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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 253, 24 October 1881, Page 1

I The " Anglo-Australian ''; in tlie j European Mail" says : — " Croakers have been rather too prolific of late ■with- regard to : the Colony of New' Zealand and her affairs, but it is but fair to assume that the recent census^ with the balancing of ' tlie' r accounts of the colony, will put many of these worthies "to the blush. There is no ; hing jlike a tabulated statement to disprove |error, and 'the tabulated statements to jwhich reference has been made show [that New Zealand will compare favorably, from the ; point of view of population and resources, with any of the neighbouring colonies. I do not want to be down ''upon Victoria, nor to blow too fcauch about New Zealand, but certainly, there is the evidence of authoiitiative statistics to show that the increase in!, population and in iiidustriaL resources ' generally has been greater during the last decade in the latter colony than in the former. People on this side . naturally note these facts, and in the case of they give the preference to a colony where there i» less disturbance from political agitations, and more of reliable authoritative data in respect topopulation, resources, and progress. New Zealand has been a much-nialigned colony, and it is therefore satisfactory to note that the last census puts her in a iairly .prosperous condition : . both as to ; population and resources. She has an advantage over many colonies that she can produce within her own limits air that ijs necessary for the supply of her ivants.". '. .svj- . . I Mr Munkacsy> the Hungarian artist, has refused to i take less than £32,000 for his new picture ;of ''Christ before: Pilate." Mr Munkacsy was formerly a cabinet-maker's apprentice aad'during his leisure hours earned i small 'sums by painting bowers upon the furniture. p£ the. peasant farmers of his njative town. ; j The life of the Queen in the Highlands, iF ;Tje. 'are to believe a society journal, i 3 very sample and uniform. The piper plays under hjer window every morning at eight ; she has jbreakfasted: and is out of doors by ten, from -wjhich hour she. speuds titl noon in walking ahd occasionally visiting the cottages in the! vicinity of the castle ; from noon until five, Wjith half an hour's interval for luucheon, she devotes herself to work which may be ! ti mcd .official— reading despatches, State pipers, . &c. and writing" memoranda and' ilejtters; in connection- therewith ; at five she ■sots out for her daily drive, which lasts till [S^vea; andoecaßiqnaiUy' lateiv ; - : J : ' [ v -