EMIGRATION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 38, 20 April 1853, Page 4

EMIGRATION.

BlacUwnll Yard, London, September 30th, 1852.

S;n.— VVo have the honor of addressing your Ex cellrncy, a* the hcnil of the Government of New Zealand, for (he purpose of submitting to you a ninth r in uhich we arc personally interested, but which appears to us of (ircatcr imporlance to the colony. It may be convenient if we begin by stating the nature of our personal interest in the subject.

Cir rumMnncea liavc induced us to resolve, after due consideration, to enter fully ands)stcmAtically into the business of the Passenger Trade to New Zealand. These are—

Ist. The surrender by the New Zealand Company to the Crown, of the Charter unilcr which they wcro the instrument for the greater part of the Emigration from the Mother Country to that Colony.

2nd. The more recent trnnsf. r of tho functions and powers of the Canterbury Association, where* by the proceedings of that body, as an important anil highly valuable Instalment of Emigration, »re brought to an cud ; — and

3rd. The Parliamentary Ifgiilnlion ofjnst Session, nhich by bellowing vrry laige powers of local self Government upon the Colony of New Zealand iv genoinl, mid upon the fix Province? into which it is divided by thy new Constitution, holds out n prospect, tli.it the altrr.atireness of New Zealand to Emigrants of all cluster, and more cipcciolly of the higher daises will be much increased, and the demand for PesiengciG Ships bo pronoitionatcly nugi mented. It thus appear) d that the Shipping nr-' raiigemcuts which heretofore facilitated New Zedland Emigration, and made it m> respectable, were coming to an end nt tlio moment when the Colony I) nil nn increased interest in them, and their continuance and extension had becomo of greater im« portnacc to the Colony. It seemed that the sup> ply wns likely to cease at the very time when the -demand promised to he gi eater than ever.

Prompted by thcic considerations we have determined to take up and carry on the Shipping operations for Emigration to New Zealand, Arrangements have consequently been made, by which Mr. Aylmor, (who succeeded Mr. Bow ler a« Superintendent of Emigrat on nnd Shipping to the Canterbury Association) will establ ish at the late office of that body a General Emigration Office for New Zealand, lo exclusive connection with oar firm as Ship Owners. At this office, and precisc'y as heretofore, intending colonists of all classes will bo nble to obtain information, advice, and assistance : and in duo proportion to the demand for passage, first clam Ships fill be dispatched by us with the same strict rcgnrd to the safety and comfort of Passenger* during the voyage, and punctually to the time fixed for (ailing, as bestowed by the Canterbury Shipping arrangements.

' Your Excellency will understand that we cun have no object in ministering to the Emigration wants of any one of tlio New Zealand Settlements in particular. Differing in this rcipcct from the Canterbury Association, wejjjjjall dircot oar attention to all the six Provinces which the new Constitutional Act calls into cxittencc/ It will be Mr. Aylmer's and our endeavour- and wish tbat each Province shall share equally with all (be rest in the

benefits which these arrangements may afford. Just at present, , probably, it may not be in our, power to send ships to a single port only, so at to secure 'for each Province tbe advantage of direct' communication from England, but ns : soon as ever, the demand for.psungc to ench port- shall justify that course, we shall not f»il to,pufsuo it. In tbe'

meantime, and so long only ns the demaud for 1 1 shipping shall ho insufficient to justify our sending them to a single port, but ' sufficient to require a ship for two or morn, we shall send ships to more than one port, taking care that such Province shall In its turn, at far as pouiblo, be msdo the first place of destination.

We assume that the Government of each Province and the General Lef Islnluro, including your Excellency, will perceive that it is in their own power by raining fundi for the promotion of Emigration from the Mother Country, to make it tlio interest of British shipowner! to send their vends always to a single port, and therefore to each port, direct from England. ' Either each Province, if all the six should obtain the manjjement of their own waste land, or the Genortl/Lcgiilaturc on behalf of each Province, if the Inw should remain ns it is, might provide funds for direct Emigration to each of the six ports. On this point we are induced to add, that if the authorities of New Zealand, whether in the General or Provincial Governments, should be disposed to raise fuada in this cuuntry foe tlio purpose of Emigration, wo ihould be glad, and hereby beg lo offer to your Excellency our scr> vices to afford any usiistanco in our power towards the introduction of New Zealand Government securities into the Britiih money market, or other means by which we could be useful in promoting the interest of the Colony.

Tito foregoing statement of our intenllom tnd views wilh regard to New Zealand Emigration will luffioieotly introduce a suggestion which we vcn» ture to moke through your Excellency to the Logislature of the colony. In carrying on the paassnger trade to tho Australian colonies, and In some measure nlao to New Zenlund ship owners arc exposed to damage and often to the most -eriom losses, all of which virtually in the long run enhance tU coit of passage, mid operate as ah impediment to Dinigrntion, by the difficulty which thc/omiiandcrs of their ve»seU experience with regard to tho enforcement of contracts with seamen. Upon iho arrival in the Colony of British ships deitincd after the dischargo of their pasiengers and enrgo to some distant port in India or elsewhere, the orews cither purtiolly or wholly desert, and though they h nve entered into the clearest engagements for the whole voyage, the Colo* nial law does not at present afford adequnte means either to prevont or remedy such breaches of contract. It would be preiumptuons in us to offer, or even to form positively an opinion on the most suitable remedy ; but we are informed tint when Lord Durham was Governor General in Canada, his Legislative Council devised, mid the officers of his Government carried into effect during the short time their authority lasted a sufficient method of dealing with and correcting this grievance at Quebec; and on general ground) which apply to all countries, we nupposc that the Legislature of New Zealand won Id he equally lucccsttul in n similar attempt. We afsuro jour Kxcellency that with our present intention of engaging largely anil systcma* lically in tho New Zealand passenger trade, this Mil'jcct it of the deepest importance to us, and ono to whirh wo beg to request your Excellency's early attention. Having this assurance from ut, your Excellency will see at onca how necessarily and how deeply the Colony is interfiled in the quoilion. We bavo the honor to be, Sir, Your Excellency* most obedient humble servan ti, (Signed) Money, Wigram & Sons. We ben your Excellency will undcntatul that we ■hall willingly entertain, with every with to carry into effect, any other Monetary arrangement you and tho Legislative Council may think it desirable to propose to us for the benefit of the Colony.

(Signed) MoNrv, Wioram 8c Sons. To His Excellency Sir George Grey, Goveruor-in-Chief, New Zealand;