IMMIGRATION PRIZE ESSAY.
Sir, — It is with much satisfaction that I observe from your paper that there is some interest taken in the question of settlement by the people of Invercargill. I am only a small farmer, still I can make a good living, and am sure that this province would go-a-head ,if its resources were only known, and railways or even passable up-country roads were made. The offer of a premium for a Prize Essay is a step in the right direction, but it strikes me that it will be of little value if it is truthful. It may state fairly the fertility of the land and its contingent resources, but if it cannot also show that the difliculties which now surround it can be overcome, it will be of little value. WJmfc, Sir,' ia the use of telling people that rich and prolific land cries aloud for some one to come and work it, if we also tell them that all the revenue is swallowed up in salaries, the estate pawned to pay the debts arising from mis government, and no prospect of the property pawned ever being redeemed. To my mind it would be next to useless. — Yours truly, A Smali. Ssx-tosk. Feb X7, 1866,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18660221.2.16.1
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 219, 21 February 1866, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
208IMMIGRATION PRIZE ESSAY. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 219, 21 February 1866, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in