A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia Volume 2; Including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
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A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia Volume 2; Including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: With an Enumeration of the Advantages Which They Offer to Emigrants, as Well with References to Each Other, as to T

A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia Volume 2; Including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: With an Enumeration of the Advantages Which They Offer to Emigrants, as Well with References to Each Other, as to T


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824 Excerpt: ... affording an extent of unoccupied territory, in which the labour of man, assisted by a genial and healthy climate, would produce an early and abundant return." If it be true, as I apprehend must be admitted, that pauperism principally arises from a redundant labouring population, it is evident that nothing can remove it but the reduction of that redundancy; and that it is so, appears from this fact, that now in the year 1823, in the eighth year of peace, with an acknowledged state of general prosperity and improvement in our commerce, manufactures, and agriculture, with plentiful harvests and cheap bread, there has'still been no material reduction efFectedlin the amount of rate assessed and expended in the relief of the poor; and if that amount be compared with the price of bread, there has been no reduction whatever, but an increase. In order therefore to remove pauperism and reduce the poor's rate, the redundant population must be reduced. This can only be done by emigration, and that to an extent commensurate with the redundancy. The emigration of the surplus labouring population of England, consisting, as will appear, of several hundred thousand souls, is a matter of the most serious importance, as it respects the labouring part of the community, and the VOL. II. Q prosperity of the state; as well as in reference to the sources and funds from which the expence can be derived; the country to which it will be prudent and practicable to remove them; and the benefit to the individuals themselves. It is true that one experiment in emigration has been made, viz. to the Cape of Good Hope, and has failed, but it failed from natural causes, an unfruitful soil, and an unfavorable climate; the one being unfit for agricultural purposes, to any profit, and the...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130577129
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 92
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 181 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1130577120
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: With an Enumeration of the Advantages Which They Offer to Emigrants, as Well with References to Each Other, as to T
  • Width: 189 mm


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