Illustrations. 
Maps. 
Page 
New Zealand , scale 1 : 5.000,000 by A. Petermann. (The Isthmus of Auckland, 
scale 1 : 500,000). 
The southern part of the Province of Auckland, explanatory of the routes and 
surveys by Dr. Ferdinand von Hochstetter, 1859. Scale 1 : 700,000. 
Coloured Engravings. 
Ko Paora Matutaera (Paul Marshall), Maori chief at Kapanga, Coromandel Harbour, 
Prov. Auckland. From a sketch by Mr. Heaphy. (Frontispiece.) 
The Southern Alps; view from the mouth of the Arahura or Brunner river on the 
West Coast. From a sketch by Mr. ITeaphy 38 
Forest in the Papakura District near Auckland. From a sketch by Dr. C. Fischer 134 
Lake Taupo, North Island; view of the volcanic mountains (Tongariro and Rua- 
paliu) on the southern shore. From a sketch by the author 365 
Te Tarata on the lake Rotomahana, boiling spring with terraces of silicious depo- 
sits. From a photograph by Mr. Hamel . . * 410 
Motueka valley near Nelson, South Island. From a sketch by Mr. A. Campbell . 472 
The glaciers on Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. Fron^a sketch by Dr. Jul. Haast, 1866 498 
Woodcuts. 
Gabriels Gully on the Tuapeka Goldfield in the Province of Otago, from a photograph 111 
Kiwi (Apteryx) and Moa (Palapteryx) , the wingless birds of New Zealand . . . 176 
View of Mount Eden near Auckland from the Domain, from a photograph . . . 229 
Waitomokia, an extinct volcano on Manukau Harbour, South of Onehunga, Prov. 
of Auckland 233 
Waikare creek near Rangiriri on the Waikato, from a photograph by Mr. Hamel 300 
The Maori school of the Rev. Mr. Asliwell at Taupiri, from a photograph by Mr. 
Hamel 307 
View of Mount Tongariro and Ruapahu from Mount Ngariha towards South-East. 
From a sketch by the author 354 
The hot springs of Orakeikorako, on the Waikato river. From a sketch by the 
author 393 
View of the lake Rotorua, Prov. Auckland. From a sketch be} r Mr. Koch . . . 421 
The Western Ranges of the Province of Nelson, view from the junction of the Grey 
and Mawheraiti towards East (page 464). The Southern Alps, view from the mouth 
of the River Grey. From sketches by Dr. J. Haast 480 
