STATE AIDED COLONISATION.
At a meeting of the State Aided Colonisation Society a scheme was submitted. ! It was suggested that capital be subscribed by the public ! with the Imperial guarantee of 3 per ( cent interest, colonists to grant free j land to the immigrants, money to be i repaid m thirty years at 4 per interest. 1 In the House of Commons Mr Kimber ' asked whether the Government are ( prepared to entertain the scheme. The , Hon W. H. Smith replied that the , question was of considerable import- ance, and the sheme was a novel one. The Government would require to consider it with great care before arriving at a decision.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1630, 8 August 1887, Page 2
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110STATE AIDED COLONISATION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1630, 8 August 1887, Page 2
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