A LARGE ORDER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 468, 3 April 1894, Page 3

A LARGE ORDER.

TheDunedin Chamber of Commerce recently received this, extraordinary communication, and, being at a loss to know what to do, the Committee resolved to band it 10 the press for publication : Dunedin Board of Trade, ■ Gentlemen,—l understand that recent changes in your social arrangements, and particularly in your system of taxation, . have given such an impetus to honest industry and so much discouragement to land speculation that New Zealand boB actually. eiperienced an increasing prosperity, while.all other countries inhabited hy Europeans have experienced; severe depressions. lam very anxi-; ous to learn if these things are true, and would be very grateful if you would give me some information on the subject, and particularly about Dunedin. What inducement, can; your country offer to a',young man; of industrious habits and without for suoh Y 4lra'tra\!o. become his own master"''£honest metEoilff? Areindustrious fuiviignerß welcomed iu New Zealand? Are machinists, draughtsmen, lawyers.or agriculturists desired from foreign countries ?• Caha resident of Hew Zealand invest capital there profitably, and, if so, in what 1 Can ft resident with small capital start an independent enterprise with likelihood of sure returns ? I would like also to know from what sources New Zealand collects tier revenue at present, and what modifications in the system of taxation are likely (o be made in tbe near future ? If you could send me some Dunedin newspapers and some idea of the history o the city I would be gtateful, and co ild perhaps übo them to advantage bo .h to Americans and New Zea» llandert.—Very truly, \

. Clarence 8. Moore. Ma Island, California, . I' ibruary 7,1894.