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tons. New Zealand has already developed some large manufacturing industries 

 and now turns out her own ships, locomotives, and other rolling stock. 



The archipelago has an extensive network of roads and railways, and it will 

 soon be possible to travel by rail from one extremity to the other of both islands. 

 Except a few jjrovincial branches, nearly all the lines have been constructed and are 

 owned by the Government. Steamers also ply regularly between the seaports round 

 the coast, and maintain rapid communication with Australia, America, and Europe. 



Fig. 191. — Railways of New Zealand 

 Scale 1 : 13,000,000. 



base or breensv-ich 



300 Miles. 



The foreign trade is relatively greater than that of European countries, for it 

 already exceeds £22 per head of the white and Maori population. The proportion 

 of letters forwarded through the post is also higher than in France, and the 

 colony enjoys a more developed system of primary instruction. The periodical 

 press is represented by 200 journals, of which one is issued in the Maori lan- 

 guage. 



