MONDAY, JUNK 1, 1808.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16, 1 June 1868, Page 2

MONDAY, JUNK 1, 1808.

In a Into immbor of a loading Mo}, hnurno journal tlie coloniflfcn of Now SSoolAtia «w> tioiigrAfcuintod "on th« onor/jy which in laying tho miro foundotion of nn oarly nnrl active proaparity."' Tho writor of tho nrtiolp, /Ulhough ho fchuH r«f<JM to tho colony Koncrally,gotitt on toftponk moro partioulnrly of tho Auckland gold/ioldu, tho pormnnonoo of whioh ho considers undoubted . Pw.tly from tho faot; tfuu gold dieflovorieH Imvo coftHod to bo n novolty in New Zoaland, hut mainly boenuao a "roal, payablo goldfiold*' hna boon discovered in, Au«kland on an avor/tgo orcy month for tho lant throo or four yoarfl, tho (junrlis roofo of tho Thamofl and othor diutrictH havo not oxoitod no much attonlion horo aH in Molbburuo and othoi 1 parta of Auhtrnlia, It muHt now, howovor, bo fcalcon for grantod, that Auckland noa» flossoa not one/ but novoral gol/lflolan of a pormatJOfit oliArnotoi*, and tlutfc furthor oxnlorfttion will load to further dincovorioß. This boing tho cnao, it ib importnnt that wo should fully 'unduratnnd what a goldflold in Auckland implies, in rolation to tho whole colony and to individual portions of it. In tho flrat placo, tho gradual extension' of gold (liacovorieo in tho North Inland— for it Hoemo .probable that they will not bo long conftnod to Auckland— monna that fchoro trill bo no longer & •• nativo difficulty," „ If it ioolottrly Moortftmed thnt gold okista inWyablo quantitioff in nnv 1 'pnrticular dißtrict, diffgorfl trill immediately find thoir way thithor in npitoof obuUuoUomfi?om hostilo nntivoa.

But lato ox|ion6iicb in thd;-Aucklund provinco ßhowßtiii^ th^ Mtivoa, if not oftgor .to Svolcomo;' tho *, $lgg«r, uro ultimatoly bvorobjnb by tho temptation which tlio /prdaonco' ot' tho prooious mofciU tln'oy?B i»Vfctioi|f ' way, So far, thon, Moy^'MUnU\! jtiw «-«ub«l;ftnti«l rontjon for] hoping \ thafc^hp Auckland goliiflolda infty.nriuQUftlly.ftnd Hurolyoxtond over tho length nnd broadth of ■jiho North . Xeland. Nor, wlion. .tho aiiestion' ia looked at from ft purely Middle Island, nnd thoroforo Bolfish poiufc of viovf } do wo find anything to wjgrflt 1 , Or 1 bo affftid of, i^rmanent goldflolda in the North lalnnd will attract population from Victoria, JSTow South Walea, Queensland, and California, more rotidijy than did tho diggings in Otago and on tho Woßt Goa»t. And, in tho North Island, thoaa men will find 'at* tm«t,ion« of oli mti to, m\, and Mumry, v/hioh will do much to restrain thoir nomadio habits, and mnko thorn HOttlera no woll as diggars. A largo inot*oa«o to tiho population, no matter in what part of tho colony, meant) a largo uddition to tho rovonuo, and a prospective reduction of taxation, The hufden which now fivll» bo heavily on tho few wm bo »en»ibly lightened only in ono way— by a largo inoroaßO in tho number of taxpayers. Some' people say that tho extension of gold discoveries in the North Island will drain the population from tho South. To a certain oxtoiit this will undoubtedly tako> place, but in hucli emigration from one part of the colony to another part to bo regrettod P Wo think not On tbo contrary, a largo mining population in the North h\m\{\ nw,iMM plenty of niouth» for the farmorfl and ntookownors of tho Middle Inland to food, romnnorntiw pricoa for thoir grain and other produce, and plenty of woll -paid work lor all clftflsofi, For thofto roaaonfl— beoaußO it will for ovor d)Bpo8O of tho Maori difficulty, booaiißO it will attt'aot population, and ho lo«aon tho burden of taxation, and because it will give a healthy utimuliiH to production in nil its br.tnohoß— wo fcruefc that the. goldfleldn of tho North ltthuid will ateadily oxtond, and be pcrmanont.