PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference:
C.O.
885
1PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
NEW ZEALAND,
Enclosure No. 2. Blue Book for New
Munster for 1848.
Exclosure No. 3. Lieut.-Gov. Eyre to
the Gov.-in-Chief,
No. 65, June 25, 1849.
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REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT
33. The foregoing sketch of the policy which has been pursued by the local Government, and the reasons upon which that policy has been based, will pro- bably, when taken in conjunction with the various Despatches which I have written upon the several subjects alluded to (and which fill up the present outline), form so complete an exposition of the recent proceedings of the Government in these colonies as will make your Lordship fully to understand the returns contained in the Blue Book for New Ulster. I can only trust that I have not omitted to forward information upon any subject which your Lordship may deem important, although amongst so large a mass of matter it is difficult not to fall into the error of too hastily passing over subjects which may be only imperfectly understood in England.
The Right Hon. Earl Grey,
&c.
&c.
&c.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
G. GREY.
P.S.-I this morning received from the Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster a copy of the Blue Book for that province, together with the usual Annual Report; it is fortunately, therefore, still in my power to forward these documents to your Lordship, together with the Blue Book for New Ulster.
July 10, 1849.
G. G.
RETURN of Killed and Wounded in New Zealand from March 4 to July 2, 1845.
Dute.
Name of Plum.
Killed.
Number
Wounded.
Numier.
1845.
Soldiers
4
Soldiers
March 4
Kororarika
Seamen
6
Seamen
B
Soldiers
13
Soldiers and
39
May 8
Okaihan
Seamen
Seamen.
..
Soldiers
32
Soldier
60
July 1
Ohniowai
Seamen
2
Seamen
Pioneers
Pioneers
57
114
Total to July 2, 1845
RETURN of Killed and Wounded from January 11, 1846, to July 20, 1847.
Date,
1846.
1 January 11
Name of Place.
Ki.led.
Number.
Wunded.
Soldiers
3
! Soldiers
.
Runpekpeka
Sernicli
9
Seamen
Pioneers
1.
Pioneers
i May 16
+
Boulcott's Farm, Valley
Soldiers
7 ¡Soldiers
of the Hutt.
Valley of the Hutt.
Soldiers
1
Solliers
Soldiers
2 Soldiers
How kewi
Seamen
Seamen
May 10
July 19 & 20
Wanganui
Ditto
Soldiers
1 Soldiers
Soldiers
3
Soldier
Total to July 20, 1847 .
28
Kiled. 85
Wounded, 167
Juue 16
September 10
1847.
Eucl.
in No.
(No. 65.)
One Enelaure Lætter of Chiefs Tokapushia, May 8,
1849; H. Parai Te Aro, May, 1919. Mr. St. Hill to Cul.
Sec., April 26, 1849.
Ditto, May 8, 1949.
Grand Total from March 4, 1845, to July 20, 1847
Enclosure in No.
Number.
11
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Government House, Wellington, June 25, 1849.
SIR,
Ix transmitting to your Excellency one copy of the Blue Book for the province of New Munster, made up for the year ending 31st December, 1848, I have the honour to explain that the reason of its not being forwarded at an earlier period in the year has arisen from the circumstance of the blank forms having only been received from Auckland in the month of April, and from the delay which unavoidably takes place in procuring the required information from Nelson, Akaroa, and Otago, owing to the uncertainty and unfrequency any means of communication between those places and Wellington.
of
STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
9
1849.
I have also to explain. that the reason of only a single copy being transmitted NEW ZEALAND, instead of two is, that forms for only two copies were forwarded to Wellington Extract, report, Majr from Auckland, and as four are required (viz, two for your Excellency, one Richmond, Jan. 20. for the Legislative Council, and one for the Lieutenant-Governor), very great Dino, Major Wyatt, additional labour and considerable delay must be incurred in order to copy all Jan. 3, 1619 the printed forms in writing prior to the details being filled in.
Ditto, Major Durie, I will, Jan. 25, 1819. however, endeavour to transmit a second copy with as little delay as possible, emigrating from
Return of Natives and hope to be able to do so in about a month from this date.
Waikanae, Apr., 1575,
Lieut. Gov. Eyte,
2. In reviewing the circumstances and position of the province, I am enabled des to carry my remarks up to nearly the close of June, 1849, and thus supply your May 1, 1849. Excellency with some important information, more particularly as regards the land question, which I could not have done at an earlier date.
or war.
I am happy to inform your Excellency of the generally satisfactory and prosperous state of the province, and of the continued prospect of peace and tranquillity, now becoming daily more assured by the better knowledge of each other, which exists between the native and European races, and by the acqui- sition of considerable property on the part of the former, and their enjoyment of many advantages which a friendly and uninterrupted intercourse offers, all of which would be perilled, if not altogether lost, by the renewal of disturbance 3. Amongst those measures which have most conduced to the civilization and advancement of the native race, undoubtedly the first and most influential has been the employment of natives in the construction of the great lines of road; they have there been taught the use of tools and the manner of executing different kinds of work, an acquaintance with which fits them to assist the settlers in their various operations, and enables them to obtain frequent employ- ment; by mixing at the road parties with Europeans, they become more acquainted with and accustomed to our customs, train of thought, and mode of life; old prejudices are removed and former habits give way to a new and im- proved state of things; they become subject to discipline and control, observe order, punctuality, and regularity in their hours of work, and of meals; learn subordination to authority, not founded on birth or wealth, but having its origin in talent, skill, industry, fidelity, or any of the qualities in consideration of which one man is placed in authority over his fellow men; acquire habits of cleanliness and attention to their persons; dress themselves in and value Euro- pean clothing of a comfortable and substantial kind, and very generally use a better and more nutritious diet than they formerly indulged in; in fact they, to a great extent, adopt English habits, customs, and tastes, and to satisfy the new wants which these create, they are stimulated to closer and more intimate rela- tions with Europeans by seeking employment from them, or by occupying themselves in supplying such articles for sale to them as they have the means of procuring, and thus a mutual confidence and dependance is established between the two races, and the State has the best guarantee for the future tranquillity of the country, and the continuance of the existing amicable rela- tions between its two classes of subjects,
4. Nor is the amount of good which is thus effected, or are the changes I have described as going on restricted to the limited number of natives employed at any one time on the roads; on the contrary, from the frequent changes which take place on the parties, as circumstances either recal natives to their own houses, or enable then toeffer their services to the Government, a very large portion of the native population is brought within the operation of their beneficial influences. Neither is this the case with regard to those tribes only who are usually considered as most friendly to us, for even Rangihaeta's immediate followers are not able to withstand the temptation, but become com- petitors for employment with the rest; and when I went overland to Whan- ganui, in January last, I met a party of natives from that river on their way to Wellington to seek employment on the roads, and was told by them that there was a very large body of Whangauni natives preparing to follow them for the same purpose; thus in one short year after the war the very natives who were then arrayed against us were actually on the point of walking 120 miles across the country, away from their friends and homes, to try and obtain a share in the advantages which they believe employment on the roads to offer. Unfor- tunately, however, I was so circumstanced at the time with regard to finances that it was not in my power to increase the road parties beyond their existing
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