1 APRIL 1876, Page 13

"THE DROUGHT IN NEW ZEALAND." (To THE ED/TOR OF THE

.4 SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As a practical commentary upon the extract given in your issue of this day from the Birmingham Daily Post upon an alleged drought in New Zealand, I send you an extract from the last letter received from my brother, who is a considerable flock-master of long standing in the Canterbury settlement. The letter is dated December 23, 1875, and he says :—" We have had splendid rains in November and this month, and I never saw the country looking better. My English grass is wonderfully good, and carrying a large quantity of stock."

The publication of so definite a statement from a man of ex- perience on the spot may be the means of removing much anxiety. —Jam Sir, &c., Wellington, Somerset, March 25th. FRED. T. ELNVORTRY.