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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 49

The New Zealand* Express Company, Limited, forwards a copy of its '‘Commercial and Tourists’ Guide,” a neat little volume of about 230 pages. It is . being issued for the use of commercial travellers, tourists and the general trading public, and contains a large amount of valuable information in a concise form. relative to the company’s extensive business iii all the principal cities and townships in the colony. Besides giving in each instance distances ■ by rail, coach, or steamer, arrivals and departures of mails, population and statutory half-holidays, it furnishes informatio'n as to the manufactures carried on, and the drives and pleasure resorts available. Railway, postal and telegraph rates and regulations are supplied, and there is also a digest of the Union Steam Ship Company and Hud-dart-Farker steamer services. In addition to a short history of the company’s rise and progress, photo-engravings are given of its head and branch offices and plant throughout "the colony. A special feature is the large number of , diagrams drawn to seal© showing the positions and) measurements of the sample rooms attached to each branch. The book, which is being issued gratis by the company, is of size suitable for carrying in the pocket. The results of the Senior Civil Service N examination published on Saturday were given, in alphabetical order, and not ac-