Hints to Intending Colonists.

1. I am frequently asked which is the best part of New Zealand to select. Except in the case of large families, this is a matter of little importance. If the emigrant does not like the part at which he happens to land, it is easy by railway or steamboat to move to another. A man with capital, and in search of a freehold property, will generally do well to travel through New Zealand, and judge for himself, before settling down. This can be done in about a month or even less.

2. It is not wise, as a rule, to take out more luggage than is absolutely necessary. If a farmer have a stock of the very best modem implements on hand, and cannot dispose of them here without considerable sacrifice, it may be well to take them. It is never wise to buy them to take out, they can be bought in New Zealand at a price which amounts to little more than the cost of importation added to the price here. American machinery is probably nearly as cheap there as in England. It is absurd to take out furniture, or more clothing than is actually required. Household furniture and clothing of all kinds are manufactured there, and sold at no serious advance on English cost. Especially does this apply to all kinds of woollen goods and boots and shoes, which are very extensively manufactured in New Zealand.

3. For a more detailed description of New Zealand, the reader is recommended to secure a copy of the "New Zealand Handbook;" it is published by Mr. E. Stanford, of Charing Cross, but may be ordered through any bookseller or obtained on application to "the Agent-General for New Zealand, 7, Westminster Chambers, London, S.W.," at a cost of 1s. 6d., or, including postage, 1s. 11d. The reader should note, however, that in matters which are capable of fluctuation, such as price of land, wages, stock, miles of railway, it is about five years behind current dates. Nor is the "Lands Act of 1877" embodied in its pages. As a general description of the country, including a mass of information of the kind an intelligent, practical man wants to know, it is the best book to be had.