PORTS OF THE WAR DAYS. These pictures show typical British fortified posts of the old war days in New Zealand. Fig. 1.—Fort Richmond, Lower Hutt, Wellington, was erected by the local settlers in 1844 as a means of protection against the hostile natives. It was constructed under the direction of Captain Compton, an enterprising settler of the Hutt, and was modelled on tha designs of American frontier forts. Fig 2.—The block house a,t Orakau, Upper Waikato. erected near the scene of the famous battle of 1864. It was garrisoned for several years by a foici of armed constabxi'ary as a precaution against expected Hsuihau raids on the frontier settlements. The blockhouse was surrounded by a palisade fence with a Maori carved figure over its gateway. Fig. 3.—A settler-so'.dier of the "sixties" in the imiforni of the Waikato Rifles. Fig 4.—The Oinata stockade near New Plymouth, built at tho beginning of the "sixties," and garrisoned by a company of soldiers. It was built of rough-hewn timbei, slabbed on the inside to render it bulletproof, and had a ditch of 10ft surrounding it. The fort was square, and had two high flanking angles a opposite corners, commanding the entrance. Fig. 5.—The Bell blockhouse and stockade, one of the principal fortifications in Taranaki during the time of the first war there. The blockhouse was at first garrisoned by 50 militia and volunteers, afterwards by 150 British regulars, who constructed an entrenched camp immediately adjoining. Fig. 6.—One of the old-fashioned muzzle-loading ship's cannon used in the forts during war times.

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PORTS OF THE WAR DAYS. These pictures show typical British fortified posts of the old war days in New Zealand. Fig. 1. — Fort Richmond, Lower Hutt, Wellington, was erected by the local settlers in 1844 as a means of protection against the hostile natives. It was constructed under the direction of Captain Compton, an enterprising settler of the Hutt, and was modelled on tha designs of American frontier forts. Fig 2. — The block house a,t Orakau, Upper Waikato. erected near the scene of the famous battle of 1864. It was garrisoned for several years by a foici of armed constabxi'ary as a precaution against expected Hsuihau raids on the frontier settlements. The blockhouse was surrounded by a palisade fence with a Maori carved figure over its gateway. Fig. 3. — A settler-so'.dier of the "sixties" in the imiforni of the Waikato Rifles. Fig 4. — The Oinata stockade near New Plymouth, built at tho beginning of the "sixties," and garrisoned by a company of soldiers. It was built of rough-hewn timbei, slabbed on the inside to render it bulletproof, and had a ditch of 10ft surrounding it. The fort was square, and had two high flanking angles a opposite corners, commanding the entrance. Fig. 5. — The Bell blockhouse and stockade, one of the principal fortifications in Taranaki during the time of the first war there. The blockhouse was at first garrisoned by 50 militia and volunteers, afterwards by 150 British regulars, who constructed an entrenched camp immediately adjoining. Fig. 6. — One of the old-fashioned muzzle-loading ship's cannon used in the forts during war times.