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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9683, 6 January 1910, Page 5

The Tourist Department is levying a toll of Is per head on visitors to the Government reserve at Whakarewarewa. The moneys thus raised will be applied to the upkeep and improvement of the reserve, and the completion of the model pa. It is also proposed to license the native guide?, which will give the Department some control over them. These are truly days of progress, when the clever inventions of fertile brains are improved upon again and again. Progress as applied to that delightful hobby—photography, seems to working specially in the interests of the amateur, for the troublesome necessity of the darkroom is now dispensed with by the new methods of developing. Pictures can now be developed in any room, in any light, while the process is so easy that child and adult may indulge in photography with, equal success. Simplicity is the key-note, while convenience and time-saving combine with certainty in securing perfect pictures. Devotees of the camera and others about to participate in this fascinating pastime cannot do better than write for a copy of the Imperial Camera Co's large illustrated catalogue, which tells simply and fully all about these new ideas. It is a complete guide for the amateur—a handbook he should keep always ready for reference. It gives prices and illustrations of evjry up-to-date camera and every time-saving preparation and appliance that will as r sist him; while it also instructs beginners as to the most suitable cameras an 9 requisites for their use. Anybody can obtain this valuable book free, post-paid by addressing a postcard to the Imperial 1 Camera Co, 42 Willis St. Wellington.