WELLINGTON IN 1819.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2807, 6 November 1924, Page 4

WELLINGTON IN 1819.

- DIARY STILL IX EXISTENCE. A copy of a remarkable diary,, writ ten hy 1 lie Rev. .). 0. Duller, jlie original of which is still in existence, was exhibited by Air D. 0. Bates at a meeting of the Wellington Philosophical Society. The earliest entries were made in ISIS, when Mr Duller left for Now Zealand, via Sydney, or/* 1 a convict ship. After landing the convicts in Australia, ihe vessel brought Mr Duller to Wellington, and he was the lies! resident clergyman of the Church of England Missionary Society in New Zealand. There were no other while people here, and Air Butler settled with the natives and travelled among them until 182(1, when he left for Sydney and endeavoured to train some young Maoris as missionaries. Unfortunately they died and Mr Butler left for England. In IS4O l.e returned |o AVellington with the New Zealand Company’s settlers, holding a New South AY ales commission as magistrate, the jurisdiction of that colony being then extended to New Zealand. He lived at Petone for some, years, and died there, being buried in a cemetery on the beach, which has since been washed into the harbour.