Recent Works in Australia and New Zealand. 9 



and the vigorous military character of its native Maori population 

 it was not until 1840 that the white population settled there, and 

 generally speaking the settlement has been nearly 50 years later 

 in New Zealand than Australia, with the result that while it has 

 a greater area than the whole of Great Britain, and contains much, 

 of probably the very best, agricultural land in the world, with such 

 a climate as is enjoyed by the Channel Islands and the West of 

 France, it yet has up to now rather less than one million in- 

 habitants. 



Dealing with the character of the former inhabitants, the 

 lecturer exhibited the remnants of a cannibal feast which he had 

 discovered near Dunedin.* And then he went on to describe the 

 enterprise of the municipalities, which in their way and in pro- 

 portion to their size is perhaps more remarkable even than 

 Melbourne or Sydney, picking out for illustration that one which 

 he himself had served during the last few years — namely, 

 Dunedin. 



Here with a population including suburbs of only 60,000, over 

 100 million pounds has been spent on the Harbour, the Water 

 Supply, the Tramways, the Sewerage, and the Municipal Gas 

 Supply, and yet the rates aggregate less than 3s. in the pound on 

 the annual valuation. 



Views of the sewerage works, which the lecturer designed and 

 constructed, were then exhibited, and among ' up to date ' features 

 were shown the various ferro concrete methods adopted in pipes 

 and aqueducts, the former including the main sewer, with pipes of 

 5' 6" internal diameter. 



Also the rising mains constructed of best Australian Hardwood, 

 which has been proved even more durable than cast iron, and 

 can be constructed into large water and sewer pipes to carry 

 internal pressure at a fraction of the cost of the heavier material. 



While the centrifugal engines, driven by a pair of Diesel oil 

 engines, each developing up to 200 indicated horse power, were 

 shown, and these are of interest as being the very first of their 

 kind that ever crossed the equator or worked in the Southern 



He misphere. 



* These are now included among the objects lodged in the Society's Museum. 



