New-York tribune., 1886-01-31

be admitted to the privy councll' lHn'
federal parliament. for the admission oi oo'oN,''
ogeots TO the House OF Commons WITHOUT N"'''' 'O'
q central council of colonial agents lor t''9 'i'
tion Of colonial life peers are not trcate" wiz" '"O"
consideration in Australia or New-Heaiahu' anu ai'
not vet practical questions.
rio colouists seem to have developed in speech
manners appearance, types of culture dress a''''o-
monts or domestic habits, no peculiarities what
ever; they are simply prosperous m''aioci''o' i-"
lisb differing less among themselves than one nome
corotv differs from another. Mr.. Froude is taken
70 visit squatter's station up country, ana mus
L;nsels in tbo counterpart OF an English gehlle-
mans "scatn with park and game preserves
orou,d IT, and The Saturday Rcciec on the larlor
fable One of the most fascinating chapters III n'
bool, * n dcscri ton of the island home WHICH III
Georce Grey has created for himself on the COAST oi
Ncw-Zcaland: and here, amidst surrou""'"s' ~
romantic that the description reads hhe i"'
tale we are introduced to an English paton''' nan
where the cti,ed Statesman has reproduced undcr
tle stranoest conditions tho life which belongs ~
an old and artificial society on the other Siuo "a "
world In a climate as soft as that I'll So',"0
1.ol....o Ios covered his little paradise with III
,c varieties of trees and flowers, anu
.{,L,.l the woods and thickets with animals anu
birds which live in friendly companionship WIN thc
Lun,op inhabitants Sir George is an ardent
pod,caI bpt his servants and workingpeople' WHO
reoard him with boundless respect ana auoctloh'
orn mara like retainers than hired " help "lthHi
doors the visitor found charming society such as
ope might look for IN an English conhtry-ho"se
and the host exhibited collection OF literary ueaS-
pres which would be called extraordinary Ill auS
part of the worldE l,
There were old Illuminated missas an i oid
French Ms of the fourteenth century ci WIIom - =.
hdfonrod once To Philippe 10 Bel and afterwaru 10
SnIIv: old Saints Lives; back-letteT Laiin @ I.lio
of the Swedish St Bridget OF WhoH riu iere trme
heard but whO if the stories told OF her were M InI,
msnt have been as strange lady as her f.hn h
namcsake Besides these was precious Nc vi tno
four gospels which had come IRON IRON MOnS ,nntc1
imnoTtant English historical MSS, never printed p
of the time of the Commonwealth; modern iIdl,S rams
Iatlons of the Bible etc. All these he hal hilst,
collected, and he had agents all about the "o'iu
i0VS Whiie | was examining these F. and my son
were occupied cabinet OF Maori WeapHGi9 p'Gn o
NOT ordinary knives lanCes, but axes 0i Jade, S
oro UY S tbev were prccious They mad been heir
looms in the families of great chiefs; ana nau eaf
killed no one could say how many y, w Hfe and
hattie. They were neve- parted with IN me- anu IA
had heen beOueathed by their various owners 10
Sir George as the father of the Maori race
Mr.. Froudes plans did not include particular
examination of the agricultural ana other resources
of tAe country but some of his lncldenta ooSclN
tions are valuable Gold-mining is now cairou Oh
NV large companies and on the whole is not profit
oh
excellent shape OF what is called the ler'l'o
distrctr of Balarat, our author writes
Tho wheat was gone: the thick stubhle only
remained TO show where it had been; but oats;
harley peas beans potatoes we're In inc Lelus' anu
after the sight of them could believe ltr@u0lns
occount of The crops grown on the plains "l navy
| lon " who knows what agriculture lS' anu hau
been all over the world, said that he nad never sem
the Like Of it Am 0h had spoTped % was vas standing
! like n wall-sO thick that horse c3uId scarce
have forced a way through It, ana 50 clean oi WceIa
! That there was nothing like one visible: NceuS
,nJecd are said TO he product OF high CIVILIZATION
and not to exist in a state OF nature OF scNeHtce
wears they have been cropping ths '9nu Mt'tin' tH
InouuriuG H. and there is no symptom oi eAiau>
ZACH harvest is as rich tie last W hen caItn ~
| so kind men cannot choose but be hapPV. me
human occupiers OF these Iats Hhu Ia &c d.
own freehold or if tenants, with no danger oi us
| trrbance. They have pretty houses smalty kcpt
and bright with paint and trchS-Nlh'' Ctotp oncl
the vcraudahed fronts, and the slopes or a"h' Ne
| hricht with roses The orchards round them re-
! minded me of the Beers orchards III inc I Iro
= states: peaches and apricots. Almonds, IRa, Ir''
| AMI applcs-al thriving as if they had taken lrtsH
life in the new land where they iOund lhen'c.NrN
| ana the men and women seemed as thTlNIhg 700
| with the courteous manners OF ilhu'pcnuemJ icu f
| and gentlemen. If English farmers ann IaIii
| Iahorers could but see wnat saw that day ANA
am Informed taat other parts of the colony were ~
much richer than this as TINS was r!rher Juan NY
| n,"n Dnvnnshrel there would be liter transfer
over the seas of our heavy-laden agricultural Iol,
nation" The landed interest ltSeh-GehlIS nm 80
~ g.
! where they can live In their own way Nllhot I''
| of socialism or graduated income-taN' nnd lely'
England and English progress 10 biachch !" I''0"
| smoke.
New-Zealand, with a tecming soil ana Sunei'
clrnatc is in a much less satisfactory condition
than the Australian colonies great deal ol th
best land is falling into the hands of Spectator
and rich proprctors who keep it idle and 1t IS be
coming more and moro diflicut for the small iarme
! IN obtain 4 location of his own. successful mel
| of business are buying the land over the hcaus o
the Door, and dreaming OF reproducing tuc ol'
division of q landed aristocracy with tenants am
laborers under them. The debt OF the colony !
! enormous and no better way OF dealing with !
seems TO have been discovered than perpetual b0r
rowing Ncw-Zeaand banker expressed to Nj
Froude his great surprise that London capitalaI
! should be willing to lend so freely to smaH com
,nupitv mon the questionable security of eXtray
agant and Improbable public works. The debt
tine colony is f32, 100000; the debts Of tn
municipalities are as much more; and the tota
population is only half million. The condition O
nolitics in all the colonies seems to be highly un
satisfactory.
A visit TO the hot springs and the wonderiu
terraces" in the interior Of the northern island
New-Zealand is described with notable vivaclt
and clearness. The excursion to the Terraces wa
made under the guidance of two Maori women
After crossing a sea-green lake called larawara
and landing at the mouth OF little river the tOui
lists put on canvas shoes which wettlhg would no
spoil and began a climb through the bush.
After a winding walk of half mile. we cam
ain on the river which was rushing deep an
t swift through weeds and Ti-tree rickety cano
was waiting there, i'll which we crossed, cIlm9e
M a bank, and stretched before us we saw VI
WIite Terrace in all its strangencss; Crysti
staircase gittering and stainless as If 1t we're c'
Spreading out like an open fan from a point anoy
ms ON the hillside aud projecting at the bottom mi
n lake where it was perhaps two hundred yart
9 widr The summit was concealed behind In
volumes of steam rising out OF the boiling fountain
stairs we're about twenty in number, the height {
each being six or seven feet, The floors dividln
Them were horizontal. as if laid out with splri
q | lei .Ihey we're OF uneven breadth; twent.
| thirty, ffty feet, even more; each step dow
. | being always perpendicular, and all forming are
. | - :, of which the the centre. y