of its own departments—­the department of tourist and health resorts.  The chief of that branch of the public service, Mr. T. E. Donne, was therefore authorized to prepare an exhibit setting forth the attractions of New Zealand to tourists and the work the department is doing in that connection.  When compiling the exhibit Commissioner Donne represented to his government that it would be advisable also to include a few of the country’s general products, and it therefore extended the original idea in this direction.

In the Department of Forestry, Fish, and Game New Zealand had a unique and tastefully arranged display that attracted keenest interest.  A collection of Scotch red deer and fallow deer heads testified to the magnificent hunting that is obtained among the virgin forests of New Zealand, and specimens of trout—­rainbow, salmon, fario, and fontinalis—­taken from the mountain-fed streams that intersect the country from one end to the other appealed to the fishing enthusiast.

Pictures and paintings around the walls were fascinating in that they served to indicate to visitors the character of a country which nature has blessed, when judged from a point of view of the beautiful and picturesque.  Mount Cook, majestically rising to a height of nearly 13,000 feet, was shown in paintings and photographs.  Lakes Taupo, Te Anau, Wakatipu, Manawapouri, Waikaremona, and others, whose clear, glassy waters, surrounded by verdure-covered hills, gave some idea of the loveliness of New Zealand lakes.  The Wanganui River, Milford Sound, one of the world’s wonderful fiords, and the canyons known as the Otira and Buller gorges were some of the features that interested the visitors.

The thermal districts were chiefly represented by the great Waimangu geyser and its crater, 21/2 acres in extent, which throws up boiling water, mud, and stones to a height of 1,500 feet, claiming a place as one of the “wonders of the world.”

Forestry was represented by beautifully finished ornamental wood and a splendid exhibit of the famous Kauri gum.  This gum, which is used principally in the manufacture of varnish, takes an important place among New Zealand products, no less than five million dollars worth being exported last year.  Of special interest to ornithologists were the native wingless birds of New Zealand.

The ancient habits of that interesting and progressive race, the Maori, who preceded white people in New Zealand, were shown in some remarkably realistic and unique carvings and paintings.  The Maori has long since passed the savage state and has shown his ability to attain the highest stages of modern civilization.  The contrast between the position of the Maori in 1840 and in 1904 constitutes a remarkable progress in racial development.  Formerly the Maori was a savage, clever and enterprising, but ferocious, cruel, and a cannibal.  To-day he tills the soil, speaks English, and sends his children to school and