Coker's Family Hotel (James Hat-field, proprietor). Manchester Street, Christchurch. Telephones, 478 and 677. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. This house, which is one of the leading and fashionable hotels in New Zealand, is a handsome brick and concrete building of two stories, situated in Manchester Street, within a short distance of the railway station, and within a few minutes' walk of Cathedral Square. The entrance is by a handsome porch, which leads into a beautiful, spacious passage with a smoking room, a ladies' drawing room, and the dining room—capable of accommodating 100 guests—opening from the right. To the left of the passage there are a spacious coffee room, a private sitting room, a very conveniently situated office and a writing room, which, in the busy season, is converted into a second dining room, capable of accommodating another eighty-six guests. A corridor leads from the main passage into a lovely garden, bright with choice flowers and ornamented with a fountain, which adds beauty, and promotes coolness in the hot summer weather. Handsome shady seats and summer houses are placed in the grounds, where visitors can enjoy the luxury of after-noon tea. The billiard room, supplied with a fine billiard table, is approached from the right of the main passage. At one end of this room there is a handsome bar, decorated in ivory, walnut fitting, with plate glass, and stocked with a choice selection of the highest class of wines, spirits, and cigars, for which “Coker's” has so long enjoyed a high reputation. The upstairs portion of the house is reached by a fine staircase, and is devoted to bedrooms and private sitting rooms. Numerous bathrooms for ladies and gentlemen respectively, and containing hot and cold and shower water, are conveniently placed throughout the building, which has been extended by recent additions which provide twenty-five new rooms. The rooms, which number about 100, are furnished with the greatest luxury and good taste. “Coker's” is lighted by a system of incandescent gas lighting, and all rooms are supplied with electric bells. Each main passage is furnished with a telephone, by which communication can be held with all the various parts of the hotel, six telephones being available for this purpose. Several pieces of choice oak furniture, carved by celebrated artists in their profession, and presented to the late Mr. Coker, ornament the hotel, and many valuable pictures, with a similar history, cover the walls of the main passage. Every precaution has been taken for escape in case of fire, all windows upstairs being supplied with wire ladders and canvass shoots, and six staircases leading to the ground floor give every facility for escape. Taken altogether, “Coker's can boast of being one of the finest and most up-to-date hotels in New Zealand.