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water for the navigation of the rivers. These two 

 latter requisites are essential for raising contem- 

 poraneously the prosperity of country and town. I 

 should recommend the colonist who has but little 

 capital to select the country rather than the town, as 

 around Wellington there is no great extent of avail- 

 able land, and its prosperity must be deferred until 

 it is enabled, by the produce of the agricultural dis- 

 tricts, to exist as a commercial port. It must be 

 expected that the rise of the colonies in Cook's 

 Straits will be slow, although progressive, and that 

 embarking capital in agricultural pursuits will most 

 securely and most immediately yield the greatest 

 advantages. 



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