This page has been validated.
NOTES ON NEW ZEALAND.
227
"tyranny" in any shape or form any fears for them.
THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF
SOCIETY.
Wealthy men of business and the professional classes constitute the leaders of society in New Zealand; clerks and cadets are the young men of fashion. The position of a cadet is a peculiar, though a common one. He is generally a young man or youth from England, whose parents or guardians have sent him out for his health or bad conduct, and have placed him on a farm or station after paying the owner a premium of
