THE HON; MR YOUNG i£S CHRISCHURCH. .

Otago Witness, Issue 1320, 17 March 1877, Page 18

THE HON; MR YOUNG i£S CHRISCHURCH. .

The Hon. Mr Young, Canadian Commis- „ sioner, was present at the last meeting of the Christchurch Chamber of .Commerce, and - in the course of some remarks which he wag < invited to make, said : — ' . - At the late exhibition hekl in Philadel:/ phia, Canada had largely exhibited prbduc-; tions of that Dominion^ consisting of various* kinds, but principally machinery. These a had secured so much attention' that the comV missionera representing Australasia had com- - municated with the Canadian* Government,' expressing a wish that the majority of tiie " exhibits might be sent to the Sydney Exhi- [ bition, to be held there on' 10th April next.' ' This desire was endorsed by those exhibitors ' present from' Sydney, and his Government; then consented to pay all freights 'and! charges connected with the removal and transit of the exhibits. ' .The ship Escorb tiad;( been loaded with them at New York, , and another' vessel called ,the Gem! at -Montreal,^ both cargoes being solely of Canadian maim- f facture. Conditions had been entered, into ' that the exhibits would remain the property [ oi the exhibitors. The Canadian, GoyernT* ment deemed this to be a fitting opportunity ' of intimating to the Government of % the Australasian Colonies their earnest 1 desire to extend commercial relations with" their own great colony (Canada). He had been selected by. the Government _ to rei" .present Canada, ,and on landing at Auckland^ thought he ought to take the opportunity, of learning all he • could about the different^ Provinces 6f JNew Zealand before proceeding" to Sydney. He had 'communicated 'with the Chambers of Commerce at Auckland and' •Wellington, and had the honour of an, infcerview with his Excellency" the Governor; ' to whom he . had explained his mission.' His Excellency had agreed with ''him' ;that bonds of amity and commerce might ' be cemented between these Colonies "and* the Canadian Dominion. His present obje'et ' was to give the Chamber a .similar explanation, so .that, -if so desired, they might send a commissioner to Sydney to inspect and report upon the' Canadian products, and^ if found suitable for the requirements of the Colony, to encourage their importation, as' ;the machinery manufactured In , Canada' ,could be imported as cheaply from there as* from- any other part of the world. .It waa^ the desire of his .'Government to make ar« ' rangements by which machinery and all' kinds bf agricultural implements (in* "the? manufacture of which Canada hadftaken'the; lead) might find a market throughout" the i ! "Canada, was noted for the supe- ' irior classes of edged tools ) she manufactured) J jand' also the kinds 'of ""dredging" machines used throughout | the';D,ominion, : '6f ] jth'eir,.bwh',inake'. i ''ln tSis' department' especially, she occupied a foremost position ;th'e world, as 'without 'a' "knowledge' of'iheface tKey ( jyould' haye l but', little 1 idea, of the ! amount' 'of' 'dredging j alone;jh,a{; ; had 'been'; done in the St. .Lawrence rive'£ 'Chamber 'thought it' worth while), to sent' lb-the Government the desirableness i of *• pending some gentlemen to report upon the Canadian 1 products, his r remarks V would' 'not ' [have been made in vain. .j,'Canada[ had.' Wade '■ >very rapid strides', "not" only in th'e rmanufac-^r manufac-^ Iture'of machinery^ but also'in'maiLjr'J other,. |directions. ■*- A' 'railway bad- been commenced across the ' continent 1 'to 'the" Pacific 'Ocean, ' ,which wotild [save a r> distance of ,750 miles to ' those' crossing 1 to % China.; The 5 work of .sur-j .veying'th'at railway had .n'owj been ..going on{ for the last twd years, and already about r twothirdi of 'the line was' located. The" present Government of., Canada was'pVshingf ( on with the woric steadily, and. it' was _con T ' templated that it would be compiet'ed'in' about fifteen years. The people \of [these* colonies were 'as much interested in that railway as were the Canadian , people. - [Mr. Young pro seeded to show 1 the' rbutie of the line of railway from a map on the table.] If any gentleman present desired' to question him upon any oi the subjects he liad referred to, or anything connected generally .with Canada, he would "be only too happy to reply to him. —(Applause.) In acknowledging a vote of thanks passed to him, ' ' " ' ' Mr Young said he was very glad that he had come to New Zealand; He should not fail to give a good account of what he had seen and learned about New Zealand, on hia return,home. He would have to speak of ita splendid scenery, and also, he hoped, of its capabilities as an agricultural country. New | Zealand was only in its infancy vet, and great success was yet in store for her people. They might be able to judge how large arid important their works might .become from those in his own country. There it had been ' found that works undertaken fifty years. a»o were found altogether too' small as they progressed year by year. He might instance, " where they had made canals 15ft. wide, they had subsequently to increase the width to 22, 26, and 40ft. respectively to enable them to carry the traffic through. In two yeara f they would have 1000-ton vessels coming down from Lake Superior to carry back mer- ' chanclise to New York. New Zealand, he ' felt, had a great future before her, and few could look forward and estimate tally the greatness of that future. What seemed large now would in a few years look com« parativeljr small. From hia own observation he had no doubt the Colony was only in its infancy, and would grow in advancement, and reach dimensions far beyond their present expectations. ' ;

The San Francisco Newsletter of January 27th has a picture entitled " The .MissiDg ■ Link" to illustrate the narrative of the Rev. George Brown, respecting * the race of men with tails alleged to exist in New Guinea. The Rev. Mr Brown's reported discovery has been detailed in the leading English newspapers, and the matter discussed fully. The Newsletter's artist's evolution, from his internal consciousness, of the missing link, is a truly gigantic effort of the American imagination. We have an engraving of :t— description fails, and the picture must -be . seen to be appreciated. Not only does the Newsletter publish the only correct photograph of the missing lisk and the_missing link's paternal and maternal parents, but it has also got up evidence in the shape of an affidavit of a Spanish, mariner corroborating Mr Brown's wonderful narration,