IMMIGRATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3631, 12 October 1874, Page 3

IMMIGRATION.

i;J ; ® * f ,The> following /is ‘an extvactfrom Mr Holloways!‘lettbi* ' In 1 ' tbe ' ‘ Laborers’ Union>Ohi»uicle»’ of Jiily IS r.-i r

’WKK ,'t(4 the of, Otago, and a m .pleased with the progober, ypjkpig men. I might here say "at once 'that itVne country for idlp or drunkards. If a man gives way to-the above habits out'here I km sorry to: say there: are some who do) -he is thought" nothing of,, neither ifi fie .at .all respected; on' the otfier band, a man who kob»C anti in/upf&otisf a man of energy* and perseverance, with good moral is spre to be respftcted'/aiid ( 'hiake his w&y up to a good pos tion.-,- Otago t -is. in a' very prosperous. con^itigni' k* i ithe present time—never more so., The. Province is ’ being opened up means of railways in many directions, thus affording facilities for settlement- and enterprise, which, without the introduction of railways, would exist only in a very limited degree. 1 If the authorities ■yyill only attend tp ,the ’ suggestions J threw out in my address at Dunedin, namely, open up more land under the deferred payment system, provide suitmamed people, provide a more suitable and liberal dietary scale of rations for children #hile 6h ship ’ bpard, dhd vitle bettef berth accommodation for tM people op,ship boardV*then I thinkrthe proapecte hold out , by the New Zealand (iolony to r ipduce emigrfets to coth^ 1 settle ilpoif ite, soil ®re .hot. tof! i bp, i surpassed by any other Colony in the. world. 1 find that my suggestions are likely 1 to be largely acted tlpoh. The Superintendent of. 0 tago, in,opening the proyincial .Opiincil, had'aimotion upon u his paper that the quantity-'of* land>*t<y'bw opened" under the payment system should be acres r . , .They,' have 8-lready voted a i sum-'of LIO,'OOU to be expanded ‘in ' the - erection' of Suitable cottages, for ; the \jas 'Mr March,. the emigration, agent, has. just informed me that the Government have desired the Agerit-Qedef&l to plaqe on in charge of the medics! t a supply of spare stores in the way of children s- diet, and medical, comforts for use 'ini' ptee *6f necessity,' /This’'will;’ he says, .hpih!|tftftre the scale for children will be a much more:, liberal one. If these improve* it will be tor the interest and advantage of the New Zealand Government to do st), if they wish to cotnpete with? the inducefiients held out by Canada),thep ypu ,a|ay recommend; of .W healthy, and industrious farm laborers to come put-to this fine‘’cotintry—l sky .fine becau|e. the . air' is' .rnpst salubrious, the atmosphere clear , and ♦, biacing, • the climate healthy and delightful, the wages good, ’provisions cheap, clothes slightly dearer, than at Some, cottage rents . high , just, now, but persons of energy and-perseverance'soon run up a pottage of their own. Wood, in some partis, is scarte, but coals are abundant : course of construction are complete, the coals can’ be Conveyed to any part of the Colony at irioderafce ratos, so that you needjo^hesifetefo send any Moor downtroddeayiOill- » 7 ‘ but

honest and ifidb'ktridifS farm laborers ont here ; but tpey must be men—men who don’t expect to pick up gold in the streets—men who" are not, afraid to who ate p^paj;e$ 1 to btfdergd a few hardships and tough it, if necessary, for a time till they get a litfclb fenowledge of Colonial life. If •you send this class of entrants out, therA/is no- feat but what-they will make their way’' secure a gpod. living, h^«^e-possessed of houses of their own, and eventually become employers of labor, themselves.,: tOtagd,. as a Province^'presents a fine field for settle-

jhctcut,,- . ~ . What I would jvise you to do is,to draft out five or six •thousand of those laborers, and send them out to the Colony of New Zealand at once. The class of men wanted put here are good, sober, industrious, land persevering i laborers ; [they must be men? young mefi as ploughmen and shepherds., j Yopnig married coupjea,. with notiOioEeithanvtwo or children, will find,gopd f work,at ,6hpe, at f liberal ea., , ’ Oloriw, •porters, and hose of the genteel fraternity, areabunlant out here; ihetd dohikpd for hem. But ady ,finnibei'„ of i good fiirm aborers can at .good )vages. ’-rJtist plaibb yourself in CQihm'ujiication with the, Agent-General, and £' i«lfe arrangements'for sending out at nee, say two thousand to tbe Province f f Otago, two thousand to the Province of Canterbury, and two tWisand to the Provinces of Wellington and' Auckland, but be sure and send the* right class, and I am persuaded’ they will never recoming. Further, t)iey cap .dp rjt’h, ,a gpoa s||ipload of servant ; girisi hi'each of the above Provinces; Try' secure a good num-r^.-(.bfqgirfsr-'girisj whov have been trained to household duties—Say five .fftch pf the: ,qbpve Pro-' yipces:.jn±hafe would, make a total of t| wo thousand gfrle. * 1 They havfe nothing t° fear;. they are well taken pare of f #Pg\‘thi?tr i ;ya7agk. - / They are./-all well provided 'for here on landing in ftS they are Prigaged,ijand they can command good yages, knd if they keep ■ their eyes ’open u J; ;, lJ '