NEW ZEALAND AS A FIELD FOR IMMIGRATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6483, 28 August 1882, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND AS A FIELD FOR IMMIGRATION.

Trrg jcpdaiiia of esiasy is ssftr recfcsnsa by v_-.-»_ J,-» X'ea- Zsslsai •sro—3 cf p&yrZs, "xra it is oiJy s cf izsas »isa retards will lijir ibat tie issrsissS- ts rzzh n~—'oers. Tajt tracts cf leroE-Tf", £2 a 'Brill corersa triii desss Snv!, srrab, or gi£y iraniiM . "— ~< cf r2srs isl thz zzssssszzT i—p* ■ to rrrr. :-to fcszissleais, ■Jriti tSeir fields of zrsrz, girders £=5 ordbari-s, ri?2z ps-ddcieks of gr^isE. ind-zzizisz r-.a■ — rsigi:t_ _IM 1 started. saS csrrsei on -sriih prsat, ~r,V::?g sis? cf rsrsr material zat=ral to er rsi=e.i z= tie o-^3nj" s if ihere w.e;3 - r ~ 1 is fHs I —r — ' r On i 53 ~ m tie old csudZLtiT p~r-".^'-~""'is T— —= —■" T IaJXKT "»*'—T thr^sizids c; ardzars "srcri people hare a iiik :n —zV:-? enij meez, is keeping tier ; ziore trsier. With inciters cf psr-rCe i : r: is s strrgrfe » zzss™t£i3-2= ; ' V-O rL2Z2V C&525 y tjh ■ rsrr-rsd, acd zsot blssssd -aiii: nsny okh- j farts. It is zffit t?r«t tzay are Isjy er iz=c-ra=.t; b=i ffr—— ara i^-i—-3-ork besi£ scares "Erajres 33>v. Xhfre ars o*zz£r T>^?— h&*"-e squib s.—-of cspisL bzt "s±d are at a loss tD irrest it to tba 02sl: ssi xh±j

cftcc; t= thsr neaaJ ej-es te> tie ci-*omes - - r'*- -- V -*- ■ ■-7* ~~s ~ " t-'- Ly 2 ci aac»i£. There are farmers, Eo, iri.3 hare both rapiaj, fao-wlede^. Trho ~ v--_>i-rfc3 I^— v 2 tbe shares s tha oH go~~*TT if taiy cc>—i ciJ]f b= tc-lsraily ktt. : - of diisg betisr ■srh-era. 2\y=-, this a azienali c-f hn=::gr3for til liasa the m*." trila -T - : "-' for -. i - 2~rz:~-~ eE;«£2liy for tie ■s'bo hii 3 tn3-B-ls3g="'o: -25.JC131 to ii'it in ih.s 'v- c-f Isjsi- it zs il'en -srhy r * ;r_ ; the cr Oi"-,*n -n to sis tiir tine. _Ttere ars -■—i.-s «-by this is £:. i itr miy ir.ir.Ci ih-ire, thi -rcyzpeir sh: asd ill i- xhi iz>j-~.-r-:t=.zs h=l£ j tzzz-r tiz l- zrsit cr i~~z. ~Tiit2T thsr ; iil£ c--t in Ze^i^i—l z:-2i3 |hi rerrri t/3 3:1 it — -it be s no r-riTi ihs-t s etss-i ——y i— | rrinti i ::—: it i,a --■- z r '■'-- sc- ] to tsie the linger ririre. to j tie exi.— passig? sr:3 to cine to this oik-i.y 11; the ph-'-e ci s>r=g to Ai^eriss-_ r r.-- a < ths is ■'~ i ' lisrs is 120 --- -- f"whu "Wixil-d. prefer 7^" I "' r -*~ :a ' 1^ in;: ±z*i sw if they o:~li is.~e tis ■s-ezther w~T,~q to this jeeutnr I There is oza. iHug thst be ntntionia here ThSih 15>e"ieTe ' ".- rro- --i a cnsUck » parties f—r'grz-thig t3 these iraE, £22 thst i£ the extreistJy and 1.1-j in cerlsii; pirt:es '"-T- frritiea fy—the cliziite irell si the ?-.~r- o: 2\ew Zealina, S3 ali.3 the sb:,:".ite eertahity of ereryb>3r Bchis -=re!] —hi? might -choose to ec-ns out here, — - * -,-■- --- ?r their or rO'ri 111-i in Ii ;e. If it "-era cs-iej e»id be sirrae-c-f 1 c -lima ra2-d -toese gij-sitg; then, and ill "ho came is this *" ' izll cc 1 t.'.-". j.5 to -s-hst they trers going to a»;-=pii£h, •s-ho, after their srrirsJ, hid all this enthn-i_ri_-rl into cisgcst, *nd "srers, in Hteriilv sold by or by botis or japss they hi 2 res.iL Of sorest, r'- : = sirt if thing in time is E-_re to pnrinse 3 re£--ticn» - mnst ha-re z> fcEect on the cinntry, bresnse n-p~rli hiii cf disspprantzzient—the -s-hole i~ T - : : biing perhaps brstiiSfri zj "a rroihery, a delna-rn, aiid a 2»o«r, -a-hile it is not rnrpridns; thst people -srho have bea fc-rtznate in seleithg Iveir Zesian-i as the '- -1 c-: their 2-i opti on, msy blo-ff a iittie ab:-nt its climate cr pirtirzlir adrantZLget, yet it is resHy R conntiy thit Fpesis for Itself, ini rcjzires no exirr.ritai cesrription in order to captivate psrdes about to er.irrs.te. It might be hopai thit the extrs-ordinsry '' —■ —th 11 hire been given in tie piEt ibo-t this eolsny, or sorit psrts ci it, -»-nld not be reieited; bet jnst the other csy I hsppen&i to see a letter in s psper published in the Sonth in -which the ■crriter inc Jges in the ssme strain ss z. hzSt to catch immigrants from Great Britv'-. Hera zre one or tir-o cf Hs sea- :—" Winter in the Isorth T-'i~ 3 is cnite 23 ' " the snmtner*—as if '«5 t—; perpetnsl snnshine, sr-i hi-1 no nvr Ta : " "In the nc-niiem iilsd-i eren rtihle cr ccnr-h/onse is cuite nseleis to a g— farmer.™ This ■ctH astmish the farming commnnity, many 0; keep their cattie np all night, and tteJ them on hay and mangolds or green oats. '"-The grass gr;~s all —Inter, and in the vr:-rrt Treaiiir the cattle ire cnite contest t-o shelter nnier a fe-s - tress, or"tmder an open shed, cr among tall bnshes.™ reading snch seiitencss as lher-j, at -srhai conclnsion -sronld a firmer at heme arrive ? Why, that it -sras tmly a cssirah'e and splendid conntry where the ■winter —as as pleasant as the snmmer, ans grass -="5-s al-s-ays gro-aing, and -Rhere there vis so little with stick. Bit I have no ccdEion to prDve thai these statements are not corr&it, and that therefore they not to hare bsen pnt in print. 1; -srcnld r&quire .1 small vclnme to set forth trhy this oolony as a £ eld for immigraticn can be strcngly recc-mmende-d, being, in fact, senna to none, and at the same time to shc~ some of the advantages that parties mar resp by cc-ming hen- All, therefc-r*, I propose to do in this short

article is to briefy allude to one or rsro waiters t V.t are ■srortir the cr-nsicerati in of "who of I shsll d—eli espec:i*!y on the fact Xetr Zealand is a £ne country fjr aziicnltiriris. Ailnsien ™3T be raide to tie rssrnries o: this «!ony, which cf the cost Ts3cab22 and character. It is questionable whether asj other c~>!is more ri=b rn rss-;cr:s=s. It -will bs n£~ei to inention the thozsasis cf of valuable titter, the extensive i»il deposits, tie minerals, * — "j and the vs-ltlt increasing c-l wajl, lie 7— — Socks ci sheep, herds of cattle, and other steck, i>esde3 tie treznres in lie o;ss3 thai washes ozr siccss, in the siajs of shoals c-f various iindsof £ih_ 3 country nay be ever so rich in resources—timber, coil, gold, ircn, and other thinjs; fcut ' there is labour £3 well £5 capital to develop iiens, tie vealti c: 3 country -sril] cot be greatly inireased £ir its prosperity advanced. It =i£t be apparent, therefore, that in a colony like Xevr Zealand there is plenty of ecope for the investment of capital, and abundance of room for the employment of labour. The present uircusnstasoes cf the colony ■— alio be ~.-i ->~'.v" *. vv t are they? Most favourable. Prosperity abounds. In the towns there is plenty of ■work, and gcod "Brakes are generally bii-g paid to all classes cf labour. A glance it the returns pabliih&d of tie eipcrts sjia imports'—the success oi tie various farVrng, inirrrarie, and other companies, tie amount of dep-Kits in tie e3tihe3 banks —give ample proof of the &omsdness and cf tie colony. And if Auckland is a fair spe-rims: of other prb\ facial toims, tien tia number cf buildings of Yarious kinds in cf erect;on is a farther proof of prosperity. Bat one of tia best that tie colony i* T-i-tVrrg good and substantial advancement is shown by the extraordinary rapid stzidea made is ti.e psraiasest land, ftp.i in A *Hn~' of acres laid dctm in gnes. Sir F. D. Bell recently

•wrste to 3*=« sHs | in a, u aa ststistis are cs-aci. wt ] year ttoe .» cmes m»e iand 12 ______ _,-, Victor-s, Xe-a-Scsnth Wiles, &oam-AxsteaSa, and QcseasUnd p:; teret&sr- *->" is-, rmti-er :act thai ijr th= nasi years tne srsdng cf ihssVasses has bemi going eaaitbe -its ci S>D,OX) s=rss s v«sr .Of C3=rSl. jsdditilcal '-si incalculable xh s ;—. .-*■ -- - P-easing tar: — —5t IjiQ ZsZ£Zj£ ~~* r: ',' J a new sozree C.f pm-.peiy has bssnlately am vtth perrect success. From aire ihcnssm? thei-D -srere ssipp&a. tor tie Londm zs£risi, s=a as trane -sras c-r -~-7- li-l, ~'~ frrr—<a '• ■srpci cannot be forest-ld cr ntw Bs " sr -^ i * wdH a gotsd deal --:—- ~---. ' abont to emigrate i 5 the state d the lab-vir ! nsrke; I i'- : -y I state -Kithcrt ■ isp c-f costcadictf — ihrt no steady, indns- ! peTSld, —.■:'- - '-- — ; -'- -01 "z"ori in anv part of oi-'i-ty. ; 1 1-in — ■■-"• — receipt j . -'- -Jfi to 3 uij, and t- r-■ - arid — ; ysgej ci frszs 10s to 12s a day s-vd tms :? prtcf the e3Ep=- " is v V*~ £5 3i~ t, ssf^2-

to dDmestds serins, ther are at a premmm, as they ia-e bsen for a cnaaa«r»SU Bsssoi. Inswa, a shipload of respertacle n-omestizs «rccild Tery be and as -ic th i-£-e gi-ren in the old csnntrrXnat I\i«»r 7'----- 15 conntrr fm* to select as their fll - and T h-ome «ill be gsnetaHy a.imitted. X. ?rse- --- are to be cbtaimed at reasonable ranging imm £-'1 an r rr-_- fsr -J — * Imi np 10 £10 and £20 an arre and npTzris properties. Finn? -1: all sines ana in Gners:t are -constantly' advertised tcr sxle r and. ae^cr-di—g to the means he at c-:- '~1. so an immigrant may purchase a large cr a small estate. Or, if miney is s:ne~i:: star-is -siih a nefs - - wOmer, he can chtain land nn-der the hi-me-sle=.d system -or en the principle c-i deferred piyment, both meih>ss c-f aaomring farms eminently snitei to the farmer -s»ith small means, giring crtortanities ci aojniring - - - at. a ' —■ —1' •- -T7—smiH cost- 2. If treatsi prcperly, the land invariably yields -==12, ~.-Irz payable crc-ps. In both t-hs relum; c: cereals and rso-ts this conntry -aill compare most fevonrably -srth any 001mtry in the o~li—the ST=rage crope last season bemg 2-3 to 3D bnshels c-f -srh-eat to Lbs aare, a.nd npimrds cf nre tes cf potatoes. In many instances, hoer, m-ote than 40 bnshels cf -srhesi. -srere obtained, and IC> to 13 S--S2S of pi-tti-oes. 3. The climate ii m-ost sn;table for igrisn!tnra! cperafe-ns, ranging from the eomparativsSy -ooli tenpemmre eiprrier-ied in some parts c-f the Sonth Island to the semi-tmplcal cUms-te c-f the Anoiiand Prorince, ishere lemons and cringes gro-sr to perfecti-on in the tpen air. A great advantage, therefore, cf this eel my is feat in settling tere a farmer has sntm a -chante; in regard to Trhere he bays cr isases land, snd 23 to -srhether he -sil! tan his ato=nti-on to sh-sep, to grazing cattle, to cropping, to dairying, cr to 3 cirsrsiSed system, csing 3 irttie of each, ihiere ire ojenings nojr for ether crops besides thoee ordinarily grtj-wm c-n ' ~-' --—snsh as for tanning pnr=cs=s, millet for the mai'.rfs ctnrs of brsoml, beet cr sorghnm ft?r sngsr. On the -srhcle, the ontlook for this colony is brisnt and It is tme that farming pErodocs may be in price and stock not of great -rslne, yet, in time, there "-rii: no dohht be rtod cntleta: t'ts" snrriis stocks of both mest dairy j-ro-cnoe. Akho-gh they do rsot T^r-h money, iirmers ars gsieraUy pretty -srell to do, and bring tip their families in habits of iainstry and economy. Asd one chief slcry of this land is the splendid scheme of edncataon no-a- in fnll s-srtng—a system ■erhicii proridss and teaehsa for a>=jy district and locality -srbere there ar- a —--rent nmnber cf children. ±nsn I think thai colonist here may take a little tnmble n Ist people Et a distance im« -55-oai a ice country is JN'e-* Zcilmd, their idopt&d koiSS. A-<?2IOSLA-