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—NEW ZEALAND.—SOCIAL PROGRESS. 447tons. Xew Zealand has already developed some large manufacturing industriesand now turns out her own ships, locomotives, and other rolling stock.The archipelago has an extensive network of roads and railways, and itsoon be possible to travel b3' rail from one extremity to the other of both islands.Ex.cept a few provincial branches, nearly all the lines have been constructed and areowned by the Government.willSteamers also ply regularlj' between the seaports roundthe coast, and maintain rapid communication with Australia, America, and Europe.Fig. 191.Railways of New Ze.ilaxd.Scale I : 13,UOO,(x«).The foreign trade is relatively greater than that of European countries, for italready exceeds £22 per head of the white and Maori population. The proportionof letters forwarded thr.ough tTie post is also higher than in France, and thecolony enjoys a moce developed system of primary instruction. The periodicalpress is represented by 200 journals, of which one is issued in the Maori language.