Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1888.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4205, 5 September 1888, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1888.

The Scotsman contains the following advertisement :—" The Commercial Colonisation of Manitoba, N. W. Canada. Thin company puts colonists on free homesteada granted by the ' Canadian Government, builds suitable honsei, and prepares the land previous to the arrival of the settlers, and advances a took., and implements to enable operations to be 'begun at once, the outlay thus incurred being repaid by easy instalments spread over fifteen years." As this announcement |s madein the Scotsman,'we may .assume that 'the promoters of the scheme think that it is something of which to be prond. Bnt we in New Zealand, who enjoy the most liberal and beneficent land l>ws in" the universe, act differently. An advertisement from our Government setting forth the anperlor attractions of New Zealand as a field of Battlement would run somewhat as follows Hie Government of New Zealand accords to person* desirous of settling in their colony the privilege of acquiring homesteads on terms which require to be praoticaUy experienced before they oan be properly understood. Persons with long purses and a courage that Is not to be quenched by difficulties may at last succeed 'in ■ obtaining * 'footing on the soil of a country whose government is so different from that of any other part of the world that the sensation of living under it ifl alone'worth: the snonnena sacrifices: that ooe is called upon to make in establishing himself as a colonist. The colony contains lands of exceeding fertility, which need not be even tickled to<cause,it to burst into luxuriance—a look is sufficient. Bail ways have been made through those land* at the oolony's expense, and they are managed as no other/railways In the; world are managed The scenery Is lovely, and the climate delightful. The only drawback is that the fertile lands are alreidy parted with; but there is almost llmltleaasoope for the enterprising pioneer in the remote interior, where the high lands would tend to the growth of a hardy and self - reliant population, could revel in the arts of primitive bliss, away from the disturbing influences of a vaunted civilisation. Or there are awaitiog the thrifty husbandman-' almost unbounded pumice, Bc ria ; and shingle lands, varied by mountain and ravine, and intersected by streams affording a never-failing supply of water. The quality of these lands is suoh that the exertions whioh'are 'necessary to make them remunerative are certain to induce habits of- industry and to develop the inventive capacity of their occupants. The railways are confined to the settled portions of the colony; but laws have been passed empowering settlers to make roads withont any risk of interference; and the climate, 7 which ,ie salubrious, on the ' plains, and delightfully invigorating on the mountains, is free to all, whilst no charge is made for the warmth and light shed by the great centre .of...the solar Bystem. Taxes in great variety arelevied with exceeding care, to ensure the more perfect enjoyment of the blessings of railway communication and ;other oolonising advantages by the. present occupants of the fertile lands of the colony. These taxes are, however, universally applied, in order that all may .be brought f«oe to face with the salntary responsibilities of colonists. In order that settlers may adequately prize the privilege of being permitted to oooupy a holding in a country that has become famons for many things, amongst which is the stagnation of progres?, the land laws have been bo framed that an applicant for. a seotion must '.'.learn to. labor and to wait" (Longfellow and Atkinson), and to respect the superior claims of those great pioneer settler!,.who,' by dint -*6f-that nobility with which theasslstance of successive governments inspired them, have settled the country, undaunted by regard for principle, and reckless of the menacing dangers that attended their enterprises on every hand. The wild beasts of the forest gave way to the peaceable bleating sheep, and the patient lowing oxen, and the savage boar is now only monarch of the wilds that are reserved for that plncky yeomanry who are impatient to cast their lot in so highly-favored a community. Sir Harry Atkinson, New-Zea-land's only Premier, and Messrs Sperrey and Crombie, of the Property Tax Department, and other kind friends, will receive immigrants on their landing, and the .officers of the Land Board will do their utmost to prevent them from making a hasty selection knd ssttling down before they have undergone a probationary period that will create a disoontent which will make them worthy • colonists of New Zealand,