The New York herald., 1877-01-15
THE SYDNEY SCHEME.
NEw York, Jan. l2, 1877.

NEW YORK, Jan. IL, 1877.
To fHE EDITOR HERALp:-
have reud your article In to-day's HERALD about
assisted emigration to Sydney. have been an
OF sydney the last fourteen years. and am
citizen of New South Wales, and take tho liberty
to answer a few Of your queries ain retired i'm
porter and shall go to Europe, perhaps return Now
South Wales. ! give, therefore, only my private
opinion, have connection with tho government
0i New South Wales.
As lar rs know the Parliament OF New south
Wales has appropriated certain during the last
year TO assist people emigrate New South Wales
and, believe, for the following reasons :--Evcry in-
dvIdual increase Is regarded contributing the
progress OF the colony and AS the cost OF emigration
from parts far North America and Europe Is very
high Il believe tho distance from England Is regarded
1000 miIes the poorer iaborlng classes chiefly in
Europe cannot afford to pay their passage, or many
moro people would cmlgratc to Australia. There
II an emgraut depot In sydney where cmisrants may
stay, free OF expense, ill they secure labor As lar
AS my experience goes general servants good, hard
working men, miners and railway laborcrs aud good
tradesmen are wanted; ordinary clerks aad olcc
are there IN plenty.
Except the prices OF wool or hides fall, or heavy
droughts floods Unforeseen large failures occur tho
state OF the labor market Will be the for years
como. The government Of New South Wales has a
surplus s. O0O 600 in the banks lyiug idle and
although the Parliament appropriated during tho last
three or lOur years sums 0r railway extensions
public works only n small portion OF these uppro-
priations has been expended for aborers aud
contracts for railway extensions have bocn nualy
allowed 70 DO hnishcd much Inter- often years, than
originally contracted ior Farmers buy land there
nt very low price and pay TOR II IN instruments.
believe extending over Ten years.
The government OF New south Wales does not want
any money aud promises large dividends What other
reason can II have IN assisting Immigration than
one Of mutual bcnehtf don't know what
tho discomIorts OF four months passage In
ashp VIII be, but you may depend that the govern
mcnt OF New South Wales pays or has paid for every
comfort al Immigrant may expect. strict ,nquests
have been repeatedly held sydney, when ships
arrived with sickness which had been we'll pro-
vdcd Tor tho number OF Immigrants do not advise
man who has hts comforts here to change his home
Travelling costs money but man who cannot tnd here
emplo yment, or who cannot make both ends meet,
may just as well there TO spend hero the OF
his money; and believe out OF nifty hardly will
regret having gone there have lett all ! possess In
New South Wales invested. believe hvc por cent
New South Wales bonds arc quoted at los IN London
Probably there are other former residents OF New
south Wales now here vino can reply better than !.
Dear sir, yours obedicnt, JULIUS MBURGER.
NKw YoxK, Jan. Is, 1877.
To THE EDIroR ov THE HxaALD:-
saw in your paper Of Friday an item headed "The
sydney Scheme" A residence OF thirteen years In
the Australian colonies enables give some advice
parties might wish to go better them
selves. and TO assure them that II would DO u OF
''out OF the frying pan into the nre am kept con.
stanty informed OF the state OF the colonies by pr-
vac letters from my friends aud the public Journals
and can assure you things are no better Than
tucy HTc ucTc, u 90 good srcak OI the colony Of
VICTORIA which bears tue same relation New south
Wales as New York State does to Pcnnsy ylvanIa and
has always been considered the most pros porous OF
the group. Each OF the colonies has an agent Gen.
crai ~ London. and " the prospects good why
do they not procure supply o immigrants from
the mother country The reasons arc obvious They
are not IN prosperous condition. nor been
for lsng time, and this fact Is well known In Eng
land. Tue population Of Victoria Is only no 900 and
New South Wales about 500, 900, ana hc capacity OF
any OF tte colonies Tor aos0rbiBg labor, either skilled
or otherwise, Is very limited. am &c,