Original Correspondence. THE NATIVES.

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 68, 19 September 1846, Page 3

Original Correspondence. THE NATIVES.

To the Editor of The New- Zealander. Sir, — The effects of the collisions which, -since the foundation of this Colony, have occurred between the European population and the Natives, in retarding the progress of the Settlers, and preventing the influx of emigrants, are sufficiently obvious, Whether these effects are, or are not likely to continue, is a question of the very last importance to both races. Should they continue, the miserable alternative is certain, that either the Colony must be abandoned, or the native inhabitants visited by calamities, in all probability rriore terrible, both in degree and kind, than those which have fallen to the lot of any savage tribes with which we have hitherto come into contact. If they do not continue, there are highly reasonable grounds for believing that, besides the usual advantages which flow from the establishment of every new Colony, the blessings of Christianity and civilization would, for the first time in the history of colonization, be really and substantially extended to many thousand human beings, whose immediate ancestors weie sunk in, seemingly, the most hopeless condition of barbarism — a peaceful triumph, infinitely beneficial to the Settlers, and more truly honorable to the British nation than the most splendid victories which illustrate her name. That theteffects in question must cease to exist, upon the cessation of hostilities which have produced them, is, unfortunately, not practically true. In the moral, as in the physical world effects survive the operation of their causes, and not unfrequently even reproduce them. The causes of the collisions are now in a course of extinction. Her" Majesty's authority has been fully asserted, and the rights of violated nature have been sufficiently vindicated : it would, nevertheless, be ridiculous to expect, that feelings of mutual good- will and confidence should be immediately restored. Impressions will still remain upon the minds of the Settlers, if not of the impossibility, at least, of the extreme difficulty, of living, for any length of time, on good terms with the Natives ; and these impressions, propagated in an exaggerated form to the Mother country, will produce consequences, almost as fatal to the interests of the Settlers, as those produced by actual hostilities. Now, though it would, of course, be vain to expect that, in the midst of excitement, arguments should be duly weighed, yet, it can, not be wholly useless, to enquire into the foundations of these impressions. Por it may be presumed, that a demonstration of their unsoundness must, at least in some degree, aid the operaiion of time in removing them. Happily, the materials for forming an opinion upon this point are ample. With the experience of half a century, it must be possible to arrive at a clear and decided judgment as to the supposed difficulty of living on good terms with the Natives. It will, however, for obvious reasons, be convenient to consider separately, the parts of that period which precede and follow the foundation of the Colony. During v the first forty years of the present century, the native tribes have had continual intercourse with Missionaries, dispersed settlers, the •crews of British and American whalers, and run-away convictsfrom the neighbouring colonies— in fact, with many different, andamongst.them some very unfavorable, specimens of civilized men. iNTow, in this long interval, while there are but few instances upon record of violence offered by a native to a European, numberless intances of their kindness, hospitality, and generosity are related by those who have experienced them. And this must appear particularly remarkable to those who reflect, that the Europeans were in these days completely at their mercy. It may indeed be said, that the Natives, sensible of the advantages which they derived from their intercourse with Europeans, would, naturally, do every thing in their power to promote that intercourse, and abstain from all acts having the slightest tendency to obstruct it. But, even in this oblique way of viewing the subject, it ought to be remembered, that deliberate and steady ideas of interest are altogether incompatible with really savage nature. The facts themselves, however, •which have been just mentioned, whatever may be the real explanation of them, fully sustain the conclusion, that in these times no qualities were included in the character of the New Zealander, which could'render it in the least degree difficult to live on good terms with him. In truth, during the period under consideration, the savage blood of the New Zealander was cooled and disciplined by the zeal of the Missionaries, 'who handed him over .to the imperial government half civilized. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, with great pomp, undertook the completion of the task, and seemed to invite the civilized world to the admiration of the object proposed, and of the philosophical plans which he intended to employ in the accomplishment of it. Up to this day however, the interference of the government in this matter has only served to frustrate the efforts of the real friends of the Natives, while, in the opinion of all competent judges, their virtual abandonment of their original designs, and their inaction, at the times, and upon the occasions, when they might have interfered with effect, have been the real causes of many of the disasters which have fallen upon the Colony. Since the foundation of the Colony indeed, atrocities of a frightful character have undoubtedly been perpetrated by the natives. And here let the utmost tenderness b? shewn to the feelings ot the Settleis ; let not the voice of justification be heard where it must be drowned by the cries of suffering humanity ; let no attempt be made even to extenuate crimes of so black a dye. But, afterexcluding every thing in the form of justification, apology, and defence, cannot the atrocities in question be even explained ? Can they not be accounted for as mere matters of fact? When two races, so unequally civilized, whose laws and customs were so totally different, were to Jive together, as common subjects of a common

sovereign, might it not have been foreseen, that many causes of offence would arise? Were any measures adopted to prevent or diminish these ? Were any systematic plans devised and executed for the regulation of the intercourse of the two races 1 Was a single preparatory step taken to avert the dangers that were so clearly future, as almost to he present? Again, to pass from the imperial government to the New Zealand Company, ought not the dishonest purchases of this body to be taken into account in the matter under consideration 1 | Is it nothing to have forcibly expelled the natives from lands which they never sold? Is it nothing to have demolished native pahs and villages built upon unalienated property ? The advocates of the imperial government contend, that they were compelled by the lawless proceedings of the Company to commence the colonization j of these islands before the necessary preparations could be made, while the advocates of the Company maintain, (tho' it is not easy to see how this would mend the matter) that the ownership of the soil ought to have been assumed with the [ sovereignty of the islands. Fortunately, the distribution of the blame is not necessary to the argument, the conclusion being perfectly clear, that either the Imperial Government, or the Company, or both, and not the Natives, have being the ultimate causes of the outrages in question. These outrages then, truly shocking as they are, do not furnish a particle of evidence to prove, that it is impossible, or even difficult, to live on good terms with the natives. And the, conclusion thus arrived at, is abundantly confirmed by the \ history of the Northern district of the Colony since its foundation. £n this part of the island, land has always being fairly purchased from the Natives, their lights, claims and priveleges as British subjects have being attended to, and their customs and prejudices respected. And what has been the consequence ? During a period of six years, in which the intercourse between the two races has been constant and intimate, scarcely a single dispute has arisen between them involving serious consequences; on the contrary,feelings of mutual confidence and good-will seem to grow with thegrowing intercourse. Itis now a matter of history, that Hekes -rebellion is no exception to the position here advanced. That rebellion was engaged in by an eccentric • chief, on account of a fancied slight put upon him by the government, and during the whole duration of it, he took, as is well known, the greatest pains to distinguish the government and the settlers. ( ' But," after all,' the practical question obviously is, not so much whether it is or is not difficult to live on good terms with the natives, -as whether both races believe it to be their interest to live on good terms with one another. Novr, as far as the natives are concerned, it is notorious, that they would consider the departure of the settlers from the island' as the greatest calamity which could befal them. The settlers, however, are not quite unanimous upon the subject. The mercantile classes are to a man, anxious to cultivate the friendship of the natives. And, indeed, it would be truly wonderful if they were not. For while from the foundation of the colony, the natives have abundantly supplied them with every species of agricultural produce at cheap rates, they have also been the consumers of imported goods. The greater part of the export trade too has been carried on through their instrumentality. The gum, flax, and timber trades would now have hardly had existence without. them, and.it is not unreasonable to expect that they will soon be useful in the mines. To the actual occupiers of land, they have been, and will long continue to be, not onlyusefuljbutindispensably necessary. The traders in land alone imagine that the natives interfere with their interests. They acknowledge them indeed to be convenient instruments under the treaty of Waitangi for the acquisition of land, but, when the land is obtained, they seem to think that they prevent the occupation of it, and so render it useless. And so wonderful is the extent, to which a violent desire of making money quickly blinds men, even upon the subject of their own interests, that this proposition is believed without any other evidence than two or three acts of pillage committed by the natives in aperiedofsixyears. But without engaging in so absurd an undertaking as a formal refutation of the position here considered, let us suppose the island at this moment to be perfectly cleared of the native inhabitants, and then reflect upon the consequences. All agricultural and pastoral pursuits, half of the export, and three fourths of the import trade would be extinguished, land would be completely valueless, and a scene of misery and universal ruin would ensue which it is more easy to imagine than describe. The natives have enabled us to escape the privations hardships and sufferings incident to the foundation of new colonies. In the short period of six years they have enabled us to attain to a condition of prosperity unexampled in the same interval in the history of colonies. And could we but make a proper estimate of the benefits that may be derived from them, and apply ourselves with judgment to obtain these benefits, the progress of this colony in time to come, would be more rapid even than it has hitherto been, and infinitely more iapid than that of any British colony yet founded. I am, Sir, Your's &c, VATES.

To the Editor of the Nevo-Zealander. Sir,— l should wish (both for ray own satisfactions and that of many of your readers who are concerned in the recent purchases of land from the Natives,) to enquire, what is intended to be done with the tenth reserves under the Ten Shilling per acre, and One Penny per acre proclamations? For the Colonial Government to trifle with persons who are anxious to cultivate, and settle upon their grounds, is absolutely cruel. Many parties have outlaid their little all, and know not, what part of their land to- cultivate, or whether it would be safe to cultivate at all ; seeing there is no guarantee that the precise spot on which they may locate themselves, will not, with all its improvements, be seized by the"Government. The energies of the would-be cultivators of the soil are crushed at the very commencement of their toils. In some instances they run the risk of losing the fruits of their labour from a premature commencement, — they must toil or starve. In other cases, a protracted delay takes place, simultaneous with the very tedious operations of the Government in these matters. The tenth reserves are highly impolitic:— unnecessary for the Natives—oppressive to the buyer — and are especially unjust to the poor man, the small purchaser of land, who is compelled thereby to buy land for the use of the Government, or not to buy from the natives. "Why not the Government buy if it be necessary to hold; or rather impose a small land tax, than stop the progress of the Colony, by so unwise &>& > procedure. The regu lation relative to roads has nothing to do with the native reserves ; the Government having very properly retained the right of making high ways through any ' (white person's) land, on equitably reimbursing him for the same. The remaining Six Shillings per acre of the Ten Shillings ought not in strict justice to be required by the | Colonial Government from the purchasers under the Ten Shillings an acre proclamation. The more recent enactment requiring only One Penny per acre, makes this course self evident. The instalment already paid of of Four Shillings per acre, is more than what is reasonable, since the above unexpected alteration. Indeed, Mr. Editor, after so many difficulties through which the New Zealand settlers have had to wade, it would be a little matter in itself, though a great encouragement to

Agriculture, which is greatly needed (produce being very scarce and dear,) to dispense at once with the tenth native reserves, and with the remaining instalment of the Ten Shilling per acre system : and to substitute a small yearly land tax under wise regulations which would answer all equitable purposes of the Government/ and would not be half so oppressive to the settlers as the present perplexing and unfeasible scheme. The insertion of the above in your valuable paper, would oblige Sir, more than one of your readers who love DECISION. Auckland, Sept. 2nd, 1846.

To the Editor of the New Zealander. Sir,— Permit me to ask, through the medium of the New Zealander, if something canuot be done to better our highways. Our roads are all but impassable, and the severe treatment to which our beasts of draught are subjected in consequence, is truly pitiable : the poor creatures liteially being often fast with their buithcns in the mud. Witness the state of the Epsom and the Tauiaki roads, especially the latter. Pedestrians must wade through the mud in the best way they are able, and woe unto them if overtaken by the night, in the absence of 'the moon, they are benighted. It was some time ago reported His Excellency Governor Grey, was j about to introduce convict labour for the intending of the roads. [ Surely HU Excellency will dirW at-, tention to the subject. Good roads are matters of first rate importance in a new colony. Your insertion i ot the above lines would oblige many outsettlers. Your's truly, i R. J. [The introduction of Convicts into the Colony for the purpose of making roads is a question that has been frequently mooted, and many persons whose opinions are worthy of respect have advocated the measure, but it involves so many important considerations, affecting the moral welfare of the community, that we are not prepared to give our unqualified support to the proposal ot our friend R. J. We admit that many advantages would attend the introduction ' of Convict labour, but we must ponder the qnestiou more seriously, before we can assure ourselves that these advantages would not be outweighed by the evils which would accompany eveu the restricted establishment of the penal system. — Ed. N. Z.J

To the Editor of the New Zealander. Sir, — Inproof of the truth of certain statements made by myself and the Rev. J. Buller, at a Bible Meeting lately held in this City, in reference to the opposition that the Romish Church has uniformly offered to the circulation of the Scriptures, without note or comment, I deem it a duty I owe to myself, to refer you to certain documents that have been published by that Church on the subject. And, as regards the Council of Trent, quoted by the Rev. T. Forest to contradict our statements, you will find by a reference to the records of that Council, that during its 18th Sess. a Committee was appointed to prepare an index £of prohibited books, and as they had not finished their labours at the close of the Session, that business was entrusted to Pope Pius, IV., under whose auspices the first index was published in 1 564. The 4th rule of that index is as follows :— " Rule IV.— lnasmuch as it is manifest from experii ence, that if the Holy Bible, translated into, the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to every, one, the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, it is on this point referred to the judgment of the -Bishops or Inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the Priest or Confessor, permit the reading of the Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue by Catholic Authors, to those persons whose faith and piety they apprehend will be augmented, and not injured by it: and this permission they must have in writing. But if any one shall have the presumption to read or possess it without such written permission, he shall not receive absolution until he have first [ delivered up such Bible to the Ordinary. Booksellers, however, who shall sell or otherwise dispose of Bibles •in the vulgar tongue, to any person not having such permission, shall forfeit the value of the books, to be applied by the Bishop to some pious use, and be subjected to such other penalties as the Bishop shall judge proper, according to the quality of the offence. But Regulars shall neither read nor purchase such Bibles without a special license from their superiors." To this very Council the Popes have generally referred, to give authority to their fulminations against Bible promulgators, and Bible readers. For instance, — on the 29th June, 1816, Pope Pius VII., published a Bull against Bible Societies, addressed to the Primate of Poland, in which he refers to the Council of Trent, exhorting the Archbishop "to expose the wickedness 'of this nefarious scheme, to the view of the faithful," (i. c.— the scheme of the Bible Societies) ; and to do this " according to the rules prescribed by the Church," with all the erudition and wisdom, which he possessed ; viz: ' that the Bible printed by heretics is to be numbered among other prohibited books, conformably to the rules of the Index, (sec. 2. 3.) ; for it is evident from experience, that the Holy Scriptures when circulated in the vulgar tongue, have, through the temerity of men, produced more harm than benefit. It is thererore necessary to adhere to the salutary decree of the Index (June 13, 1757), that no versions of the Bible in the vulgar tongue be permitted, except such as are approved by the Apostolic see, or published with annotations extracted from writings of holy Fathers of the Church." In this Bull of Pius VII, the circulation of the Scriptures by Bible Societies is represented as a crafty device, by which the very foundations of religion are undermined; a pestilence, which must be remedied and abolished; a defilement of the faith, eminently dangerous to souls; impious machinations of innovators; snares prepared for men's everlasting ruin ; a new species of tares, which an adversary has abundantly sown. Such, were Pope Pius the Seventh's views of Bible Societies in 1816. And the Pope's Bull of Sep. 18, 1819, on the subject of the circulation of the Scriptures in the Irish Schools, is in the same strain as that to the Primate of Poland. He calls circulating the Scriptures in Schools, sowing tares; and says, the children are by this means infected with the fatal poison of depraved doctrine,— and he finally exhorts the Irish Bishops to whom the Bull was addressed, that with unbounded zeal, they would endea- | your to prevent the wheat from being choked by the tares. In 1824. Leo XII, issued an .Encyclical letter to all the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops, of the Roman obedience, dated May 3rd, in which he urges them, by all means in their power, to keep the people fromreading the Scriptures ; and farther, gives his sanction to the Bulls of his predecessors against the circulation and reading of the word of God, which he termed the " Gospel of the devil." The latest fulmination against Ihe Scriptures was hurled by the present Pontiff, Gregory XVI, in an Encyclical letter, dated Bth May, 1844', in which, having denounced the circulation of the Scriptures by the Bible Societies, and referred to the decrees ofthe Council of Trent, as well as to the prohibitions of preceding Popes against reading the Scriptures, concludes with the Encyclical letter of Leo XII, last cited. He proceeds : — "And the same thing was, again done by our immediate predecessor of equal happy memory, Pius

Vlir, iii his Encyclical letter issued the 24th May, 1829. We, too, who with far inferior merit have «icceededto his, place, have not omitted, to ekercise'oiir Apostolical solicitude upon the same object ; and among other things, have, taken steps to recal to the memory of the faithful, thWufe formerly enacted, concerning translation of the Scriptures into the vulgar tongues." And facts, innumerable, might be collected from history to shew that the practice of the Romish Church • has ever been, and still is in strict accordance with the sentiments expressed by the Council of Tient, and the Popes to whom 1 have referred. Was not one of the, Charges made against the Vandois by their persecutors, the adherents of the Romish Chirfcb', in the l2th'Century to this "effect :— That they held .that the;text of the sacred Scriptures is to be received and believed in opposition to human tradition and comments ? Hasnotthe Bible always been a prohibited book jn countries wher.e. Popery is the Established Religion, unless accompanied with notes from Romish divines ? Is it not so in Spain at the present day ? When Mr. Borrow so receutly as 1838, translated the Gospel of St. Luke iutothe dialect of the Gitanoes, or Spanish, gipsies : was not the circulation of that book prohibited by an ordinance of the Spanish Government ? -As was also the circulation of the same Gospel iv the Spanish Basque dialect which is spoken in the pro- |> viuces ofGuipuscoa-andtßigeay. See a work called-, Borro w's '• Bible in Spain." Jn Portugal it is a well known fact that the Scrip- . tures are unknown among the peasantry, and at- i tempts to circulate them by protestants have been visited with imprisonment in the common gaol. Why was Dr. Kalley incarceiatediu the prison of Funchal, at Madeira, for several months iv 1843 and 1844, but because he distributed the Bible among the inhabitants? And have not the Bible christians, as they are termed (i, c., those who through Dr. Kalley's instrumentality were converted to the faith ot Christ as revealed in the Bible), been visited with the bitterest persecution ? Who can forget the case of Maria ,Joaquina, who was condemned to die by Judge Negrao, because having read the Bible she had re- . nouueed popery and embraced the protestant form of religion ? And the inhabitants of the Lombo das Fayas, a district at the head of one of the Madeira valleys, where some of the people read the Bible, and it was introduced into a School. On the 23rd Sept, 1844, a company of soldiers was sent up from Funchal, under the directions of Judge Negrao, who surrounded the cottages of the peasautry during the night and made prisouers of between thirty and forty »,en and women, and committed the greatest outrages on their, persons and property. Twentytwo of these converts were '^carried to Funchal and cast into prison, their Bibles being- first taken from them-- where they remained in November, 1845, the date of the latest intelligence respecting them. And all this was inflicted for no other crime than that of receiving and reading the Bible, which had led them to abandon the Romish religion. And is not the Bible a rare and strange book at Rome ? The Rev. J. H. Hamilton stated at a late meeting of a Protestant Tract Association, that when, he was "at Rome he sent to no less than fourteen principal booksellers shops to obtain a copy of the Scriptures, but in vain. At length he found one, the only copy ot the Bible sold m Rome, i.e. Martini's, in 26 vols. price eight guineas. And Ciocci, who was himself a priest ot the Romish Church, but abandoned \ it, says, iv a work he lately published, styled " Nar- s raiive of Iniquities aud Barbarities practiced nt Rome in the 19th century,''—" In Rome the English are closely watched by the Authorities ; and were any among them discovered seeking to propagate the Bible, they would be subjected to much, annoyance." <A nd if Mr. Forest will look into a Periodical published by the " Central Committee of the Association for the propagation of the faith' for Ireland" and entitled "Annals of the propagation of the Faith,' 5 in the fourth vol., in the July number for 1841, page 309," he will find the following remark , in a letter of Dr. Griffiths, Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope." "The Rev. Father Murphy, writing to me says, « who will enable me to preach the Gospel to those .well disposed tribes ? One thought allows me no repose: the biblicals have gone before us among the Cnffres.' " Why was Father Murphy so disturbed in spirit on this subject, if the church of which he is a. minister approves of the circulation of the Bible ? Now, Sir, it was a knowledge of the acts of the Council of Treut, of the Bulls of different Popes against Bible Societies, and of the facts to which— I now refer that led Mr. Buller and myself to make the statements ofjwhich Mr. Forest has complained,—and the public will judge whether our statements were founded in ignorance of the subject, or whether they were not justified by the practjce.of.the,Church,ofßome. And it .must be clear to every unprejudiced miud that whatever Mr. "Forest's views of the acts of the Council ot Trent mwy be, the Popes,' understood the Rule, I have quoted, as prohibiting the unrestrained,- and unlettered circulation of the- Bible, and therefore issuedtheir Bulls a.gains.t Bible Societies ; and \he Rev. Gentleman must allow, that those Popes rightly understood the decision of that Council, and" acted in perfect harmony with' the principles -of' the Church, over which they presided, unless indeed be is prepared for the only alternative, namely, that they were not infallible, and that he is right and they were wrong. . \ As to the Fathers, quoted by Mr Forest, wheh ! -L ' •read his" quotations I could only come to two '&tti£'l elusions— either that he is himself utterly ignorant of Church history, or he takes it lor granted that the public is so. "Why, who does not kuuw that those Fathers flourished in the fourth century, long before Popery had au existence, and just about the time when the Council of Nice decided that ihe Bishop of Rome was only equal indiguity with other Christian, ■ Bishops ? The Popish Church, undoubtedly had its founda- , tion in the assumption of the title and honours of Universal Bishop, by the Bishop of Rou»e,whicU was not granted for several ceutuiies after those father* • had passed away. How then can Mr. Forest claim - them as membeis of his Church? Moreover, the writings of those Fathers might be quoted to contradict arid overthrow, most of the anti-scriptural doctrines of the Church of Rome— for they were as opposed to the doctrines of Trarisubstantiation, Auricular Confession, Purgatory, Praying to Samts and Angels, and other points, as were Christ ana his Apostles ; arid to recommend the reading trt Scripture from their writings i« to prove to a demonstration that they were neicber believers in popish doctriuts, nor abeltors of popish practices. ... • • I am,- Sir, Your's respectfully, THOMAS BUDDLE. Auckland, Sept. 17th, 1846.'

A. Customs' Department establibhed at Auckland, Wellington, and Russell, in Michaelmas Quarter, 1841. b. Customs' Department established at Nelson, m Lady Day Quaiter, 1812 ; New Plymouth, in Midsummer Quarter, 1842. c This is the Total of Collections <luring,the Year d, Customs Department established at Akaroa, in Lady Day Quarter* 1843. E , This is the Total of Collections during the Year. r. Cus^ toms' Department abolished 30th September, 1844. g. This is the Total of Collections during the Year. h. Amount of Collections made durimr the two iirst Quaiters of the Year. l. Customs' Department re-established at Auckland, 9th April; at Wellington, l2thMay; atNelson, 29t£ April; and at New Plymouth, 28th April. b »«omColonial Secretary's Office, Andrew Sinclair, Auckland, Bth September, 1846. Colonial Seer^rv

Arrears of previous Years. Bievenute of Current Year. Customs, Auckland .<•• ....«;.,. ,»,• . ....^ ...... ....... „ Russell ...••....•..... i,'...i ,'... .v. ................... Property Rate, Auckland * Fees and Fines, Supreme Court , „ Local Court ................ a......... „ Police Court, Auckland , „ „ Russell ................ Publicans' Licenses, Auckland ....-..• . . . . . Fees on Land Titles •'•••••••• „ Registry of Deeds ..;••..;.....*•* Miscellanedus 1 •„..*.-. j £ s. d 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 i 3 13 19 9 7 7 6 39' 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jt s. 2549 3 s*l 14 0 0' , 39 8 15 14 93 13 2 2 d. 9 3 QNQ N 3 6 8 4' 30 4 9 34 4 9 2 IS 7 , 11 0 ' irf6 ii 21 2 19 1 0 9 5 2 Total Ordinary Revenuel . „ ......£ 131 7 3 2959 l£ 1 Proceeds of Sale of Crown Lands ...... ♦ , Occupation Licenses 1 ..••....»., d,»i.. 44 6 3 O 0 0 344 1 11 22 3 0 I—— — — — — I *M ■ .W^W £ 175 13 6 3325 17 0' Charles i Knight, Auditdi Audit Office, August' 28th, 1846.

ABSTRACT OF THE REVENUE OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31st MARCH, 1846.

[Arrears of previous Years. Revenue of Current Year. Customs, Auckland i ; „., 0 0 02246 10 „ Rtissell „*....«.,.. 0 0 0 93 0 .Fees and Fines, Local Court, Auckland >.. 0 0 0 12 4 „ Police Court, „ •..;.. 0 0 0 14 14 „ „ Russell, i , ; 0 0 0 10 12 £ 0 0 i. 0 0 d 0 0 £ s. d. 2246 10 10 93 0 8 12 4 0 14 14 3 10 12 8 665 14 0 120 O 0 0 0 0 0 o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 Publicans' Licenses.......,....; „ 0 0 0 665 14 Auction Licenses. •••• ....•« <•«.. 0 0 C 120 0 Tees on land Titles 0 0 0 116 11 „ Registry of Deeds 0 0 0 010 „ Storage of Gunpowder.. 0 O 0 18 2 Miscellaneous Receipts ..«.............,.........' O 0 0 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o c 0 0 0 116 11 3 0 10 10 18 2 0 0 0 0 ' 30 6 0 Surcharges • «... I 0 0 0 519 0 o 0 5 19 10 I — Total Ordinary Revenue £| O 0 0*3334 6 0 0 0 3334 6 4 Proceeds of Sale's of Crown Lands ......>.. 23 3 2 0 0 Occupation Licenses ..........^..^, f , 0 0 O 52 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 £ 23 3 23339 8 23 3 2 3339 8 4 -x i i Charles Knight, Audit Office, Auditor- General^ August 28th, 1846.

ABSTRACT OF THE REVENUE OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE QUARTER ENDLNTG 30th JUNE, 1846.

r Arrears of previous Years. Expenses of Current Year. Civil Establishment, \ £ s. d £ s. d. Establishment of His Excellency the Governor . . •• • Councils i .•.....,...• ..,.. Colonial Secretary's Department , „ „ Treasurer's Department ....••..••...... • . . Audit Department •••••«..• ;^.. .. Customs' Department, Auckland »•••• • „ „ Russell Medical Department ........••...*...... Harbor Department < Government Brig Victoria • „j *' Schooner Albert « 51 6 0 122 14 11 303 15 0 263 5 0 81 5' 0 230 0 7 27 13 4 120 15 0 303 15 0 259 15 0 128 15 6 229 7 O 16 O 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 128 15 3 10 0 0 131 0 0 440 13 2 45 7 % 361 16 6 184 15 8 339 0 11 45 14 2 Aborigines „ Public Works ;...........;....•...; Survey Department • ••••••..... 366 1 0 179 16 0 372 9 10 242 5 0 £ 2494 3 8! 2501 17 10 Judicial. Supreme Court •# , , Registry of Deeds . . . ; Local Court Law Officers , Coroner 4 ... Sheriff and Gaols Police, Auckland • ...;........ „ Russell 352 10 0 0 0 0 340 0 0 12 10 0 56 6 6 133 15 0 56 5 0 133 15 C 8 5 C 146 3 1 203 11 8 50 0 0 0 0 0 129 5 7 202 3 3 63 0 0 £ i 950 9 9 936 18 10 j Ecclesiastical. Bishop of New Zealand and Colonial Chaplain Schools , 50 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 £ 50 0 0 275 0 0 Miscellaneous. Printing Establishment ....;♦;...•........••.... Stationery „ Expenses on Account of Military 0perati0n5 .......... .....;.... Supplies to Natives acting with Troops ... ................. • Militia „... Postages on service . ; ....••«......«... Charitable aid.; ; ; ;;...•• Miscellaneous . . , 94 10 0 49 3 6 1347 13 A 295 0 o 738 2 6 39 5 11 10 4 6 2 10 0 91 5 10 0 0 0 204 14 0 139 18 1 15 9 9 19 8 6 15 10 1 0 0 0 £• 1 2576 9 9 466 6 3 RECAMTULATIOtf. Arrears. Current Expenses. Civil Establishment. < Judicial „ Ecclesiastical and Schools Miscellaneous • *«........*.....' 2494 3 8 950 9 9! 50 0 O! 2576 9 9 2501 17 10 936 18 10 275 0 0 466 6 3 £( """"■ 6071 3 2j 4180 2 11 Audit Office, Charl August 28th, 1846, iES Knight Aaditoi -General,

ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE ON ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OP THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31st MARCH, 1846.

[ Arrears .of previous YearsJ Expenses' of (Current Year.1 .- Civil Establishment. 1-^. < .^QI .1 £ sj d\ £ s. d. Establishment' of ft is Excellency the Governor * Colonial Secretary's Department ;..-••• „ Treasurer's „ ;...' . Audit Department . ... ..,nn* . ..*« .........' • Customs' Department, Auckland • ••••••••••». i • „ „ feusself» ...... Medical }i • »..'.»» .»»».•'•••»'<*«»•»' »•#•■•'• »^»4 »«^» 36 !6 6 6 6 o o o o 000 I I 217 i-2 338 12 209 3 112 W 239 17 99 4 10 0 165 § 134 5 51 4 4 3 & 0 6 4 O 0 4 9 000 000 000 15 6 C 111 17 4 13 15 6 i Harbor „ .*...•.*.... •«...< ..«;.. «rf...« .i.'v. 1 . G6Ve'rnment firig Victoria* ••••• • *.«•• **...< ...*.*.. „ „ Schooner Albert • • • d •« • • ......;... Aborigines Department *<••••••* ...i* ••••#•• *j« ............ Public Works .*..... *...<; ...... ...... ;..; Survey .-•••- .-....■.. .i ....- j „ , 65 1 € 204 2 t 126 3 0 136 8 167 9 259 1 id O' f \ £ 572 15 9; 2141 6 1 Judicial. Supreme Court ••• •••• •• •»••• •.. j. ............. Crown Prosecutions .;....;. ..i... •••••• ••♦;.; ...;.'.' ..i... local Court ••-• ...J.. i»... .;*.... Law Officer & •••• .0... Sheriff and Gaols Police, Auckland •»•••• ••.... •••••• •••••• ••••». „ Russell .•••• „ Hokianga ••••«•• • ..•«•».. 0 0 0 14 2 0 o' o1o 1 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 349 19^ 10 6 18 d 56' 5 0 110 6 0 123 2 6 566 3 p 37 0 y 0 0 0 0 14 C 0 0 0 1 5 9 £ i 16 1 9\ 1249 8 4 i Ecclesiastical ••••••...'.•••<•• «..«. • Schools ' • i.. ...... ..... 150 0 Oj 200 60 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 £ 215 6 0 260 0 0 Miscellaneous. Printing* • ••••• Stationery •* • •••« Military operations .•»• • « Militia •• Postages.... .... ......«••• .{...* * Charitable aid ....... - ••••• • • Manakau Survey i. .■ .....,.....<..,.... Miscellaneous....... •••....••....••..........«.... 0 0 0 58 17 0 226 11 1 55 7 1) 0 3 C 25 8 47 7 104 5 8 17 4 4 9 10 1 0 0 0 14 1 9 11 3 5 2 2 O 9* 20 2 0 £' 370 11 1 223 6 2 i Recapitulation. Arrears. Current Expenses; Civil Establishment ••*• ;..•... Judicial „ ..•••••»• ...... Ecclesiastical and Schools * * Miscellaneous .» ...... ••••. 572 15 9 16 1 9 215 0 0 2141 6 1 1249 8 4 260 0 O 370 11 1 223 6 2 £] 1174 8 7 3874 O 7 Audit Qffice, August 28th', 1846 , , , .Charlbs.Kwig ht, Auditoi -General.^ Note.— The Abstract includes all Expenses of the Second Quarter oi the Year 1840", disbursed in the mdnth" o~f

ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE ON ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 3Gth JUNE, 1846.

Description of Imports. Auckland. 1 Wellington. Russell. Nelson. lW Plymouth. Akaroa. Total. 1841 a. £ s. d. £ s. d. \ £ s. d £ t. d. £ s. d\ £ s. d. A £ *. a Spirits ...... Cigars and Snuff . . . Tobacco, manufactured . Do. unmanufactured Ad Valorem Duty . . . 1893 1 6 2149 9 3 952 16 0 4995 6 9 358 8 9 679 16 2 241 8 3 1279 13 2 2251 10 3 'A Total . . £ ■ — — — -i 2829 5 5 ! 1194 4 3 I " . . 6274 19 11 1842 b. 3880 10 5 110 IS 0 553 8 0 6006 11 6 276 13 0 447 3 0 Spirits Cjgars and Snuff . . . Tobacco, manufactured . 1635 4 6 32 11 0 15 14 0 785 4 0 21 17 6 165 11 0 12307 10 2 441 14 6 1181 16 O 170 17 O Do. unmanufactured Ad Valorem Duty . . . 980 3 0 2252 18 5 890 9 4 363 0 2 c 170 17 0 Total . . £ 2573 18 10' 170 L 7 0 4486 10 11 18588 8 7 5524 14 2 8983 5 111 1335 12 8 1843 d 1764 8 4 6 0 0 407 9 0 1820 6 3 103 11 0 489 14 6 Spirits Cigars and Snuff . . . Tobacco, manufactured . 2653 1 6 83 10 3 873 7 6 3794 9 232 7 1053 3 9 0 0 9432 5 10 425 8 32823 14. 0 » 649' 12 5 6 6 0 2869" 2 4 Do. unmanufactured Ad Valorem Duty . . . 437 18 3 6 6 1448 12 0 8 326 16 1] 655 14 6 c 467 0 0 I B 182 12 5 Total . . £ 4047 17 6 6534 18 5 1904 14 3 t 3069 6 3 467 0 0 ) 182 12 5 > 16206 8 10 1844 f< u. * Spirits ...... Cigars and Snuff . . . Tobacco, manufactured . Do. unmanufactured 1583 8 9 16 8 0 871 14 C 2606 18 9 110 5 0 1022 3 0 14 17 9 I 1141 1 1 66 2 11 307 12 0 15 18 0 1 5331 8 T 201 15 11 HOI 9 6. SO 15 9 1780 3 2 1880' 10 6 i 597 17 3 a 1051 16 3 h 246 14 5 •I 840 16 4 h 481 12 6 Ad Valorem Duty . . I 441 16 11 Total . . £ _> 4604 0 10 1972 10 11 _ 3069 8 6 1051 16 3 481 12 6 246 14 5| 11426 3 5 : 1845 i. 1995 7 8 34 7 6 1034 1 0 1277 10 3 105 1 0 145t) 19 0 Spirits Cigars and Snuff . . . Tobacco, manufactured . Do. unmanufactured Ad Valorem Duty . . . 364 0 0 7 12 9 145 18 0 9 10 0 4 19 0 3646 7 6 152 0 3N 2630 18 O r ,18, 18l > 1 7 1 855 14 4 j a. - 222 0 9 22 1 8 2911 4 5 1 I Total . . , £ 4875 3 5 3689 4 7 739 11 6 36 10 8 ■ 9340 10 2 RECAPrrbLAtfioN. i - - Revenue of Customs for the Year 184-1 . . 11 " 1842 . , » " 1843 . . " " 1844 . , " " 1845 . . 2251 10 I 5524 14 2 4047 17 6 3069 8 6 4575 3 5 2829 5 5 8983 5 11 6534- 18 5 4604 0 10 3689 4 7 1194 4 3 2573 1$ 10 1904 14 S 1051 16 3 ' !■ 1335 12 8 ! 3069 6 3 1972 10 11 1 739 11 6 170 17 0 467 0 0 481 12 6 36 10 8 6274 *J> U 18588 8 7 16206 8 10 11426 3 5 9340 10 2 182 12 246 14 5 5 Total . . ; £ 6724 13 7 h s. r_ I 19768 13 10 26640 15 2 ! 7117 1 1156 0 2 429 6 10 61836 10 It

STATEMENTS OF THE REVENUE OF CUSTOMS COLLECTED AT THE PORTS OF Npw ZEALAND, IN THE YEARS ENDING 31st DECEMBER, FROM 1841 TO 1845 TNDf it'civ*