"The Government

has of late years rested in the hands of the colonists. They attach the utmost importance to the education of the entire people. They are essentially loyal to the Sovereign of whose dominions they form a part. They love freedom and liberty, and devise their institutions after the noblest models. Were the Colony less rich in resources, its people would be equal to overcoming any difficulties with which they might have to contend. But possessing, as they do, a country which has no superior in natural advantages, it is hard to set any limit to the progress of the Colony or to the welfare and happiness of its people."—The Times, August 1891.