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New Zealand without any bad effect, even to those 

 colonists who are in delicate health. 



The purity of the atmosphere, resulting from the 

 continual wind, imparts to the climate a vigour which 

 gives elasticity to the physical powers and to the 

 mind. Heat never debilitates, not even so much 

 as a hot summer's day in England ; and near the 

 coasts especially there is always a cooling and re- 

 freshing breeze. The colonist who occupies him- 

 self with agriculture can work all day, and the 

 mechanic will not feel any lassitude whether he 

 works in or out of doors. 



From all this I draw the conclusion* that as 

 regards climate no country is better suited for a 

 colony of the Anglo-Saxon race than New Zealand ; 

 and were this its only recommendation, it would 

 still deserve our utmost attention, as the future seat 

 of European civilization and institutions in the 

 southern hemisphere, since in the other southern 

 colonies for instance, in that of New South Wales 

 Europeans undergo more or less alterations from 

 the original stock. 



Invalids rapidly recover in this climate, and there 

 is no doubt that the presence of numerous thermal 

 waters in the island, and the attractive scenery, will 

 make New Zealand the resort of those who have 

 been debilitated in India, and are in search of health. 



I subjoin in a tabular form the results of the 

 meteorological observations at Port Nicholson. 



