THE KIAPARA ROAD.

Provincial Council, October Sift, 1863. Mr. A.. O'Neill'moved that an address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent, re questing1, him to have the necessary survey made, with plans, sections, &c\, for connect ingl the Waitamata Rivet* with the waters of the Kaipara, by a tram-road ; (he plans to be laid on the table of this house on the first diiy of sittiug- of the Council after the adjourn ment." He stated that the distance was about thirteen miles, but the expense would only be nominal, say .-£4O or .£so—not £500 as in the c-ise of the Drury railway. I(; would open up an extensive district, was the main highway to.the Albertland Settlement, and the gentlemen in the district were prepared to give security for the outlay incurred. Mr. Cadman seconded. Mr. Kerr supported the motion. Mr. Daldy hoped there would be no. op position to the motion. It was of importance, not only to the district in particular, but to the1 Province generally. If it was attained it would do more for the advancement of that mosHmportant district of Kaipara than even the subsidising of steamers. Mr. Bateman cordially supported the motion, as he thought the export would be found to be between £7,000 and £8,000 from this district alone. Mr. Cheeseman, in supporting tho motion said he was glad the hon. member at the head of the Executive had changed his views since last evening, for he thought then of nothing but subsidising steamboats. Motion put and carried. Oct. 13,—Mr. A. O'Neill moved " That an address be presented to his Honour the Su perintendent, requesting him to lay on the table'of this House, copies of the memoranda of the Provincial Surveyor respecting ferries arid water communications with the Orua wharo, &e.,on the waters .of the-Kaipara." Agreed to. .

OUR ALBERTLAND FARMERS. No. 2.

Although we do not claim a place in your record of Albertlaud Agricultural labor, yet we think that a simple and unvarnished state ment of one year's experience in farming1 on the Oruawharo may be of some interest and perhaps not wholly without use to the many who have recently come out, and who may be intending to commence the cultivation of their own land. As I may sometimes use the singular pronoun "I," and sometimes the plu ral "we," I .may state at once that I am partly occupied in cultivating my own estate and partly connected with three others, who have had some experience in .English, farm labor—wo four endeavouring to create, in the midst of the wilderness a joint-stock company on co-operative principles. On some other occasion we may give our reasons -"for. main taining that this latter is the true economical method for beginners in New Zealand; My compauions spend about half their time in aiding on my own land at the usual rate of .wages.

First then, on our joint estate we commen ced by clearing some 5 or 6 acres in Jan. and Feb. last. The natural growth on the land was what is ordinarily known as ti-tree, va rying in height from 10 to 15 ft, with scarce any undergrowth. Towards the end of March we burnt it ofl, and in May and June, we tho roughly grubbed u.p the land and sowed about 5 acres, all with wheat, except a small patcli of oats, adding no manure. "We'put in about

2; bushels;ta the acre. R-Both wheat and oats came up readily and have advanced as well as could be wished ever since, the plant thickly covering the ground and being- now from 2 to 4 ft. high, and just coming into ear. The soil is of a dark color, approaching to black, va rying from Gin. to a foot in depth and appa rently lying on a substratum of rock. We shall follow the wheat with, grass, and this done, at.once commence sheep-farming. We purpose laying down as much land as possible in grass, in a similar manner, previously taking off a., crop of either wheat, oats, indian corn or potatoes; believing that thereby we obtain a better immediate return for the labour and ultimately secure a better growth of grass by well working the soil. Our crop has suffered a little from neighbouring cattle being left out all night in its vicinity and somewhat tramp ling it about after heavy rams. It is now however secure, as wo succeeded in well fencing about 7 acres, including the 5, during the months of July and August. We would suggest that great; wrong is done to setllers who are striving after a little cultivation, by cattle being left to roam during the night, when it is impossible to guard-against the damage they may inflict; and if any who adopt this practice would take the hint, they will do themselves no harm and confer a good on several. From the distance, the rich green of the corn presents a grateful and beautiful contrast to the dull greenish brown of the fern and ti-tree.

On my own land I commenced in Oct. 1802 by clearing 4 acres of ti-tree, of similar size to the above, with about 2 acres of fern land Tile land is somewhat uneven, but not too much so for cultivation, and varies much in quality. Some of it is of a light brown color and rather stiff, the vest either of a dark brown or approaching to black. I burnt off in Dec. and put in, some garden crops, and indian corn. The former failed, from the ground not being sufficiently prepared, the season too far advanced, and the summer unusually dry. The indian corn succeeded moderately, but became food for cattle instead ofhurnan beiugs. In July I carefully and tho roughly grubbed an acre and a-half aud put; in prass, which is now pleasingly green, and thriving better than any I have seen on-our settlement, with the exception of a small patch belonging to Mr. Armitage. The grass seed was from England. It is our conviction that the frequent method ofscalteringthe seed on the ashes afterburning,.without any tillage will not answer on this land. It may succeed on heavy bush land, where the burning leaves a large residue of ashes ; but' after ti-tree, which consumes almost entirely away, our dependence must be on the thorough cultiva tion of (he soil. During the last six weeks I have planted about 3 roods of this laud with potatoes, and one and a-half acre with maize both to be followed with grass in the early autumn. Both potatoes and maize are up, and doing well. I have fenced in about 7 roods of the fern and flax land for garden and orchard; it has has hail nearly 9 months' exposure to the sun and air, and since June three-fourths of it has been either dug or grubbed ; 90 fruit trees are planted, promising to do well; half an acre is planted with potatoes, now far ad vanced, peas, beans, cabbage, radishes-, me lons, pumpkins, &c, are growing luxuriantly and at present give hope of a fair crop: about a quarter acre yet remains to be cultivated and planted with kumeras. About 5 acres of good grass land, chiefly surround; the house, to be enlivened occasion

ally with the cafetle and-a few shcop; this with a garden sufficient to supply us with more vegetables tllan we can use; ought to be able to re-awaken all the feelings" of homeli ness once cherished hi the old country. I add my initials, which for my friends will be enough, to others the name is a matter of no importance. . S. E.

. The Daring, Capt.. M'Kenzie sailed on. Oct. 7th for Canterbury with 25,000 feet timber. Capt. Dodd, when last here, kindly gave a chain for the purpose of forming" a Budy for the river. '''$: :: A vacancy having occurred in the Provin cial Council, for Raglan, our late pioneer, Mr. J. Newman, is offering himself. A Proclamation in the Gen. Govt. Gazette., names F. H. Hull, Mangawai, W. Moir, Man gawai, and J. I. Wilson, Eaipara, as Justices of the Peace in this locality. "Why not attempt to cultivate Tobacco hero for the Auckland market ? A person in Otago a very inferior climate, has succeeded in pro ducing a very superior quality, The Jlnvie JVilson is on the berth for Can - terbury, and from thence she will return to London. Postal.—Below we give the number of letters received at and despatched from Porli Albert during the quarter. Despatched, 294 letters, 328 Newsp. Received ..371 „ 526 „ 1 bk.prcl. New Arrivals.—Mr. J. Turner, 1 daugh ter, from Leeds; Mr. and Mrs. Bailey from Adelaide: Mr. and Mrs. Urown from Grimsby; Messrs, T. Cottle, C. Brown, R. Ellis and W. Fox, (part of the Rev. Mr. Cottle's party.) Mrs. S. Johnson, 2 daughters, from Otago. ■We have to acknowledge an error in our last with respect to (he Rotorua Maori es into which we were led by our, translator it ap pears that the word ■pofonga has various sig nifications, as slave, servant, captive. The fact, we are told, is that the.Rotoiuas agreed to a political subserviency under Paikia, the O.'amatean chief. • The Pro. Govt. Gazette announces that the Wairau block, including the Maiingaturoto and Piroa in 193 lots, and Matakohe, 93 lots, will be sold at Hull's store, Kaiwaki on Oct. 28th, as Special Settlement Land,also 22 .lots Town and Suburban Land situate at the Kaf waka, to be sold in Auckland on Dec. 7. Plans of the above blocks may be seen at Mooney's, Mangawai. : A Memorial to the Government is in course of preparation, praying that a Resident Sti pendiary Magistrate may be appointed at Te Aral for the whole of the Albertland districts, viz; Or.iawharo, Paparoa, Matakohe, Wairau, Maungaturoto, Piroa, as well as Mangawai, and the East Coast generally. The district suggested is wo think too widely spread. Without meaning any disrespect towards Mr. Hazeldcn, the gentleman nominated we can not help regretting that no eligible person has been nominated from our own party, and re sident at Port Albert. We have conversed with many persons on the suhject, and have heard Mr. JJ. Robinson suggested as suitable. He was, we belie1, c, Coroner of the city of York, prior to coming out, and is well-fitted as a solicitor, for the office. '• • Instead of enlarging our sheet at present, we propose, for certain substantial reasons, to open our office temporarily as a News room, Free to subscribers to the 'Gazette. The table is well supplied with Auckland and va rious other papers, &c. ' Hours from 9 t0'.12, a.m, and from-3 <o 5 p.ni., Mondays and Sa turdays excepted. • ■

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