THE WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT Wednesday, July 22, 1846.

Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 81, 22 July 1846, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT Wednesday, July 22, 1846.

Among the letters from this place, published in the London New Zealand Journal, is one which concludes with a sort of general invitation to a brewer to come out and establish himself here. Having known instances of persons being ruined by acting on such general information, without ascertaining more parti* cularly the actual facts of the case, we shall shortly slate the prospects a brewer would have, if be were to come out for the purpose of establishing himself here. The climate and water of this place are admirably adapted for brewing. There are many town acres unoccupied which would be suitable for a brewery, having streams o< good water running through them. Prom the steady temperature, brewing can be carried on throughout the year: There is a considerable demand for good beer in the place, and it is at present partly supplied by imported beer, at high prices. From the position of this colony, good beer made here will become a valuable export. There are two breweries in the town. That of Mr. May is, we believe, fully employed, and has as great a demand μpon it as it can supply. That of MessrsDrake and North wood has recently undergone considerable alterations and improvements. A large copper boiler,capable of containing 500. gallons, has been put up, in addition to N their fyrmer boiler of 150 gallons. By a simple but ingenious contrivance, water is conducted along the side of the hill behind, by a series of wooden spouts, into a tun buit, from whence it is laid on by a pipe to the boiler, so that the boiler may be filled from a clear stream, without any labour of pumping. We are informed that at this brewery alone, when the arrangements are completed,. 100 hogsheads of beer per month could be made without difficulty, which is about twice the amount of the present consumption here. What is certainly more to the purpose, a description of beer has been produced, wjbich requires yniy proper

care to render it a successful rival in its quality to the imported beer. The subject is of more importance to the community than appears a! first sight. These breweries form a small but gradually increasing,market for the barley grown in, the settlement, and will be a means of retaining capital in, the settlement which would otherwise ooze out of it. The brewery at Nelson has aided tin changing the political relations of that place, the exportation of beer to Auckland having created greater facilities of communication between that place and Auckland than exists between Auckland and ihis place. Whileupon this subject, we may be allowed to suggest that the Horticultural Society might wdl bestow a portion of its funds in instituting a prize, say ot two or. three guineas for the best sample, out of not less than a certain fixed quantity of hops, in marketable to be o|>en to all the settlements, for the year 1849. Such a prize, though small in amount, would probably operate as a stimulus to the production of that useful plant.

'■ The recent sale of 450 bushels of maori grown wheat, deserves a paesing notice. The produce of the sale has been laid out by the natives in the purchase of horses and other articles of utility. Tne encouragement it will afford to native production, will be highly beneficial. Every native tribe which gro»vs wheat and other produce for sale, has a strong inducement to maintain peace, and support the Government which secures them the enjoy raent of their property. It is not difficult to believe that the majority of the maories will, in a few years after the deaths of their present chiefs, become extensive producers, and also consumers of a large quantity of British goods. The VVaikauae natives, for whom the above wheat was sold, have greatly hindered others from joining the rebel chief Rangihaeata. From the East Coast a considerable quantity of wheat, grown by the natives, has also been received at different times this season.