THE TOURIST DEPARTMENT.
A SUCCESSFUL YEAE. [United Press Association.] Christchurch, May 26. In the course of an interview Itho Hon Thomas Mackenzie stated that the Tourist Department had had a most successful year, and i a good number of the country's resources had been turned jnio profit.. Up to tt>O ond of last year theDeparbmeflfckoHH) show- a net profit of between. £6000 and £7000. At present he was anxious to do isorhe more work in connection with Mount Cook, and also to link, up the road system of the East and West Coasts by" a track OA-er Ithe mountains from the Hermitage to Copland Valley. When that Aras done he believed it would form the grandest tourist road in thcAvorld, and the link required would not be a long onp.tthough somcAvhat difficult. Huts Avere being built on both sides, iand with but a modest expenditure Die expected very good results.
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Colonist, Volume LIi, Issue 12804, 27 May 1910, Page 3
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150THE TOURIST DEPARTMENT. Colonist, Volume LIi, Issue 12804, 27 May 1910, Page 3
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