THE PROFITS OF SHEEP FARMING.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 227, 15 February 1865, Page 3

THE PROFITS OF SHEEP FARMING.

(From the Marlborough Times.) ■ We Lave to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of Mr. Bust’s pamphlet on "New Zealand versus the world as a long wool-producing country,” with the author’s compliments. Mr. Bust’s calculations showing the probable result of breeding Leicester sheep on improved pasturage in New Zealand are rather startling. The writer starts with 2000 sheep, and elaborately tabulates the various items of probable increase, quantity of wool, proceeds of sales of wool and mutton, supposed annual expenses, &c., &e., and then gives the amount of each successive five years. The following are the principal columns of his tabular statement:— ,

Thus showing the net returns from two thousand sheep to amount in 23 years to £1,015,058, after paying £160,174 expenses, leaving on hand 262,925 sheep for clip! In his general remarks the writer says:—The calculations here given tend to shoWThe road most of our colonial millionaires have travelled in the attainment of their wealth, several of whom, originally in no better circumstances than many humble colonists now amongst us, have princely incomes, equal to most, and superior to many members of the English aristocracy.” We may add that Mr. Bust’s pamphlet, taken as a whole, contains a large amount of valuable information within a small compass, and admirably illustrates, in facts and figures, the reasons which actuate runbolders in their desire to prevent a population from settlihg upon any portion of their runs. Funeral op a New Zealander in England. —We extract the following paragraph from the Daily Telegraph, received by last mail:—“On Tuesday afternoon, the remains of Ananea Te Tauhou, the native of New Zealand who died a few days since at St. Mary’s Hospital, were buried, in accordance with a wish he had expressed, in Clewer-churchward, near Windsor. The deceased was a native of Ngungwu, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. He was induced some months since, by a person named Haggarty, to visit England with some of Ins countrymen, ostensible purpose of seeing the Queen and the wonders of England, but really that the person who brought him might speculate by showing him and his companions at the public exhibitions. Finally, having been defrauded of about £3O, he was left in a destitute condition. He contracted bronchitis consumption, fell ill, and died in St. Mary’s Hospital on Thursday. A benevolent lady, who had interested herselt in the case of these New Zealanders, and rescued them from the abject condition in which they were left, was wit,h the poor fellow when he died. He expressed how much he had longed to see Windsor, and she promised him that he should be buried there, which pleased him .very much. The body was removed from London, and followed by several of his compatriots and some friends who had known him abroad. The funeral service conducted by the Rev. T. T. Carter and the Rev. James O Brian. Ananea Te Tauhou was thirtythree years of age.”

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid.

i No. of •« No. for Supposed Net «d Ewesput •s s clip each annual t» to Bam. £.s year. expenses. five years. i 3,000 1,900 1,800 £560 £390 6 3,952 3,757 9,386 3,651 8,692 8.167 22,523 9,200 46,983 16 30,106 19,101 52,993 18,15') 1)3,890 44,645 12,415 118,778 39,500 261,626 25 97,771 91,388 282,925 89,700 535,180