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New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 40, 16 December 1842, Page 3

M ECHANICS’ !N s'I'fTFJTK. o rtpHE COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT of the Ji: above Institutioh have much pleasure in announcing to the Members and the Public, that R. D. HANSON, Esa. Has'kindly consented to deliver Three Lectures on the PRINCIPLES OF COLONISATION. The first Lecture will be delivered in the Hall of the Institute, on Tuesday Evening, the 20 th instant, at Half-past seven o'clock, and will be continued every alternate Tuesday. SYLLABUS OF THE LECTURES. Lecture I. Upon the Early Practices of Colonisation —the Greek Colonies—the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in America —the Dutch Colonies-at the Cape of Good Hope" and in North America —the French Colony of Canada—the English North" American C .onies. Lecture 11. The General Principles to be deduced from the instences referred to in the previous Lecture—Causes of the progress and failure of different attempts at Colonisation —System of Colonisation suggested by Mr. Wakefield, and the particular evils which it was designed to obviate.' Lecture 111. The Practical Effects of the Wakefield System, ’so far as it has been tried —South Australia —New Zealand—inadequacy df that System, by itself, to provide for the Establishment of a Colony—General Remarks. It is possible that the divisions of the subject into'Lectures may be somewhat different from the above sketch. Some of the topics may occupy a larger, and others a shorter, period than is anticipated’; but the' succession of topics, and" the comparative space allotted' to-them, will be as nearly as possible adhered to. the Members of the Institution Gratis,' Strangers One Shilling. December 16, 1842. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE BARGAIN, rri HE LEASE of Preliminary Section of Land,. X No. 45, situated in Robinson’s Bay, commonly called Okiwi, Port Nicholson, as presently possessed by William Deans, with the Houses, Crops, &c., on the same. The lease is for the term of 14 years, and commenced on the 25th January, 1841, at the yearly rent of a pepper-corn for the first three years, and iL’3O per annum for the remaining eleven years. There is a considerable quantity ofland already cleared and in crop: The dwelling-house is a most comfortable, substantial, and commodious etection ;• and the place altogether is most admirably calculated for the,residence of a respectable family, and will suit well both as a Dairy and Stock Station. The purchaser can have a large quantity of poultry, if he chooses. For further particulars, apply to Mr. William Lyon, Merchant, Wellington, or to Mr. Deans, on the pre-. mises. .. December 14, 1842.