There are three clashes of people there : the aboriginals, the pilgrims, and the strangers. Other evidences of triplets may be found, but the duplex system is principally in vogue. Thufl, there are two policemen proper, and two kinds of police — the ordinary species and the A.C.'s. There are two breweries, there one of which brews two hogsheads of beer at a brewing. There is a legend that by nn effort this institutian managed three hogsheads at one brew, and two having been so rapidly disposed of, the brewer became so jubilant, that he sat down and religiously swilled the third himself. I believe this to he a notion, as the brewer is still alive. The Government buildings, ntnek on a hill, are of a dual or hybrid character ; a row of unpnintcd cottages — a bad cross between a stable and a Maori whare. The Provincial Government was of a dual character. The Superintendent had the mana, and his Secretaty the brains. 'Die asylum and the gaol are under one roof; there are boating services and religious services ; two furnaces for smelt ing sea sand that won't smelt ; a bi-weekly mail service 5 brown women and white from which to choose; Maori rum and Pakeha rum; Maori land and Pakeha land ; confiscated land and land not con fiscated ; a dual population — the •well* and the commonality ; the pilgrims and the immigrants ; Hauhaus and Kupapas ; lawyers and loafers ; the prosperous and the ne'er-do-weels ; all in the " Gar den of New Zealand." I believe after all that nature and circumstance invented the duplex system and not J)r Lemon ; and for proof of this theory could appeal to Adam and Eve after they had eaten the apple, if thej were still living, for its confirmation. There are, however, ex ceptions to this duality — there being nine public houses and nine parsons in New Plymouth, just one for each. There Is one juryman there who liksi being locked up for a week at a time, and one sheriff who delights to supply recalcitrant jurymen with bottled beer ad lib. There is only one Mount Egmont in Taranaki, and only one Alonzo the Bland. But duality carries the day. 