New Zealand ; in a series of letters : containing an account of the country, both before and since its occupation by the British Government, with historical remarks on the conduct of the government, the New Zealand and the Manukau Companies ; also a description of the various settlements, the character of the aborigines, and the natural productions of the country.
Description: "These sixteen letters and " Concluding Remarks," from Sydney, Bay of Islands, and Auckland, contain a mine of valuable history for the period 1839-44, written with trenchant, even libellous, force. Excellent account of de Thierry, Hobson, Shortland, Fitzroy (whose difficulties are stated and policy defended), Spain, Clarke, Rauparaha, Heke, Selwyn (" who was sincere, zealous, and intolerant"); also of early Kororareka[Russell], the Thames, Port Nicholson at the arrival of the settlers, land troubles (with much reference to Governor Gipps's attitude and speech), society and institutions of early Auckland, critical description of natives, &c. Appendix contains official and exact translations of the Treaty of Waitangi; protest of land-claimants against Sir George Gipps's Land Act; Land Ordinance ; address to Governor Fitzroy; &c.--Hocken page 122.
Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "These sixteen letters and " Concluding Remarks," from Sydney, Bay of Islands, and Auckland, contain a mine of valuable history for the period 1839-44, written with trenchant,…