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STRAY LETTEES ON EMIGRATION. 239
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hesitate to say that she had not the very slightest chance of obtaining any situation whatever in England : —
New Zealand . Djsae Madam , I now take the pleasure of writing to hoping this find quite
you , may you well , as I am very happy to say I neTer enjoyed such good health in my life before . We had such a pleasant voyage over ; we never had any rough weather at all . Dear madamI am very thankful for the kindness have
shown to me since you have known , me . I daresay you will be glad you to hear back that I again like _jSTew . I hop Zealan e you d Yery won much 't be , angry and I don with 't me think for I not should writing like to to come you
before anybod , y but coming I hope out you , I will ho _| _3 write e you to will me be soon able . Dear to send madam me , the if you book hear you oi promised me when I was in England . I am happy out here . I should
like to hear from my mother and sistersand very likewise Miss ; and I am getting on very well out here . I hope , I shall be able to send you home some money soon . I am very sorry to tell you that Miss J" ' s maid was
so ill onboard ship that she has not been expected to live . I have got a very nice place , and a good mistress too . I shall hope to hear from you , and that you and all kind friends are quite well . I must conclude with my duty ,
and believe me to remain Xour humble but obedient servant , The next communication is from a gentleman in Auckland ( a
province of New Zealand , ) and is valuable as coming from a man , of position and good information * and while it is , on the whole ,
unfavorable to the introduction of any more educated women at present into the one small portion of New Zealand that bears tke name of
Auckland , it still acknowledges tlie importance of the movement as far as Melbourne is concerned : —
My dear [ Lady C Auckland , 24 th May , 1861 . We have latelhad , a considerable number of immigrants of the class
which you describe y in your letter of the 16 th of _November , 1860 ; and I doubt whether any more would find profitable employment at present . You are probably aware that New Zealand abounds in large families , and
that about one-third of the English population has been born in the colony . These young people are now growing up and intermarrying , so that the inequality of the sexes is here ( i . e ., Auckland ) very little felt . It might be
supposed not m that these who large can families afford to would requ reasonable ire governesses remuneration ; but there to are an educated any lad persons y ; and the scarcity of pay servants any often levels the distinction
work between . Some mistress times , governess when the , and mistress maid is -servant a fine lad , in respect the to all household from the necessity of the case , , will find herself in a position y , little governess better th , an that of
a servant in England . It is fortunate that you have had much experience in colonial ways , otherwise you would run much risk of sending out unsuitable persons . From all that I hearMelbourne is the place which requires most
to be supplied with that first necessary , of life—good women . You may perhaps see Mrs . Selwyn in England . Believe medear Lady Cyours very faithfully
, , , HI * t _? The next epistle is from Queensland ; and as the lady referred to
is married and comfortably settled in England , and only worked
Stray Lettees On Emigration. 239
STRAY _LETTEES ON EMIGRATION . 239
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/23/
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