AUCKLAND SCENERY AND INDUSTRIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 54, 6 March 1899, Page 7

AUCKLAND SCENERY AND INDUSTRIES.

£gE 'AUCKLAND STAR' EXHIBI-

TION NUMBER.

No such comprehensive account of Auckland's natural industries and of jie conditions surrounding*- the life of tie people at this end of the colony

jias previously been, published as that contained in the 'Auckland Star' Exhibition number. Very few people Jiave even a vague comprehension of the extent and variety of the industries that make' Auckland city what it is to-day—the largest and apparently most prosperous city in Ivew Zealand. It has been the endeavour to collect and place in this unique publication in an interesting form statistics and facts calculated to remove the very general uncertainty as regards Auckland's sources of prosperity, and this has been admirably done. The whole of this account of the various parts of the Province, of the city and its history aiid 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

jvith black and white line sketches. The process illustrations, or as they ere commonly called, half-tone blocks, comprise twelve pages full 'Star' size, ' and a supplement equal to two -pages. The collection is iniineasureably the finest yet seen in one periodical or newspaper publication in Australasia. The photos and sketches forming the originals are all new, and show Auckland Province, its chief towns, scenery, life and pastimes of the people as they are to-day. A- feature has been made of the photos of Auckland city and its environs, a great number of the illustrations being taken specially to show the city es it is a thriving metropolitan centre. Jfo such panorama of Auckland as that taken from the harbour specially jfor the 'Star' Exhibition number has fever been published; and those who understand the difficulties attendant on taking panoramic photographic yiews will understand that the chances of another such perfect panorama are remote. The photographic groups of old identities are also of considerable interest. The cover, which is now familiar to jnost Aucklanders, is distinctly appropriate 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 inferesting written account of the exhibition; and the letterpress is accompanied by a half-page illustration of the opening ceremony and a plan of the building showing the location of jfche various stalls and features. The 'Star' publishing department is J!now getting up with the demand and orders can be promptly executed. As no second edition can possibly be published, however, everyone should feecure the copies they require at an early date to avoid disappointment. IChe number is by far the finest souvenir of the exhibition that can be purchased, and no such opportunity has previously been placed in the lands of the public of showing friends either in the Colonies, Australasia, or the Old World, what an extensive, beatttiful, and go ahead place AuekJan i is. .The number is published at the extremely low price of one shilling. Copies already wrapped for mailing jnay be had from all newspaper runners and booksellers, or at the 'Star' Office, Shortland Street.