A CO-OPERATIVE COLONY.

Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3391, 24 March 1894, Page 11

A CO-OPERATIVE COLONY.

An account /ha,* /,been ( ,gi von i ofy a i(cq- ( operative experiment;which, is being ( on the shores of : one;,ofj lhe,bayß,of;the, Gulf of long* i way southjof, San Frimoicco. On a magnificent harbour of this bay is to be built a model city; to be calbd Pacific City,~and to rcover--29 equare) miles'! It i« to b*e%bailtCon the is to connect it'with United States. ''Each or female, must' and'only' one, and no absentee, shareholders, will be, permitted. > f All t colonists, must;.,.work ; at; what they, are. told to . undertake \by ,the directors..There,urq;.at .present ,400.in residence, and 5,000 have promised to come as soon as the railway, which .has been sury.eyed, i.s ready,to be constructed... TheyChave acquired]posseesipD of 60,000 aoreß,.of bivo the\ption-6f-buying lopjOOO pore at 8s 4d per acre;; and they have obtaihed'other■ concessions from the Mexican Government. About 745, acres have been planted with orange 'trees,/bananas,' vibes, and strawberries,! and they have "already reaped some" wheat'; and barley. More settlers are wanted, but they must be settlers able to undergo the privatiouH of pioueer life. As "every permanent resident must be a member of this co-operative? community, thej colony thus becomW a "great experiment in Socialism in one or other of its forms. . ...