WELLINGTON.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1692, 21 July 1875, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

(From our Own Correspondent.) This day. •nofimce of Sir Julius Vogel and the ye Four Million Loan.

The Times has considerable news and some coed suggestions. Regarding the four million loan it quotes from a private correspondent who' evidently understands what he is writing about. The extracts says :—" Mr Vogel's ale of the four million loan was most successful, and the more credit is due to him he' had to carry it against the dead weight of the Crown agents. In their case .. as 'Great is Diana of the Epbesians,' and to get the paltiy commission they would have sacrificed the best interests of jf eW Zealand, and have kept tbe colony tied to their apron-strings dolingout half-a-million at a time, and thus preventing your agents going elsewhere, and if Mr. Vogel had not been here the loan would not have been negotiated." The Times vouches for the general accuracy of this, and says : "Indeed if we do not greatly mistake the nature of the correspondence that will be laid before Parliament, the attitude of the Crown agents towards New Zealand will not appear to their advantage. It is fortunate, however, that tbe colony has been taken out of their hands, and that it has now a chance in the open market, the Stock Exchange riDgand Crown agents notwithstanding." Immigration. Again quoting from the same letters with regard to the probability of New Zealand attracting a good class of immigrants the Times says : " New Zealand grows in favour every day, and if there is no great blunder made in the management of the colony's affairs for the next two years you will succed in getting a better class of people from this country than you have hitherto had. Many men of capital are looking to tbe colony as their future home. I have this morning answered a telegram from a gentleman in the North of England who is desirous of going out with bis family. He has capital, and wishes to settle. This climate does not suit him. The interest taken in New Zealand is very general and very great. I need scarcely say however there is much anxiety about New Zealand finance, and this will require close attention." Sir Julius Vogel's Health. As to Sir Julius Vogel's health, the private letters state that bis medical advisers positively prohibited bim from undertaking the return journey to New Zealand as dangerous to life, though they say two or three months'rest at Gei man waters will entirely renovate bis health, which hard work has principalis affected. Educational System for the Colony. Amongst the suggestions put forth by the Times, as if they came from correspondents, are first, " The necessity for establishing a Bureau of Education and abolishing various Central Boards." The Educational machinery of ihe colony \. ould then be under a responsible minister who would be able to conduct the department more economically and efficiently than can possibly be done . under the multiform systems and authorities now in operation. Education is starved in one part of the colony, and crammed in another pait, while it is mismanaged in all. Another suggestion is that the harbours of New Zealand should be made free ports. It would certainly involve considerable expenditure, but the impetus it would give to commerce would be enormous. Narrow views, however, are likely to defeat any such statesmanlike proposal as this, and those who have their fingers in the very small pies of local bodies charged with the management ef the harbours of New Zealand might be expected to oppose such a useful measure as abolition, tooth and nail. Nautical. Another suggestion is tbat Captain Edwin should have assistance in his valuable ser vices. Another suggestion is the revision of the "New Zealand Pilot," and a local commission is indicated as the most desirable means of getting it. The Absence of Sir Julius Vogel. The letter to Dr. Pollen from Sir Julius Vogel, announcing his inability to return to the colony before .August or September, was laid on the table. It was accompanied by certificates from Dr. Gaiiod and Sir William Gull, stating that, although free from organic disease, Mr Vogel was so much prostrated by gout and overwork that it would be dangerous for bim to leave for New Zealand and would on all grounds be desirable for him to remain in Europe through the summer, and take a course of German baths. They were satisfied that his health would thus be restored. Mr Vogel complains greatly of his overwork especially caused by his supervision of emigration. Immigration. The returns on this subject shew that Auckland has only received half the number of immigrants sent to Canterbury and Otago during the past two years, and less than Wellington. Amended Representation.— Abolition Bill. A telegram from the Cross correspondent says the Representation Bill will allot five members to the South and only x one to the North (the Thames) ; also, that the financial statement will be brought down immediately and the Government be able to show a good surplus and profit on railways.— Earl Carnarvon has forwarded a large amount of information on State forests.—The Abolition Bill is ready, and allocates the land [fund to various districts, cities, etc.