We cannot refrain from once more expressing a sincere regret that no persuasions of ours are sufficient to induce our native shipmasters to make entry of their vessels at the Custom House. Why should they continue so obstinately blind to their own interests, to withhold ."rem the world a knowledge of the produce which they bring to market and desire, of course, to sell ? Let us again repeat that New Zealand, hitherto, has been a country importing grain and flour for the consumption of its inhabitants. If it row g -owj more than sufficient to feed its o-.vii popuV.-ton, leaving a surplus for sale to other countries, bow are those facts to become known to foreign merchants, who search the newspapers of New Zo 'land for su*b information, unless the native traders put it in our power, and that of other newspaper writers, to pro" cl.i'iitha stock of produce arriving periodically at u\-..ket? The New Zca'nuders love to obtain good prices for their flu r and corn ; bow can they ox-
pcet that such prices • an be realized uhen (hey wilfully fail to show that they have uny corn or flour to soil ? The Native Secretary has proffered the supply of forms of entry, and assistance in filling up ihose fornu, gratis. Uo therefore once more urge our native shipmasters, as they desire to improve the trade and prosperity of their country, not to neglect the only menus by which they <"an exhibit t« the world the position which they occupy as industrious and successful farmers and trailers. In our very last number. «c copied from a contemporary journal an account of the Auckland Provi ion Trade. Our native readers must surely have felt miuli gratified at learning the very considerab'e amount of capital, the fruit of their own and European industry combined. Jsut bow would ii knowledge of the amount and value of that trade be obtained, were it not for the entries at the Custom House of the several vessels, which furnish the journalists with the means of showing t„ mankind in general, tbe fruits which Now Zealand produces, and which her markets offer for sale. Let the native* be wi-e ; let them aid us in furnishing a complete supply of this desirable commercial knowledge. The ltesident Magistrate at Auckland has likewise exerted himself greatly to exhibit tbe considerable amount of native produce conveyed to Auk and. The viiluu of that prodiav, dining the month of January, was estimated ut £-121. For l'Vl>ruiiry it was cuhnlalcd to he worth £:")() I. And we rejoice to perceive it is still stcadilv on the'iocioa-'e, the imports for Miircti* being sfited ut £. r >3(). The particulars fur the Ja*t month are these : —There was conveyed to Auckland in 177 canoes, navigated by 7;">! men and 311 women, 12~>3 kit* of potatoes, 393 kits of onions 5H kits i f maize, 2 kits of kmneras, 103 kits of cabbage, '137 kits of peaches, 703 bundles of grass, 4SJ tons of firewood, 1 .VMths tons of lisli. KiS pigs, ' 7 irnats, and 03 fowls, of the aggregate value of During the same period 18 canoes, navigated l)v SO men and 31 women, conveyed to Oiichunga 0 kits of potatoes, 8 kit's of maize, li kits of peaches. 10 bundles of mass. 41 piss, and 2 hits of pumpkins, of a total value of -£'47. Now, but for the pains taken by the , Resident Magistrate, strangers at a dis-1 tauce would be in absolute ignorance that the native race conveyed such large, constant, and valuable supplies to market. Tbe object ol newspapers is to proclaim from country to country the i|iiantity of their several productions, ft is from such sources of informal ion that whale ships and others are drawn to tbe ports of New Zealand to refresh and refitWhy then me the natives so blind to their own best interests as to keep the world in ignorance of the much larger amount of produce brought into port, but of which from the folly of not entering their vessels at the Custom House no one can give account? Is it not high time to rectify this stupid error P
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 87, 22 April 1852, Page 2
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