EXPORT OF COLONIAL WHEAT.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 112, 27 April 1844, Page 32

EXPORT OF COLONIAL WHEAT.

f ( ! rr y *'.f. f , r |^jrpm ( tljieV^A<itr*. 37oa»^ C'c^ie*; J. ,' „ ' r •ii. 1 X 4rßF«at ,' question # , jfo^. 'aiitate^/Jjtfci^ic' ■min4) of the mother AOttntcy^in tH© setdeiment| wirick\tbiß colony c» ) far- nrorie deeply inteIr«*M ; ihan it ap^eartß/ by' Ac li^tK regard ptad ;t^' as'^gtiess^ "to' 'bW geiierall/'utt^ifstbbd' ajfjffyjpt.jjiß. .^u'estipn to iginqi^hVlhanthajt of Corn-l^wißepeali Tp #>ateyfir; conclusion: .party attacfamentHi or an inveitt^atioft penetrating deeper thati the ehal- : ttVv'fbuhdatJpil 6f parjy opinions, may le^dafiy 'dpb pt&aMJfingt&'h view; of the Corn-la^s, there jcan^^'n^^esitation on % colonial. view qi them in r^jsiffg tbJp • banner- ; ft>r their repeal., This position-; aa -equally sound, wheth*r> we regard Van' DienW* I/and as •» pasttfraTf^dV as ahi •agT^cuirtiral'colcffeyi ;br as both. ' A J s a'pastbrai; ijs '■expo? t j|B ; 'wool ; and . as .ev.erytjb^ng! wfiijqn, reduces the 4ptnand,fpc thejwoollefltmaf-: A«fa«tares J of England roust reduce the market ifor»4that isjTedude theiprice of— Van Dienien^B: '^amiVoeV must thus he an evil to it, tbfc Cdrnilaws of England must be .an evil, it being, injcontrpve^tible that WJTf .contribute* ' in two^ ways, tofreduce^the demand forrEnglish manufactures'} first, by rendering labour, and iiemce 1 tHepHce' 6f ;i ifra^ufacttrrs, r dearrr-aridf, se^cl)iifc| 'by; excluding ihftm fr'oriimarkets where qnly.be given ; for, them, directly, or jn4(yepslyi iii.-g^un.' . Asa corn-growing coUtttryv \VAnV Diemen's Land sustains, in common With, other dountries^ ail injury from tbfe "EhgiHsh by being excluded, 'qr nearly so; iit^c^y' them froin,|tiie l^axJ^.Qi, Epiglan^ fppitscSAiperabun.da.ntjgra^n,, .^»Q injury .ie-

.mains* although,' wodet a firae tradej the colony, might never import a; bushel of wheat into any; EngKsH fcdwnj for the market, Whifch is nearly of existence by the fccNrn-laW^, is calf under, feee trade, W be so vast m its .deroa^ad» that it could not fail to raisg the price, of grain: in! all foreign counfries^in those coun>. tries, among others', wbbse competition at times iji^rtdcal market, at ruinously low prices, fsi felV beVstich •a" disaster by. qte i Tasmania'n . agr^culturiet. An^cte^ as a. pastoral, the colony .is, ,^hu8 1 <. affected also las .a corriegxowing country^ ahdV from the natuce of; its position in the qaestiobi the advantages which it loses' are torn--jp^tible'with each other, and might both be' enjjojpEia tpgjether. The, views expressed occqrred to. (us some time', agp, and.; we contemplated bringing 'them beforeionr readers ; but for their expresßion now we are indebted to the contents of some letters from the mother couwtryv which n^ekipdly been placed, in bur hands* and of wnjc^Hfe subjoin copies : — . „ „ ' : r.;; 1, n.. • „ . Vl\ Mark Lane, October 21. ' ; , /iDeW Sjirr-'My, intention was. to J call. on you on 3%u*BO>y, ", and. to state the progress we : jgft*Jce;«i-thft sale ( pf tha,flneY^n, DiemeVfllLarid jK^t.jfbuti I an* so tied by^the leg tp, the desk, irWiJ'ASSJf mavyoo^be^able jto, ggt.away^is morning. On Monday la^t, we, sold, all of';Ofle narcej^the^arkest^pd st(Qnge,s.^ kind,, abouti 85 Vjw., !to a mi)ler, 'at 62a.^ and 9 qrs. or the, white; •Mtfdi'at 645., to parties 'wh'tf wish to sow ii tea- i ieraa/.'jHß sold 10. qrs. mofe cf flic white, afc' ffi& 1 *&4^e'qrsi at-6«s.> -. ■ " :': ' ; ~ • !' lV •-'W'oea^that dtfe'of the other parcel brpught Jane, was aoldat tlxbriuge marketQU 'HtuWa^'by tte dealer who bouijkill hereai ff4s., , in'Smiatt pAr^els to the farmers for 1 seed, at 80s. .'fwtjtitTl-'''-'*' • ' " '' '■'■'" "' » "' t -•- WkwlLiike' atfeftll sample of it. I^Vwheal had a good dressing given to it, we undery^id; to bldsniftofriift and-seeds. ' , r• ,1 1,'., ■ . .'-. lam, Ac. ■ :.• •- -.■•:,<.■ i' >->' v RoßikT Mavbi Gttiuw. ' ' '"Mi 'Ay, Mark-Tifcpe, 25th Octoberi;lß43, 1 DafirfSUF-I have the honour ' to enclose « proftJHM'»<sc«unt talecf a parcel of wheat that" we fautoMo^iEveitfroin Vain' Diemto'S Land, withtiie ■4CUM ifireight , engaged, for, Is. 3d. sterling per : >U»h&l(O/j6ft4/bsj,>the: epptaitt employing the Deck >firmW&* :<fe\* bere & aec aibruhel wrtgbdd l every now and then as the whedfr is taken out^tbt^the, freight pote, to be. eorftcjly madtout jis, fifce. per cent, primage additipaaL . Some y^i^S^ k6h > c P f %:W of3t."fer» i qr.; and we learn, ytnarotie parcel of ours was re■rtW W^WlMsor marked last Saturday Vat Hi, per 4»i?fwoUie> parcel to'^another honie' We men-

tioned to you was Resold at Uxbridge, last Thursday, at Bfls. r ' '■ , ' ' ' r ' ( .Some of the wheafc, h^Wever, in' the Agostina, nbw landing, is very smutty/and consequently xnayi tie difficult to seujfeitfictat a great deal'6f ' cleaning, but the fine j/afcelsfcre worth" 635. per" quarter! rta.di^to'nuuors. TTput^.&c., ,'-.',',,' _' „, .''BBi&x'BfAipiii'Gtt.i^s. % fiIOFOR^EA ACCOUNT. SA#BS OP WBSAT; jFBOM.V-AK -.•'•-. '1' ■ .•..WWW&r' **»*•,■ .si.-:' '.: -." ii< • -i, „ . ,_ •. „-,- :,-,;' ... £ ay 'A'! r : 3^285 bt»hels^4lof quartersi at . ! . I. 62». pernjoarter '. >v. r „ .'.1J272 1« 9" i; 1, 004. 800k5, 6d. each t>.i ; . - 25 2 0 -•r: ; .i_. >• ■ • .. -„'- ,-V !\ ■ , JB1&98 -O! ». ' Freight, 10s. per qr. £205.6 3 • i- ■< • .' Primage, 6 percenfc Ilosi 4 ' )J: )«'•(( .)•• 'n: ',<> >•■ ■■ I ri, ,i i,\- j2l& 11 7' v Entry, duty>, and Lord iMayorkf / .;. < „ ,' l^'i icioay about ; .-.- ■rj.; .■ .j: .. ' t03. 13' '9 I .Metsge andiporterage,-ship; 6s. aiH 'Bdwpei«last''.'. v ,^'.;n4..^ 13, 9 DitW, granaty^lsvSd. per.kit 38 5' ■ > LighSemge r :dandingw<snd'.deh-' . > :...'<■ i..' ■• litering, Udi per quartei u-.r-.'i 18-16 ■ 4 ■ . ;Hent, and-inßurancefrom iure/4 c ■ .. -,;.. week* jst.ipeii 100' quarter* i ' ..■ 4 2 2 /ifurningfourttmißSi Is. 6d. per ! .< -■■ ,!,'. lOGiefiartersi w .^' u- .. ...• . .< !• 4 7": ;j:soreenitig , once, ;Jd. pec 100 f . -m ..>'• -*<> > •3;tptarter» ■;,>..-. . .-j.-j-^ -,v ,v - ■" ■ 1 B'9 . -rCoinmisMon^ Is.- p»':.quartely:: • > ''•' '' ' > ; V.(factoris) »-, : )) t.,.. .->. .4 '20.10 7>> ii;l)el*credere, I percent. . . 12 19 6 • nr-" .! ■ i ■ • : .' •», 1 . „ -^ , — t_o^. I . !■.■ vI- .1 ■ - '/i -.!'„• JE395- 9: ft >. ..! '.! , Netli proceeds, v . £902ii>l 1 4 " ' "' ; tn ■ "'. tcfnaon, 2SttiOdtooer, 1 18>3. ;f -'•' My'^ear,-—-; rsfe^d'founn' a' separate packet samples of toftere'^nkrcelslof yaH'Bienfen** liaWd wheat : re'cently : imported^ with" the selling : pric63 marked 'on each,' bywliich' you Mft perceive' that 645., per quarter is the '^veragel -That is^nigher •thari can usually be calculated on. Tfhis gVaih is ;ih'eugnt desirab^foffcc^, arid a, smttU.p^rt'pf'one •pi(rc^rwßßF r Resold at Uxbridge market!. for 'Bo£ per quarter f If wheat 'frbtii 1 you could only make, remittence/it^wbaia ne 1 some.' relief to settler atid s^tpownei 1 i 'but' I fiavie doubts of its doing so. The 'suptily'frbni^Cahaaa! (almoit^dW nlee) w^l be considerablei and tend to I ' keep down the price, here, as Will r th(fSlMing Si-ale, wnicij'.'iif /shinp^ed tit '4s/in Van Diemen''s"Land, it wfft cost iii I,q^don 6s. 6d. to ,7s. per bushel.. Lhave J tn'is'frdm a cD^fn-factQr, wio^is to giyejme.a^^nM^ a£c<qunt, '.?4|e., jia*;e' fpt genejaruiforwation, ,as th 6 questjon ft] interesting if not impprtaiit. If the <wjy,,pf. ss. pgr. quarter, could 'be tftk > ?u.jt>£ by law, neif session, it wpul^, help the shipper & little. % shaUb'e I glad,if you will^^n^; these^sa^apljes jto ;l^r'..T>onMts J Archpr rlifyquh»ver l ifyquh»ve pie. vbsast. . They '^how'the yarlpty of jjuplity' in' gq^d wheat. T,he .niters prefer Ae»?rofw,.tvMch iun'4ersiand to he ( lnj&t. which -is finn> and clean in colour^.with.something of a transparent Jpok. ' , ' j ; - If we had hut a repeal of the corn-law/ which JHeaveh se,nd us, or, even a fi^ed duty, some good .mjgljj; % ei^ted frqnx abrade in wheat,' eyen, ypth,se v antipodes. ' . 7 . . , „','._,'*, ' I mijfatlffi 'presen); Cfqvernme^t w^y, t oe qompelle^o.giY^way on the questi'opl, '-/ „ •, r '-„;•"..■ ,; , , •-. ■ .'JP'ics,^fc, . , ■V „••■'.•' • . . - . .-,', -, ■ •• M., , The contents of these letters should givenew hope to the Tasmaniad flock-owner, agriculturist, merchant, capitalist, every one, indeed, interested' in tKe.proapenty of the cojiony. And this hope will, be all Che greater, if thaiotelligrincefrom <Ettglattd'by ht«' arrivals be taken I^f^i^;^^i^^^^^^ : Aii^Cw^ag^j^,4o^lieji;bxiao,.9Afl ; -widj^otb^ Conservative and Radical jpurnais the late defeat of -the ininislerial 1 canidhJa^ t^e CiftS- of! London: cjecfaqn^ by ajni^jo^ty ifiyriy tina§^ which, even the Wider of the rWhigi party had at the lastetection, is ascribed td the influence bf Wn above assdci^tuDn', an association ag^(tatea all fenjjlai)(i the preaeht^nie^c^llicting at its meetings, for the, scp^s, pt a, year. or two since, hundreds, and thousands npyv> ,Thehppe or the fear,. according to tbeispirit ia whkshi the, question tia, regarded, appear* to be> entertained by Whig or % Tory organs thdfrSjr.flobett Peel^ who baa been a sliding politician all his life/ will niake another slide- frdnt his Owii slidtteg scale, and consent to a cbmWoihise with Vis bpßonenft Wthe Corntfewi.'The a^drßl^ Post % .the great orgafrbf thps.d iWho' are fapposed to jCJprti-law changes 1 ,. ' the/ 2*esf [ expresses tliis bjpmion-^with 'ijf M 7 app.j-elie^gic>n ; --in its daily "columns. It is, flp^eyer^jpgs^le'.'.ti^ait te Btruggle.will last longer tb^n^jpe^rflprobje^', and apybow it, would be doing np . harm the Secretary pf .gtste; for tpei Colonies,, an. effort were made taflbtain.ibn ,¥afi Dißnoen'a Land the boooi conceded tojCanadd, of reduced! duties on th&jmportationiJof graiia •from ifc. - Indeed* considering' the increase, 'of freight consequent oh the distance of ibisf'co^ lony compared" to r Canada from England, it would be only it on afi tqaality 'with the latter to remove all 0 restrictions ' whatever. ; 'Lord Stanley^ on a late OccaSßi6n, when J tHe inoval of the duties on f^ejgn . v^opjl .^vas' sp' r hc.it?d^ r^ferre,^, tq.t^e.clai&sp^'.tUe colonies to be fostoed and protected in. tbeir ln^efeste aaa •reasqaior . derfinjiag. tp comply ipfe Jtyk, Vjfift; and ipowjb.ly. tfr& aame con^d^ratipp wgbl; iefd | him^.reconjnjiend the.^QQnia questioni £ar; JnorQadvantagtQuSkhoMww^tatbia colony than >any special.&vour«zteabded to it. in. the importa- \ tionof grain would be> the entire abah'tionu^f those laws, which, by excluding thecoiftt of other countries from the English nbafcetj (iramp and dwtoorftff e its manafactiiring etfergies, tuid 'c>atnt^*ha d^cbnrage those 3 countries "'•hifch •soptay ttie tkw maferials of net manhifachirefe. ' We n a4 l e I 'thei4'^irii^d' wiih. the' Anti-corn-kw leaguers in :burint^esW, and, Tet iia wish (hem "a speedy success. _^ a _^' ■ 3<3 < ~\