EAST COAST LAND CO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9161, 17 September 1888, Page 5

EAST COAST LAND CO.

[from our own correspondent.] London, August 11. Mr. W. L. Rees, of Gisborne, arrived in London about a week ago, to push his great scheme of settling 250,000 acres of land near Gisborne under his proposed "Cooperative Colonisation " plan. Since his arrival ho has been interviewing all sorts And conditions of men about the matter, and is sanguine that he will be successful in interesting the British Government in the business. He proposes to float a great colonising company, so as to provide the necessary capital, and then all is to be plain sailing. The practical common sense portion of his plan, I have not yet seen, but the prospectus is to be ready shortly. Wi Pere, the well-known native chief, has also arrived with an interpreter, to assist Mr. Kees, and the two assert that if the Gisborne scheme is successful, the King country will likewise be opened out for colonisation. Mr. Kees, I may mention, is also about to publish a work on political economy, entitled " Colonisation, the Salvation of the United Kingdom." He has arrived hero at an opportune moment, because the British Government are most anxious to find suitable outlets for the surplus population of this country, and are not disinclined to provide funds for the purpose of assisting certain classes to emigrate.