"All things work together for good " — for the encouragement of the idea which has taken root amongst us as to the importance of cultivating the South Sea Jrade, and we hope the opportunity will be seized. "

Although the prosperity of the Colony is very great at the present time, and some ambitious idea 3 have been in dulged in that it will, if it progress as it has done, become tbe gem of the Southern Ocean, there are resources of untold value ready to the hands of the people, but almost entirely neglected. New Zealand presents a very profitable field for the investment of capita], de spite the grumblings of a few marplots in our midst, who, it is pleasant to say, enjoy a monopoly in their own peculiar line. Rarely is it the case that a country is found so richly endowed as thip with the gifts of nature, and at the same time so admirably adapted for the establishment therein of manufactures of almost every description. Abundance of corn, wine, and oil was the ancient Eastern standard of richness, and here, besides these, there are others of even greater importance. What the gold mining industry of the Colony has done for it we are familiar with. The value to it of its export of wool can hardly be over-estimated. There is the strongest probability that the unworked gold deposits in both the North and Middle Islands are as yet very extensive and heavy. Each year will see a larger export of wool. For every million of sheep now being grazed we may expect that there will be, ere long, at least two. We take it that even the most ardent admirer of and believer in the virtues of Aborigines must admit that the Colony, which is yet but in its infancy, is in a far more advanced and satisfactory position than if it had been left to the mercies of the Maori. The gold raining, industry of the Colony is firmly enough established to leave us without uneasiness as to its future. What reasonable assistance it may desire there is every disposition to yield; and the pastoral interest always has been, and is likely to remain, strong enough to take care of itself. 