To the Editor: Sir,—Mr Clark having announced himself a candidate for City East I wish to say that from my own personal knowledge of him the electors may rely on Ms integrity. He will not sell them, but endeavour to perform all he may promise. But honesty is not everything, and I ask my fellow-electors whether his declared ideas and ours agree. I refer to his proposed method of dealing with native lands ; and, whether, should such a system, become law, the door would not- be thrown as wide open to the land speculators as they could almost possibly desire. To me his plan savours strongly of having been concocted by a con clave of the land ring,, and will assist materially in enabling the clique to work the oracle, so that large land monoply may be perpetrated; the Colony, deprived of any future Land Fund by such a proposal, ■would have to make it up by further taxa tion om the people. Prefer me rathevto the pre-emption of the Crown over all Native land and disposal by the Government on a ey«tem of deferred payment when re- The'qaestion on which Parliament has beeu dissolved and members sent back to the country is whether the present Ministry are worthy of being entrusted with the future Government of the country. _ Mr Clark is wonderfully silent on this subject, but if he can promise to give them a hearty moral and material support we will put every confidence in him that he wjll not deceive us but faithfully keep his word. Complete silence also reigus throughout his address as to tbs important question ot Separation, and ife is for the electors to think whether Auckland is likely to obtain a fair proportion of the public expenditure, and to act accordingly in the selection ot a ffepresentative.—l am, &c, W. McOAUU August 13th, 1879.
