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A Popular Handbook to New Zealand, etc

Arthur Clayden · 1886 · Scanned text

91,355 words · about 6 h 24 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PDM · British Library Digitised Books dataset db14 (doi 10.21250/db14) marks the OCR texts CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 (c. 1510-c. 1900 publications); text+metadata JSONL release doi 10.23636/r7w6-zy15 is CC0 1.0. Public Domain Mark is a status label, not a new copyright licence. · Digitised by the British Library (with Microsoft). Text: British Library Digitised Books, CC Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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Author
Arthur Clayden
Language
English
Published
1886
Length
91,355 words · about 6 h 24 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (4)
  1. Front matter about 3 min
  2. Introduction under 1 min
  3. Preface about 4 h 43 min
  4. Appendix about 1 h 37 min

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Front matter

Lincoln's Inn £team Printing V/orl^s. mmatimmsam Printers and Publishers, WithoatHttUti, Wnavnvtr$f $hrtot^^r§, BOOKBINDEES. & SONS are prepared to forward in clusive Estimates for the complete production of every description of Bookwork, from the smallest Pamphlet to the most costly Volume, including Publishing. Executed on the Premises, under the Direct Superintendence of the Firm, in the Best Style with Economy and Despatch. COIIPOSING. ENGRAVING. LITHOGRAPHY. STEREOTYPING. ELECTROTYPING. MACHINING. BINDING. WYMAN & SONS, 74, 75, & 76, -.great 4Quccn 7 ' ~J <£^i <i-xZK~ -"„-_. ' Just Published. Second Edition, Crown 8vo., Limp Cloth, Gilt, Price 2s., Postage 2d. WHERE TO EMIGRATE: A Concise and Handy Guide to all the English Colonies, for Intending Emigrants, with MAPS. o^iisrioisrs oif t:h::e peess.

" Contains a large amount of practical information relating to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Maps of the countries accompany the descrip tions, and the cost of the passage out is given in each case." — Daily Chroniae. "Will undoubtedly be of service to intending emigrants. — Scotsman. " An excellent handbook for intending emigrants, giving authentic information as to the labour requirements, wages, climate, and cost of living, in the various fields for emigration." — Sussex Daily News. " We are quite satisfied the author has spared no pains to make his work correct. . . , He confines himself strictly to facts, and his book contains much valuable information in little room." — Sheffield Daily Telegraph. "Will be found very useful to those interested in the questions, Who should emigrate, where to emigrate, and the price of labour and living in the various countries." — South IVales Tdaily Telegram.

" Convenient, compact, and cheap, this manual is one which, we can speak of favourably." Queen. " Of unquestionable utility, and may be commended to every intelligent reader, whether a possible emigrant or not."— British Mail. " Will afford good service to those who contemplate emigration."— European Mail. '* We may safely say that any one elbowed out of the race of life in the mother country, and desirous of finding a home where willing hands are appreciated, should consult this book." — Furniture Gazette. " The writer seems to know his subject well, and he writes clearly. . . . This little book, published at two shillings, ought to be successful." — Lloyd's Weekly. " A better guide to intending emigrants than this concise epitome of all necessary information can scarcely be conceived. . . .

Introduction

ON NEW ZEALAND AS AN ENGLISH MIDDLE-CLASS EMIGRATION FIELD, A nd personal experiences during a Four Years' Residence in the Colony. By ARTHUR CLAYDEN, F.R.C.1. AUTHOR OF "THE REVOLT OF THE FIELD," " THE ENGLAND OF THE PACIFIC," ETC. WITH MAP. SECOND EDITION. LONDON : WYMAN & SONS, 74-76, GREAT QUEEN STREET, lincoln's-inn fields. 1886, WYMAN AND SONS, PRINTERS, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN *S-INN FIELDS, LONDON, W.C.

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