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116 STRAY LETTEES ON EMIGRATfOlSr.
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_ It Is Now Four Months Since We Publish...
and strength , and I think I am safe in saying that there is not in the colony ' \ come step a man farther . , woman In , proof and , or say child of that this out few of I , emp if mi any loyment ht , mention who . have I may the settled , I system think here , of venture regret immigration to having go a ¦¦ _' ;
passage hitherto tiyes . br , adopted if friends you will . who Our guarantee would Government , wish the g to repayment says join to you the , of we colonists a certai will , assist n If portion you them have of with _rela the a - ' j >
has in are amount a families position been (< £ found , 10 the to ) per relieve repayment to adult work their , tw very friends is elve by well months annual b ; the after ing instalment persons for their themselves assisted s arrival of < being £ . 10 . Where Thi generall s ther plan y e - :
y pay . wish : While to promote it will emi probabl gration y appear in Eng unreason land to be able satisfied to expect without the information friends who as to details , I think it very dangerous to raise hopes of intending emigrants by
reflection a too confident that enumeration in small communities of minutiae the . arrival It must of be a obvious few , on new a moment members ' s > will alter , the equilibrium of _suj _^ ply and demand . The very safest way is to look
presented on at the the general change in the of aspect old abode country of , affairs with , but , an and that idea to there let that the are the seeker difficulties prospect of a new is to better be home encountered than venture that
here as well as elsewhere . their and and On reasonableness dissatisfied views first landing and . feelings In of it a is persons short not change time unusual seeking . , however A very for engagements immi , great when grants deal things . to depends Where be beg much in to they on go disappointed the are smoothl temp capri er y - ,
hi cious ghly and _civilized fastidious life , , as too Eng often lish are folks they , accustomed will find it to difficult all the conveniences to make a start of cumstances and I gain think a I footing , the am progress safe . But in where to ing comfort there that , active is is generall a judicious y very women disposition easy . willing to yield to to
cirrience as servants is that , would we have never no say can difficulty keep them in finding young more places than . two Our , or domestic three months engage expe- , t because ] iose I should of they your be get friends very comfortabl glad as to no y be married duty able to and assist set clearer in up carry for than ing themselves out that your the . views relief , that and
England ' s colonies can ; afford to the appears another country , should be rendered gratefull children situated y in should and an heartil be the y led . We objects land owe looking of her our over much solicitude to , and the crowded our and countrymen interest states ; . of As and Europe we their are
unpeop , , remember much force the is g excellence iven to the of comman British d , institutions " Replenish the the earth virtue . " of And her when reliion we the richness of her literature , the nobility of her , race , we cannot but g feel , that to her
doors on is g side iven for a mission her men in to this enter work . , while Providence is opening But I every fear I am trespassing , and must , with the most sincere respect ,
subscribe myself yours , David Dale Buchanan . Answers to questions addressed to a gentleman at the Cape .
very 1 . little Is there . Educated any opening women for educated are highl women y prized in , and the there Cape is ?— a growing For strangers desire , - unknown among the more wealth are likel y colonists to find to a difficulty get governesses in obtaining for their such situations families , but .
2 . In what persons capacity ?—Excep y t as a governess there is pjerhaps no opening for a lady unconnected with a family already resident in the place ; her situation at least would be precarious
very . hired . 3 . Lod ( unfurnished gings ?—Are ) for exp £ 1 ensive per . month "A . clean Board , comfortable and lodging room for " mi a g sing ht be le
person , from £ 4 : to , £ 6 per month .
116 Stray Lettees On Emigratfolsr.
116 STRAY LETTEES ON _EMIGRATfOlSr .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/44/
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