New Zealand is an allied and independent monarchy, ruled by a limited king, and possessing all the benefits, without any of the deficiencies, of the English Con- stitution as it now exists. England's mari- time and naval supremacy and her commer. cial greatness have become the legacy of New Zealand, and the ships and men-of-war of the Queen of the Pacific rule the ocean. She is a power of the first order — rich, flourishing, prosperous, and free. All those enormous resources which the islands are known in our day to possess, in the shape of ooal, iron, and other minerals, are supposed to have developed themselves with even greater results than England beheld in her mineral wealth. The country is thickly populated, covered with a network of rail- ways, and studded with large manufacturing towns. Her harbourß are large and magni- cent, and hold a great fleet of war vessels. Her ambassadors are at all foreign Courts. Soience and art have reached their culmina- tion, and have prodaced new and Btrange results. In a word, our Colony is the seat of a rich and powerful nation. The romance is supposed to be written by two travellers, who have passed over the length and breadth of the kingdom of New Zealand, and they enter fully into a discussion upon her sooial institutions and other points of interest. As a guarantee that this story will not be wanting in literary merit, we have only to remind our readera that "Abdul" was the author of the " Political Portraits," and of the interesting letters "Via San Francisco," which appeared not long ago in our columns. Subscription, £1 2s 6d per annum ; 12s per half-year ; 6s 6d per quarter ; payable in advance. ORDER OF ANY BOOKSELLER. THE SECOND NUMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAGAZINE A Quarterly Journal of General Literature, IS NOW READY. CONTENTS : 1. An Apology for the Vulgar Tongue. By H. S. Chapman, Esq. 2. The Unseen Universe. By Rev. Thos. Roaeby, LL.D. 3. New Guinea. By E. W. Alexander, F.R.G.S. 4. National Evolution in New Zealand. By John H. Shaw, LL.B. 5. Our Representative System. Byßobt. H. Eyton, Esq. 6. The Unification of the Colony. By Rev. David Bruce. 7. The Problem ot Poverty. Part 11. By Professor D. Macgregor. 8. Some Posthumous Poems of Miss E. M. Hamilton. 