EMPIRE LAND SETTLEMENT.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—It may be of interest to the readers of the Spectator to know that Sir Rider Haggard has consented to visit Australasia as the honorary representative of the Royal Colonial Institute, to ascertain by local inquiry what opportunities offer in Australia and New Zealand for the after-the-war settlement and employ- ment of sailors and soldiers who may desire to make their homes in those parts of the Empire. With the same object in view, Sir Rider Haggard, who is leaving England shortly, will call at Cape Town on his way to Australia ; and, at the conclusion of his visit to New Zealand, will proceed to Canada early in the summer. I may add that the Council of the Institute has started a Special Fund for the expense s of the mission, which has already received liberal support. —I am, Sir, &e., Northumberland Avenue, IV .C. H. F. Wn..sox, Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute.
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