The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-28

the roads will mend, and tne iaSe VI o1sI 49, w.
svsnt,,sIIv decline, and in msttsrA vaanA en-
d. no % ser;ously and personally fntereS "a 60
that Of the conveyance Of the wcs to the rket We
feel every assurance that somehow OF o. oer all diff
culties win be overcome and mat We clip will be
eventually shipped; not perhss with perfect promp-
titude or in the very highest Condition but The great
bulk OF it will be shipped p,I last.
The effect Of the gold discoveries Of Australia upon
the future production Of wool, Is q matter OF very
serious consideration The country is capable Of
producing far lslger quantity, If the land d.
vided and managed in more intelligent and efii-
cient names. But there is little doubt that wages
will rule hign upon the average. They may reach
rate which the settler cannot very well afford to pay
We do not think this likely because in all large col
lections of men, great numbers found who prefer
easy life with smaller remuneration, to severe la
Dor well paid; and we think that sufficient number
OF such men will be included in the very extensive
immigration now setting in upon our shores, to sup
ply competent number OF shepherds and hutkeep-
ers for our settlers But the very extensive deser-
ton of these pursuits for the more profitable employ
ment at the mines, is even already producing very
serious effect in the propagation OF disease, the scab
now spreading with great rapdty in many districts,
and its vruence being sadly aided by the necessity
of running the sheep in very large focks, and not
paying proper attention to their folding grounds
ing itself in reference to this subject, in the proba
BILE effect upon the wool Of our sheep by the almost
certainly increased value of the carcass. With po-
pulation pouring in with unexampled rapidly, the
question arises as to the capacity of present stock
of sheep and cattle long being able to supply the
wants Of the community for food; and any possible
prospect of scarcity in that way must 50 materially
affect the price of meat, that it is quite within the
bounds of possibility that the day may come. when
the value Of the carcass may bear such proportion
to that of the fleece that the latter may be nearly al
together neglected.
obvious mode Of assisting the settlers to overcome
their present and future difficulties. An increase in
the price of wool Of sixpence, eightpence or shil-
ling pound would enable them to do wonders in
meeting high rate of wages; and the hard-headed
and intelligent manufacturers Of England will do
well to consider this view of the subject and make
up their minds if the Australian fleece is in reality
of importance to them, that few extra pence per
pound will be very far from thrown away
Two things lend particular Importance to the
present subject, and they are well worth the atten.
ton of those interested in the continued supply Of
system OF the present occupation Of the Crown lands
which, amounting almost to monopoly in favor OF
few hundred squatters, produces the certain effects
of all monopoies-waste and mis-management-
sacrifice of the interests of community to the bene-
fit of class, and the interruption Of the natural pro-
gress of country capable, possibly OF being eventu
ally made everything that England herself is. The
other evil is presented in the feeling OF irritation
excited in the minds of the rest of the community by
the unreasonable nature of the demands of these
gentlemen in reference to their claims to the eXcu
sive possession of the lands, and the INSCRIPTIONS
means adopted for the accomplishment other object
present position Of distinct antagonsm to the great
bulk Of the people, we fear the result will be that in
stead Of being assisted in their pursuits it will be-
come sort OF religion upon the part OF the coloniss
so to hamper and oppose them, as eventually to do
away with them as mere nuisances, whose obstruct-
iveness and want of adaptation to the altered condi
ton of the times render their very existence incom
patibe with the welfare Of the colony.
OF the minor articles of export we have little to
say. The increased value Of stock for slaughter will
almost entirely do away with the boiling down sys-
TEN, and the further export OF taow will most pro-
baby be very trifing indeed. As for hides and
horns, and bark and bones, &C., if our mercantile
friends at home expect much attention to be paid to
'such small deer by people standing up to their
ankles in gold, think that they will be likely to
find themselves grievouSly disappointed.
THE CROPS.
The great drain upon the labor market, and the
profitable use Of working cattle in conveying stones
to the diggings, have prevented very much OF the
land in this colony from being put under crop And
again, the extravaganza rates Of fodder-hay being
frequently rather higher in price than brown sugar
have caused attention to these articles to the pre-
JUDGE Of the growth Of wheat. As the only other
great granaries Of these seas-Van Diemens Land
mass of their laboring population, we fear that
the quantity Of breadstus which they will be able
to supply will fall very far short of our absolute wants.
The Sydney district even in favorable seasons,
cannot supply itself and therefore we believe that
very large importations of flour will be requisite.
few desuory speculations the Americans to Sydney
have turned out unfavorably, which may indispose
even the enterprsing Yankees to further ventures;
purchasers Of this great article of food occasionally
at very profitable rates indeed. We now proceed to
say few words of the eligibility of this colony
A FIELD FOR EMIGRATION.
To men able and willing to earn an honest living
by the sweat OF their brow we need do little more
than point to the elaborate details furnished above Of
the astonishing richness of the country, to enable
them to form their own opinion as to the propriety
OF venturing to come amongst For their further
guidance, we annex few of the current rates of wa
ges of working men, promising that when the term
!" ratons' is mentioned, it means about ten pounds
of beef or mutton, ten pounds of -four, quarter Of
pound Of tea, and two pounds Of sugar, weekly
Married couples without family) per annum, & 6
with rations. 30 to GO
Ditto, with family IS to 60
Shepherds, with ratons, per annum. 80 to So
General useful servants with raons per annum 40 50
Bullock drivers with rations per annum. = to so
or 81 10 Il 10 per week
Bullock drivers for the roads, f3 to GA PER week.
Gardeners, per annum.. ................. 40 to 80
Cooks, FL to Fl 10 per week per ... so to GO
Bush carpenters with rations Observation-Disclosures. SO to 60
Stockkeepers. so to So
Grooms. .........................5 so to go
Carpenters, per annum. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to GO
Blacksmths, per annum Observation-Disclosures. 80 to 10
General farm servants, weekly, 81 to Fl IS.
Compositors, l.. Cd per thousand.
Freshmen, "a per week
Shearers, &c per week and rations
Seamen for London, ESQ for the run home, or clio
per month Coastng IS to IS for the run, or
81 to Is PER month.
SERVANTS.
Thorough servants per NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 20 to %
Housemaids do......................2 20 to rs
Iaundresses, do......................2 ~ to Is
Nursemaids, do. ................ 49,. Is to 20
Cooks, do.......................2 &c to 80
Nurses governesses needlewomen ....... % to 80
Carpenters, stonenasons, backsmiths &C. employed in
the towns, receiving without rations from lss to
20s. per day.
What the colony is in the most urgent need Of
eligible character
and this want is the source of great ANNOYANCE in
most families now resident here. The voluntary