THE FORTY-ACREDELUSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4253, 1 July 1875, Page 3

THE FORTY-ACR EDELUSION.

To the Editor o; the n. Sir, —With all respect Sor my friencl ana -- fellow-settlor, ilr. DoAd, iu your last Weekly, I cannot go with him 111 his remarks, e;pecial].>- uhen he stigmatises 40-acre system as a ifblusion, and makes a wholesale condemnation of our . lil-eral, loeal, and free system of Provincial Government; and, as an old settler years beyond the privileges of i v.'Vf the-AO-acre system, 1 tho old, v—the real ei'ioni.st:i :.i ...try —on tho nla'ri'i>Z spirit tlioy disvuy Editor.- it :*'oiib- .pioneers yv" m ' H:-d ./o the ('"imeil tree), "ive to tho pcoplj > ; ho'*taf:;. out under tii_- syste n too many condrm.-: - yea, ov..n call •lolusioti. ve \-o„!! bare beui glad indeed. Talk about <iUi-noi. : A 1:5:- •'-a 1 am nut so old a colonist, it isouiy ,J,o call to men. cry many of my oid colonial unsophisticated friends of the -Diicheis of Aryyle and • aue Gilford—one of whom, 1 see, died at the week, viz., John Wilson. Th:-t. man caui'l -lave told of hardships iu J.-.yiuj, tin- I'otmdation' of Auckland. \Vh", o'.-. : -uJ-f.cre uiesi, were through r«t-.-. >.-tt / •: •-mpelleu to work on ;he reatm. li'-r »'>'j <-u: doivu theuind Ci'. am' a Jxy, • ■ ' i: ,r v, ; . ! s i'.iu' i.''.:iuf(.n * V> iio ' ■'! their children ol the time : .. .*.«.-»• ■■}■ r side, they had to !■ .iv (>?■' cu'bankuicut round Fort ■t. These men liave Uvea, \

r. -.'jriug (nwiy of them prematurely) :o . us. 'iUioy liau no free jjifts of land. No : Yrue, they may -iven one pound au urc •01 land mi the Waiteuiataorat Kauri IV >. it wa.-s :iot imtil Hie ciav.a of Pravinoud -■■-.■niuierir in lS5;i that there w.s ;iuy l:i;)u t'-raw;; npcu, ami that to be paid tor at I' l ' ,ai.-rv. ihu purchaser paying the > ' ,l 1 v. .other —s At the -mi'- tii!- , u wa3 50s the 100 lbs., aud ' :i"*h ll - nd Is th- lb.; butter, 33 aul 1»<1,; P ou -.."s. n.., . r ov ..j From IS"G. the iuaa«ara ol -■• ■VS sv ft, m il tlu-v wore ,1 ill ISG3, .— .» \ V?t'.S fcixo times •••••--re cli tUat not one of ) .hl .-.e so deluded but could lia-v- i-arned 1 rileiiv of money iu :i few nonths had they m f d us i r ;a nd made their exi I'rjm what I • can gtiMior, I see no Xew Zealand 3 who:'.' mid laws have been so jbera!. 1 J>ee :'w I a -lint sulliviont. liberally is not ast I signed' to ,M family Tho able -

noli ot your correspondent Frovi cuu:st, L t WC ek shews his experience of £ ofthe lani law» of Otngo and A? to the K nmtax, as l«n a as a i- • if >sj ruust 1)G liau q education .b . L) ;' l ., ravi u e ; 3 n ot to blame, Lilt l"bivr the revw-se. Money must be had, • W h. 'happens to bo bold enough to propose rV, ~ , Many able men in tli, t-ouncil '.j think with him, that the rarity and iatrin-i- value ot the product will compel tlie C- to increase the price co"-^ | tenllS is cUUfacaon a,d IS,"™ T-^sri would .-.fuse to meet his w- t«ento rcsigu if asked. Constituent* W their ' duties as veil as represeu^ l»e

, iuties they :,ue the conditio* of at! Mrs is mote 01 KS3 I attributable to tlu-a. \\ e have £>nd ! " e " amorous, able and billing tc Jo their , hr ihe eamtrv ; better than ever will pa\med ofi 0-4 us by Juli'* Vog.i It is now just six y> ;iii I'O siuee -1". Pollen v. as OB our i;.v.ias to t°'-c eare of us :is Supcriutendeut. Will you h:-.\-o biui to be your Ivesident minister ? V.'ffl J<- i couseut to deputation liifi. on ull jour i<"iuireuents it so, you will his bland .you will witiK-M liij c... ;1 >U0.-nt and lib polite l/>w ; but uiU.wdl' b-- an, lo t 'ue will infoi-iu Jjiu in the ni'l-i'- l - ' 0 manner, "ho v.'iU Trite to. '.Vciiiugto-. la , eonelusiou, bir, I \rouK e.'fvy | inuii ot.-.ke in Aaek'-oal ' . | mark, lt-uru, a".d n-.t.-.i -i 1 • j very imii .-taut iubj-rc'" I j Hi tin. •' .i el (io.w; , a heavy blow, but • I I takijifc- a«':>.y o-j;- - systoui oi f-„ v 'K . r