Review.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 466, 1 April 1867, Page 2

Review.

New Zealand Herd Book, Voi. 1., by G, S. WuiTiioxiE : Jaiies Wood, Napier, N.Z. tix the courtesy ul the publisher of the above work, we have been favored with a copy. Vv r e find that it contains a detailed pedigree of the improved shorthorned stock of the Colony, so far as it has been possible to supply it, np to the date of publication. From the prefatory remarks to the work we quote as follows :

The editor trusts that breeders with whom he is uot acquainted,—of whom mere are many in the colony, possessors of stork as pure as any here recorded, —will during this year supply him with the pedigrees oi their (■attic, as, if he is encouraged to -do so, lie proposes to publish a new edition of this number next year, in which all new stock which owners may desire to enter, and all calves born during the next twelve months, will be recorded. He trusts also that lie may be favoured with the pedigrees of bulls which, though dead, have been used in the Colony, as it will simplify future records. Ho will bs very happy to help breeders in tracing the pedigrees of animals known to be pure, although the proofs may be defective ; and to afford every assistance in Ins power towards the improvement or acquisition of stock. He has the good fortune to be acquainted with Mr Strafford, the editor of Coates, the well-known auctioneer and judge of short-horns, and he is confident that he may promise beforehand that any commission entrusted to that gentleman will be executed in such a manner as to give satisfaction. Breeders who may feel interested in the continuance of this , publication will perhaps !,c Rind as to send their names for insertion in the Ist of subscriptions for the next number, and to st.cte how many copies they will require. This number has been published at the editor’s cost, but, if the work is found of use, he trusts that in future the expense, which is nut great, will be shared by other breeders. —lmperfect as the work may be found to be by colonists resident at a distance from this province, we feel sure that it h of great value as the commencement of greater things ; and we trust that a few years may suffice to enable the editor to produce a volume that shall compare favorably with the herd books of the Australian Colonies and the United Kingdom,

Tb 'W-vk.v Maori o Auueiki. Napier; James Wood. We observe that the Waku Maori, a local journal published in the native tongue, for the purpose of conveying to the Maori people important information, and which for a time ceased to appear, has been again started. Nos. 1 «nd 2 have reached as, and though wo are not learned enough to under stand it ourselves, we doubt not that it is both interesting and instructive to those for whose use it is especially intended, and a welcome visitor. We notice that several of the tradesfolk ol the town have availed themselves ol its advertising columns to introduce their wares to the notice of the native population. We Consider the idea a good one, and cue that will be found to pay.