natural beauties as time and circum stances will permit. To carry out suob. a determination they travel overland from Hokitvka to Nelson, and from 1 Wellington through the centre of t\w 1 North Island to Auckland. A very | plensant alteration in their programme j as far as this district, is concerned would ' be to land at O>arito, visit the Franz Josef glacier, ihe lowest in New Zea land, have a look at the beautiful iake Mapoutika and come overland through Ros* to Slokitika, inspecting lakes Wahapo and lanthe on tbe way. The scenery so seen would comprise sumfl of the grandest and most picturesque in New Zealand, fravi 11 ing is fairly easy, and the journey would have the additional ch»rm of novelty, so few of the outside [lUblic having teen it. Ttw. rTinemoa is due here on Sunday and as the Waipara leaves for Okarito nit Monday night, arrangements could very easily be made to take the party to Okurito or to tender tbe Hmemoa off ibat port. If it was decided to go down in the Waipara, Monday cou'd ver" profitably he -pent in visiting Kanieri lake and should the parfrv return from the. glaciers overland, (hey could be met at Ogilvie's an<l conveyed t<> H'ikitika by wHter via lake Mahinapua. Again, in leaving Hokitika the road through the Blue Spur and Upp r Crossing would bnntr uuder notice somn of 'he mosi beautiful bu-h scenery >n Wcst l;.mi nnrt piobably not excelled in the, world. It has hitherto beeu our re projwh that linle or nothing i« done to attract tourist truffle, which bids uromipe in the. immediate future to leave c.on qiderni'le wenlth on our shores, and no time seems more -uitatiln to turn over a new leaf th.-tn the present visit, of the Governor of South Australia. It is to be hoped thui tf»o«e wbo-e positions will hnng them into contact wiih L->rd Kii.torn will beHi this in view.
