DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL INDUSTRIES.

Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 2932, 13 August 1881, Page 4

DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL INDUSTRIES.

The recent; rbcommoridalipn,. of. the Cildnial;! Industrie 'Committee to Parliaaiefit:—"That" in'.orcler to ien-:

courage the growth aqa'triariufaeturjej 'of tobacco within ' jSew Z.saiand,jtjhe--1 diitybn the col'onially; produced article should be reduced t'6 prie^hiilibg per pound for ' a:; period ■of five 'years''^ has our hearty -approval. ' Tne EbyaT Commission on liocar Industries^ in their report last year/made the.following remarks-.- 1-" The midst important agricultural industry' which has'been

brought under the' notice of the Com- '■ missiein is undoubtedly;tho"baltiyatipn of tobacco for; manufact"uring purpd&es. TheTevidence^establislneVtlie fact"th-at

any- qua;ntity -of 'tobacco,/ teqiiaT in quality to the fineßtiAmeriiearijca'n be grown in(Newj Zeiilaud/ and ■ that the|re is;too '■ T&ason! why! th re" 'wboltf' of the tobacco' consiittied 1 in" r;tthe "^Colony: Bb'ould ■■' toot i> ultimatelyy' be s 'ferbduced•■',and -inanufaetured' in-it; ihlis

! inclustry'would iftotd^pfo&t&bje etti-; ,! pioyment to cottagie farm'era, aiidalso -. to wom^n'aad children^ ah'd} would utilr ize Ikrge tractrs-bf'land,Jwhidh-atpresent5 I :iarie either waste oryielding but little!" a tVpj to lagt yea* tfobawo growing had*;

-been— established on a small ''.scale" ,^|iVci)theia;B^; 'tf^isQ(> 'leaf,, ib&v'ev. been- compared; witii A'tiftijalianv; '■■ grown je'a'f tbbaec^and foTind^natjonlyJfq,bfl I ficher/.kndvm^r|^.^Bs|Sat\al'iiV-;!ifo(t^-'but^ a^'betterjrvjflsy.pK "isfe.vy/ Zealand 'tobacco iwaßostibtmttecr ■><to .various■■experts—Wtiiblyiv'^^©!'-^ 'pwlib and-;M^r t^'iHre^bn.d(^Bro»^7 ::Wfro^Were l ma¥^ :.ni4ed«Sr*t«ir.«| [TJiey ; ; pr'bnolafac^dOli^r.!;S3^al l )ov^tat|dj to-be;: : ■■ofI;ar/ verjr/ :s ati;: B r^c|t pld^,,aJp|t'f ft o! r< • quality]. ;th|! opinion ivthat^Havannai tobacco* 6qula be -'succelafully '■> gfo wn 1 in,;'f K'6!! Wjaijra: f : ;Tiipa"; and? 'otherfki^a,', alongjite JEasf ;Coas|^pf"^ fr.otri;^Qlli.^ •\Pfen nsy 1 variia '■' seed ■• leaf Wiu-,! •gaiiui^ district'; -Connecticutj ih I|ei-;. Bon ; jMarylaii'd' •aiid|';Masßap&usßetß in Canterbury,,... and-''iV;Bpme; l i ; pa.rtß^-?ofi' , ; t)tago^ The two essential t points'; intobacco culture >■ are stated -tb| r bej^tjo^ secure a good *' body'*1 and sound j cur? ing. ;T_he^;fort^ v.by< carrying' on, the cultivatiout ;in I rich ■ laud, well manured;. the second !'by;. =free exposure to; sun; and-'air/ iwith'.' careful shelter from: rain^nd; 'djamp,. It is stated that/.ten acres ..of',suiiableand well-cultivated land vfill produce an. average" of. six or seven-tons'of' tobacco.- "The industry is oneo'f gr;eat importance to this; Colony,' and r; we hope that > t.he recent, recbmmen^tion of the Parliamentary Committee' will receive;the sanction of; the?iiegisla--ture.- -: ■- ■•■ ■'•-•' :"-;'-:--"':;;'';; I ;,:■•/