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Rh must have been, and will, doubtless, serve to give a considerable impetus to fruit cultivation. Dunedin is one of the principal apple growing districts at present.

The great railway industry in New Zealand is entirely in the hands of the Government, with the exception of one line. Here we have an example of the reckless expenditure of the Legislature. As yet the traffic of the country is by no means capable of engaging the extensive system of railway communication which has been laid down and paid for with borrowed