CANTERBURY,

Otago Witness, Issue 178, 6 January 1855, Page 5

CANTERBURY,

The Lyttelton Times in its leaderof the 16th iu>.., thus remarks: — "sin a financial point of view, this Province is in a flourishing condition Upwards of £22,000 are in the Provincial Treasury, and we can now see our way to the completion of the long desired object of the colonists — good land communication between the Port and the Plains. An agent has been sent to England to carry out a scheme of regular immigration into the settlement, a chief feature in which is a plan for affording assistance to those in the colony who have made an independence for themselves, and are anxious t<? bring out their friends and relations to share their prosperity and co-operate with them in their future operations. . . The export of "Wool will this year reach a value of upwards of £25,000. And the harvest, after sup-

plying the local market, promises to yield a considerable surplus, for which a ready sale will be found in the Australian colonies." In the Provincial Council a Despatch from his Honor was laid on the table on the subject of Immigration from Melbourne, proposing to pay half passage money of labourers to this Province, a promissory note being taken from the intended immigrants for the amount.