SETTLERS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3346, 7 December 1893, Page 4

SETTLERS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

TttK London correspondent of the Herald ;-:Many;people are,.,fping out to, Kef?i'Zcaland,just now,, undetjthe;new; ■system of reduced passages,,to possessors, of a little; ;cfipital.! - During ;the,latit ,feW| weeks possessors of capital ; to, am aggror, ;gate; amount of; pver £30,000;; have sailed tn\New,Zealand. ; iThis is merely tho sum declared;to the, Agent* General and, sent ihcough.him,;; butitis bown.that a,good deal mpre,lus gone.: -Some havepreferred to take their.capitalinbankdraftsj; othersi hayPiCanipd it in cash,.!. .At anyrate, the gcatifying fact;, remains that m.qney, : to a,; •considerable, ampunt is goingsput tp,New .Zealand,, and,Jn.ithe-haods of, capable, people likely to make ; valuable; settlers.;-. Mr; fhpmas Johnson, one of the directors ■of:thf Shipping Company, "Ib, .interesting himself Very actively,^'.the,- matter., ~'He,. is arixiousfor with the government,, of, the land companies wider ; which.' people :t coiildj be, settled on the land on,deferred payments,', •funds for the passage : woriey;and other ■expenses being .ajlyanced; by'the ,l«rid-; settlers' anil charged, in th? rent—that is. to mj, refundedby easy, jnstatments, over a term of years, and a reduced , rate of agieed,.upon.'.', An arrangement; is now made by, the New! Zealand Shipping' Company for each of their steamers to leceive'a thorough overhaul every alternate voyage—that half of the vessel is overhauled during one London and'the after half in the next'visit, the stay beiiij* too brief,for the active ship to be dealt with, in a single visit. This plan is found to, work exceedingly well, and Mr' Johnson,' tejls ! } m.e,' Chat; all the b«at§ are in perfect prder and.' ' -condition. ; . ': ...,'.■■'j , ii: , ! ' r ..,