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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1509, 31 January 1901, Page 29

In mv humble opinion (writes "Aa Old Tom s ’) the rulers of the colony are acting wisely, and, in the end, beneficently, for us here in making provision, for the English visiting “ Tommies’’ to see New Zealand by travelling through it in the manner proposed. Let it be borne in mind that a large proportion of them have been 'brought up among the hedges and! ditches of the Old Country, and, consequently, have an eye to what makes a country well adapted for the production of crops of various kinds. When these men see for themselves land which has produced eighty-four bushels of wheat or 110 bushels of oats to the acre, they must be impressed. They will be delighted to tell farmers about the colonies they have seen, and the advantages the young farmers will reap by leaving the Old Land, and coming to our Garden on earth in New Zealand ; and in this matter the Tommies will do more for us than all that has been done by men highly paid to lecture on our home in the South. Lord Wolseley’s retiring allowance will, it is said, be .£'l3oo a year, but his lordship will also receive ,£SOO per annum and' a house as Governor of Chelse-a Hospital It is proposed that the a l Hwance should be increased to* £2600.