TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 



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liead of European population ; the colonial debt to £'3/jOO,000^ with an annual 

 charge of 21s. '2d. per head. 



The population by Census 1867 stood thus : — 



giving the following proportions : — 



I 



The number of emigi-ants to Xew Zealand from the United Kingdom has been 

 111,306. 



The remarkable progress attained during the thirty years of its existence is a 

 mere indication of the great natural resom-ces of New Zealand. 



After discussing the importance of preserving our Colonies chiefly on economic 

 grounds, the author went on to discuss the general principles which should regulate 

 the policy of the Imperial Government towards the colonies, and applied those 

 principles to the case of New Zealand ; contending that we are under engagements 

 to the natives as well as the colonists, and showed that in the North Island, where 

 alone the natives are formidable, the comparative strength of the two races may be 

 estimated thus : — 



Males. 



Native Adults in North Island 15,000 



Deduct for aged men, regard being had to the services "I 

 rendered by their women J ' 



Effective Warriors 14,000 



EUROPEAN Adults in North Island 28,856 



Deduct, above 40 years of age 7(>'>6 



Deduct, unfit for servico and likely to leave 7000 



I-:, 656 



Capable of bearing arms 14,200 



It would neither be consistent with sound policy, good faith, or humanity, to 

 abandon the inhabitants of the North Island to a war of races, ending in the exter- 

 mination of the Maories. 



An Account of the Si/stcm of Local Taxation in Ireland. 

 By W. Neilson Hancock, LL.D, 

 The salient difference between the English and Irish systems is found in 

 the Poor-rates. In England Poor-rates are of ancient origin; there was 

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