New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-22
OCEANICA.
Nrw.ZEALAND.


WI" AUC<LAxp, Sept s. 1865
The ueeessfl opening Of the Pc anna New Zealand anu
Australian Steam Postal Service A noteworthy in the
history Of steam navigation 1t has solved doubt but for
which this enterprise would have undertaken and com
peed at least seven yes age namely the pOssinhS Oh w
ocean running distarce Of 65o0 e unaf se"
without intermediate cOaisg station That d0aD1 Is Low
removed The perfo FINANCES Of the Rakais ana Low
sss matter and opened up new hu e'e
tscreasisg field Or enterprise and capital
IA IA impossible 10 oy ersstimae the Importance W THIS ne"
xeuse 20 conuercal men AtprseD the advantage oeEape
IRON direct communication with tse American 0on'hon
Meth and Soub do appear at 81 Commensurate with TIE
Immense mail subsidy paid the Company but in short Ine
doubt ao these drawbacks win he lost sight Of in ne neIe
substantial results that mast follow Before gong mig pa
Interest New Zealand il generally supposed 70 have
Been the Dutch navigator 1asman in lG2 he
aud he -four in the futess enterprise The eieau oi
his discovery is however disputed by the sPonisrcs M
10 Capt Cook the great modern navigator and explorer the
credit belongs Of making the fret survey Of NewLean
Which in It's general 50 FAR 1s sp %ss bes 10
trm paFt OF the great terra Avdt's aeoe"s@ ne M M
subsequent visits 70 H. Of his garden at the entrance
Queen ChsrlOttes Sound which his isyee anchorage
may still be seen The smiths forge erected by him. was
beheye likewise there aw years ago 1t Is hot there 81
present; and the cer deep of the lonely Sound IN
which Cook winteed of his observations were
daily fnyersed by feet OF steamships great
and small that surpass anything in naval architecture ever
dreamed Of in Cook age OF seamanshiP - -
Physically w.Zander Of today differs little il at al
.
day night The anthropophag, and men whose heads
DO grow Ose their shoulders have become sadly reduced
eannalsm may be productive Of good results manifest
EewZeande sbogines and their warke nature beautiful
country would have been selected as penal settlement oy
established Thus the savage Of It's people pse cd
che country from evil and kePt open The door or ihst
wonderful and rapid transformation which the natives hhuef
hands the early missionaries The social scum
o. English civilization did not Poaie the spIngs ana 5
VI this young and vigorous Stare 10 New oun " s
Tasmania Western Australia depoIted those men
with the hereditary faint o crime long after the penal
TEN had been abolished long after nee hSd p.a
Western Australia excepted the social faint is discenibe
end the calendar is large aud increasing
In 100 sperm vhaers feQuened the coast; in sl4 the
den eabhed the WESLEYAN missionaries al the Bay Of Islands
Theneeorward there security for the white man. and
considerable native trade spEung up Inc naues
them carry their interba Of determination and
barered for and articles of merchandise the virtue o. hei
may quote the figures McCnlOehs Commercial Deon
ary which that in 1891 as IS 10 cEs OF New
Zealand Tax (Pora'gHs enGIl were inlHlleu W Ihssa ~
1892 Is SOL imported The trade has since ien on
Siher textile xt bie and $50 per n is now freely given in
Auckland European cleaned Phorg'ua tndx which is
sample of fax for which merchant offered the natives A4O per
t Il was really beautiful snc IS sO as o a mean T S
Gently has been bought on account oil Melbourne manuiae
The missionaries only effected frsta permanent footing in
The NORTH and the seepny Of life and property consequent
thereon attracted traders the northern parts The Bay Of
Islands now many past the fayOre dezyons Of
EewEnglDd Ehaers the headquarters Of the mission
where the celebrated Treaty Of Waang drawn up and
signed BY the thirteen confederate chiefs Of NewZeaand
BY the took formal possession and
established the colony Of New Zealand
1g Ron NE cans,s OF OF tn a me SS 70 e
the Nch and Middle Islands and smaller south Of
sraes North the Middle Islands On Cooks Straits
the extreme length Of the North Island is situated cling
Ton the present Of government which selected
count Of its central position by the majority Of the House Of
Representatives 1t is the political capital merely, and Owesits
An the
may state that up within the last two years Auckland was
eoot In ac as a naval rendezvous Inc arbor Of Auckland
can hardly be said TO be second to that Of sydney
vest extends = degrees south latitude and leo
degrees l7s degrees east longitude and has coast line Of
ne Great Britain and Ireland including
eouabe Climate but 10 PaTt " Zealand can BE-
.ad 70 PSss e IS oSD, ab"1t tbe S Of e ancient is
Kingdom Of Scotland has the advantage IN many respects II
practicable all Of the year work in the open air
from sunset and by proper cultivation two crops Of
potatoes or cereals may be gathered each year Ihere is an
The North Island being the principal seat Of the native Pop9
aOR has mo- been 50 open 70 ses@eht as The MIDDLE Island
Middle Island fortunate In having few natives and
sep,onsy saw II likewise possessed immense grassy pans
which at available for sheep The various
Piles Canterbury the favored Of these having the port Of
1yteOn its principal outlet land only seeondrate har
Csnerbury Association brilliant association peers bsh-
ops and eOmmOner Patroe interested in improving the
Since established in lsS0 Canterbury exercised pow
erfu influence the politics the country II is the premier
province Middle Island and possesses open pastoral
and agricultural Country than any other province In the coll
SeScnu Of m wase lands secured Or oc works. has made sde
rapid strides IN colonization Within the last u months the
line Of Cantebuys .ecgnita until henhas rap
idly enabled her 70 the position abe lost for
mere ns 70 the south u aS wss
an association OF members OF the Free Kirk OF Scotland
sonSSH on hs oa mania Of 5 has dSeraed s N SsS
ofthe exclusive principles Of the founders And bui to
bsssr degree is it with Canterbury whose high Church
proeyes aistocraic pretensons first as ocr
siye 70 The great body Of the eOlonsts " narrow
minded exolnsiyeness Of the old identity &c hiiV"
A Wen as Nelson and Marlborough Southland size"
cut out OtagO BY the local se who comPlaped that
nent and Council and Marlborough formed in the
way Sou inherited about 100000 acres Of waste lands
oryyr5 tbe Copsbe that lie Colonial GoTernept was
compelled 20 step In guarantee It's debt ana
It's grassy plains pooned the squattes who
own the whole soil TO the exclusion Of population Nelson was
Wellington which was planted by that association OF and
commissioner under Col Gibbon Wakeheds direction in op
soaSy for many yoars sheep yielded annually about the
same Of wool which shipped 70 England end ne
have been discovered trade has revived The aur0us ground
extends along the coast Of that Province and Nelson its
Doitica and commercial capns-a most difficult harbOr
safe except yessebeng situate near the roadstead
IN Blind Bay and within few hous steam Of Grey River and
HOktka dggngs hnd they he'd considerable stimulus given
its local trade But the principal iade Of the digging has
been done with Melbourne sydney Oago and ASnukau-he
Speaking generally the harbors oil INC west coast are not
notably Auckland Province they not 70 be named There
safe barbors the West coast OF the Middle Island
There are narrow difficult bar TO the rivers
mountain torrents which formed principally Of the melted
from the great southern Alps . w.. -
political capital Of the Colony, and the premier settlement Of
EewZeaahd Company Ii is situated on fine la9dlocked
posed 10 the prevailing winds which appear 10 blow without