Within the same year that it has been de cided to remove the Seat of Government to "Wellington, his Honor the Superintendent has fortunately been able to secure several valuable blocks of Native land in the Wai- I rarapa and on the West Coast, and at pre sent an agreement has been made with the i owners for the purchase of a block lying be tween the Manawatu and Eangitikex rivers,, containing 200,000 acres of the finest agri cultural land in New Zealand. Thus the population being attracted here will find plenty of scope for settlement, and the real resources of the Province, will be rapidly developed. Already the bounds of the City are extending. On the flats of Thorndon and Te Aro, on the lowly beach and on. the lofty terrace, new buildings are being rapidly erected and allotments are steadily rising in value. To render available increased build ing apace, a new road is to be made towards the South end of the City, and Already opera tions have commenced. Last month a sub committee appointed by th& Town Board for the purpose, accompanied by Mr Skeet the City Surveyor, proceeded to inspect the lines of road towards the South of the city, with the view of selecting the most practicable route for the new one intended to be formed. Mr Skeet has laid the details of this inspec tion before the board in two elaborate reports, and as hia suggestions have since been ap proved, we are able to state briefly here what is intended to be done. There are at pre sent two outlets towards the South, first by way of the Upper lload, or Tasman-street as it is termed in the map, and second, by Ade laide lload, vrhich is lower down and begins at the South centre of the Canal Reserve. The latter route, it has been resolved to adopt, as at once the cheapest and most practicable. The new road when formed will therefore run from theheadofthe bay up the centre of the canal reserve, till the park and cricket ground are reached. To avoid trenching on a place intended for public recreation, the road will be carried by a detour round its eastern boundary and strike straight again from a point opposite its south centre. 