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considerable transference of colonists to our South 

 African possessions. Whether such a transference 

 shall take the form of a State-aided scheme, or of a 

 scheme or schemes backed by private wealth, is a 

 matter for mature consideration. 



Since we took possession of the Cape territory, 

 there has been only one considerable plantation of 

 British blood upon its shores, and that a strikingly 

 successful one. The Albany settlers of 1820 have 

 proved themselves a tower of strength to the Colony. 

 The five thousand emigrants sent out by the British 

 Government, at a cost of ^50,000, have completely 

 transformed the Eastern province, now by far the 

 richest and most advanced portion of the Colony. 

 The plantation of a number of the German 

 Legion in British Kaffraria, after the Crimean 

 War, proved a similar success. But with these 

 exceptions exceptions of singular encouragement 

 no systematic emigration to the Cape Colony has 

 taken place from this country. It is time that the 

 tide turned, and this fair inheritance of ours became 

 utilized. 



As a health resort boasting a climate unsurpassed 

 as a field for the farmer, whether agricultural or 

 pastoral, the Cape needs only to be more known to 

 be better appreciated. At this day a farmer in 

 England, whether his capital be a few hundreds or a 

 few thousands, now finds it well-nigh impossible to 

 make both ends meet. A farmer with a capital of a 

 few hundreds can live at the Cape in comfort and 

 independence, under skies fairer a thousand times, 

 and in an atmosphere a thousand times clearer and 

 more exhilarating than at home. He may surround 

 himself quickly with almost every fruit that man can 



