crops, it should be known as a plantation and the growers known as planters. It appears that there is a good deal to be said for this proposition, as it would lend this type of farming a certain amount of prestige favourable to those directly concerned, and would place them in a certain defined class. It is a known fact that in the United States of America the cultivation of the kumara has become a large industry, with an annual turnover of $100,000,000. Large factories can thousands of tons a year, great quantities of second grade material are dehydrated and form valuable stock foods, while a considerable proportion of farm output is sold on the open market to find its way to the kitchen where it can be made into about 40 appetising dishes, ranging from croquettes to cocktails. There is no reason why a similar industry cannot start in New Zealand though, of course, it would naturally be on a proportionately smaller scale. * * *

CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT We congratulate Mr J. M. McEwen on his appointment as Resident Commissioner of Nieue. While we are sure that he will be invaluable in bringing progress to this island, the end of his association with Te Ao Hou is much to be regretted. His place has been taken by Mr W. T. Ngata, who is also his successor as Secretary of the Maori Purposes Fund Board. * * * The third Duntroon Maori graduate, Lieutenant Tony Mataira, a son of the Rev. W. P. Mataira, of Manutuke, is now adjutant of the Fiji Battalion in Malaya.

The Editor Regrets We are no longer selling subscriptions to Te Ao Hou through Post Offices. This was an excellent arrangement, but only about five per cent of our subscribers used it. When we had to put the subscription rates up, the Post Office informed us that the small number of subscriptions taken did not justify the considerable work of calling in the receipt books and overprinting them. We had to agree, and in withdrawing from the arrangement, we would like publicly to express our thanks to the Post and Telegraph Department for its help in publicising and advancing the magazine in its initial period.

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