The world: historical and actual . lic workshave been veryexpensive inNew Zealand,and their prose-cution has imvolved the col-ony in a consid -erable debt, partof which is guar-anteed by theImperial gov-ernment. Thetotal to 1879was $119,791,-550.TheChinesein New Zealandnumbered 4,382in 1878, and of that number only eight werefemales. The natives of the Flowery Land havethe same peculiarity in all their travels; theyleave their better-halves under the shelter of theBrother of the Sun and the Moon. They are notvalued as colonists, partly on that account, but theyare industrious and frugal, and g

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The world: historical and actual . lic workshave been veryexpensive inNew Zealand, and their prose-cution has imvolved the col-ony in a consid -erable debt, partof which is guar-anteed by theImperial gov-ernment. Thetotal to 1879was $119, 791, -550.TheChinesein New Zealandnumbered 4, 382in 1878, and of that number only eight werefemales. The natives of the Flowery Land havethe same peculiarity in all their travels; theyleave their better-halves under the shelter of theBrother of the Sun and the Moon. They are notvalued as colonists, partly on that account, but theyare industrious and frugal, and grow rich on land thatwould hardly give bread to Europeans, either as gar-deners or as miners. In some of the Australian col-onies Chinese are subject to special taxation, to ex-clude them. Population in New Zealand increases more rapidlyby excess of births over deaths, and by immigration, than in any other colony in the group, and exportsare increasing. Commerce in twenty years to 1878has grown more than twenty-fold. The staple ex-. ports are wool, corn, flour, kaurie-guin and pre-served meat. Gold was exported in 1875 to theamount of 318, 367 ounces; in 1876 to the extent of371, 865 ounces, and in 1877, 310, 486 ounces. Rail-roads were commenced in 1872, at the cost of thestate by loans, and at the end of 1879 there were1, 171 miles open for traffic, besides 284 miles incourse of construction. At the same date the lengthof electric telegraph in use aggregated 3, 512 miles, which had sent during the preceding year 1, 448, 943messages. The General Assembly in 1879 sanctionedfurther constructions to the extent of 938 miles ex-tra broad, to becompleted with-in the five yearsthen ensuing.The completedlines, when pre-pared for ser-vice, are to cost$80, 000, 000. The system ofgovernment inthis colony is inthe main similarto that describ-ed in connec-tion with othercolonies. Eachcolony is per-mitted to draftits own consti-tution, providedthat it embodies the principle of responsible admin-istrat