Original Correspondence.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 324, 5 July 1849, Page 2

Original Correspondence.

To the Editor of the New Zealandcr. Sir,— There is nothing, I should think, 1» more calculated to bring our settlement into disrepute abroad, discredit with now comers, and dUtn9te with those of older denizenship, than the great waut of con» venience for landing from vessels in ihe harbour. To gay nothing about quays and jetties for vessels to He alongside of to discharge their cargoes, we have not even the wherewith for passenger! to land— dry footed, we were going to say, but knee deep in mud would be nearer the mark. It really u a great disgrace to us, that with material 10 fit and convenient) and considering the length of time the town hai been established, tbat something has not been done ere now to remidy this evil. We know the uiureisal subterfuge of want of funds, from those who have the ordering of such Ihingi ; but can we blink our eyes to the enormous sums that have been improvidently expended upon our roads. Ido not wish to be mistaken , Ido not mean that too much has been done. Oh, no! somebody someday will have to finish what has already been finished by their predecessors in their own estimation. What I mean is, that there is a great deil too little work performed for the enormous sums of money spent on tbeie woiks } and I think if some more prudent and provident sjstem of making ro»d« and streets were adopted, (and there are several to select from.) iho sum saved might be expended in improving several of our very important thoroughfares, which have never yet been touched, and in building a jetty or quay* I do think though that the people hare bean too contented to throirwe blame of every Ibcoaveoienc* up«n the Government, when they might have done much to remedy many evils themselves, if lOfni of oor neighbours had spent h»lf tbe tme th* y hftja devoted to raillery against the Government, in meuding or making the pathway in front of their homes, sush an employment would h«ve been infinitely more conducive •to their comfort and profit. If each inhabitant, for instance, would expend, as some have already done, a trifle, and it would cost but a trifle, in forming a pathway in front of their houses, we should be able to pass from one part of the town to another in comfoit and decency, and they themselves would find the trifle not thrown away, for it would return with profit by bringing' additional customers to their shops and stores. When such a step had been universally adopted and carried into practice, the Government would find it to their advantage to issue prohibitions under some legal penalty to prevent horses and cairiages from tray lling along the footways ; but these things, like every thing else, want a motive power ; let then a few of our townsfolkd, the owners or occupiers of property in each street, get their shoulders to the wheel, and .*et the thing agoing, and I stake my word it will answer, and no one will regret it. —Yours, &c, &c , An Auckland «• Bog Trotter." Auckland, July 4, 1849.