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244 inches in his stockings, and is said to be the tallest white man in New Zealand.

Very high wages are demanded and received by domestic servants in New Zealand. For this reason many people employ Chinamen in this capacity. Chinamen are inexpensive, industrious, and willing, and make excellent gardeners and washermen, but, until accustomed to them, they are apt to spoil one's appetite when they wait at table.

Whilst on the subject of domestic servants, a few words on the New