Rivers —
Taieri, 173.
Tongariro, 276.
Von, 204.
Waiau, 182.
Waiho, 235.
Waikato, 123, 125, 279-88, 312, 315.
Waimakiriri, 237.
Waiotapu, 115.
Waipa, 279-88.
Wairoa, 246-49.
Rongo, god, 52.
Roslyn, 172.
Rotorua, 79-85, 105; main bath-house, view of, 80; ducal haka, view of, 88.
Round Trip, the, 103-12.
Rua, prophet, 288-305; with four of his wives, 294.
Ruahine Crater, 101.
Rudd, Miscellaneous Ben, 171, 172.
Rurima Island, 131.
Russell (Kororareka), 151, 252.
Sabbath observance, 34.
Salubrity, 5.
Samoa, 38.
Satan's Glory, 100.
Satan's Glory Hole, 124.
Savings banks, post-office, 16.
Schools, public, 36, 261, 262; boys' high school, Dunedin, view of, 170.
Seddon, Richard John, 30, 157, 158; portrait of, frontispiece.
Settlement, 8.
Silica, 78, 99, 100, 108, 114, 123.
Sinbad Gully, 200.
Slaves, 41.
Sleeping-house, 73.
Slums, 16.
Smith, S. Percy, 38.
Snakes, 271.
Socialistic legislation, 11, 12.
Society Islands, 285.
Soldiers, imperial, 43.
Sounds, general, 178, 179, 199-201.
Sounds, individual —
Breaksea, 179.
Chalky Inlet, 179.
Daggs, 201.
Milford, 178, 184, 199-201, 244.
Preservation Inlet, 179.
Queen Charlotte, 244.
Thompson, 179.
South Island, the, 3, 4, 78, 159-244.
Southland Land District, 178.
Speed, 55-57.
Sperry, Admiral, 71.
Sponge Cake, the, 109.
Sports, 34.
Stanley Bay, 64.
State activities, 119-22.
Steamers, State, 20.
Stockmen, State aid to, 20.
Stores, 76.
Stout, Sir Robert, 35.
Street odors, 76.
Strikes, 14.
St. Kilda Beach, 174.