EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 41, 7 February 1874, Page 8

EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.

To the Editors/ the New Zealand Tablet. Wellington, January 26. Sib, — By the arrival of the Salisbury on the 21st inst, there came some 9 or 10 single men, some yonng women, besides a few married couples who hail from the green old Isle, and who gave a cheering aspect to the present Immigration scheme, for as they marched from the dock to the Imirigration dep^t a vast number of on-lookers said, " l)r Featherston is improving in his business ; «cc those splendid emigrants he is sending." The real fact is that they were nearly all nominated here by friends. Perhaps tho best test of all of the value of Irish labor was the fact that the whole of the Irish were engaged before the day set apart by the Immigration officer in chirgo. When such is Uie case why not honestly require that more scope should be given for Irish >to emigrate than lias hitherto been done? but alas ! wo can never espect (justice to be fully done to us in this respect, therefore it behoves on Irishmen to stretch a point and lend a hand in forwarding the good work of colonization. There are few liishmen who have not some friends or acquaintances willingto emigrate, then why not send passage ticket* to them ? If they are not acquainted with any .in particular, so disposed, they must surely know some friend to whom to send nominations for a number of workmen of any particular calling, and as iix migration is now free, we would thus have a number of honest good Catholic Irishmen out in a few years. Tl.e plan is practicable and ought to be tried at least. Irishmen ought to have no selfishness on the point, they lose nothing by seeing their neighbors thrive. As the matter is a commendable one I have no doubt but you will readily join in forwarding it. Although but comparatively speaking a new chum, I have now the satisfaction of seeing a number of my acquaintances around me, where two years age my native county was totally uurepresented sav.e by one single female. Yours,— Cabntual