The New-Zealander

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 287, 28 February 1849, Page 2

The New-Zealander

L',e just and fear not i _ Let all the ends thou aims't at, be thy Country s, Tliv God's, and Truth's.

WEDNeITdAY, FeYruTrY 28, 184 9.

News frorii the Waikato arrived yesterday. His Excellency the Governor was to remain last night at the house of the Rev. It. Maunsell, on his return to town, where he may be expected in the course of to-morrow. The difference for some time past existing betwixt the Waikato and the VVaingaroa tribes has, we are happy to hear, been amicably adjusted.

There is nothing so difficult to an infant colony as the successful establishment of profitable exports. The difficulty amounts almost to an impossibility. Men imagine a variety of expedients : they ponder many plausible appearances, but the want of capital and com-bination,—-those weaknesses of all young communities,— nip many a feasible project in the bud. , , New South Wales has zealously and anxiously striven to discover fresh sources of permanent and available export. But, in this, her sixty-first year, how inconsiderable is their amount ! They may be comprised, in Wool, Oil, Tallow, and Live Stock. The first, a species of accident ; and, from a variety of fortuitous causes, losing, of late, much of that beneficial productiveness, which imparted to Australia its celebrity and its stiength. Oil, we fear, is also a diminishing source of Australian prosperity -.-—fewer ships are now employed in the fisheries; a trade which may be said to be almost entirely in the hands of the whalers of the United States. Tallow, again, was another fortunate discovery, the fruit of piessure and adversity. It is a means of wealth much less likely to fluctuate than any of the others ;— whilst the Cattle trade can only be regarded as one of a season,— that is, until the stockholders of New Zealand shall have imported sufficient for the purposes of breeding and of immediate food. The pros-

pects for the culture of Australian Silk are most favourably reported ; and there is every appearance of the growth of Cotton being immediately undertaken. But the discovery of an export should not be the only source of Colonial anxiety. The community should be equally desirous to check unnecessary import. There are many unconsidered trifles, small in themselves, yet swelling in the aggregate, which a frugal colony, like an economical housewife, ought to dispense with,— nay, which she may produce of better quality of her own. In this, New South Wales has shewn a good example, testified by her home consumption, nay, export of her own dairy produce. By her competition with the foreigner in various articles of Oilmen's stores. She manufactures her own pickles and preserves. She produces Cayenne pepper not to be surpassed for colour or quality. She is extending the culture of the vine, and the manufacture of wine. She weaves her own doth— She builds her own carriages— She fabricates her own steam engines— She is about to work her own mines of iron, lead, and copper, which she will smelt with her own coals. In boiling down her prairies of fat beeves and sheep, an earnest attempt was made to concentrate the gravies of the animals, into a nutations stock for soup. This, called gelatine, of the colour and nearly of the consistence of glue, was packed in tins and in skins. Much was hoped fiom it as an article of commerce, which it does not appear to have realized. As an economical and palatable auxiliary to soup making, it is, nevertheless, in our opinion, unexceptionable. It is a matter of surprise that the art of preserving meat should have been so long neglected, in a country where the raw material may be truly said to have long been running to loss, and where an immense amount of shipping, requiring supplies of that description, were annual visiters. This species of prepared food, if not eventually a source of profitable export, must certainly become a necessary in the list of stores required by all colonial shijte at least, if not an advisable one for British passenger vessels, and the whalers of all nations touching at Port Jackson to refresh. Se\eral establishments for the preparation of preserved meats, have, within the last year or two> commenced operations in New South Wales. Of these, Messrs. Josephs, at Caraperdown, near Sydney, and the Newcastle Company's, at Newcastle, are the principal. To Mr. flyam Joseph, of Auckland, we are indebted for the means of judging of four descriptions of food from the Camperdown cuisine, namely— Turtle, Mock Turtle,- and Ox Tail Soups, and Beef and Carrots., The latter was an indifferent sample, the beef being poor : — but the three former were excellent ; the Mock Turtle and Ox Tail in especial, which can be placed on the table in a style and at a cost with which few if arty house- , keeper in Auckland can compete. In fact,'] the portability and the facility with which these rich and savoury dishes can be turned out, entitle them to be ranked as the housewife's best friends. A little more of the green fat would be a decided improvement in the real turtle, in which the calipash and the calipee are rather distant towards each other. Of Newcastle manufacture, we have seen but stewed beef ; but that was most delicious, rich, fat, and juicy, far surpassing any English stores — the price, including cannisters, seven pence a pound. From even this casual glance at the industrial efforts of New South Wales, we may discover how much of the money, which, not long since, was taken out of the colony, is now retained ; nay, which is turning the balance in the Colonial favour. Can we achieve nothing of the sort 1 Can we strike no blow at the importations of the Italian warehouses ■? Can we not supply ourselves with our own butter and cheese 1 ? Can we not manufacture our own vinegar, and prepare better pickles than those ancient shopkeepers which have done lengthened tours of duty in London and Sydney 1 ? Mushrooms are most prolific with us, can we manufacture no ketchup for home consumption and for exportation ? Chilies grow luxuriantly, can we prepare no pepper? Our seas teem with fish, can we not cure them 1 We rejoice that we can answer this question in the affirmative. An enterprising fisherman has established himself at Wangari, and the products of his curing station may be seen at the stores of Mr. J. A. Smith, Queen street. The curer is new to the present branch of his trade, but a short experience we feel confident will enable him to turn out a very superior sample. The fish, have, in the present instance, been cured de trop, they aye too salt, and in some degree scorched. Yet, in spite of these blemishes, they are excellent. We partook of some the other day, which,* after being washed, and left in soak a couple of hours, were warmed upon a gridiron, and eaten with cold butter. The flavour was delicious, recalling Finnan haddocks, and Highland Steameis to pleasant remembrance, A Blacking manufacturer has established himself amongst us. His wares, we understand, are good, and we trust he will meet with support. The machinery requisite for a paper mill, may, we are told, be shortly expected, and the* properties of Phormium Tenax, for the manuI facture of papers of all qualities and descript ions are affirmed to be very superior. If so<

New Zealand will doubtless, be the source of supply to all the colonies. If we are slow in " Advancement," we think we shall be found to be sure. At all events, our colonists, in labouring after an export, can never sufficiently practice that homely inculcation, — "A penny saved, is a penny gained."

Yesterday evening the " Fountain of Friendship" Lodge of Odd' Fellows held their fifth anniversary dinner at the Exchange Hotel. The feast was worthy of the occasion. The guests were numerous, and their glee and good humour enlivened by some choice music from the Band of the ;58th Regiment. Particulars in our next. Land Sale— Our readers will recollect that to-morrow, the sale of the infinitesimal allotments of town lands, — cut up into the most Leautifully miniature perches, and crowded together in the most close and loving contact — takes place. We hope our fellow citizens may be able to make something advantageous out of the job. Stock Salt. — Yesterday, three hundred and forty-five sheep, and ninety head of cattle, per " Colonist," were brought to the hammer by Mr. llyam Joseph. Their long protracted passage had 1 educed the animals to a very low condition. The sheep fetched ten shillings ; and the cattle, (young heifers,) were disposed of in a lot to Mr. Hart, at five and forty shillings a head. The case for the prosecution in the Court Martial, so long sitting hi our garrison, has closed. The accused will enter upon his defence to-morrow morning. We beg to remind Jurors and others that the Supreme Couit will open to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The Ciiminal Session will, we believe, prove a Maiden one.

The Maukin was to sail oii Saturday last, but owing to the auival of the Sir John Franklin from the coast that morning, she has been detained trans-shipping the oil from that vessel. Her mail for Sydney will close at noon, and she will sail in the course of the day.

Programme.— On Thuisday, March i ht, 1849, (by tbe permission of Lieutenant Colonel Wynyard, C.8.) the Band of the 58th Regiment will perform the following: pieces of music, within the enclosure. of the government grounds, from half-past four to lialf'past six o'clock :— Grand Overture Op "Zampa" Herold Waltz.. .. " Homage ala Reive " ....Strauss Song "Mollvßawn" Balfe Duetto.. .." Dch Conte" Op " Norma" Bellini Quadiillc, " Lei Martyrs " Musard Melange Balfe's. Op. "The Daughter of St. Mark" Udlfe Song "My Nannie 0! " Burns Polka "The American" Jullien Qimrtetto.. " Ate O Cara" Op. " I Puritaui".. Brllmi