EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1315, 2 December 1880, Page 2

EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND

The Lady Jocolyu sailed from the East India docks on Sept. 27th for New Zealand, under the command of Captain Jenkins, with about 500 emigrants on board. This vessel, of 2138 tons registered tonnage, is one of the largest and most roomy of Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Company's fleet, and special arrangements have been made on board to ensure the comfort of tha party who go out to form the third of Mr George Vesey Stewarts special settlements in the North Island. Mr Stewart, at a luncheon given on board the vessel on September "23, said that not only w.is this ship filled, but many of the emigrants who were going to people this third colony ho had been so happy as to be the means of foiiniliiig m New Zeal.vii 1 , would have to fellow by the ship Himalaya. From his experience in form- ' nig isp'joi'il settlements he Mould say w ith regard to such .settlements as he had planned, that they More particularly .suite I to retired mihtarv and naval officers, or Civil .servants with, perhaps-, £1.000 or £2,000, an income of £200 or C-MO a- war, and possibly nine or ten children. What comforts couM persons with Mich .small inea.us enjoy in this eountvv, v. here we we:n ;iil .struggling 1 with p;ich other for a hire existence ? In Now Z'Mland they would find scope for theli exertion^, openings for their childicn, and the advantage of congenial .society Coutn'i^iuy the lot of those who elected to go to the backwoods of America with that of tlu^e who arc going 1 straight to Tmranofa, he drew a In ely picture of tho comfortable homes which awaited thoie going out by the Lady Jocolyu. Tncy would fiu 1 fifty new houses erected in anticipation of the su rival of this ship, md before she left, the port thty would be ns comfoitablv settled in their new homes, ,is they had been in the homes they hid left behind. Other-* whom these settlements suited weie dinners with limited c ipifcal ;ind farm laborers,. Two families only of tho->e yoinir out in this .ship would introduce a capital of £30,000 into the colony, jnid these Avere especially the class of people they were anxious to tretin New 7m ilaml. Sir Julius Vourcl wid that during the Ust eighteen months, as had been .said, there had undoubtedly been a /"Treat de.il of dcpieviou m the colony, owinir to various causes, to which he referred in .some detail. The (xovernment of New Zealand hid -wi-rly .stopped the inducements they had held out to emigration. While the Government gave absistance to emigrants, pains ware taken to a.seertain the charaucen of the peoplewho went out ; but ti>ose who went out on their own ace >unt, d»d so at their own ii*>k, and without knowing the dangers they ran if they were .such pcrsous aa were not required in the colonies. Much as he admired New Zealand, he was obliged to tell, perhaps, three out of four people who would cousult him that they were not fitted to become successful colonLsts. After explaining the steps which the colonists had taken in regard to the construction of railways, Sir Julius Vogel showed how these had helped to open up the resources of the country, and in conclusion he dwelt upon the advantages at which the climate placed the colonist in comparison with the farmer in England. Taking the average yield in New Zealand for the eleven years 1869-79, he said that of wheat 25 2 bushels per acre were raised 31 -4 bushels of oats, and 26*8 bushels of barley, without the use of artificial manure. Mr gtewart has been appointed resident director of the land corporation, who will supply the capital needed in. the early days of the settlement to open up its resources. — Homo News.

Josh Billings on Marriage.— Sum people marry bekaso they think winnnin will be sciirce next year, and live to wonder how the stock holds out. Sum marryto get rid of themselves, and discover that the game was one that two can play at and neither win. Sum marry for love without a centiu their pocket, nor a friend in the world, nor a drop of pedigree. .This looks desperate, but is the strength of the game. Sum marry in haste, and then sit down and think it carefully over. Sum think it carefully over fust, and then set down and mairy. No man kan tell jist what calico had made up her mind tew do. Calico don't know herself. Dry goods of all kinds iz the child of circumstances. A Shilling subscription has been started in Palmerston and the Shag Valley district for the purpose of purchasing and presenting a testimonial to Sir Francis Dillon Bell prior to his departae for Eng« livid.