Our friends in Auckland always do u» the favour to copy from our columns the obseivations we make on the scarcity of land in this settlement, and we are indebted to them for it, whatever their motive may be. Injustice cannot endure for ever, and the wider it is published the quicker \vil| the remedy come. It would be as impolitic as uncourtcous to recount on this occasion all the neglect and ill-usage New Plymouth has received at the hands of the Governm»n t for years past ; but although disappeaiing from the suiface, they cannot be altogether unconsidered in our appreciation of the past; and let us not forget whit good or evil our conduct on this occasion may operate in the future •

The promises given in the announcement before us are all-sufficient if realised : lctu* sec that they aie not mere promises, but that ti ey are realised while his Excellency remains amongst us ; or that we have placed in our hands the means of realising them — namely, the funds and the authoniy Th only useful end to the of the Governors visit is the acquirement of land and there may lie a possibility, however earnest his Excellency's intentions to ac complish all that we could uVsiie.-that he may not he al !c to te: innate tlu negotia tions bclore he le.ives us. It is vain to rx pect impossib linen ; what Ins i.o be con sidered is the coime to be adopted, thai de sir.ible event failing ; and it is only by looking forward to such a contingency that ■^ir George Giey's presence may be turned to some account.
