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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 98, 20 November 1852, Page 5

In 1848, I became a member of the Managing Committee of the Canterbury Association, then being founded by the exertions of Mr. Godley and his friends. I accompanied that gentleman to this country, arriving here early in 1850. When the first colonists arrived at Lyttelton, I was employed temporarily as Immigration Agent; and I then used my best endeavours to facilitate the landing and location of the passengers in the ships " Charlotte Jane," "Randolph," " Sir George Seymour," and " Cressy." I have since that time used my pen, so far as in my poor means lay, to defend this settlement against its powerful enemies, and to describe to friends in England its attractions and its requirements. It is true that I have not as yet acquired any large pecuniary stake, or employed any large amount of labour in this district. A great portion of my means was invested, seven years ago, in land at Wellington, which the longdelayed title and other difficulties have rendered hitherto almost unavailable. The remaining portion consisted of an entailed estate in Eng° land, which it has taken a longer time to dispose of than I had anticipated. So that my earnest intention of owning property here has been delayed far beyond my expectation. Should you, however, notwithstanding these misfortunes, believe in the sincere interest which I feel in the well-being and success of the Canterbury settlement—should you also approve of the political opinions which on this and on other occasions I have put forth—and should I therefore be fortunate enough to be chosen as your Representative in the first General Assembly of New Zealand, I trust that I may succeed in carrying to that body some portion of the energy, fortitude,and zeal, tempered with prudence and manly moderation, which so eminently distinguish the inhabitants of the Canterbury Plain. I must add that, should I be elected, I shall, always be prepared to resign my seat on a requisition to that effect from a majority of the Electors of the District. I have the honor to be,'Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful servant, , E. Jerningham. Wakeeield. Christcl.urcli, Nov. 15, 1552.