Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 537 they seem contented with their large reserv^ations of land, their subsidiesfrom Government, and the four seats which have been griven them in theNew Zealand Parliament. The islands were, at their first colonization, organized as six prov-inces, each with a separate gover
Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 537 they seem contented with their large reserv^ations of land, their subsidiesfrom Government, and the four seats which have been griven them in theNew Zealand Parliament. The islands were, at their first colonization, organized as six prov-inces, each with a separate government, and were not united into athoroughly centralized union till 1875. Their general character differsfrom that of Australia, as they are far more broken up by mountains,better watered, and much more temperate in climate. In the southernisland snow not unfrequently falls. There are large pastoral districtsand grassy plains, which supply the frozen meat now so common inEnoflish markets, but also considerable minincf regions and laree foresttracts. New Zealand was never dominated by the squatter aristoc-racy which once ruled Australia, but had always been in the hands of thesmaller farmers. It is in sentiment the most democratic of all the Aus-tralian colonies, and has gone further even
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