In the matter of hotels, visitors to Christchurch will find every opportunity of satisfying their particular fancy, whether it may incline them to the old historical house, the quiet secluded family one, the busy commercial, or the select squatters' resort. As samples of these we give below descriptions of one identified with the history of the settlement (the Clarendon), and two in the latest style (the Empire and the Star), which have not long been rebuilt regardless of cost:—