NEW ZEALAND HANDBOOK.

Otago Witness, Issue 1182, 25 July 1874, Page 13

NEW ZEALAND HANDBOOK.

The New Zealand Times publishes the following: — "The contents of the New Zealand Handbook, of which the Premier is the editor, and which is to be published shortly in England, are thus described in the proof copies printed here, and placed on the tables of the Houses of Assembly . — ' Introduction,' by the editor ; ' Discovery and Early Settlement of the Colony,' by the Hon. W. Fox, M.H.R. ; 'The Native Race,' by the Hon D. M'Lean, CM G., M.H.R., Native Minister; 'Present Form of Government,' by the Hon. W. Gisborne, Commissioner of Annuities ; ' Climate and Mineral and Agricultural Resources,' by Dr Hector, Colonial Geologist; 'Animal and Vegetable Productions,' by Mr Travers ; 'Some of the Institutions of the Colony, also Notes, Statistical, Commercial, and Industrial,' by Mr Woodward, Public Trustee ; ' Latest Statistics,' by Mr Brown, Registrar-General, Mr Batkin, Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Seed, Secretary to the Customs ; ' Public Works Department,' by MrKnowles, Undersecretary for Public Works ; ' Immigration Department,' by Mr Haughton, Undersecretary for Immigration ; ' Official Directory,' by Mr Cooper, the Under-Secretary. The articles descriptive of the Provinces are stated to have been furnished by the Superintendents, and to have been prepared — in Ofcago, by Mr M'lndoe; in Canterbury, by Mr W. M. Maskell; in Westland, by Mr J. Driscoll ; in Marlborough, by Mr A. Maskell ;in Nelson, by Mr C. ■ Elliott ; in Wellington, by Mr Henry Anderson ; the Manchester Settlement, by Mr A. F. Halcombe ; in Hawke's Bay, by Mr N. W. Carlile ; in Taranaki, by Mr C. D. Whitcombe; in Auckland, by the Rev. R. Kidd, LL.D., assisted by Mr T. W. Leys.

Our Tokomairiro correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday : — "At a meeting of the Bruce Coal Company held to night, Mr Mackay entered a protest against the action of the directors and the previous meetings held. He intends to take legal action,"