CONTENTS. 



HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ZEALAND, BY 

 R. A. A. SHEKKIN. 



EARLY DISCOVERY ..... 



INTERCOURSE WITH SYDNEY 



EARLY MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE 



THE FAILURE OF THE FIRST COLONIZING COMPANY 



MR. WAKEFIEI.D'S NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION . 



THE TREATY OF WAITANGI 



BRITISH INSTITUTIONS .... 



THE WAIRAU MASSACRE .... 



GOVERNOR FITZROY .... 



GOVERNOR GREY . . . . 



POLITICAL PROGRESS 



THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY .... 



THE PUBI.IC POLICY .... 



HEKE'S WAR ..... 



THE Hurr DISTURBANCES 



THE OUTBREAK AT WANGANUI 



MINOR ALARMS AND OUTRAGES 



"THE KING MOVEMENT" .... 



THE FIRST TARANAKI WAR 



THE WAIKATO WAR .... 



THE EAST COAST CAMPAIGN 



THE " HAUHAU " FANATICISM 



TITOKOWARU'S OUTBREAK .... 



TE KOOTI AND THE POVERTY BAY MASSACRE . 



TE WHITI'S LAND AGITATION 



DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND, 

 BY J. M. GEDDIS. 



AUCKLAND ...... 



THE FAR NORTH ..... 



THE REGION OF GOLD .... 



THE WONDERLAND OF NEW ZEALAND 



THROUGH THE MANAWATU GORC-.K TO WANGAM-I 



TARANAKI ...... 



THE CITY OF WELLINGTON 



OVER THE RlMUTAKA TO MASTERTON 



THE TOPOGRAPHY OK NEW ZEALAND 



MARI.HOROUGH AND NELSON 



WESTLAND AND CANTERBURY 



CHRISTCHURCH . . . 



THE SOUTHERN AI.PS .... 



OTAGO ...... 



THE CITY OF DUNEDIN 



THE OTAGO LAKES 



THE WEST COAST SOUNDS 

 INSULAR AUSTRALASIA. 



NEW GUINEA, BY REV. W. G. LAWKS, F.R.G.S. 



987 

 99 

 992 

 997 



IOOO 



1003 

 1007 

 1008 



IOIO 



1014 

 1018 



IO22 

 IO26 

 1028 

 1037 

 IO4O 

 IO4I 

 1045 

 1050 



1055 

 IO62 

 1064 



1068 

 1069 



IO72 



1077 

 IO9O 

 1093 

 1096 

 III4 



1117 

 II2O 

 1128 

 1132 

 "37 

 1143 



"49 

 1160 

 1178 

 1181 



"97 

 1204 



I2II 



THE NEW BRITAIN GROUP, BY REV. GEORGF. 



BROWN ...... 1229 



THE SOLOMON GROUP, BY REV. GEORGE BROWN 1239 

 THE NEW HEBRIDES, BY REV. ROBERT STEEL, 



PH.D., D.D. ... . 1245 



THE FIJIAN ISLANDS, BY REV. LORIMER FISON 1254 



TIIK SAMOAN GROUP, BY REV. GEORGE BROWN 1266 

 TONGA, OR THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS. BY REV. 



GEORGE BROWN .... 1274 



LORD HOWE AND NORFOLK ISLANDS, BY FRANK 



J. DONOHUE ..... 1281 



NEW CALEDONIA, BY FRANK J. DONOHUE . 1289 



PHYSIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALASIA. 



GEOLOGICAL FORMATION, BY C. S. WILKINSON, 



F.G.S. ...... 1305 



CLIMATE AND RAIN-FALL, BY H. C. RUSSELL, 



B.A., F.R.A.S., F.M.S. . . . 1311 



THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES, BY REV. LORIMER 



FISON, M.A., M.A.I., LONDON . . 1319 



FLORA, BY BARON VON MUELLER, K.C.M.G., 



M. & PH.D., F.R.S. .... 1331 

 FAUNA, BY WILLIAM A. HASWEI.L, M.A., D.Sc., 



F.L.S. .... . 1348 



COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, BY FRANK J. 



DONOHUE. 



THE MINING INDUSTRY .... 1363 



THE PASTORAL INTEREST .... 1381 



THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST . . . 1396 



COMMERCE ...... 1400 



THE RAILWAY SYSTEM .... 1405 



THE POSTAL SYSTEM . . . .1410 



TELEGRAPHS ..... 1415 



POLITICAL AND SOCIAL. 



A CENTURY OF PROGRESS, BY FRANK J. DONOHUE 1417 

 EDUCATION, BY FRANK J. DONOHUE AND JAMES 



T. DONOVAN ..... 1424 

 RELIGION, BY FRANK J. DONOHUE AND JAMES 



T. DONOVAN ..... 1432 

 THE LEGAL INTEREST, BY FRANK J. DONOHCK 1440 

 LITERATURE AND ART, BY FRANK J. DONOHUE 



AND JAMES T. DONOVAN . . . 1443 



SPORT AND AMUSEMENT, I!Y FRANK J. DONOHUE 



AND JAMES T. DONOVAN . . . 1459 



CONCLUSION, BY FRANK J. DONOHUE . . 1466 



APPENDIX, BY FRED. J. BROOMFIKLD. 



THE GROWTH OF POPULATION TO THE YEAR 1891 1468 





