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Rh of the enlightened young man, who has generally realized that she is not the one to suit him best in the new life of a new country.

What is known as the sweating system at one time existed to a certain extent in New Zealand, but it was speedily taken in hand; inquiries were instituted and societies formed to procure its abolition, and it is now entirely done away with.

Labour of all kinds being very expensive on account of the high wages which are paid throughout New Zealand