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ment, where colonial and other papers would be received au 1 
filed, and where books bearing on the subject, bills of sailing, 
fares for transportation, &c., could be found. Such kind of 
information would eabiicis gravitate thither; and if such a 
system were once in active operation, it ‘enld be extende 1 
indefinitely, and agencies might be planted in the countries 
demanding immigration, as well as in those suffering from 
over-population; each would work in its several capacities, 
the one to obtain information, the other to impart it—the one 
to pave the road, the other to show the way. q 
Employers of skilled labour would no doubt often find it 
advantageous to import fresh hands through this channel} 
they could communicate directly with the central office, and. 
would no doubt obtain the assistance they needed. 
Stock-raisers, vine cultivators, agriculturists, masons, &c., 
could apply also for aid, and would be able to select, within 
certain limits, those regions in which their particular know- 
ledge would be of practical value. All, however, would soon ‘ 
learn that success as a colonist depends chiefly upon the art 
of readily adapting oneself to whatever kind of labour is” . 
most in demand, whether it be, as my friend at Albuquerque 
proved by his actions, killing sheep, editing a newspaper, or 
both combined. 
It is unnecessary to do more than roughly sketch. the 
scheme, for there is no difficulty in filling in the details. 
Such an institution should not savour of a charity ; it should 
not patronise, but assist the emigrant; and his advancement, 
irrespectively of nation or polities, religion or caste, should be 
the sole object to be attained. 
There is no lack in this country of philanthropists whose 
great and lifelong desire is to do good to their fellow-men. 
_ Here, then, is an opportunity for those who have time and 
