MR. JAMES ADAM.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 11, 17 September 1874, Page 4

MR . J AMES AD AM.

Our Ifmigratidn Agent,

t ,i — ■» ; ■—• ; / ' '„ We give below a critique by : one i-'OJftthe leadmgjour^als^of tte North ;of Scotland, ■' ! -pf a publication. issued by ', jProymcial Emigration Agent \ Litis, quite, what we would have expected, -frq_'Mx.;; Adam's known abilities; and his large acquaintance' with the Province. It cannot hut be satisfactory to the Provincial Go- ., vernment to find this spontaneous approval of jthe man- they selected as Emigration Agent. , Had the agents employed by the Colonial Agent-in- Chief been men of the same stamp, a very different class of immigrants Jto recent arrivals^ would have been the result of the Colony's large expendi - ture.

( Aberdeen Weekly Free ' Tress. J Twenty -Five Years of Emigrant Life in the South of New, Zealand. Jsy James Adam, late Member of the Provincial and Executive Council, Otago. Edinburgh— Bell and Bradfute:

We have here, in the compass of little over a hundred pages, one of the most graphic and interesting, as well as instructive, books on colonial life it has ever been our fortune to read. Mr. Adam, a worthy son of Bon-Acccord by* the way, contrives to give, in something like picturesque variety, descriptions of personal experiencesr natural scenery, and so on, along with judicious instalments of statistical information illustrative ol the resources and actual products of the country whose capabilities and characteristics he is bringing Under the attention of his readers. The passages in which he gives advice directly to those who may contemplate emigration, are marked by perfect frankness and honesty. Starting with the sound observation that "emigration is a powerful test of the capacities of men, and it is equally severe in testing the character," he tells clearly his ownlarly experiences, as well as those farther on : an . d after he has, in addition to this, submitted the facts and conditions of the whole case, states shortly the classes of people who should and the classes who should not emigrate. But tbe better way is to let the reader judge of Mr. Adam's style by a few samples. Passing over much that is interesting jn tbe early chapters, we give the following sketch of