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of. St. Andrew's, and about twenty yards nearer Queen Street is the Government House, 

 a mansion of wood surrounded by park-like grounds where flourish the English oak, the 

 American maple, the Australian blue-gum, the semi-tropical palm, and some of the most 

 attractive trees of New Zealand. Behind it lies the Metropolitan Ground, wherein 

 volunteer displays and foot-ball matches are not infrequently held. Alongside this reserve, 

 and fronting Symonds Street, stands the Choral Hall, with its broad Ilight of stone 

 steps and its colonnade. 



Customs Street cuts Queen Street at right angles near the Wharf. Here are the 

 head-quarters of the New. Zealand Timber Company and the Auckland Timber Com pain, 

 corporations which own saw-mills all over the province, and find constant employment 

 for hundreds of men. There are other companies of the same kind in the place, but 

 these are the largest, and one has but to make a cursory inspection of their establish- 

 ments in order to comprehend how large a share the timber industry plays in the 

 social and commercial economy of the city. In travelling through the province to the 

 north of Auckland, and in the Coromandel Peninsula to the east of it, one is frequently 

 brought face to face with the seats of this kauri pine industry. At Tairua, Whitianga, 

 \Vhangaroa, Mangonui, Hokianga, and at various points on the Northern Wairoa, may 

 be seen all the processes of felling the stately timber, deporting it thence by tram-way to 

 the River, and then rafting the logs down to the mill. In Auckland an interesting 

 hour or two may be spent in seeing how the timber is worked up into the different 

 forms required for the market. A few yards farther on are the Public Salt-water and 

 Fresh-water Baths. The water for the latter comes cool and refreshing from the 

 practically inexhaustible Western Springs, which are situated some three miles farther 

 afield. From this convenient source the Corporation supplies not only its own burgesses 

 but also such of the neighbouring boroughs as may choose to pay for the water. 



The means of locomotion are quite commensurate with the importance of the place. 

 From the Wharf a tram-way line runs up Queen Street as far as Wellesley Street, when; 

 it diverges to the east and west, one link striking off to Newmarket and thence to the 

 foot-ball arena at Epsom, within two or three miles of Onehunga, and the other passing 

 through Newton to the farthest limit of Ponsonby. At present Epsom and Onehunga 

 are connected by the Tram-way Company's services of omnibusses, but the extension of 

 the tram-line to the latter township is in contemplation. 



The street nomenclature is suggestive of a loyal and patriotic population. Running 

 parallel with Queen Street on one side is Albert Street, and on the other side is 

 Prince's Street, while ' Victoria Street is the chief intersecting thoroughfare. Vice-regal 

 magnates are commemorated by Grey Street, Shortland Street, Hobson Street, Wynyanl 

 Street, Bowen Street and Jervois Road ; while British historical characters give their 

 names to Drake Street, Wyndham Street, Wellesley Street, Nelson Street, Wellington 

 Street, Howe Street, Havelock Street, Curran Street, Grattan Street, Franklin Road, 

 Pitt Street, Sheridan Street, Grafton Road and Napier Street. 



Anthony Trollope remarks that Auckland is redolent of New Zealand. He is right 

 in saying that it is the most representative city of the colony. The Maori with his 

 picturesque raiment of garish colours may still be seen peddling his fruit in its streets, 

 although the intrusive Pake ha has almost entirely deprived him of .the market which he 



