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subdivision in New Zealand, or its substitute long 

 leases. I am well aware that it has been proposed 

 to support the gentlemen colonists, who, however, 

 want capital, by the establishment of a loan society 

 by mortgaging the land sections; but I do not 

 believe that such a society is the most legitimate 

 means to bring the colony into a state of produc- 

 tion, and the land to its real value. Without enter- 

 ing into politico-economical questions, of too deep 

 an importance to be fairly discussed here, I repeat 

 that it need not to cause any fear if as large a stream 

 of emigration is directed to New Zealand, of the 

 labouring class, as the existing means allow, if some 

 such measure as that above alluded to is adopted. 



The value of New Zealand as a British colony 

 cannot be estimated too highly. For a certain class 

 of colonists it is preferable to New South Wales, 

 which will never be anything else than a large 

 pasture-ground. It is situated near numerous groups 

 of interesting and important islands the Navi- 

 gators, the Friendly, and Society Islands, which 

 are rapidly advancing in civilization and peaceful 

 commerce, and some of which already afford sugar, 

 coffee, and other colonial produce, and require in 

 return articles of European manufacture. It is a 

 country suited particularly to Europeans, from the 

 nature of its climate and soil, and seems to be des- 

 tined to become a prosperous agricultural and manu- 

 facturing state ; but only a laborious peasantry can 

 clear the road for this, and render the colony, in 



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