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168 THE COLONIES AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
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The I Believe Establishment That All Of ...
colonies S _3 _"stem" ; has and been latel so y , great the in " wonderful other colonie expansion sthat it of was the considered voluntary
worthy , in the last Blue Book , of especial , attention , Mr . Kolleston saying , " You . will observe that , whilst 6 , 916 men less , women than 17 , and
children ( exclusive were of Chinese deported ) came at the out public at str their expense own and , no expense , or fact at , the
totall exp Thi ense s distinct money of their , from it friends is to those . be This other noted is , sums a is altogether iking of which indep gratif we have endent ying just of , been . and "
speaking y , and is equally , unavailable for the purpose we have in _handirom the fact that this is private money devoted exclusively
, to the use of nominated persons . The Canterbury cost £ 30— loan an is emi conducted grant able on the to pay following half that princi sum ple receive : —The s
passages received he the onl balance y be and as able an a g I to ift O pay from TJ £ the 10 ted Canterbury down for , the a corresponding balance Government which — £ 10 but has onl should to y be is
worked off , within a certain accep and pre-arranged time , after landing in afforded the colony to . many By an educated exten , sion women of this , but system here again much nearl relief y all mi success ght be
ful candidates for these loans are artisans and small capitalists ; still , I believe there is not so much a feeling against the introduction of th . e class of women in wMch we are interestedas a strong need for
lower and more robust -workers : and I feel nearl , y sure that if we make some advancesome offer to bear part of the expense of their
removalthat the colonies , would soon meet us half-way . Their attitude is far , from defiantand their present conduct capable of a most
easy solution . Needing , all classes , but necessarily capable of devoting only a certain sum to emigrationwhy should it create the
slightest astonishment that that class without , which the colony can neither sow nor reap should be the one class selected as the favorite
recipients of its bounty ? It will at once be seen by these statements , that the only
method by which this difficulty can be overcome must be by securinthe co-operation of the colonistsand by convincing the
heads of g the different governments that the , introduction of such a class of women will not only be a relief to Englandbut an actual
, benefit to the colonies themselves , —an elevation of morals being the inevitable result of the mere presence in the colony of a number
of high class women . In Sydney and in _Melbourne this movement has already made
some progress , the Bishop in the former and Mr . Edward Willis in the latter city having promised co-operation—promises which
will very speedily be practically tested , as there are six ladies at this moment on the Atlantic bound for Sydneyand three others on
, their way to Melbourne . Mr . Willis has also promised to moot the question in the House
of Assembly , and is very sanguine of success . He also writes me ,
168 The Colonies And Their Requirements.
168 THE COLONIES AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1861, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111861/page/24/
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