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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume I, Issue 2, 11 July 1861, Page 5 (Supplement)

Kew Zeaxaxd has again occupied a considerable space in the Parliamentary discussion, and the statements made by the Under-Secretary for the Colonies respecting the conduct of tha local government, and the approval it has met, upon the whole, from the Imperial Cabinet, will be read with interest. The proposition of sending out a Commission to enquire into the state of New Zeaianu. anu in soiiiu sort adjudicate between the authorities and the natives, has been very properly opposed by Ministers. It would bo clearly impossible to carry on the administration of a colony with dignity, or advantage to the public service, if the policy of goveruors were to be subjected investigations of that kind. If it be strictly true in tins case that that the governor is endeavoring to steer fairly between two extremes, and that has measures have been sanctioned, as Mr. Forteseue assures us by an overwhelming majority of the educated classes, in and out of Parliament, the duty of the Government is clearly to sustain him, with such suggestions for bis future Guidance in a situation of extraordinary difficulty as they msy consider necessary. _ It will be seen that Mr. Forteseue has expressed himself generally favorable to the establishment of Colonial tribunals for the settlement of native land disputes.