Voices from Auckland, New Zealand.
Why It is a Good Country
Why It is a Good Country.
Because, during the shortest days, men can work from seven in the morning till five in the evening by the genial light of Heaven.
Because, during twelve months in the year men can cultivate the soil, neither oppressed by the heat of summer, nor incapacitated by the frosts of winter.
Because, during the twelve months the soil will yield its fruits for the food of man and beast—neither scorched by the sun, nor buried in the snow.
Because, in New Zealand, according to the Government returns, the sickness and mortality among Britons is less by 10 per cent, than in any other British military station in the world.
Because, in New Zealand a man with small capital can easily obtain a good farm, a comfortable homestead, and be contented and independent for the remainder of his life.
Because, the industrious man and woman can obtain a maintenance and save a surplus, without becoming the slaves of their masters.
Because, both the climate and the productions of the country are so adapted to the constitution of Anglo-Saxons, that their posterity are not likely to deteriorate either physically or mentally.