1893.

Bracken, Thomas. Lays and Lyrics. Wellington: Brown, Thomson & Co.

1893.

Sykes, J. Song of the " Mariposa as sung by "Higherwater." London : The Leadenhall Press. [1893.]

W., J. T. At the Cross Roads. Wellington: Arthur Gyles. 1893.

Verse.

1894.

Wills, Rev. T. J. The Church and the Liquor Traffic.

Pp. xi, 179.

1895.

[Buller, Sir W. L.] Sir Walter Buller | at the Bar of the House; and the | History of the | Horowhenua Block. | Wellington, N.Z. | Printed at Evening Post General Printing Office, Willis Street. | MDCCCXCV.

8vo. Pp. iv, 27.

:

An interesting and complicated native-land case in which Sir Walter Buller was involved. He was summoned before the bar of the House, a Royal Commission was set up, lasting for many weeks, and there was much newspaper discussion. Sir Walter published in 1896 his address to the Commission as counsel for Major Kemp (Te Rangihiwinui) and the Muaupoko Tribe in an 8vo pamphlet of 33 pages, followed by another containing his Objections to the Report of the Commission." An opposite statement of the case is given at great length in the Manawatu Farmer and Horowhenua County Chronicle of the 4th March, 1896, stated to be written by Sir William Fox.

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Pittar, Arthur. The Last Voyage of the Wairarapa": a Poem. 1895.

1896.

Bracken, Thomas. Tom Bracken's Annual. Wellington McKee and

Gamble. 1896.

Hodgson, William.

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Poems. Nelson, N.Z.: Alfred G. Betts. 1896.
Privately printed.

Pennell, J. The Rare Justice of Woman: an Election Episode in 1896. By
John Pennell. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, Ltd. 1896.

Cr. 8vo. Pp. 47.

1897.

Bickerton, Professor. The Calling of St. Matthew. Christchurch: H. A. Cooper. 1897.

Cuming, R. C. w.

R. C. W. Cuming.

Dillon, John Henry.

Southern Cross Recitations & Songs. Christchurch: 1897.

Echoes from the War, and other Poems. Palmerston 1897.

North: Wm. Hart, Caxton Printing Works.

New Zealand Mines Record.

Demy 4to. Usually 48 pages. Illustrated.

Issued monthly, under the direction of the Hon. the Minister of Mines. Contains official reports, and notes on mining, geology, &c., in New Zealand; also special contributions and papers pertaining to the progress of mining and metallurgical processes in all parts of the world. Editor, Mr. P. Galvin, Secretary, Mining Bureau.

1898.

Cuming, Richard Charles White. Tour of Two New Zealanders through South Devon. Christchurch: R. C. W. Cuming.

1898.

Verse.

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Jeffreys, Francis J. Immanuel and other Poems. Nelson, N.Z.: R. Lucas &

Son. 1898.

Richmond, Mary E.

Roundels, Sonnets, and other Verses. Edinburgh :

R. & R. Clark. (Privately printed.) 1898.

1899.

Allen, J. New Zealand | and | Federation | The Financial Aspect | By James Allen, M.H.R. | Reprinted from "The Press," Christchurch, October 14th, 1899.

Large 8vo. Pp. 4. Double columns.

This largely circulated pamphlet adduced cogent financial reasons why New Zealand should not join the proposed Australasian Commonwealth, and had considerable weight in determining the result.

Edwards's Australasian Catalogue | Catalogue of Books | relating to Australasia Malaysia, Polynesia, the Pacific | Coast of America and the South Seas . . Francis Edwards | 83 High St., Marylebone | London, W. | 1899.

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8vo. Pp. 220, xxvii.

A valuable catalogue, containing the titles of over 3,000 different publications. Compiled chiefly by Mr. E. A. Petherick, the well-known bibliographer.

Torrens, J. M. New Poems on Varied Topics. By a new author. Rotorua, N.Z. Auckland Star Office.

1899.

1900.

C., E. L. and E.

Songs and Ballads of the Transvaal War. Nelson, N.Z.: Brett Printing Co., Auckland. 1900.

Wright, David McKee.

Wisps of Tussock. Oamaru. 1900.

Verse.

Wright, David McKee. New Zealand Chimes. Wellington: W. J. Lank

O'Regan. C. J. Voices of Wave and Tree. Greymouth, N.Z.: Evening Star Office. 1901.

Verse.

1904.

Adams, A. H. Tussock Land | A Romance of New Zealand and the Commonwealth By | Arthur H. Adams | Author of "Maoriland, and other Verses." | London | T. Fisher Unwin | MCMIV.

8vo. Pp. 311.

Church, Hubert. Poems. Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs, Ltd. 1904.

[Thompson, T. H.]

1905.

The Australasian Accountant | and Business Man's Journal. Volume 1. | Dunedin : | The Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company, Limited. | MCMV.

8vo. Pp. 7, 453. Occasional illustrations. Published monthly.

The first number appeared in October, 1904, but it was discontinued in April, 1906, from lack of advertisements.

Wilson, Rathmell.

Hinemoa and Tutanekai, a Maori Legend. With other

stories and some verses. London: Elkin Mathews. 1905.

2nd ed., 1907.

1906.

Thompson, T. H., and Macassey, P. S. K. The New Zealand | Manual of Accountancy | and | Commercial Law. | A treatise on practical and theoretical book-keeping | by | single entry, single entry converted quarterly into double entry, and double entry on the simplest and most advanced methods, . . notes on auditing . | and | all the important New together with a short

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Zealand statutes affecting commercial men but comprehensive dictionary of commercial terms. | . . . | By | T. H. Thompson (Fellow and Member of the Council of the N.Z. Accountants' and Auditors' Association), | Public Accountant, Dunedin, N.Z., | and | P. S. K. Macassey | (of the firm of Reid and Macassey, solicitors, Dunedin, N.Z.). . | Dunedin : | The Otago Daily Times and Witness News. papers Co., Ltd. | 1906.

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8vo. Pp. viii, 551.

This is the 4th edition.

Apparently a most comprehensive work.

1907.

Maclennan, James. Neptune's Toll. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tomb

1907.

Verse.

School Journal.

8vo. Part i for Classes i and ii, pp. 16; Part ii, for Classes iii and iv, pp. 16; Part iii, for Classes v and vi, pp. 32.

First number, May, 1907. Monthly, except December and January. Issued by the Government of New Zealand for free distribution among the pupils of the public schools.

1908.

Cleary, Rev. H. W. Catholic Marriages: | the Decree of August 2, 1907; | a popular explanation of the Decree; the text of a controversy on the Decree in the Christchurch Press," March 3 to April 2, | 1908 (with notes and comments); and an exposition of the Catholic | teaching in regard to impediments | invalidating marriage, | by | Rev. Henry W. Cleary, | Editor of the "New Zealand Tablet." | 4th edition. | Dunedin, N.Z.:| The New Zealand Tablet Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd. | 1908.

Svo.

MAORI BIBLIOGRAPHY.

GREAT difficulty attends the classification and bibliography of the Maori section.

Many publications were issued without title, date, or imprint; leaflets of different size and date and on diverse subjects were often bound together, and sometimes even those on the same subject were printed in parts and at distant intervals.

The best method of grouping seems to the author to begin with Scripture translation and religious matter generally, as being the first in point of time; and then to follow with educational issues, general literature, and much that is difficult to define. Overlap is unavoidable, and must often necessitate the student's scrutiny.

A method of identification resorted to in the case of many tiresome publications is the use of millimetric measurement (u). This is applied solely to the area of the printed matter-the perpendicular measure including the page-number, and the horizontal a complete-line length.

As also of some assistance, the author suggests the perusal of his paper on "Some Account of the Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand" (Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xxxiii, p. 472), and also a paper by him presented to the Maori Congress in July, 1908 (and printed in their Proceedings), on The Maori Newspaper Literature of New Zealand."

From the first, and especially after the date of colonisation, earnest efforts were made to cultivate in the native a taste for reading and knowledge.

For the advantage of those unacquainted with the Maori tongue English translations are appended to most of the original titles.

A list likely to be useful is given of the Maorified names, with their English equivalents, of places of publication.

Purewa is at the head of St. John's College Creek, and less than a mile below the college (Te Kareti). In 1846, when Bishop Selwyn removed his press and a number of scholars from the Waimate, and during the erection of the college, he fixed his temporary quarters at Purewa, where supplies were readily landed at high water, and where much of his early printing was done.