92 AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES 



ests and duties can never be separated in 

 any well-organised system of industry. The 

 state of the labourer is always a sure index to 

 the industry of the master. 



We propose a colonisation scheme analogous 

 to the land-improving scheme already noticed, 

 embracing manufacturing and commercial in- 

 dustry as well as agricultural ; and which would 

 have for its object, not only the relieving this 

 country of our superabundant population, but 

 also the reduction of our national debt and the 

 prosperity of our colonies. The principle of 

 the plan by which we would accomplish this 

 national work is the same as that already 

 noticed under the land-improving scheme for 

 this country, where it will be observed that we 

 not only provided for redeeming the original 

 outlay of 600,000,0007., but also 600,000,0007. 

 worth of annuities and upwards, handing over 

 to landlords afterwards property to the value of 

 600,000,0007. returning 6J per cent. It is 

 very evident, therefore, that not only may we 

 relieve ourselves of our surplus population and 

 national debt by a properly organised scheme of 

 this kind, but also hand over to our posterity 

 property to the value of this debt in the shape 



