DEATH AND MR. M'NAB. TO THE EDITOR.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1908, Page 8

DEATH AND MR. M'NAB. TO THE EDITOR.

Sir, — The following email table speaks for itsell, and may be worth publication just now. It gives tho viva and population of moat of the .British colonies cnjoymg Eelf-gc^ wmcnl, together \vith tho uumbar of Ministers iv each tuparate Cabinet, as under: — .MiikCi)lo!i\ 'lin.toi}. iVpuUtion. tiis. hi), milt-, ririlish Columbia .. 335,610 £cO,OOO S Manitoba 72,b64 o50,&90 5 Jftw Rruiunicii. .. 27,700 551, M) 5 Ontaiiu 2<a,004 Z,192,&t/ 8 Quebec 3<17,3f0 1,&^4,5:0 0 Ui]i» Culony .. .. <!76,295 2,4C9.1M^ 5 New South Walcr.. 410,700 1,524,530 -8 Queensland 605,4C7 526,266 7 fiiiutli Austfjlin .. 90^,690 JED, 727 5 V.ctoru 87,184 1-.218.571 8 New Zealand .... 104,471 8&8,&39 8 'Including 1,820,063 miririlUcd peiJMuis. Thfc frightful mortality caused by cxeculive'labour, as drawn attrition to by Mr. JM'Nab, rices not appear to oxiond to any ot tho above countries And yot we boatt of a climate superior to any one of thorn ; ar.d Now Zealand Minittero liavo the full benefit of its balubriou<: open air, together with an unending changa of scene. They aro the real lourirts of these islands, and tlioir tours cover the greater part of every year. Pleasant travelling, bcaxUifut scenery, invigorating atmospheres, new face?, s-pecials train?, luxurious stcmn boats — and all, as Hamlet tays "'for nothing!" The life hills thorn faster than the blucksmith's Ji_if, or that cf ll'c sweating hociman's, kilh him. Unaccountable, isn't it V — I am, etc., RICHARDSON RAE. Wellington, 11th Febriiaiy, ISO 3.