PASTURES NEW.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 108, 2 November 1907, Page 5

PASTURES NEW.

IS'EW ZEALAND FARMERS EMIGRATING. By TMesrraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received November 2, 9.9 a.m) BRISBANE, This Day. Three New Zealand settlers, representing others in the Taranaki district, have arrived here, seeking land. EXODUS FROM THE DOMINION. Hitherto the tide of emigration across the Tasman Sea lias been settling rather in the direction of New South Wales than of Queensland. A New 1 Zealand clergyman, who lived for some time in New South Wales, lately wrote as follows to the Director of .ho Intelligence Department, from whom he obtained a set of lantern slides for lecturing purposes :—: — "I gave a lecture here a short time ago before a very large audience, and I fancy the people wore greatly impressed with the beauties, industries, and resources o? New South Wales. New South Wales is attracting the people of New Zealand. One of the big sheep farmers from this famous district has just sold out, and has bought a station somewhere north of Sydney. Many more arc talking of following his example, owing tf> rhe lack of suitable land for sheep farming- The younger generation are turning their eyes lo the land, but owing to so much being native (Maori) land, they cannot get it. If we can only convince New Zealanders that New South Wales is second to none in respect of wool-growing, I believe they would try their fortunes." A statement wan recently mado that inducements wore held out to Now Zealand fanners to settle in the Mother Slate. The Director of the New Smith Wales Intelligence Department says that the New South Wales officials do not make any endeavour to attract settlors from the other Australian States or New Zealand, but such as come in search of land are given whatever assistance is possible. The official statistics show that from the commencement of the federation in 1901 down to the end of 1906 85.667 - persons Ivivo arrived in Ni-w South Wales from Now Zealand, and 73.710 have departed from the State for the Dominion. This means it total gain to New South Wales of no fewer I hat. 6957 persons during the six years, or an average of 1159 per annum. As the average total population gain per annum during Hie same period by excess of immigration over emigration was only 5013, it will be won thtil the unnual inflow from New Zealand form:; a very appreciable proportion of the total immigrants. In only one year out of the six— in 1903— did "the" tide of population shift in favour of New Zealand, when (ha loss was only 336, and in the two succeeding years New South Wales received an excess of 1532 and 2783 respectively. In 1906 1073 more persons arrived in New South Wales from New Zealand than travelled in the opposite direction, and during the first six months of the present, year 12.308 pc-r-sons arrived, as against 8591 who departed. A cable mesage from Sydney, received yesterday, stated that tlio quarter's net, increase of population included 801 from New Zealand.