Letter from passenger to Valparaiso, 1844.

(The writer is leaving New Zealand, whose day has not yet come, the immigration company was 'inequitous').
".....above 800 English had arrived at Valparaiso from Nelson and Wellington and many more were expected." They had bought land but found that the land was unsurveyed. and were put on hold for two years, or were told that as yet there was 'no work in their field'.
The rest of the letter is a paean to the country of Chile.
"I visited Saint Iago (Santiago) the capital, a beautifully situated city at the foot of the Andes distant 30 leagues from Valparaiso and returned by way of Quillota famed for its fertility and peculiar mountains, in shape of a perfect bell, 6400 feet high and remarkable for the beauty and extent of the view you enjoy from the summit,....whilst at Quillota a very pleasant ball was given to which most kindly I was invited and spent a most merry evening: the people of South America cannot be beaten for hospitality even by the inhabitants of "ould Erin" by the bye."..........
Further, some notes on Bolivia.
And a further letter to 'my dear Uncle'.

http://sites.google.com/a/aotea.org/don-armitage/Home/great-barrier-island-history/robert-clapham-barstow---letters/t--Valparaiso-in-Chile---bolivia-1843

Chile is the home of many migrants from UK and elsewhere. I would like to spend time there and sample the excellent wines.