absorbed all profit, and when a reduction took place with it also came a reduction in the price of produce; The heavy prices charged by Storekeepers for articles of the first necessity is another cause tending to injure the prospects of the Agriculturist; The condition of the farm Laborer, on the other hand, is much improved since he came out here, he has 2/6 a day - good wages considering he has neither rent Taxes or firing to pay for, which items fall heavily on the working classes at home. Almost all the Laborers in this Settlement have from 2 to 5 acres under cultivation. Some of them indeed have considerably more as you will perceive on referring to the accompanying census. A good threshing machine to reduce the price of threshing by hand would be a great desideratum, and I cannot help feeling surprised that some of our men of Capital have not been spirited enough to introduce one; they would by so doing, put money in their own pockets and confer a benefit on the Settlement - In addition to the 2 mills already put up, there is a third in the course of erection to be named the Union Flour Mill. So called from a number of parties having contributed towards the expense of construction - On the 9th inst. the ceremony of laying the foundation Stone took place and it is long since New Plymouth witnessed a gayer scene; in the evening the Shareholders had a grand dinner to celebrate the event and did not separate until a late hour - an attempt at extortion on the part of the millers, induced in the first instance