THE IMMIGRATION AGENCY.

Evening Star, Issue 3335, 28 October 1873, Page 3

THE IMMIGRATION AGENCY.

To the Editor. Sin, —T|ie suggestion made by you a few evenings ago that the Government should send a second man to Great Britain to supplement the labors of Mr Adam, appears to me to be a very wise one, and one which, if adopted, would meet with very general approval. There ia considerable diversity of opinion in town as to the wisdom or otherwise of the appointment of Mr Adam. I, myself, have not sufficient acquaintance with that gentleman to be able to pronounce a very decided opinion as to his fitness for Immigration Agent. From the little I do know of him, I should deem him a very good naan to talk quietly to intending emigrants, and if two have to be chosen from three offering themselves, Mr Adam may bis wel} 'ii\ile tp. say who of the' fhrci£ should be 'chosen and who rejected ; but I doubt much if he possesses tbe qualifications or the enthusiasm necessary to induce the three to offer themselves if not already disposed to do so. Tbe power to do this is, as it appears to me, at the present time, a most necessary qualification for an immigration agent. Very probably the Government were unable to find a man possessing all the qualifications desirable, and have selected Mr|Adam as having most of them. In that case, your suggestion of sending a second man possessing qualifications which Mr Adam has not, though wantmg in those found in Mr' Adam, wopld just meet the requirements of the situation. Two men going together and working into each other’s hands, would mutually strengths and encourage each other, and doubtless the result would repay the additional outlay, much more work being effected in a shorter time by two than by one working alone. Should the Government determine to send a second man, it would bo well, I think, to select a man not having a very strongly marked nationality, so that his services might be available in England and Ireland

as well as Scotland. Canterbury has sent Mr Duncan to Scotland ; should not Otago send a representative to England or Ireland. —I am, Ac., Citizen. Dunedin, October 25.