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COLONEL L ANDM ANN'S NEW WORK.
Now ready, in 2 v 014., 21s. bound,
RECOLLECTIONS of my MILITARY LIFE.
By Colonel LANDMANN, late of the Corps of Royal En-
gineerr, author of " Adventures and Recohections."
Hurst and Plackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great MarlborouKh street.

In 2 vols. post Bvo., with a large coloured Map, price 245.,
TRAVELS IN SIBERIA.
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days af, ter arrival, in order that they may have time to
form en gagements or to obtain ,dwelling places.
For the protection and advantageous settlement Of
female e migrants, not under the charge of relatives, the
colonic 1 Government has made the most careful provi-
sion. '1 'he ship is on arrival immediately visited by the
immig ration officer, by whom the capabilities and wishes
of eac ti Woman with regard to employment are ascer-
tamed . The women are then landed in Government
boats, and admitted to a large and commodious build-
ing, se here beds, provisions, and other advantages are
provid ed for them. Here they remain some days te
wash t heir clothes and make preparations for service, in
the ch: irge of an experienced matron, under the direc-
tion of the immigration officer. Persons who wish to
obtain their services are required to make written appli-
cation ; on which printed " authorities" are transmitted
to appr eyed applicants, who, on presenting them at the
depot, are at liberty to make arrangements with the
emigre] its by mutual consent ; the women receiving
such ad vice and information as they may req ui re .
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person i is permitted to hire any female from the depot
without the " authority" above mentioned ; and as thispo
is sent Only to those who are known to be suitable em-
ploy ere,. no young woman can fall into improper hands
on first arri 'val in this colony. These must be seen to
be v ery imj iortant advantages.
Tne grea.t facility which exists of obtaining advan-
tae!eous ene •agements for female servants has been before
ob, creed of t ; and thus females with difficulty support
theinselves. at home, or whose relatives may find it in-
convenient. to provide for them, may safely avail them-
selvt !ei of fee various modes of employment presented by
this colon's .
T as G OLD-FIELDS LESS ATTRACTIVE THAN FOR-
MER Che labouring classes, for whose information
this paper is chiefly intended, will probably say, that if
the veorkii ig people of Van Diemen's Land found it more
to the it a dvaiitage to go in search of gold than to follow
their o rilinary occupations, and that the existing scarcity
of labo er has thus been occasioned, would it not be more
to our advantage that we also should proceed to the gold
fields ? It is, therefore, proper to explain that the chief
einierat ion from Van Diemen's Land to the gold fields
took ph ice some time ago when the number of persons
digging for gold being comparatively few, the facilities
and pro ,pests of success were greater ; and that, since
the arri val. in Victoria of great numbers of persons from
various quarters, the chances of individual success have
been c auc h smaller, and the expenses and difficulties
greatly in creased ; so that, failure having become fre-
quent, and wages having risen in Van Diemen's Land,
fewer persons have beet' tempted to try the lottery of
gold di egings. The effects of the former great attraction
of this pursuit are now, however, felt ; great numbers of
people we gone ; and the object is to replace them with
still ssee rater numbers, to the benefit of the colony, and
of the- t :migrants who may come to it.
GENT ERAL OBSERVATIONS.—The facts above stated re-
garding the actual condition of Van Diemen's Land ap-
peal to plain common sense, and must, be convincing that
there is `every inducement and just ground to urge upon
the att se tion of the labouring classes of the United
Kingdo: n the benefits to be derived by themselves, and
to resell t to the colony from emigration to Van Die-
men's La nd.
It is well known that thousands suffer privation or
absolute want at home, who might live in comfort and
abundance in this colony. The colonists are ready to
pay not only well, but extravagantly for labour, if they
can but. get it. Constant employment and most liberal
wages ai'e ready for all those who choose to work. They
may co no e by thousands without fear, provided only they
are able and disposed to work. There is no ground to
apprehen d that there will be too many of them, or that
at any or dinary rate of immigration they will come too
fast. W ere it even probable that such would prove the
case, t' tie Government would not pay the passage of more
emigre nts than were required.
The increase of population will lead to the discovery
of new, sources of employment ; and a longer space of
time tl ann this generation has any immediate concern
with r nest elapse before the amount of labour will supply
the de Oland, or wages cease to be much higher than in
Engle: xl ; and surely those who are in want at home, or
those v vino have barely enough, should strive to come to
a land where they can obtain constant employment and
ample 'swages, and even though they should not—as
many etppear to expect to do—rise at once, and without
exertion, from want to affluence.