PROGRESS OF NEW ZEALAND.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 26 July 1889, Page 3

P ROG RESS OF NEW ZEALAND.

■ ■ ■ ♦ ■ ■ *■ /A a complimentary luncheo week, to- MrJ. .Oooke: c Ohriatch^rph, sqii^e very good an' interesting speeches were • made b; .-* gentlemen thoroughly well aware c the subjects thej^ spoke upon. Wi clip the^reporte^oin the Canterbury Times.y in; lesponding'to a . toas Mr Chuystal Stated thafrj Mo' ■wqiili ■content himself with 1 .telling; "then; that during the fira|^oarteV-pf jtl^ present ,y>aif ' the pkports : hac amounted U?&tti4ffl,fyfo t or half ai much as the ,t<^ai'; ejqports' fpi-'thf previous -'-jfefuey: aiid. a,^uiijion .mow than tbje, exported in 1B«6, He believed the &givm for the^yfiolc year would- show even bdftef tii. suits. : showed the wond:er.iu; power of expansion this •co,lon^ : j ia^, This improvement cotild i^ot have happened &t a better' ti^e Co-in-cident wltK:r6tr,eia l chnieat. there had been a large excess of exwjr-tfe. .. Oi course ft.great pv^t of thfe' ;was represented by prices, but this wolild ; i^ot account • for— the whole. J1 "j'ix hundred thousand pounds j j waa i i^eiresanfced •'•' by tfic frozen meat, and flax teams to on« hunted;, q^ fijEty^thoilsand t>orinds v Tbose Were pT«ctic : :liy 'new features in. our^^easportsj „ was. -moat gratafy^g^wl^^iaf all. except gra|a seed, hfyi glyeu a vory large profit the^grow^ei-s. : With referißhce *• to flax, he believed that ; thts actual iacts had not . been,, veaplied, \\ hje rUe in J B, largely, due to &^s being use^T, \\\ . America for bifidini> twine, jfay be i ved that^ a $Hf might iwvtf* • dyiintnge be ; loaded with notfdn"^ nut ; flax :i ;for;, •* merica. But theHje^sf no reason, why the whole of the -crop could not beiused in New^wdind. •"ei'e was i a'lar^e opehiug^foi- the employment'o? capital. As-towool, the local mills had bought four million pounds, an increase qf . { £wp. millions during last year. |jh^'.)vaJß ft . most gratifying feature in, local industries'.' Aot only was the wool industry expanding, but candleßjflndrsoapand leather were bein^nWe/ni^r^ensivejT. He hoped therej wo»U<lp^%W^o^ borrowing, but tha^'impjbtiii^waid increase in the sba^pf .' eggible iiin 1 migi*antß, biingingwit^taemcliipl£al. With r^krd tjpitheiifo«?en meX< he woitld ike to say that T^ren yea^rs ago it was anticipated] that not, inpre »,hari; 00, 000 .shqe, j could.be ' '^pprfced in, a j«?a.iy bi^t iasf year 250>QQ0 htvd .b^en. .sent -away, and at the present time' mote sheep were bdng offered* tha/'j' could be frozen. '! Mr Q«Q,. :,Stead-,proppsed' •< The Agricultural and Pastoral Intereste of New Zealand." In doin* so he said : If atfotd^ ma ye^ty 1 great pleagure in teing peniii^ed,tc>/ pjfopose such an important toaat as that oi " The Agricultural and Pastoral Interests of New Z'enlandJ" 'It'cai readily tie shown' that, ajthojugli ou> mining and; manufacturing indus^ tries are. of ..great importaace.i . thej cannot be compared in extent to' out farming interest Y6i instah : 6e/'il we look "B^ok.*t<* ! pur[ flisp^rjfe'ltor ti« past ten $ears> ; endingpe<jjSL last it will befoundthat their aggrcgati value waW ; Jeff7vl2Bisß2, of tfhicb' 6m pastoral anii' Agricultural iudus'^riei provided £47,780, 106, or rathe: store thaa twoihitdfli It; may al» be Men Aafe the value oi our paS tv&A exjd*ts lakt jr&it l^as ; 919, anJL I,;,oifr^gnpAjiltur^,^B»pojit1 ,;,oifr^gnpAjiltur^,^B»pojit £811, 083 i and that it wasmainly b; aid of theses itwo laxge' items-, tba the total 'exports exceeded the>alu of the imports by abiout , the amioun v of the annual inteiest upin bur put lie debt. Pertjaj^ .the most intei getting featu#'ia these sanve exporl is the l as ia seven years th vaue» of onr shipments <f froze mutton has increased horn . nil. i and that th«ferV is eVei prospect of this<indmany' cdntinuin to expand. But, sir, wawinjonside ing the valo^ aiid^imiior^itice of oi frozen mutton exports, we must, n forget wh«*Tweiow&'. to<'tihe r 'fi'oz( meat works {hat have- bfeen j '^tal lished throughout the" polony . iriu not"' mi m figureß, but I-&niio« t&M quoti) » few .that were shown to me jrecenti at &•; llloßtrtte the ' magnitude which. % wH$ l} faii*< t Jiwk etttairi IttOhicw^ ■ «,;. ...-, imj.' 1 . . <te<tir •♦ */-iJMw& "' i,645,k Hogs „ ijWliWt - rtffljflt SSv .* •• 1,815,014 . 914,r ' j|^ third tefi^, w>, th^ww^

and a 'half million cattle in addition io hogs and sheep "Were killed by throe firms 'in ; one ,year,' and when we learn that the aggregate value of the: live stock whi( Jh passed, through the Stook Ganpany's hands last year was £37,958,041 it enables us to understand that although we cannol hope to rival such figures in New Zealand, yet they give, us a slight notion of the benefit this district may derive from the Belfast and Llingtou worksif theyare Carried on 8 iccessf ally. , ';'■■'.'"