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Achandunie 10 Sept. 1870 My dear Sir, Ardross handed to me your letter of the 6th. inst. relative to emigration to New Zealand. From my knowledge of the Lochalsh people, having had them working for upwards of twenty years at the reclaiming of land in all its branches, planting, roadmaking and buildings, I consider there is not a better field in all the Highlands of Scotland from which to select immigrants. They have the advantage or a fair education, are good workmen, steady, honest and obedient. I think the best way to induce them to emigrate is to appoint an agent to live among them for a few weeks to lecture to and converse with them, and distribute printed circulars of the duties which would be required of them, and what they might expect in return, that emigration be open to single men and women as well as to whole families. The women I know from experience can be depended upon to make good domestic servants, it would also suggest that marriage would be encouraged on their leaving. The present population of Lochalsh is too numerous for the amount of labour there now, as the improvement s are about being completed, and by getting the best of them to leave, there would be more chance of assistance to friends at home and encouragement to others to follow. By working in this way have no doubt from 300 to 500 could be got to emigrate from Lochalsh by next May. If a proper start could only be made, by and bye they would be going on their own account. If the offers be confined to selected whole families, I question if many will avail themselves of it. My experience of Highlanders is that if they pass the age of 28 or 30 years it is not easy to induce taem to leave the country, but all the able bodied youth from 20 to 28 years can to be got to leave with fair inducement on which they can depend. I cannot express how glad I am to think that there is a prospect of aid being given to emigrants. At the last Census the population of Lochalsh was about 2600, of these 1000 could be wanted, and there is an increase, I remain, My dear Sir, Yours most respectlfully, William MacKenzie. H.M. Matheson, Esq., London.
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4 pages written 10 Sep 1870 by William MacKenzie to London, Inward letters - Surnames, McKen - McLac

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Key Value
Document date 10 September 1870
Document MCLEAN-1010234
Document title 4 pages written 10 Sep 1870 by William MacKenzie to London
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 814049/MacKenzie, William, fl 1872
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1870-09-10
Decade 1870s
Destination 82594/London
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 9
Format Full Text
Generictitle 4 pages written 10 Sep 1870 by William MacKenzie to London
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 814049/MacKenzie, William, fl 1872
Origin Unknown
Place 82594/London
Recipient Unknown
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0593-0023
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 16
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Correspondents:John McKenzie, Wellington, 1864 re dispute with his father Hugh over land at Te Whiti (1 letter); John McKenzie, Maraekakaho, 1864 (1 letter); Rev Lachlan McKenzie, Jura Manse, Scotland, 1870 (1 letter); Roderick McKenzie, Auckland, 1845-1846 (3 letters); William MacKenzie (to H M Matheson), Achandunie (near Black Isle) re emigration of Highlanders to NZ, 1870 (1 letter); William McKenzie, Palmerston, 1872 (2 letters).George Mackie, Patea, 1874 (1 letter); John McKinnon, Glencoe, 1863 (1 letter); Neil McKinnon, Auckland, 1870 (1 letter); William A MacKinnon, Taranaki & Auckland, 1862-1865 (3 letters); Duncan McLachlan, Mataicuna, 1860 (1 letter)
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 117776/McKenzie, Hugh, 1781-1877
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0424
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters - Surnames, McKen - McLac
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-070
Teiref ms-1344-123
Year 1870

4 pages written 10 Sep 1870 by William MacKenzie to London Inward letters - Surnames, McKen - McLac

4 pages written 10 Sep 1870 by William MacKenzie to London Inward letters - Surnames, McKen - McLac

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