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Upon the subject of coal mining there is no need for me to tender advice to persons going out to New Zealand; it is a subject at least as well understood in England as in the Colonies. To briefly indicate, however, the principal localities in New Zealand in which this mineral is found, and to describe its various qualities, may be useful.

New Zealand resembles England in regard to the abundance of coal to be found there. The seams which are at present worked are very large, in fact, the