It is of the greatest importance that no obstacle should be thrown in the way of any active measures taken by the Government in earnest, but the people of thin province and of the country generally must be excused if they look with critical, and even somewhat suspicious eyes upon the acts of the present Government, which has certainly not hitherto earned the respect of the people for openness and straight forward dealing. Let it shew a change for the better now, and we, in common with every settler in this province will hail that change

a large number of immigrants demanding that choice of good land which they certainly have a right to claim, and which we as certainly will not be ready to give them. Let the Go vernment consider this well, and above all things quickly. More of the usefulness, and moie also of the. popularity of a Government, is lost by negligence in such matters as these, "than by acts of intentional mis-government which some are so ready to impute to them at all times. There is, beaides, another view of the case, which i§ R that as no Government whatever can afford*to lose any portion of its good name, it is a thing to be especially care fully guarded against by a new Government which has for the most part to make one. In the present case there is, a danger of this kind. A few surveyois aie at work whilst the great majority of the craft are idle. To suspicious minds the idea is most natural, although pro bably quite unfounded, that the work is kept for a favoured few. If few men could do the work quickly enough to meet the requirements of the public, no one would have reasonable cause of complaint whilst competent men weie employed. This, it is needless now to say, is not the case, is, indeed, the very reverse of the case. Competent men we have no doubt whatev er, those who are employed upon the Government work at present, are ; but none can assert that they are in sufficient numbers to keep up with the demand which is certain, at no distant period, to be made for land. 