20 JANUARY 1923, Page 4

Those who imagine that New Zealand is a prosperous little

country where people are solely engaged in agri- cultural pursuits and send us nothing but meat, butter, cheese and wool, may be surprised to learn of the steady industrial development which is taking place in "God's own country "—for it is not only the United States which claims this name. The value of the products of New Zealand's secondary industries, that is to say the output of purely industrial establishments, was as follows, and surely the figures speak for themselves :— 1890 .„ .. 15,817,648

1911 • • • • • • • • £20,505,142 1921 £49,802,420