The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Contents
- [front matter]
- [The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14]
- The Industries of New Zealand — by W. N. Blair
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- The Industries of New Zealand
- Introductory
- What has been Done
- General Sketch
- Indigenous Exports p. 8
- Pastoral Exports p. 10
- Agricultural Exports p. 13
- Mining p. 15
- Home Industries p. 19
- Present Position p. 31
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Resources p. 36
- Preliminary p. 36
- Natural Amenities:
- Minerals p. 38
- Vegetable Resources p. 43
- Land p. 46
- General p. 47
- What More Can Be Done
- Preliminary
- Further Industrial Development p. 48
- The Great Controversy p. 61
- Advantages of Manufactures p. 70
- Facilities and Difficulties p. 79
- Encouragement to be Given p. 92
- Conclusion p. 96
- Notabilia
- The Industries of New Zealand
- Great Britain and her Colonies — by Julius Vogel
- British Farmers for New Zealand Farms — by Arthur Clayden
- Prospectus of The New Zealand Agricultural Company, Limited, Second Edition
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- The New Zealand Agricultural Company, Limited
- As to the Shares
- As to the Mortgage Debentures p. 2
- Prospectus p. 3
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Fuller Particulars p. 7
- 1.—the Names And Situation of The Properties p. 7
- 2.—the Extent And Description of The Lands
- 3.—Title p. 9
- 4.—Particulars of The Flocks, &c.
- 5.—Particulars of Plant, &c p. 10
- 6.—The Price To Be Paid And Terms of Payment
- 7.—Debentures p. 11
- 8.—Management p. 12
- 9.—Future Operations
- 10.—Facilities For Settling In New Zealand p. 13
- 11.—As To The Value of The Enterprise p. 14
- 12.—Concluding Remarks p. 16
- The Companies Acts 1862, 1867 and 1877 p. 18
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- Appendix p. 21
- The Following Extract from a Letter was Quoted in a Paper on New Zealand, read by Sir Julius Vogel, at the Colonial Institute, on the March 19th, 1878 p. 23
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Extracts from Newspapers Published in Dunedin, and from Reports of Land Agents as to Sales of Land in Otago and Southland, and the Adjoining Province of Canterbury, During the Year 1878. — Otago and Southland p. 28
- Spring Garden Farm, Taieri p. 28
- Meadow Bank
- Titipua Valley Estate
- Creighton Park, Waipahie District p. 29
- Linton Hill Farm, Near Blueskin
- Lansdowne Estate, Molyneux
- Cringletie Farm, Milton
- Popplewell Farm, Tokomairiro
- Comer Bush Estate, Waikonaite p. 30
- Bank Head Farm, East Taieri
- Warepa Estate, Waimera District
- Horsehoe Bush Estate
- Government Land Sale At Lawrence p. 31
- Land Sale At Palmerston p. 32
- Government Land Sale p. 34
- Government Land Sale At Gore p. 36
- Chatton District
- Town of East Gore p. 37
- Suburban
- Town of Kuriwao p. 38
- Town of Waipahi, Quarter Acres
- Town of Wyndham, Quarter Acres p. 39
- Town of Waikawa, Quarter Acres p. 41
- Town of Kelso
- Town of Waikaia, Quarter Acres p. 42
- Waikaia District
- Canterbury Province p. 43
- The New Zealand Agricultural Company, Limited
- The Book of Common Prayer: And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of God in New Zealand Being an Amendment of the Present Church of England Service — by Coleman Phillips
- How and why I Became a Spiritualist — by George Chainey p. 12
- New Zealand Masonic journal [Vol. 1, No. 1., February 1887]
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- Notices
- Ourselves
- Our Masonic Hall p. 2
- Installations p. 3
- Poetry p. 5
- Lodge Meetings p. 10
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Correspondence p. 13
- [introduction] p. 13
- The Freemasons' Hall
- [Masonic measurements]
- Gems p. 14
- Miscellaneous Articles. — Objections to Freemasonry
- Teach the Young Mason p. 15
- So mote it be p. 16
- Why a Woman cannot become a Mason
- A Grip p. 17
- The Secret p. 19
- Masonic Mysteries—the True Story of Morgan p. 20
- Masonic Literature p. 22
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Notices p. 23
- [notice] p. 23
- Our Premiums
- Late News. — Meetings
- Installation
- Clippings p. 24
- Craft Lodges
- Royal Arch Chapters
- The New Zealand Craftsman and Masonic Review [Vol. I. No. 11., March 1885]
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- "Fiat Lux." The New Zealand Craftsman and Masonic Review: — Masonic Courtesy
- District Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canterbury, New Zealand p. 324
- Work With Dignity p. 327
- Secret Societies Of The Middle Ages p. 328
- The Higher Law p. 332
- The Revelations of a Square p. 333
- Poetry. — Giordano Bruno p. 337
- Science Cleanings p. 338
- American Reports On Correspondence p. 339
- Masonic Picnic p. 342
- Grand Lodge of Missouri p. 343
- A Masonic Temple Burned
- Tasmania p. 344
- Disgusted
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A Church Of England Minister Converted To Buddhism p. 34
- [introduction] p. 34
- Proposed New Hall For Wellington p. 346
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Correspondents p. 347
- To Correspondents p. 347
- Special Notice
- Answers to Correspondents
- Reports of Meetings p. 348
- Plain Talk To Masters p. 349
- News and Notes p. 350
- Appointments
- Canterbury Chamber of Commerce (Incorporated) President's Address, August, 1886 — by G. G. Stead
- Reports on Insects Injurious To Hop Plants, Corn Crops, And Fruit Crops in Great Britain, No. I — by Charles Whitehead
- Report
- Introduction
- The Hop Fly. Aphis humuli p. 8
- Mode of Attack and Results p. 9
- Life History p. 10
- Prevention p. 11
- Remedies
- The Hop Cone Fly, Fever Fly. Dilophus vulgaris p. 13
- Prevention p. 14
- Remedies
- The Hop Wireworm. Elater lineatus, Curtis
- Life History p. 15
- Prevention p. 16
- Remedies p. 17
- The Hop Jumper. Euacanthus interruptus, Linn p. 18
- Life History p. 19
- Prevention p. 20
- Remedies p. 21
- The Hop Flea (Or Beetle). Haltica concinna
- Life History p. 22
- Prevention
- Remedies p. 23
- The Otter Moth. Hepialus humuli, Stephens
- Life History p. 24
- Prevention
- Remedies
- The Thousand Legs. Julus Londinensis.—Julus Guttatus p. 25
- Life History
- Prevention p. 26
- Remedies
- The Hop Bug. Plant Bug. Lygus umbellatarum. Lygus Solani p. 27
- Life History
- Prevention p. 28
- Remedies
- The Red Spider (Spinning Mite). Tetranychus, telarius
- Life History p. 30
- Means Of Prevention
- Remedies
- The Hop Cone-Strig Miner (Psylliodes attenuatus; or Agromyza frontalis?) p. 31
- Reports on Insects Injurious To Hop Plants, Corn Crops, And Fruit Crops in Great Britain, No. II — by Charles Whitehead
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- Report. — Introduction To Report NO. II
- Insects Injurious to Corn and Grass Crops
- The Corn Aphis. Siphonophora granaria. Kirby p. 5
- Life History p. 6
- Prevention p. 7
- Remedies p. 8
- The Wheat Midge. Cecidomyia tritici. Kirby p. 9
- Life History p. 11
- Prevention p. 12
- Remedies
- The Barley Midge. Cecidomyia Cerealis. Tipula Cerealis. Sauter p. 13
- The Ribbon-Footed Corn Fly. Chlorops tæniopus. Curtis p. 14
- Life History p. 15
- Prevention
- Remedies p. 16
- Parasites
- The Lined Corn Fly. Chlorops lineata
- The Corn Saw-Fly. Cephus pygmæus. Curtis p. 17
- Life History p. 18
- Prevention
- Remedies p. 19
- The Frit, Fly. Oscinis vastator. Curtis p. 20
- Life History p. 21
- Prevention
- The Crane Fly (Daddy Long-Legs). Tipula oleracea. Linn p. 22
- Life History p. 23
- Prevention p. 24
- Remedies p. 25
- The Wireworm. Elater lineatus. Linn. Agriotes segetis. Westwood p. 26
- Life History p. 27
- Prevention p. 28
- Remedies p. 29
- The Cockchafer, Or May Bug. Melontha vulgaris. Stephons p. 32
- Life History p. 33
- Prevention p. 34
- Remedies
- The Small Chafer. Anisoplia horticola. Curtis. Phyllopertha horticola. Kirby p. 36
- Life History
- Prevention p. 37
- Remedies
- The Mole Cricket. Gryllotalpa vulgaris. Latr p. 38
- Life History p. 39
- Prevention
- Remedies
- The Thousand Legs. Millipedes. Polydesmus complanatus, Linn p. 41
- Life History
- Prevention p. 42
- Remedies
- The Antler Moth. Charæas graminis. Stephens p. 43
- Life History
- Prevention p. 44
- Remedies
- The Corn Thrips. Thrips cerealium. Haliday p. 45
- Life History p. 46
- Prevention
- Remedies
- The Ear Cockles (Or Purples) Worm. Vibrio tritici Tylenchus tritici. Bastian p. 47
- Life History p. 48
- Prevention
- Insects Injurious to Corn in Store p. 50
- The Corn Weevil. Calandra granaria. Linn
- Life History p. 51
- Prevention
- Remedies
- The Corn Beetle. Trogosita mauritanica. Linn p. 53
- Life History
- Prevention p. 54
- Remedies
- The Corn Wolf Moth. Tinea granella. Linn p. 55
- Life History
- Prevention p. 56
- Remedies
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Insects Injurious to Pea, Bean, and Clover Crops p. 57
- The Pea And Bean Beetles. Bruchus pisi. Linn. Bruchus granarius. Linn p. 57
- Life History p. 58
- Prevention
- The Pea And Bean Weevils. Sitona crinita. Oliv. Sitono, lineata. Linn p. 60
- Life History p. 61
- Prevention
- Remedies p. 62
- The Pea Moth. Grapholitlia pisana. Curtis p. 63
- Life History
- Prevention p. 64
- The Bean Aphis, Or Black Dolphin. Aphis Fabæ. Kirby and Spence. A. Rumicis. Linn p. 65
- Life History p. 66
- Prevention
- Remedies p. 67
- The Pea Aphis. Aphis Pisi. Siphonophora Pisi. Buckton
- The Clover Weevil. Apion Apricans. Herbst p. 68
- Life History p. 69
- Prevention
- Remedies
- The Dutch Clover Weevil. Apion flavipes. Kirby p. 70
- An Account of Visits to, And Crossings over, The Ruahine Mountain Range, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; and of the Natural History of that Region — by W. Colenso
- Some Chapters in the Life and Times of Te Rauparaha
- Some Chapters in the Life and Times of Te Rauparaha, Chief of the Ngatitoa
- Chapter I
- Chapter II p. 14
- Chapter III p. 25
- Chapter IV p. 35
- Chapter V p. 46
- Chapter VI p. 57
- Chapter VII p. 68
- The Financial Reform Almanack For 1887 — by Financial Reform Association
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The Financial Reform Almanack for 1887 p. 10
- [introduction] p. 10
- Quarters of the Year.—Greenwich Time
- Eclipses
- Law Sittings
- University Terms
- Hebrew Calendar
- Common Notes, Festivals, Fasts, and Anniversaries
- Tidal Constants of Ports and Places in the United Kingdom. — The Time of High Water
- January p. 11
- February
- March
- April
- May p. 12
- June
- July
- August
- September p. 13
- October
- November
- December
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The Queen and Royal Family p. 14
- [introduction] p. 14
- Table of Kings and Queens of England
- Imperial Parliaments of the United Kingdom
- Area of the British Empire: Its Population, Finances, and Commerce p. 15
- Articles (exclusive of Food) imported into United Kingdom. — Raw Materials (Quantities—in Thousands only) p. 16
- Manufactures (Quantities in Thousands only, Values Not Abbreviated)
- Administrations and Chief Ministers from 1702 to 1886 p. 17
- Alphabetical List of the House of Commons
- Parliamentary and Electoral Statistics. — Alphabetical List of Places Represented p. 28
- General Election (1886) p. 38
- The House of Commons — Under the old Regime p. 39
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The Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (1883) p. 40
- [introduction] p. 40
- Boroughs
- Counties
- "Packing" the House of Commons in the Landed Interest
- The Unreformed House
- The Reform of 1832
- The Reform of 1868
- The Acts of 1885 p. 41
- Anomalies of the New Representation
- Statistical Aspects of the General Elections of 1832 and 1868 p. 42
- The English Farmers and the Tory Party
- Financial Reforms Achieved
- The House of Lords p. 43
- Comparative Age of Peerages p. 44
- List of Liberal Peerages gone over to the Tory Party in recent years p. 47
- How to Commence Reform
- Statistics of the Peerage
- Alphabetical List of the House of Lords p. 48
- Representative Peers for Scotland
- Representative Peers for Ireland
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Peers of Parliament (in own Right)
- Dukes
- Marquesses
- Earls
- Viscounts p. 58
- Recapitulation
- Peers and Peeresses Who Hold only Scotch Patents p. 69
- Peers Who Hold only Irish Patents
- Recapitulation of Totals. — (Peers, &c., not having Seats in House of Lords.)
- Finance Accounts of the United Kingdom p. 72
- Details of Income, Gross and Net. — Public Income. (Gross.) p. 73
- Public Expenditure. — Expenditure p. 74
- Twelve Years' Tables of Income and Expenditure p. 76
- Ten Years' Details of Revenue. (Figures unabbreviated.) p. 78
- The National Debt
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Gross Public Income and Expenditure from 1801-10 to 1886 p. 83
- [income and expenditure] p. 83
- Samples of War Expenditure
- Tables p. 84
- Loss of Life by War p. 85
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Estimates for Civil Services
- Class I,—Public Works and Buildings
- Class II—Salaries and Expenses Op Civil Departments
- Class III.—Law and Justlce p. 87
- Class IV.—Education, Science, and Art
- Class V.—Foreign and Colonial Services p. 88
- Class VI.—Non-Effective and Charitable Services
- Class VII.—Miscellaneous
- Totals of the Several Classes p. 89
- Revenue Departments
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Army Estimates.1886-87
- Principal Points of Difference between the Estimates of 1885-86, and those for 1886-87
- Average Strength of the Regular Army at Home and Abroad p. 90
- Establishment Op the Militia, 1886-87
- Numbers of Yeomanry Cavalry
- Establishment of the Volunteer Force
- General Statistics of the Volunteer Force (All Arms)
- Army Estimates for 1886-7 p. 91
- Army Pay and Allowances. — Staff Officers at Home
- Navy Estimates
- Navy Pay and Allowances
- Royal Marines Pay and Allowances p. 97
- Local Taxation of the United Kingdom p. 98
- Local Expenditure of the United Kingdom
- Amount of Government Grants in Aid p. 99
- The Underassessment of Mansions, &c
- Poor Rates and their Application
- Educational Statistics p. 103
- Population Statistics — Comparative Increase of County populations (in thousands) p. 104
- Estimated Population at the Middle of Each Year, From 1840 to 1886 p. 105
- Marriages, Births, and Deaths
- Progress of Railways in Thirty-One Years
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Our Indian Empire p. 109
- Important Dates in the History of British Power in India p. 109
- VI.—Statistics of Education in India, 1881 p. 113
- VII.—Distribution of the Religious Denominations of the Population under Education
- VIII.—Seven Years' Imports (Quantities)
- IX.—Seven Years' Exports (Quantities) p. 114
- X.—Taxation, Income, and Expenditure of Municipalities in the several Presidencies and Provinces
- XI.—Principal Sources of Income of Municipalities
- XII.—Principal Heads of Expenditure of Municipalities p. 115
- XIII—The Indian Import Tariff
- The Export Tariff p. 116
- XIV.—Statement showing one Year's Gross Expenditure in England of the Government of India
- Average Annual Consumption of the Principal Imported and Exciseable Articles per Head, for the Total Population of the united Kingdom p. 117
- The Suez Canal
- The Bank of England Monopoly p. 118
- Amount Received and Paid by Trustees of Savings Banks; and Computed Capital Invested at the End of Each Year from 1841 to 1885 p. 123
- Average Annual Gazette Prices of British Wheat, Barley, and Oats, per Imperial Quarter
- The Land Question
- Other Facts and Figures Bearing on the Land Question
- Acreage under each Crop, Fallow, and Grass; and Number of Live Stock in Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands p. 132
- Statistics of Agriculture p. 134
- The Irish Land Question
- "Promotion by Merit" in the British Public Service: and how it Works or is "Worked." p. 135
- Arrears of Rent (Ireland) Act
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Crown Lands
- [introduction]
- Ancient Demesnes
- Acquired Demesnes
- Alienation and Resumption
- Seizure of the Monastery Lands
- Enrichment of the Aristocracy
- The Nature of Crown Land Property and Revenues p. 138
- Present State or the Land Revenues p. 139
- The Cost of the Royal Family p. 140
- Deceased Sovereigns p. 143
- Recapitulation
- Royal Public Parks and Pleasure Gardens (Expenditure Upon) p. 144
- Statistics of Europe. — Military and Naval Summary of Europe in 1886
- The Hereditary Revenues p. 145
- Total Real Value of Imports and Exports
- Average Prices of Imports and Exports, 1875 and 1885
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The State Church p. 149
- [introduction] p. 149
- Votes of the Bishops in the House of Lords
- Church Property the Property of the State
- Nature of the Ecclesiastical Revenues
- The Establishment in Wales p. 153
- The State Church of Scotland
- A Method of Disendowment for England and Wales
- Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Irish Church
- Statistics of Nonconformity p. 155
- Other Facts and Figures Bearing on the Church Question
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Import and Export Statistics p. 157
- [continued from page 148] p. 157
- Progress of Foreign Trade p. 158
- Progress of British Shipping
- Memorandum p. 159
- Quantities of Wheat, Wheat Flour, and other Grain Imported into the United Kingdom
- Declared Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures Exported
- Customs Revenues (1884) of British Colonies and Possessions p. 160
- Proportionate Values of British Trade with Colonies and with Foreign Nations
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The Pension List p. 162
- [tables] p. 162
- Civil List Pensioners p. 164
- Hereditary Pensions
- List of Taxes And Imposts p. 166
- The Inhabited House Duty
- The Customs Duties
- The Stamp Duties
- The Income Tax
- Income Tax
- Evasions of the Income Tax p. 178
- Lands and Property in Mortmain
- The Land Tax
- [introduction]
- Statistics of Land Tax
- The Constitutional Right to a Revision of the Land Tax p. 183
- 1.—The Ancient Revenues of England
- The Crown Lands, or Folcland. — 2.—Saxon Land Tenures
- 3.—The Terra Regis of Domesday
- 4.—Crown Land Public Property, and Unalienable
- 5.—Folcland granted away to Royal favourites p. 184
- 6.—The Injustice resulting to Taxpayers
- 7.—Privileges of Crown Tenants in Ancient Demesne
- 8.—Resumptions of Alienated Crown Lands p. 185
- 9.—Enquiry and Partial Restitution both prevented by the Aristocracy in 1688
- 10.—The Grants and Alienations of Queen Elizabeth
- The Feudal Tenures. — 11.—The Feudal Tenants and the King
- 12.—Feudal Sub-Tenancies and Copyholds
- 13.—Knight-service Tenures
- 14.—Character of the Rents then Exacted
- 15.—Introduction of Scutage
- 16.—Scutage Levied only by Consent of Parliament p. 186
- 17.—The Seven Feudal Incidents
- 18.—(I.)
- 19.—(II.)
- 20.—(III.)
- 21.—(IV.)
- 22.—Empson and Dudley's Offences p. 187
- 23.—(V.)
- 24.—(VI.)
- 25.—(VII.)
- 26.—Binding nature of the Feudal Contract p. 188
- 27.—Proposals for its Relaxation or Variation
- 28.—Oppressive Incidence of the Tenures
- 29.—The Commonwealth Assessments p. 189
- 30.—The Tenures at the Restoration in 1660
- 31.—Suggestion to fix a Rent-charge in Lieu
- 32.—Coke, Noy, and Blackstone approve the Rent-charge p. 190
- 33.—The Convention Parliament votes an Excise
- 34.—The Debate Described
- 35.—Copyholders and Feudal Sub-tenants denied Relief
- 36.—Extent of Revenue from the Feudal Tenures p. 191
- 37.—Gravity of the Constitutional Change Effected
- 38.—The feeling of Landholders towards Wars
- 39.—Change of Fiscal Methods at the Revolution
- 40.—The Landed Interest oppose a Land Tax p. 192
- 41.—Effect of their Manoeuvres in 1690-1
- 42.—The Land Tex Act of 1962 p. 193
- 43.—Obvious intention of this and later Acts as to Assessments
- 44.—The Tax an equivalent for the abolished Revenue from Tenures
- 45.—Alterations of the Act in 1696 p. 194
- 46.—New Valuation not taken in 1697
- 47.—The neglect stereotyped
- 48—Personalty under the Land Tax Acts
- 49.—A Question needing Reply p. 196
- 50.—An Error Combated
- 51.—Reply to the Question in Section 49 p. 197
- 52.—The Land Tax Illegally Levied
- 53.—Also Illegally Assessed
- 54.—Therefore Inequitable and Unconstitutional
- 55.—The Redemption difficulty Met p. 198
- 56.—Unjustifiable position of the Landowners
- 57.—The Purchase-money of their Estates unpaid, and still owing to the State
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- The Industries of New Zealand — by W. N. Blair