IMMIGRATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3016, 18 October 1872, Page 2

IMMIGRATION.

To the, Editor, author of “ Passing Notes ” in the Okvjo yVllneM of the sth current, refers to the success of the Canadian Government in obtaining emigrants from the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and draws a comparison very unfavorable to th£ New Zealand agents. As a native of those! parts, and well acquainted with the feelings and habits of the inhabitants, I trust my few remarks on the subject may pot be com sidered an unwarranted intrusion on your •pace. The Canadian Government have always devoted considerable attention to the people of the districts mentioned above. They are aware.of their value as colonists, particularly in new and unsettled districts. They arc the most handy race on the face ®f the earth, being their own carpenters, boatbuilders, weavers, net-makers, blacksmith!, See., and have developed an energy and perseverance in their Colonial career which have raised many of them to the very highest positions in their adopted countries. Accord-

ingly no expense or labor has been spared in inducing them to emigrate.- Pamphlets in English and Gaelic have been extensively distributed, and when agents have b en sent home, their appointment has not been made the occasion for factions wrangling and bitter attack on the Government making the appointment. In short, New Zealand is outbid in the market, and until her interests are more liberally supported she will continue to bo forced to put up with the waifs and strays who escape the Canadian net. The return to office of a Government holding enlightened views on the immigration question, will, it is to be hoped, inaugurate a more liberal and efficient policy. Yours, <fec., John Hielandman. October 13.