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180 , themselves included, of one of the principal necessaries of life, and largely increasing the number of men out of employment—served only to weaken the powers of the strikers and to bring about the collapse of their movement.

Silver has been found in New Zealand, principally in Stewart Island, but has not been worked to any great extent, partly because of the usual reason, lack of capital, and partly, since gold is to be obtained, and the gold-fields are more