THE NORTH OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9264, 18 January 1889, Page 3

THE NORTH OF AUCKLAND.

TO THU EDITOK. Sir^ —The encomiums passed upon the lands in the north of this province by the Minister of Lands will no doubt attract a great deal of attention from those about to settle in this province; and as a proof of the quality a-nd what it will produce, we will show to anyone who likes to call ab our place of business in Queen-streot.

samples both of wheat, oats, cocksfoot, and ryegrass, which cannot be surpassed in any part of New Zealand, grown at Motukaraka, Hokianga, by Mr. Cashman. Wβ think Mr. Binney's remarks rather too hard on the settlers of that district, because our experience has been rather the reverse, and especially the last few years. The groatesb drawback to the settlement is the cost of transit of their produce to market, and the time it takes. When wheat was produced in the quantity Mr. Binney speaks of it waa principally grown by the natives, and the same remarks might therefore apply to the Waikato district, or any of the native settlements.—We are, etc., T. Steadman and Co. Auckland, January 17, 1889. [The samples herein mentioned are those forwarded to our office, of which mention was made in Wednesday's Herald, and which have been handed over to Messrs. T. Steadman and Co. at their request.—Ed.]