THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, March 25, 1854.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VI, Issue 137, 25 March 1854, Page 1

THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, March 25, 1854.

With the commencement of a new year, it has been the long established and judicious praetice of newspaper writers to furnish their readers with a concise review of the progress made (lining the year tlr.il lias closed, ill order !o <ll aw attention In llic prosperous nr uiiprosprrous stale ol llic country, anil in the hope ol' poiuliui,' oul how llic oik: ni'iy, for the ruitirc, lie increased, or llic oilier avoided. We have, iinlii now, liecn prcvcnleil lioni following oul lliis practice: bill as the operations ol' the years I.S.V.J anil I !S."ir» may lie considered as lliis most iniporlant in ilcvelopemenl ol' the 3 real inherent resources of New' Zea..

(anil, wo have' osiuo further time in bringing a few materia! Carts under I hi" ob.rrvaiion of nnr readers. Tin: iwo p:i>l year; have l>rr;i years of unbroken prosperity,—cm idling all c-aSM-s li!' (lu- m-.ir.mmiiy, Native an.l iCnropeau ; impro\in;; aiiii opening up the country in number:.-.--! iiiivcl:n;:s ;~convening Ihe fern !:u:;':::;d thr mtuli into tlir wheal < In- ■•■•, meadow field, iii.tl poiato plauinlinti:— giving :.n exiraoidinnrv impul:-r lo commerce; liiliug oar liarJ'unrs with ■■!it:"s in search of produce; and adding >'i> largely to the amount of shipping In-longing to ourselves, that the tonnage of January ISM has nearly doubled Ihr (oiniage registered in j Auckland in January If.'.'i,". These arc ; cheering facts, and hohl out the Mrongrsi ■ incentives for our people ii> | pcr.--.rvr:-( anil ; prosper. , A few figures will be necessary (o showhow greatly the trade of 18K.7 surpassed t tint of 1852. I .el us liegin will) | Hade. There were hut 23 vessels of •!(!{!) ; lons arrived from Pydney in IM-'i2, hriiigiug ; ■iiOfl sheep, Ki!) hordes, no callle and I'ifJj passengers. In Itv'io, ihr ships arri'.ing; had increased to rjli, their lonnage lo 57."i5 ; ions; anil they brought us "."SO sheep, IS2 ; liorses, TiPS callle, and -Sri-i passenger::. \ In 1852, 21 vessels of tons s-.-iled | from Auckland to Sydney. Witlioin slating | every particular arliele of their cargoes, we j shall merely enumerate a few of our agricultural products:—Wheal iBKi bushels, J Maize loil, Ilran 25-l-i, Oals and llarlry | none, Hay 17 tons, Potatoes 70V tons, | Onions '2O tons, Kauri Cum none, \ Timber, upwards of a million of fret, and nearly six thousand large pieces. Observe now the prodigious increase! in all Iheso articles in Ihe exportation returns for i!}:;:>•.— Wheal fifl-iO bushels, Mai/.e r.OOO, liran :'jo7s, Oals -ilii, Ilarley 871, Hay o0 tons, Potatoes 2021 tons, Onions -iG tons, Kauri Gum about o 10 tons, Timber upwards of iwo millions two hundred and ninety thousand feel, ami nearly seven thousand huge pieces. • The increase in Ihe trade between Auckland anil Melbourne is ftill more cheering. In IS.V2, only i vessels of 70.) tons, with i-'i passengers arrived from that port. These, in 18."i3, had augmented lo 52 vessels of (i.") 27 tons conveying -'i*,)7 passengers. In IS:;2 11 vessels ofl'.l.'JSions sailed Irom from Auckland for Melbour ue, laden, amongsl other -produce, with Mai/e ',21 bushel::, Ui-jin 2.>(il, 0a152.75-i, iiarley none, Hay none. Potatoes tr>o tons. Onions r,o ions, Timber about '.07,000 I'.-i-t, and -iHOO pieces. 11l ISiis, there were no less than ."5 vessels ofOOil lonssailcil for Melbourne, with Maize 2222 bushels, Ilran 21.050 bushels, Oals '1782, Uarley l'i'.7. Hay ;V» ions, Potatoes 1120 tons Onions 01 ions, and limber two million two hundred and eighty Iwo thousand feet and seven thousand eight hundred pieces. The items wc have seieeied lo contrast the increasing commerce of Auckland from 4 8.V2 lo l'in.7 are sul'licienl lo iialicale <r,:r growing prosperity. Tin; m-it) iin-niiii:: of the other articles of shipment, which w .-e increased in a corresponding rale, will Miflice: —These consisted of Spars, Wooden Houses, Shingles, Laths, lirieks, Cordage, Wool, Wool Lashing, Flax, Firewood, Palings Furniture, Live Pigs, Salt Pork, Hams, Hacon, Cheese, Hnlter, Lard, Sail Fish, Pumpkins, Carrots, Flour, Sperm Oil, Ulack Oil, Hides, Sheep Skins, Ox Horns, Copper Ore, and Whalebone. The trade with Kngland was nearly equal in value during both years. The total value of ihe exports of IS.V2 were esliuialed al nearly .'»2,00n/. Those of

I S.'i."> were about three limes that amount, being 145,0001. There is another very material source of weallh which must, not lie overlooked ; one from which our farmers have already drawn largely, and an; eci lain lo draw Mill more largely. Thai source is the supply of the now very considerable amount of shipping always in |>orl, loading anil discharging cargo. Auckland harbour is nut as il was wont to hi!: the average number of vessels < now lo be found at the anchorage rarely falling short of from I I lo IS sail of large I si/i'd ships. That the Agricultural ami Commercial ; condition of the ('nunlrv is in a highly satis-' ' ! factory stale must therefore ho evident lo all. [ Hut lo advance its prosperity still more, nay, ; (o maintain it in die position fo which il has | attained, (here must lie no abatement of] ...■ > . i energetic industry ; indeed every eueoui- ; agemeul and assistance should be tendered to (he wealthy men who are now attracted ' towards iVew Zealand in the hope of making it their home. Native energy and industry i have already performed (heir honourable , share in working out the prosperity we enjoy; nevertheless a large accession of Kuropean skill and Kttropcau money would j augment that prosperity in a tenfold degree. 'I here is but one shade of anxious regret to be east upon the gratifying picture we have been enabled to draw. It is the partial failure of Ibis year's potato crop, and the consequent inability lo export so large a ((iKiutity as had been confidently calculated. Disappointment, however, must only incite to renewed exertion for (he .succeeding season. If tin; long and parching drought has shortened our potatoes, il has spared our wheat and other corn crops. These, in general, ate bolh excellent and abundant. Tin; hue rains have moreover refreshed and restored llie pastures, so lhat llie Autumn promises a sufficiency of grass for the eallle. Under every circumstance, then, Providence has proved most bountiful; and although the prosperity of KS/ii may not so far outstrip dial of l.S.'io, as !S,"is outstripped that of IN.V2, still there is every human probability of a successful year,— and every inducement for tin: hand of the I diligent lo persevere and prosper.