AUCKLAND SCENERY AND INDUSTRIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 30, 6 February 1899, Page 7

AUCKLAND SCENERY AND INDUSTRIES.

-gS 'AUCKLAND STAR' EXHIBI- . TION NUMBER.

(*v o such, comprehensive account of ftuckland's natural industries and of 2L conditions surrounding*- the life }*. people at this end of the colony *?a --eviously been published as that Stained in the 'Auckland Star' Exhibition number. Very few people fsT b e ven a vague comprehension of M extent and variety of the industries that make' Auckland city what Sis to-day—the largest and apparently most prosperous city in New > It has been the endeavour to collect and place in this unique publication in an interesting- form statistic and facts calculated to remove Jul v€r y general uncertainty as regards Auckland's sources of prosperL and this has been admirably done The whole of this account of tie various parts of the Province, c f the city and its history and commerce, of the scenery, the aboriginal inhabitants; and the timber, gum, ; flax, fisheries, mining—gold, silver and coal—and manufacturing industries, has been profusely illustrated moth black and white line sketches. The process illustrations, or as they fire commonly called, half-tone blocks, comprise twelve pages full 'Star' size, it smd a supplement equal to two pages. •Hie collection is immeasureably the finest ye* seen in one P eriodical or aewspaper publication in Australasia. Tie photos and sketches forming ilie originals are all new, and show Auckland Province,'its chief towns, ' geenery, life and pastimes of the people as they are to-day. A feature has been made of the pho'*os of Auckland city and its environs, a great number of the illustrations beino- taken specially to show the city asiUs a thriving metropolitan centre. No such panorama of Auckland as that taken from the harbour specially jar. the 'Star' Exhibition number has ever been published; and those who understand the difficulties attendant on taking panoramic photographic views will understand that the chances ioi another such perfect" panorama arc jemote. The photographic groups of eld identities are also of considerable anterest. The cover, which is now familiar to ' anost Aucklaflders, is distinctly appro- ! wiate and. happy in design, while it is unquestionably one of the finest examples of chromo-lithographic printing ever produced in Australasia. Several pages are devoted to an interesting written account of the exhibition; and the letterpress is accompanied by a half-page illustration of Ihe opening ceremony and a plan of tthe building showing the location of i jthe various stalls and features. The 'Star' publishing department is J(now getting up with the demand and borders can be promptly executed. As t pio second edition can possibly be pub'aished, however, everyone should •*Wure the copies they require at an waily date to avoid disappointment. JThe number is by far the finest sou!(venir of the exhibition that can be {purchased, and no such opportunity lias previously been placed in the Bands of the public of showing friends feither in the Colonies, Australasia, or Shp Old World, what an extensive, ,6eautiful, and go ahead place Auck-IPand-is:" -'-• ■- The number is published at tbe exftriemely low price of one shilling. kiCopies -already wrapped for mailing pnay be had from all newspaper runffeaers -and booksellers, or at the 'Star' flSißce, Shortiand Streets