities wherever we went. I believe that as 
Americans learn of the superb attractions of New Zealand the 
tourist trade will become much more extensive than it is at pres- 
ent and that the service of this Government Bureau will make 
travel more and more popular with Americans. 
Mr. Clement Wragge, a well known meteorologist came to the 
wharf to welcome our party in the name of the scientists of New 
Zealand and, at my request, secured lodgings for us in Auckland. 
Mr. Wragge was an eccentric character with a great reputation 
as a weather forecaster, a reputation extending far beyond New 
Zealand. We had heard of him at Fiji and were assured that the 
planters there relied implicitly on his prognostications and that 
these forecasts were very generally correct. He told me that the 
matter of predicting the weather was a much easier and simpler 
problem near the Antarctic regions than in the Northern Hemis- 
phere; I have no doubt that his long experience and scientific 
training enabled him to attain a very creditable degree of accur- 
acy. Since coming home we have received news of Mr. Wragge’s 
death, which was not entirely unexpected, as he was quite an old 
man when we saw him, although active and alert in manner. 
Our luggage was piled on to a big lorry, and we were placed in 
