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    240 ON ASSISTED EMIGKATION.

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    That A Country Peopled To Repletion Like...

    2 lbs . of marine soap , at 4 ch 3 pairs of sheets . 1 comb and hair brush . 2 pots of _blacking .

    2 1 pair shoe of brushes blankets . . 1 1 linen strong clothes chest - , bag with 1 . . lock .

    1 counterpane . 1 mattress and pillow . In all therefore the outfit of a single servant costs about Rve

    pounds , fifteen shillings ; but then it must be remembered that this is a list of the most absolute necessaries , and of course an outfit for cabin

    passengers would cost considerably more . "We therefore propose that a separate fund be immediately raised

    " for promoting the emigration of educated women . " Such money as may be collected to be placed under the control of the Committee

    for Promoting the Employment of Women , 19 Langham Place , that it may be used on the princiles to which we have already referred ;

    the committee at first only sending p out small bodies of women , ( the number in each group not to exceed six persons ) who shall be pioneers ,

    , and to a certain extent agents for the society , pledging themselves to protectadvise , and aidto the extent of their power , any further

    , , emigrants hereafter to be sent out . As we believe authentic information on the subject of emigration is

    exceedingly valuable , we consider ourselves fortunate in being able to offer to our readers extracts * from some interesting letters from a poor

    ( but very superior ) woman , who , by the assistance of the Emigration Commissioners and the help of a benevolent gentleman in Kent , left

    this country for South Australia in 1849 . The difficulties as well as the advantages of colonial life are here very fairly advanced , and

    do equal credit to the heart as well as the head of the writer , and we are quite sure that a perusal of their contents will greatly

    strengthen our first proposition ,- —How is it that , with such colonies as ours , emigration is not carried on with more spirit and regularity

    from these shores ? Is it indifference or ignorance , or what is it , that is hindering the

    out- going of an overflowing nation like ours , which keeps our cities crowded to crushingand lets the fertile plains and valleys of our

    colonies , quite as much , our own though they are thousands of miles away , remain year after year uninhabited wastes without man or

    beast ; hearts broken here , homes wasted there ? Oh , fatal indifference and most disgraceful supineness ! Happy will be the man or woman

    who shall arouse once more the spirit of enterprise among the people , and lead them to the fresh pastures and broad acres of our colonial

    possessions . M . S . R .

    * The extracts will be given next month .

    240 On Assisted Emigkation.

    240 ON ASSISTED _EMIGKATION .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 240, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/24/