[lndependent.] The doctrines of the " Land Reform League" in England seem to have pene trated in no inconsiderable degree to the neighboring colony of Victoria. The society in England which is, or was under the presidency of that astute political economist, John Stuart Mill, has been formed for the purpose of in culcating the principle that the land of a nation is and always should be the property of the nation, and that it should of itself be the means of raising the funds necessary for the government of the country. Nothing in the shape of communal doctrine is intended by the programme of the " Land Eeform League." Its adherents do not propose anything in the direction of a division of land amongst the population. All they advocate is that the land is the inalien able property of the State, and should be disposed of for the advantage of the commonwealth. They hold that no man has a right to possess land which he does not turn to some profitable pur pose, and that no man shall enjoy the full benefit of the increased value which his holding may acquire through the improvements and exertions made by the community as a whole. But the strongest argument in the favor of the principle thus enunciated is, that if the State was possessed of the land, and merely allowed it to be used by occu piers for useful purposes, it could out of the rental or premium paid for such use defray all the costs of Government with outhardly any other form of taxation. The great difficulty in giving effect to such a principle in the old country is the ex tinguishment of vested rights which have accrued under the old system ; and no doubt this is a difficulty almost insurmountable in England. But no such difficulty—or at any rate if it exist it is only in a very small degree — obtains in the new countries of the Australasian colonies. The only diffi culty of any importance is that of edu eating the public mind to understand that the old-fashioned prejudice in favor of freehold occupation is not only un profitable to the bona fide occupier but is unprofitable to the State. 