. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . settlements which exist throughoutthe Province. It is true that certain classesof mechanics could only find profitableemployment at their own trades in thetowns, and in such cases it would of coursebe advisable that they should remain in the case of the great body of immi-grants, farm labourers, station hands, roadlabourers, carpenters, bricklayers, black-smiths, &c., it will be found that they willdo better by settl
. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . settlements which exist throughoutthe Province. It is true that certain classesof mechanics could only find profitableemployment at their own trades in thetowns, and in such cases it would of coursebe advisable that they should remain in the case of the great body of immi-grants, farm labourers, station hands, roadlabourers, carpenters, bricklayers, black-smiths, &c., it will be found that they willdo better by settling either in the countryor in some of the numerous little villagesscattered over it, than by remaining in ornear the town. Higher wages for skilledartizans and mechanics may sometims beobtained in the town, but the country offersother and greater advantages. In the firstplace, greater econcnny can be practisedin the country. The cost of the chiefnecessaries of life, such as beef, mutton,potatoes, vegetables, &c. is less than in thetowns ; while to the married man with afamily, the opportunities afforded of keep-ing cows, &c. ; and growing vegetables. PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. 211 ?wonderfully reduce the domestic expeudi-tuie. This being the case, the countrylabourer or mechanic soon saves money ;bit by bit he acquires property, whichquickly increases in value with the progressof the settlement ; until in a few years thecountry village has developed into a bus-tling, prosperous little town, and he findsliimself a comparatively rich man, withnumerous comforts around him, partlyowing to his own exertions and partlyowing to that general advance which hasbeen made by the district in which he hascast his lot. Many of the now wealthysettlers in this Province have thus risenfrom small be;,inning3. In England, the labourer or operativewho puts his small savings into a bank, canonly at best look forward to the drearyprospect of accumulating a shilling or twoa week, and in the end of havin
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