The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-01-19

final ratification of the treaty, but when this
will be, no one can predict
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We ARE in receipt of another letter making
inquiries in regard to this country with a view
to emigration hitherward, and it being sam
pie of many which are constantly coming, we
will answer the many by answering this one
through the columns of the paper. The writer
this time is grazier and farmer residing near
Albury. N. S. W. And this is the style of his
Undergraduates:
is there good grazing land upon any of
the Islands for sheep or cattle ~
Yes, upon all of the Islands there is large
proportion of grazing land, which is well adap-
ted for both cattle and sheep. Of the area of
four million of acres comprising the whole
group, at least one million may be set down as
suitable for grazing purposes.
?. Are cattle or sheep the most profta-
ble?"
As the market for cattle is somewhat limited,
the raising of sheep, where they are properly
cared for, is attended with surer and more
regular profit. There are many rocky and
mountainous regions where goats also can be
kept with profit.
3. could / buy any quantity of cattle or
sheep and what would be about the price of
each ?"
Both cattle and sheep can always be had in
any quantity the former for about five doll
airs a head by the herd, and the latter for one
dollar apiece.
q Are any of the Islands adapted for
raising grain, such as wheat, oats or barley,
and is there any market for grain ?"
Grain of every kind grows well here, but
wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, etc. are
inferior in quality to that produced in the
Temperate Zone, and consequently are not
cultivated now to any extent. Butrice, which
is fully equal to Carolina, is one of our chief
staples, and Indian corn of the best quality is
raised in sufficient quantities for home consump-
ton.
5. "Is there much labor attached to clean
ing bush or new land, for cultivation ?"
As "a general rule the land requires no clear
ing whatever, but theplow may be run through
it without any preliminary labor
could 1 get grazing land in large tracts
on lease, if so, on what condition %
Land in tracts of a thousand acres and over
is always to be had on lease, at rates varying
from ten cents to twenty or thirty cents an
acre per annum. Unfortunately an illiberal
policy is prevalent of leasing land for short
terms only, generally for not more than five
years.
7. Gould purchase land if so, at what
price per acre ?"
While it is comparatively easy to lease
land, it is difficult topurchase, itnot being the
policy Of the large land-holders to SELL The
value of land depends entirely upon its situa-
ton and variety of other considerations.
Whenever it is in the market, large tracts may
be had for from fifty cents to ten dollars per
acre. No stranger should buy or lease land
until he has had an opportunity to visit the
various islands, and examine personally any
offered TO him.
s. Gould lease or buy land direct from
the Government ?"
1t is not often that the Government sells
although it occasionally does so, as was the
case few weeks since when tract embracing
upwards of $4,000 acres was sold at auction
for trife over $4,000. The greaisr part of
the Government and Crown land is already
leased but when a vacancy occurs there is al
ways chance for parties desiring to lease.
T., ~
Guide Book as follows: "Our government is
liberal-taxes are lighf-courts of law guaran-
tee justice to foreigner and native alike-our
climate is remarkably genial and healthful-
life and property are secure-land is obtained
at a fair price-labor and capital are in de-
mand and well paid-and the staple products
of the islands, sugar, rice. coffee and wool, are
in demand at a fair profit to the producer, and
are likely to continue so for an indefinite pc
Rod while new products, such as tobacco,
ramie, banana hemp, fax, cotton, Sc, are
open to those skilled in raising them. Those
who are in search of a country where they can
live cheaply, provided they dispense with lux
uries, in climate as fascinating as it is heal
thy, can find no place equal to the Hawaiian
Islands,"
To those in search of practical information
in regard to this archipelago we recommend
the above named book, as the very thing they
require; residents OF the colonies can always
obtain copies at Gordon & GOtch, Sydney.
DzATHs.-Mr. Ramsey Won Pfster died in Oak
land, Dec. IS, aged % years. He was a native of
this city, and only sou OF Mrs. Won Pfsier, who
left for California in the last mail steamer. Mrs.
Sessions, wife Of Rev. John Sessions and mother OF
Mrs Rev. S. E. Bishop OF Lahaina, also dice in the