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by the visitation of God or the inroads of 

 savage man, been wholly, or in part, denuded 

 of inhabitants, is not the duty of tea planters, or 

 any other individuals who come with their capital 

 and energ) r into the country to aid the Government 

 in developing its resources. The question of colo- 

 nization involves perhaps the highest and best 

 interests of civilization, and is pre-eminently the 

 business of Government : first, because to be carried 

 out on a scale commensurate with even moderate 

 success, except in peculiar circumstances, it can be 

 undertaken only by a body as powerful and wealthy 

 as a Government ; secondly because to insure those 

 beneficial results to the nation and posterity which 

 should flow from the removal of population from 

 the over-populous regions of the world to wastes, 

 it must be conducted under such rules and regula- 

 tions as wise and experienced statesmen alone 

 are competent to frame, and a Government is able 

 to enforce ; thirdly, because it is Government alone 

 that possesses the power to bestow that for which 

 people in number migrate land ; fourthly because 

 the benefit derived from such a measure by the 

 Country and the Community or State, is infinitely 

 greater than that derived by individuals; fifthly, 

 because colonization when undertaken under proper 

 rules and regulations by a Government, can not 

 only be made self-supporting, but eminently remu- 

 nerative, whereas if undertaken by individuals, it 



