NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 14, 16 September 1842, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(From the Birmingham Journal of April 16-j The following letter was originally addressed to the Ed : tor of the New Zealand Journal. It appeared in the number of Febi uaiy 5. At the desire of the author we reprint it. We have seen Mr. Bradey, and have no reason to suppose that his statements are exaggerated. He has been exceedingly prosperous.- It is proper, however, to add, that he was highly favoured by foitune, in the drawing for shaves, and 'that he carried to the colony a fair amount of capital, with which to improve his lucky position. It wd! interest our Birmingham readers to know that Mr. Braday was one of the passengers in the boat, by the upseti/ng of which, poor John Pierce was drowned. Mr. Bradey says — “ The numerous applications I ■ liaye for information respecting New Zealand (I mean the Company’s first and pi icipal settlement, the City of Wellington) induces me to give this bilef account, for general information. It. is. from actual experience, as I went out with the first colony in 1839, and- left on the sth of May last, with the intent to take back ad my family. At the same time, I am anxious, and at ad times ready, to give information to all persons who may please to ca ll upon me respecting the countiy and its capabilities! There cannot be a finer climate or more healthy or productive one in the world; as a proof of this the doctors are compelled to turn either farmers or publicans, as they have nothing to do but to attend upon lying-in women. The larger a man’s family the better are his prospects ; if his children are brought up to industiy, any man with two or three hundred pounds, with a useful family, may buy a snug freehold farm, become an independent proprietor, and leave his children independent after him, in one of the most delightful countries in'the world.-. The .title to the land is derived from the crown, and the country is governed by, British laws, 'and with very light taxes ; in fact, either small or. great I capitalists, or industrious : labourers, .cannot : go to a finer countiy or a better; market than to Wellington; There are fine pickings for capitalists if they

'tyaitch. the markets for, the sale of land, as well as Of merchandise ; they may frequently make one and fifty per cent;, on their barn gains. A great Seal may he also made upon loans,'on’the Very best security; and! ami sure, that both 'person and, property are as secure, ; in New Zealand as in any country, for the natives are ti ue friends to the English; indeed, they are never the first aggressors, but are a very harmless race of people. Again, we are an independent colony: we are free l/om convicts, and Wellington is now become a populous and a thriving place. We have the sons of noblemen among us, and we are backed 'by an influential company, comprising some of the first gentlemen of Ehgland, who have so far acted with great honour and liberality to all purchasers of land, and all classes of emigrants. No town in England can be more perfect for respectability of societythe people are quite united, and a number of clubs ahd associations, and excellent institutions are already established, such as the Working men’s Land Association; the Freemason’s Lodge, and others; indeed!, any stranger arriving in the colony cannot do better than go to the Freemason’s Tavern, as they can have the best accommodation and valuable information given them how to proceed. “ I advise all persons to take garden seeds with them, the sweetbfiar and the hawthorn beiiy in particular; though the country abounds with the most beautiful sluabs and myrtles, there is nothing so suitable for hedges. I wish to make known that there are no wild beasts, neither snakes nor reptiles of any kind—no crows nor sparrows, nor any insects that injure the crops, and veiy ffiV pernicious weeds, so that the ground being onCe' cleared arid planted, wants but veiy little management.. But all persons interested cannot do better than read the Hon. H. Petre’s work on New Zealand, as I can test’ty that it is a coiriect statement; and as to the capabilities of the countiy, it wll grow any thing; and when we saw our first crops of wheat and barley, and a 1! kinds of vegetables, we were greatly delighted, and the most competent judges declared that they had never seen such fine productions before; and c they further said, that one acre of land in New Zealand would produce as much as.any two acres in England. I should, moreover, advise all persons going, to take their :money with them, as the market is overstocked with goods, and great bargains of both goods and land may frequently be had by the various changes that take place, and those that intend to emigrate, cannot possibly go to a better market, ,or a finer country, as Poi c Nicholson is proved, by so many, to suipass a 1! other parts of New Zealand, for'situation and feiiriUty, and every settler there feels we 1 -1 satisfied. I beg'to. state that I intend to relm n myse some time in the spring, and any one wishing for fuither information, may obtain it, by applying to me, at No. 4, Coldbath Teiraee, Greenwich, Without fee or reward.

“ I may add, that I was calling on the business of a master bootmaker for twenty years, in the Old Kent Road, ahd a rate-payer of the parish of St. George’s, Southwark, and a freeholcleivof the county of Smrey; and I transferred the whole of my property to New Zealand, and it was tlie mo::t foi innate speculation I ever made.”