At Te Pahi amazing progress is taking place. A wharf is being constructed at the township, and a fine new steamer is being contracted for. Some new settlers have been tempted to come up into the district, and gangs of workmen are being hired from afar. A church has been subscribed for, and will soon be built. The Saint is erecting an hotel; and the Fiend is putting up a flour-mill. Old Colonial is going to get married, and a grand mansion, in the style of the Member's residence, is going up near the site of our shanty. As I stand on the deck of the vessel that bears me away from New Zealand, I am filled with profound regrets at leaving the life I have grown to love so well. But it is not for long; only for a season have I said farewell to the friends with whom I have toiled and struggled so long. I shall return some day, soon, to make my home in the beautiful land where the kauri grows. And the sun shines more brilliantly than ever upon the shores receding from my gaze, fit emblem of the prosperity of that glad new country, which we who love it like to call our "Brighter Britain." APPENDIX. SOME BOOKS ON NEW ZEALAND. George F. Angas. "The New Zealanders." Folio. London. 1847. _A large collection of handsomely coloured plates._ "Rambles at the Antipodes." 8vo. London. 1859. Illustrated. _Contains a slight account of New Zealand, in addition to matter relating to Australia._ "The Australian Hand-book." (Gordon and Gotch.) London, Sydney, etc. 1881, and annually. _Extensive and varied information. Copious details of much value relating to New Zealand._ Lady M. A. Barker. "Station Life in New Zealand." London. 1871. _Description of home-life and experiences in Canterbury Province._ Alexander Bathgate. "Colonial Experiences." Glasgow. 1874. _Chiefly relates to Otago, and mining matters._ Alexander Bathgate. "Waitaruna; a Tale of New Zealand Life." London. 1881. John Bathgate. (Judge.) "New Zealand; its Resources and Prospects." Edinburgh. 1880. _A useful summary of facts and figures._ C. D. Barraud. "New Zealand; Graphic and Descriptive." London. 1877. Illustrations by C. D. B. Letter-press by W. L. Travers. Folio. _An elaborately got up and beautiful album of New Zealand scenery. Coloured plates._ Beaven's "Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand." London. 1842. J. C. Bidwell. "Rambles in New Zealand." London. 1841. _One of the earliest recorded visits to the Lakes, the Hot-springs, and Tongariro._ S. C. Brees. "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand." London. 1846. Walter Brodie. "Past and Present state of New Zealand." London. 1845. W. Brown. "New Zealand and its Aborigines." London. 1845. Brunner's "Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of the South Island." In the Geographical Society's "Proceedings." 1846. _B. received the Society's gold medal for this exploit._ "The Laws of England, compiled and translated into Maori." By desire of Governor Browne. Auckland. 1858.