Note 10 — THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION.

While we write these lines, the following advertisement, which appeared in the Times of Oct. 10, will illustrate this vital difference:—

"Emigration.—The undersigned are prepared to forward intending emigrants to every colony now open for colonisation, at the following rates of passage-money:—To Sydney, £15; Melbourne, £15; Adelaide, £15; Swan River, £20; Van Diemen's Land, £20; New Zealand, £18; Cape of Good Hope, £10; Natal, £10; California, £25; New York, £2, 10s.; Philadelphia, £2, 10s.; New Orleans, £3.—Harrison & Co.—11 Union Street, Birmingham."