Auckland and Protectionism.

To the Editor of the. Daily Southern Cross.

Sir,—Will you allow me to set forth a few words, chiefly as announcement, through the medium of the D. S. Cross? To-day, I read "Anthropos" advocating Tariff Protectienism, gratuitously owning incompetency therein, and inviting discussion. I wish authoritatively to inform him and "all whom it may concern" that some persons are now stripping for the race in competition for the £30 or £40 Otahuhu prize, shortly to be advertised. Further, that they are practising on their own private grounds, hoping soon to "come out strong," and that, "as at present advised," they judge it, improper to trespass with their disciplinary gyrations on your domain.

I dislike the strain of to-day's letter upon the problem.—I have, &c.

July 19, 1867.

Scarcely twice a-year have I ever resorted to the anonymous.

To this humorous communication it should just be added that only the first paragraph and a few relative notes were jotted in July: the paper was then stowed, in the limbo of oblivion for more than three months. A felt hesitation is accounted for by the first third of this proem.

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