LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 327, 26 January 1871, Page 2

LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

Me. Ellis brought up the report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the best mode for encouraging " Local Industries" within the province. They recommend : —(1.) That the Provincial Government be empowered to make grants of land in moderate quantities, on qualified conditions, to persons willing to enter on certain industries tending to utilize the resources of the province ; such, for instance, as the growth of- beet-root, culture of the vine, growth of tobacco, sericulture, hop-growing, and other industries where the possession of land will be a substantial aid towards prosecuting the proposed design. (2.) That a premium or per-centage shall bo offered on the amount of goods sold bona fidely the produce of the province, whither prepared raw material or manufactured articles, according to a shedule to be adopted by the Government. (3.) That a limited number of Frenchmen or Swiss be brought out or encouraged to come to this province, on such conditions as tbe Government or the Council shall think proper. (4) The committee further recommend that the subject shall be urged upon the attention of the General Government, with a view to the more effective encouragement of such industries. (5.) It is further recommended that a Standing Committee, whose business it shall be to collect information and to cooperate with the Government in investigating thoroughly all details of our various resources, and consider the best means for directing public attention to their importance, and promoting their active development." — (Signed) H. Ellis.