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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,ooo, 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 Kafifraria, 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 



