THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1862.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 205, 5 August 1862, Page 4

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1862.

WrniiN a lew months alter the discovery oi the Australian % gold field-, was known at home, a Parliamentary I'.Stie Ili.oU «:i< prepared, coiiipo. Ed chuMy of tiie I >e-j> Uchcs of the (lovernors of New S.Mith Wa!..-; and of Victoria, in which th-; fullest possible particulars weri given of the new (lisj>,vei ie-.. The fillet o! the publication of the-e dcp-itclies was to send thousand >of e.nigritit.s to Australia. N\ws-

pa]ier accoaits, (if an r.juaily gorgeous nature, from <'alilornia, had scareviy Mt<:c«-oiled in attracting bundle.ls, wiiere these uiiieia! dt.--[latches -cut ~!i' t'loii-.m;.li »,f gold seeker-' to the new country ol go! 1. The very .siuii. tiling h.n 1 i,-u (I in-: recently. Sir <ii-:>r';«-I )oii,; las, 'dv-jjatcli-.'sr. I s'ii r (he p:o_;n> of the l*riti.-h (-olumi/i.m i :'kI.I. hue b> m published, and tii'ia-an'is of eiui.ii'.i'iits arc startin^r for the.a. F.a^iisii c i:>:: iii-t * are lavi-bii!^

cajtital oa the new c<'! >uy. i.'<jni])tu':us for carrying eiiii^.-mN on?, a.ni for ihe l'<rmafion ul'new banks, are being ctaulisiivd, and in >hort, !'»;i;i-!i I'oluiu'i; i i> p-oeivin^ hi^blv favorable notice and uscf-,.1 a^i«.t.i!»i;.; i'r.»ai the home coti'itry. In a j-ri\ »t'.- letter ue roccived (ram :;o:n .- ia .' week fro.n an Otago oi»L<ni-r. just r-'uru,-!, ii- lifutio-is th v i>,iti>li t'>!u;:i!i:.i \v is a!)^ >rb:ng i:ni;i-.-:i< attention as a field '■')•: emigra'i m, wlnUi Oiago w i-i OMj'-ir ;tivvi-.' ur>;> ike i oi'. Tin- espiaii :ii >ii ol i'r -'if'^iiii'-taiice eoine-i to l!> v.itli Si;' iieo.-'e <i,e\'- il'--;) uclu--., j i-t pubii.-he-l. We hue hi- d •-|>atc!iu-<, co.i-->ecutivi.ly i:tiniiure 1 ho.n the date ot hiarrival in the colony; ;•> tliat ii i-. right to infer they are .".1! jm^'i-'ieJ, and in th.-ni we find but one ivil ien.;e — i!ii! that <>t' imrelv a line—to the Ota^o w ( ,!,l fklds. There i-. scarcely a referetice to a single snl'i-et, ex<-epl Native all'air-. N'.>t olio word of tribute to the immen-e progress th<.- Middle hlaud ha-, made, and nothing, as wj'hivo said, o! tie new industry that has quadrupled the exports of the; colony.

It is not lor us to en pure h >\v muo'u of this is ihie to the absorbing nature of Native ailtirs and how much to the hostile spirit with which t!ii.' Mmi-ury have regard■_•.! the progriss of the Pioviucf (it'Oti^o. Had the Mit,i-,trv even reported to Sir (I-'or^e (JiVy tltis progress—had they on their return from some of their iiuniiToiis trips to the Province, brought under bi< notice the astonishing richness <»f ifs gold iie;jo-:its, — His Ivxcellcsirv Would have been b.iUlld to have mentioned the same iii l:i ;de pat.-!i>'s to the Home authorities : these would have been published, and Ota^o would !>• disputing with l.ritish ('olunibia the tide of I'nglish emigration. Hut whilst Sirdeor^e (Jn-y Ins been idle the (iorernor of the neighboring c ilony has not. We observe in a recent able despatch of Sir Henry Hurkly on the #>Hfields of Victoria, a disparaging allusion to the g dilfields of New Zealand. Tliu;, even oflicial s mives tell against, instead of for < Ua^.i; an I the ioslcring influen.-e which that Province had a ri^hf tocxpect should be exercised in its behalf bvthe head oi' the (r)Vernment, his been wholly wanting. No wonder t!)-it in voice has not been heard, and that the many advantages Otago presents as a field for emigration should be unknown in Kn^land.

it would not have l)-.:«-n difficult for Sir(icorge (Jrey, were lie so inclined, to have painted the Ot:vjr<) iroldfmlds in a most attractive liijht. Statistically he c )ii!d have shown the i'lrge earn in ; $.H of tlic miners there; he could have pointed out the astonishing richness of the country yet opened ; he could have dwelt on the suitability of the climate to Knglish emigrants. We observe that nearly a fourth of the gold exported from Victoria to England this year lias been of Ne.v Zealand pro:lu;:e, whilst the mimhcr of miner.-; employed in procuring it in the hitter U about one,-twentieth of those enga^ed m the former. Is it not something more than an omission that these facts have not been presented to the home authorities? It looks more like a deliberate concealment or suppression, ni;d we ennryethe Ministry with the responsibility of tin; same. To them is also due the studied insult of not making any reference, in the opening Address, to the new industry ;md the nc-.v wealth. We have before Baid how marked such au omission was, —

how extraordinary it would be thought at home, that the most important event that has occurred to New Zealand since its first colonization, should have been passed unnoticed in the speech from the throne on the opening of the Assembly. In the Census table* lately published, the Registrar observes—" It may *' be remarked that the population of the '• single Province of Otago thu estimated '•exceeded, in 1861, that of the entire colony "of New Zealand in 18.51 by 345G souls."Was this a fact that should not luve been mentioned at the opening of the House? Should Otago not have received, a word of congratulation on its progress ? Mr. Cargill has stated that he h not wedded to his opinions, and that he is alive to tie claims of the Province, for which he is elected a Representative. We will ask him for a proof. Let him a.s soon as he enters the House, ask of the Representatives of the Ministry, whether Sir George Grey had brought under the notice of the Home Government the richness and productiveness of the Gold Fields of Oia,'o. ft is idle to deny that the facts we have elaborated form fresh links in the Hue of argument that point t.> the necessity of the Separation of the two Jslanis. (Hugo iiad special claims to be brought under the notice of tlu Hume Government ; the Middle Island had general claims. It waj almost an obvious due to have borne testimony to that progress,—and we challenge Separationists \ or Non-Separationistd to say whether had Wellington proved a second Canterbury, and Auckland a second (Hago, Sir George Grey would not have dwelt at length And with pleasure on the improvement that had occurred during his absence. Hut neither the Middle Island as a whole, \v\x Otago as a imt, rec.ives, or has received its due at the hands of the existing Government ; :uiil Mr. Stafford, it is said, if he take olli:;o, is to pledge himself to make Auckland his fir>t consideration. I>ut whiKt Sir George Grey has nc^le^tcd, directly to make any reference to the progress of the Middle Lilaud, he has unconsciously, and with a very (Hill-rent object, supplied most important materials from which to i'uige the same, and <m which to strengthen the argument ia fav<>r of Separation. Fr<»m t return, pre. an.-.l wuli the tx;m.^ object of -.bowing that tiie Nativ • p.»pui it'ou enjoy an inadequate -Inre of the rcv.-.iue of the l'oio;.v in the amount* appro, i iatc-.l f>r Native expenditure, we cull the following highly sug geslive items : — ]'.> iIM A 1 X ..!' Xl i(■■!■, AS l''.|-."!.AT1...t it \■'■■! iv,• iif M .'.:> .; , j in jji,- Nun;, i-vn I ;.!!!.i i-i ■-•;.» ... 4l,10:» \'. Innate .i V-.ti\e l't.jiiil.iti >n iit N>.:!h in K.uii. r^....v; X JiilKitv ■!' !\iir>.[' ■ 111 I'.-.iuU-i'.il in Mi-.llr (..!•>■' (hl.i; i-'.lii !:| i. •10 .... -J'HHI , lwii..v.- ..j1 \':j\\.- }• .(.u'.i:: ,:i i;i Mi ! 11.- i«,r .<nnh - j-ji. !-i:i!i<! -J.-21 AluuuuT ..i"T- r: it .••'a1. a:,.< <>: W-.i-.-: ,■ )'.'■•■ n>}' «!' X. .v Z liui I. .! riv.-.l !V.,:u" N.;;-ih-rn £ l>!:m i .in i i ■ H ;■> l');| t", ", J':'-. ,iirt.. .i.-r-...l !>..:-. Mi -, !'. ~;• S ■;'.).,■; in I :.md • ■nv.n- 1,-*v> -74,1! J l>iiiM".;.} .it' Xvi :i.i:'.-:r.' i !'(;,•:.. R.i! if nvrriiii ti1 sa rvi! ■.< i 4 - Ic. 1". :.'..;.-,u»-, in \c»i-|i.4-n; 1-. :;;, | i!-,s niu lr*'4l. . .7UHH !':"■• .li:-«« in Mi-;«ii.-I -::>>nl fiiHlri- i-si . .. IVW > i-I-->; itn :tt.- . !' 1a,,-!..:.! ,r.- •;!' }'r..]urli\ (, •■ 1 ■•*■-■" •• .. .. ,Vi,l|H l>.e . ,:•■!•. iii M;.i,tl.. I-!.hi.! iTs!rl:, :I- :■■) J |,-. , i 'I :;is n turn was for 1m;o, and com-, jiirntlv '''(» c the dntc «*f the i.i- •■nvirv of the Ola'o ijoid till'1-, and before the <..\trao-iu..fv pro/rcs-. v. :ii.-!i the Provinces of Cantvrburv and Southland iuv • lately nm!-. Vet we iind that, with a popula'i >i of 4),0',l r..i!..i.i;tns, nntl -J-Jl'.t Nat his. in the Sf.utln m I.sl uid, a-iai:i-t -llj.'/.i Enr<>-p-.-'ins nnd .*:;,•■».?; natives in the X.irthern Isliirl, tin- territorial atul opiiirirv revjime of ;!i.- htti r wis only Xl'.iu.j I a/ainst £-_ >74 % 1l j from sin- fonwr—or wit!» le^s than lulf the |io|)iil:iti.iii.iieariy lialf a-; niii"!i a_: aiii revenue, Tiicexpenditurt.- oft'u: revenue showe 1 for General :i?i1 1 Provincial purp-i-ei for tin- North, m I-!a;id. C i-r>, <K)~K forth-.- Middle Isl-uid, .i'-'iii <<<Ki. 1,.-t Mr. I'argill or th-j nio>t vioK-ut anti si-piratl.i.-i'Ht p-.jndjr over these ixc'i —all a'ltec,■•!(•:!! to what in siring phrase is uo'v li-isig t.-frnc 1 :?i • '-.W-.v Inipiifv ;" let him al-o con->:,.',rr ta.' •■n.)rmo;is coatri'outiosH that under t'lu dire-'.tion oi the ho:u.- G >.\tis-iih-ut Sir Georg:-Grey is asking from the colony toward^ nitive exj-.eu-es, an.l we think even Mr. Car/iil will admit that whilst his •4lowi:i^ visions of future '"i-luipire" are very

attractive, soan 1 cj.'nmon sense would dictate ■uli--s,iiutio!i of tiie ji irtiicrslup tint affects the foitune of one partner s-d iujnriously.