GENERAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF NEW ZEALAND, ACCOMPANYING THE BLUE BOOK FOR NEW ULSTER FOR 1848.

New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 445, 20 July 1850, Page 2

GENERAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF NEW ZEALAND, ACCOMPANYING THE BLUE BOOK FOR NEW ULSTER FOR 1848.

Copy op a Dispatch from Governor Sir G. Grey, X.C.8., to Earl Grey. Government House, Auckland, July 9, 1849. Mr Lord,— l had hoped by the present opportunity to h«ve transmitted to your Lordship the Blue Books for the provinces of New Ulster ami New Munsieri hut that for New Mn nstcr not having reached me, I think it better no longer to delay forwarding the Bine Book for New Ul-ter, together with my Annual Reyort upon these colonies. 2. In order that this Annual Report may be undrrstood, it is necessary to lake the following view of the present ttite of these colonies. 3. They are composed at present of what may be termed nine principal European lettlements, besides smaller dependencies of theie. The largest of the settlement! contains about seven thou-and (7,000) European inhabitants ; and their total European populftiiou maybe stated at about twenty thousand (20,000) souls. Tbeie settlements are scattered over a distance of about eight hundred (8C0) miles of latitude ; they ate separattd from each other by wide intervals ; and communication, even for penons on honebacki eiists only between three of them. Their inhabitant* are chiefly British subjects, but there are amongst them many Americans, French and Germans. The majority of them have never been trained to the use of arms. The settlert, both in the main colonies and the subordinate dependencies, have occupied (he country in so scattered and irregular a manner, that it would be fou'id impo>.*ible to afford them efficient protection. They are generally without arms, and would probably be deprived of them by the aboriginal population, if they possessed them, at any remote stations. 4 The wide intervals between these European colonies are occupied by a naive race, estimated to consist of one hundred and twenty thousand (120,000) souls, a very large proportion of whom are malei, capable of^ boring arms. These nativei are generally armed with rifles or double-barrelled guns ; they are skilled in the I use of their weapons, and take great care of them 5 they are addicted to war — have repeatedly, in encouh. ters with our troops, been reported by our own officers to be equal to any European troops ; and are such good tactician*, that we never yet succeeded in bring-

ing them to a dcciii»e encounter, they having always availed themselves of the advantage affoided l>y their wilds and fastnesses. Their armed bodies move without any baggage, anj arc attended by the women, who carry potatoes on their backs for the WHrriors, or subsist them by digging fern-root, so that they are ! wholly independent of supplies, and con move and subsist their forces in countries where our troops can- I not live. ! 5. 1 should correct here a popular fallacy which, if ever acted upon, might prove ruinous to these settlementi. H has b«eu customary to compare them to Ihe early American colonies, and the natives of this country to the North American Indians. Theie appears to be no analogy between the irregular manner in which these islands were partially peopled by whalers and persons fiom all portions of the globe and the pilgrim fathers who founded the early settlements in America. An I I have been assured by many excellent and experienced officers, well acquainted with America and th.s coui.tiy, that there is, in a military point of view, no analogy at all between the natives of the two couotriei j the Moaries, both in weapons and knowlekge of the arts of war, a skill in planning and perseverance in carrying out the operations of a lengthened campaign, being infinitely superior to the American Indains In fact, there can be no doubt lhar. they are, for warfare in this ccuntry, eveu better equipped tlun our own troops. 6. Those natives, from the positions which they occupy between all the settlements, can choose their own p.'iat of aiiaoL, and might even si mislead the most wary Government as to their intended operations as. to lender it extremely difficult to tell at what point j they i tended to strike a blow. They c»n move iheh foices with rupidi'y an I seciecy from onp point of the country to another ; whilst from the total absence ot roads, the impassable natuie of the country, ami the uf er want of supplies, it is impossible to move a Europe 'n force mort. tlian a tew miles into the interior from any settlement. 7. The natives, moraover, present no point at which they can be attacked, or agamic which operations can be canned on. Finding now that we can readily destroy their pas or fortifications, they no longer construct them, but live in sca'tered villages round which they have their cultivations, and these they can abandon without difficulty or serious loss, being readily received and fed by any friendly tribe to whom they may repair. They thus present no vulnerable point. Amongst th°in are large numbers of lawless spit its, who ate too ready for the sake of excitement and the hope of plunder, to follow any predatory chief. To assist in anything which might be regarded as a national war, there can be little doubt that almost every village would pour forth its cbifcf* and its population. 8. With these characteristics of courage and warlike vagrancy, ihe Moaries present, howoer, othtr remaikable traits <>f character. Nearly the whole nation has now been converted to Christianity. They are fond of agricul'ure— take great pleasure in cattle and horsts— like the sea, and form good sailors ; are attached to Europeans, admire their customs and m.inners — are extremely ambitious of rising in civilizuion, and of becoming skilled in European arts ; they are apt at learning ; in many respects extremely conscientious and observant of their woid ; are ambitious of honors, and aie probably the most covetous race in the world. They are a'so agreeable in manners, and attachments of a lasting character readily and frequently spring up between them and the Europeans. 9. A consideration of these circuit stances will, I think, lead to the conclusion that any attempt to form, in those portions of these islands which are densely peopled by the natives, the ordinal y European settlements, the inhabitants of which produced all they required, and were wholly independent of the native race, must end in failure. The natives in the vicinity of such a set.leintnt, finding themselves excluded from all community of prosperity with its inhabitants, would soon form lawless bands of bordeers, who, if they did not Bpeedily sweep away the settlement, would yet by their constant incursions so hair, as and impoverish its inhabitants, that they would, ceitainly soon withdraw to some of the neighbouring Australian settle* ments, where they could lead a life of peace and freedom from f>uch incursions. Upon the other hand, however, it would appear that a race such as has been described could be easily incorporated into any Bri'ish settlement with mutual advantage to both races ; the natives supplying agricultural produce, poultry, pigs, and a constant supply of labour (a though yet rude and unikilled), whilst, upon the other hund, the Europeans would supply the various manufactured goodß required by the natives, and provide for the manifold wants created by tbeir increasing civilization. Such a class of settlements might easily grow into prosperous communities, into which the natives, with characters softened by Christianity, civilization, and a taste for previously unknown luxuries, would readily be absorbed. 10. The questions to be solved have therefore been, how to induce the natives cordially to assi t in the attempt to create so desirable a state of things, and bow to provide the funds requisite for governing so many isolated settlements, sptead over so vast a tiact of difficult country, the intervals between which are occupied by so warlike a race, over whom it was necessary to exercise some control? It is worthy of remark here, that the united population of New Zealand is at large as that of New South Wales has, until tery recently, been ; and that it is a population from ts mixed Hnd peculiar elements, infinitely more difficult to govern than that of New South Wales, whilst the cost of the machine of government is greatly increased from the number of the settlements and their distance from each other. In point of fact, the several settlements are distinct colonies, and both in the difference of feelings and interests of Europeans, and of the respective, native tribes inhabiting each, differ much mqre widely from each other than many British colonies do. It appears therefore that it wou'd be imprudent and unjust to attempt to draw any parallel in these respects between New Zealand and any qther British colonial possession. 11. In carrying out any plan having for its object the amalgamation ot the two races, the following difficulties lave, until recently, presented themselves :— Isily — Hostile encounters had taken place between the settlers and the natives in the south of New Zealand, and between Her Majesty's forces and the natives in the northern portion of the countiy, iv all of which the number of killed and wounded on our side had been comparatively so large, and the loss of the enemy so small, that they had been led to form an exaggerated notion of their own prowess and strength, and a desire of emu'ating the example of those chiefs who were imagined by their.countrymen to have gained great successes, bad excited a. spit it of exultation and dissatisfaction throughout the greater portion of the is'ands ; so that whilst a rebellion was actually raging in one portion of the islands, it was too probable that the natives would speedily break out into similar excesses in other portions of them. 2»dly— Duputes existed between the settlers and the natives in various places regarding their respective rights to certain lands. These disputes, relating to the personal inteiests of the parties concerned, created between them a feeling of hostility and bitterness which was gradually raising race pgainst iacc, and

which threatened ultimately to become a feeling which could only be put a stop to be the extermination of one party or the other. 3rdly — As a ntcessary result of the difficulties existing under the two previous heads, the levenue had almost disappeared, and by Hie iisue of paper money a large debt had been contracted; there was thus an absence of the funds uquisite for the re-estab-lishment of order and good government, whilst the settlers had also, to a great extent, lost all confiJence in their future prospects, and were in a disheartened and desponding condition. 4thly— A very great difficulty had been created by the Crown's right of pre-emption having bsen waived in favour of certain individuals over large tracts of land, and by the inordinate demands of other persons to extensive tracti of country having been entertained by the Govemmi nt, the result of which was that a party of land claimants had been cnlled into existence who made demand* so extravagant and illegal that no government could accede to them, nor did it appear practicable to make a settlement of these claims, even upon the most liberal basis, without incurring for the Government such a degree of hostility from a large number of persons as would prubab y exceedingly embnrrass and impede any subsequent administrations. 12. In determining the line of policy the Government should pur«ue in reference to the first clasf, of thp difficulties abovenanied— that is, in reference to »he war which exis'ed m New Zealand, and the rebellion ! which appeared likely to break out—the following considerations seemed naturally to present themselves :— I 13. It appeared to be clearly the duty of the Government, in a firm and decided manner, to crush the exiting rebellion , and to put down without delay any disturb mce- which might afterwards break out; but yet it also seemed clear that its ruling line of policy should be, not to embaik in any operations in which an absolute certainty did nit exist of a speedy and complete sdcress ; and lather to del-»y engaging in hostilities which might appear necessary, than hurriedly embark in any contest the result of which could not be foieseen. 14. Indeed, delay in engaging in hostilities was, wbeiever practicable, obviously the first duty of the government of this territoiy. No knowledge of the country of such a nature as to enable an officer to move with certainty a body of tioopi even to a few miles from any of the settlements, was possessed by the Government. The number of persons who possessed a competent knowledge of the native language was «o few that it was impossible to secure the services of the requisite number of interpreter!. The two races had so recently been brought into close contact that their ignorance of their respective appearance, of their language, customs and manners, rilled them with mutual distrust, whilst their disputes in relation to land, embittered their fee'injs of hostility. It appeared very probable that as the two races became more accustomed to each other — as their knowledge of each other's language and customs increased, and as their private diflerences were adjuited, so would all necessity for war and conflict between them wear eway ; whilst, should these anticipations of a delay in military operations rendtrmg a war unnecessary, prove correct, it would clearly have been an uncalled-for measuie of severity to hurry on a cmtest with the natives. Ami in the case of each individual who fell in such a conflict, it might have been said that from his ignorance a man had been destroyed whom a few months' enlightenenment would have rendered a good subject, a valuable consumer of British tnanufactuied goods, and a contributor to the revenue. The loss to Great Britain by engaging in an unnecessary war would also h<ive been great; every 100 soldiers that had fallen must have cost at least £10,000. Moreover, Great Britain, in disptitchitig two regiments to this couutry, had made great exertions which it could not continue to repeat without considerable inconvenieuce to the public service. Yet even a very few falie movements might have entailed so considerable a loss upon the simll force in this count) y as to have rendered large and continued rein- j forcemeats necessary. It is perhaps not too much to say, that during a considerable period of time any signal failure in un operation which hid been entered upon, would have led to a iimultaneous and almost general rising, the effects and cost of which may easily be conceived. 15. It was also certain th it even if the anticipations which had been formed of the benefits which might spuug to both races from delaying military opera 1 ions had not beeu realised, and it had proved ultimately necessary toembaik in a war, yet that each month's delay, by increasing oui knowledge of the country and of the native language, and by enabling us to complete our roads and to conso idate our establishments, would be of the greatest advantage to Great Britain, by enabling it to enter on the contest with greater means and more certainty of succesu. 16. Mercy, justice, and prudence, all, appeared therefore to point to delay as the general lule on which the Government should act. This, line of policy has therefore bten in all instances unswervingly pursued, and the result has quite equalled the anticipat ; on which might leasonably have been formed ; for whilst the rebellion which existed and the disturb inces which naturally sprung from tlut rebellion bave been in all instances crushed, the total loss, of all ranks, sus tamed on our side through so long a period of time has amounted to only 28 killed and 53 wounded ; and in ai far as human judgment can form an estimate of such matters, no probability ex su of any extensive rebellion ever hereafter bieaking out in the country ; and even should such disturbances again unhappily break out. our knowledge of the country is now so much more accurate, our alliances with the natives have become so much more numerous, our military roads have been so far completed, the number of persont acquainted with the native language and customs so increased, and the natives' supplies of arms and ammudition ha*e been so much diminished, that we should enter on suv,h a contest with infinitely greater advantage than we formerly possessed. 17. The efforts which have been made by the Government of this country for the removal of the second class of difficulties alluded to, were of two kindi :— Ist— The resumption of the Ciown's right of preemption, which had unfortunately been abandoned, I and— 2nd— The adjustment of many of the almost innumerable land questions which existed. The task of resuming the Crown's light of pre-emption appeared to be one of great difficulty and danger, but tue natural good sense of the natives, and their continuallyincreasing confidence in the Government, have rendered its accomplishment much less difficult than was anticipated. The various steps which have been taken for the adjustment of the disputes in reference t> land have been so tully detailed in ibe Deipatches from the various authorities, and the large mass of documents which have been transmitted to the Home Government, that it may be unnecessary to say more than, that with very few trifling exceptions, every land question in the southern povince hat been already disposed of, whilst in the northern province nearly aU question! connected with land* has been also arranged, with the exception of those which, resting upon grauts issued by the Crown, can only be dealt with, by our Courts iv the ordinary manner.

18. The measures taken to remedy the difficultiei detailed under the third head— namely, the want of a revenue, -the exigence of a depreciated paper currency, and the failure which had taken place iti the confilence and expectations of the settler*, have also all been fully detailed in the Despatches which relate to those subjects. Tlie objects contemplated by the Government, in reference to theae su v jects, may be generally stated to have been the imposition of duties which, by a system of indirect taxiHon, might raise from the native as well as from the European population a revenue winch would iccrrase with every sue cessive step of their advancement, and yearly yield the means for thHr more efficient control and government, whilst in aid of and in connexion with theie plans, the depreciated paper currency was partly withdrawn, and the remaining poitionof it wis conVtrted into a funded debt. 19. In order to remedy, as fur as possib'e, thp evil enumerated under the 4h head — namely, the difficultirs which hud been created by the Crown's right of pre-emption having beeii waned in favour of cerlatn individuals over large trac.s of land, and the claims of others having been entertained ta enormous tracts of country, every efYjrt bus been made to adjust these claims upon the most liberal terms, and to carry out these arran^emrnts in the most conciliatory manner ; this being, however, one of those c^ses in which individuals have been led to form extravagant ex|iect<*iions which it was impossible for any Government to lealize, no efforts could probably have prevented much disappointment and bitterness of feeling ensuing, ami it is probable that nothing but time can completely c adicate this evil, although from the settlement of so large a number of these claims, and frim the arrivil ot so many disinterested peisons in the colony, the p oportionale number of individuas whose expectations have been disappointed, is gradually decreasing, and their influence, a 5a 5 a party, will soon cia&e to be tell. 20. But little would, however, have been accomplished if the Government had confined itself simply to an attempt to remove the various evils under which these islands were labouring. It was nectssary that I active measures should at the same time be taken, without delay, for the amalgamation of the two race* ; that the confidence of the natives should be won ; that they should be inspired with a taste for the comfoits and conveniences of civilzed life ; that they shouU be led to abandon their old habits ; that the chiefs should be induced to renounce iheir right of declaiing peace and war ; and that the whole of the native race should be led to abandon their barbarous model of deciding disputes and administering justice, and should be induced for the future to resort to our Courts fur the a ljustment of their differences and the punishment of their offenders. 21. Thoroughly to accomplish a change of this nature would requite a long stries of years and a succession of generations. 22. The utmost, therefore, that any government could hope to do was, to establish institutions which might imperceptibly but certain'y lead to so complete a change of manners in a barbarous nalion as was contemplated ; and to secure these institutions by such laws and by such a constitution as appeared to afford a reasonable guarantee for their perpetuity, the first step to be taktn to ensure these ends appealed to be, to convince the natives that our laws wsre better than their own, as affoiding mire perfect security for life and property, and a much more ready meins of adjusting differences which might arise either between natives and Europeans or amongst natives themselves. 23. To attain theie ends, the Resident Magistrate's Ordinance was passed, and Mixed Couits were constituted for the settlement of disputes betwixt natives. At the same time a comiderable number of their young chiefs and most promising young men were enrolled in an armed police force, and thus habituated to act as actual administrators in the lowest offices of the law, and were made acquainted with the practical adminis* tration of the law in our inferior Courts. Th.s latter measure, at the time it was introduced, excited unbounded ridicule, yet probably no measure has been so totally successful in its results. The native armed police force has furnished gallant men who have led our skirmishing parties, and who have fallen like good soldiers in the discharge of their duty ; and it has furnshed intelligent, sober, and steady constables, whose services, ui.der various circumstances, have been found of great utility. The actual result ot the two meaeuies combined is sufficiently attested by the number and importance of the casss in which natives were concerned which have been recently decided by our tribunals, to which until lately the natives never resorted. I 24. To bring this natives under the influence of the Government, and to gain their confidence and attach- j ment, varions u easures have been resorted to by the j Government. Hospitals h-ve been established in the principal districts to which boih race* have been equally j admitted, and in which they have been tended with I equal care ; savings banks have been instituted for the benefit of both rsces ; a considerable uumber of natives I have been employed in the minor offices of the Govern- I ment establishments ; pensions have been conferred on thoie chiefs who, during the n.st rebellion, were most distinguished by their gallantry fiedehty and devotion to the British cause. Large numbers of natives have been employed on public works and in the construction of roads — thereby securing to the colony the advantage of excellent lines of communicuion, whilst from the discipline maintained amongst those employed upon public woiks— those works tormed, in tact, industrial schools, in which the natives were trained to European habits of order and obsdienci: — | were accustomed to use Europoin tools in»te«»d of i their own rude implements, and were thus gradually trained to become useful labourers for the colonists. The natives have also been encouraged to pursue im* proved modes of husbandry— to construct mills, to acquire vessels, to attend to the breeding of cattle and horses ; and a newspaper u fortnightly published by the Government, for the purpose of giv'.ng them useful information and plain practical directions on all those points to which the Government is anxious they should direct their attention. 25. These various measures may be, however, said to aim only at the present improvement and advancement of the native race, and to make no adequate provision for their continual advancement in the arts of civilized life, and tor the education of the native children upon such a system that they might have a prospect of standing on terms of equality with the European lace, and of understanding and speaking their language, 26. Fortunately, the task of the Government in this respect has been an easy one. There existed in this country three missions, established by different Christian denominations, amongst whom there is, perhaps, »u emulation as to which sh 11 achieve the greatest amount of good ; and it may reasonably be doubted whether at any period of the world there has existed in one countsy, amongst so large a number of men who had devoted themselves to the holy calling of a missionary, so many persons who were eminently qualified by piety, ability, and zaal to discharge the function! of the office upon which they had entered : the result has been, that these gentlemen, scattered throughout the countiy, have exercised an influe cc without which all the measures adopted by the Government

would have produced but littl» eflect. Won by their teaching, the natives have al.uost ns an entire race embraced Christianity, and have abandoned the most revolting of their heathen customs. Instructed by the missionaries, piobably a greater proportion of Ihe population than in any country in Europo are able to read apd write ; and encouraged by the precept and example of the same »en.lemen, they have, in all parts of the islands, nude considerable prognss in the rougher branches of civilized life. The Government, therefore, in estubl Bbing schools, thought it most desi able not to attempt to set up <x *y:>ttm of its own, which might have required years for its development (during which ft veneration nii»ht have melted away, and an opportunity have been lost which could never be recalled), but rather to join its exertions to those of the missionaries, and to endeavour, win at it estabj lished its own educational institutions, to render the system of the missionaries more complete and effertive than hitherto. It therefore provided considerable funds which should be set apait for educitional purposes, but determined that these funds should be applied under the direction of the heads of the different denominations who had missions established in New Zealand; it bein- provided tlwt the feveral institutions which received any portion of these funds should be conducted upon the industiinl iystem — ■ that the English language should be taught there, und that a sound religious education should he imparted to the pupils. Provision was also made for the appointment by Government of inspectors who will examiua into the state of the schools, .»nd will ascertain that the various requirements which aic imposed by the laws relating to these institutions are strictly complied with. 27. All these measures appealed calculated to secure a permanent and constantly • increasing, instead of a scanty and superficial, civilization for the native population ; and in order still further to inciease the chances of success, tfto laws were pissed, the first of which prohibited the intivts fiom procuring arms or ammunition, and the seond of which debarred them from the use of spirituous liquors. These regulations appeared stringent- and likely to create discontent ; but it was thougbt pr> babe that, united wilb. so many o'her. measures of a character which were agreeable to the natives, and clearly calculated to promote their welfare, th ir strong natural good sense would lead them tosee that these more distasteful restrictions had originafed in the same care for t'.eir welfare as had suggested the other portions of the system, and the resulc has jus'ified the anticipations which were formed, as they have, without compla nt, acquiesced in these regulations, und generally and cheerfully acknowledged their bentficial tendency. 28. In the course of the past 18 months the natives have, on several occasions, shown in the most sinking manner their increasing confidence in our institutions, and their knowledge of the rights they have g»in«d by their iucorporation into the Bntish Empire, by carefully considering the effect that proposed measures are likely to have upon thur future welfare, and by evincing their gratitude or dissatisfaction by forwarding congratulatory addressei for benefits received, or by transmitting- memorials against proposed measures to the Queen, on whose justice and desire to promote tbeir welfare they evidently relied, with the most implicit confidence. 29. The most cursory consideration of the lar^e number of objects which the Government proposed to itself, in carrying out the aystem of policy which has just been detailed, must have shown that it relied upon receiving, at least for some yean, considerable moni=d assistance from some extraneous source, until the improvement which might naturally be lookod for in the internal traffic and external commerce of the colony had so far improved the revenue that it would suffice to delray the necessary expendituie of the Go« vernment. 30. Such assistance 'was, in point of f«cr, most generously supp'ied by the Impen.il Parliament, and it hence became an important object for the local Government so to conduct the financial operations of the colony that it might, at the earliest possible ptnod, dispense with the assistance which was afforded to if, and thus cease to be a burden upon the Parent State which had so liberally aided it during its early struggles This end may be said to be so far attained^ that in the ensuing year the lesources of the country will suffice to def.ay the whole of its expenditure with the exception of £15,000, if the proposed _ financial operations are approved of which were detailed in the Despatch named in the margin, whilst, as in each succeeding year, an increase of revenue may bu looked for, and no corresponding increase in the expenditure will be requisite, the amount of ussistnn c received from Great Britain can be still further rapidly diminished in each yenr subsequent to 1830. 31. In ord-r that every gu.uantes might be aff rded that the state of prosperity to winch these colonies were attaining might have a chaiactcr of penn-msuey, it was still necessaiy that institutions should be devised nhicli would ultimncly cons itute a /jrm of Government whicli was likely to be adapted to the cir« cunntancfs of this counfcty, and to be satisfactory !o its, mixed and pecu'iar popu'aiion. It also appeared to be a matter of groat importance, that (ontitioal advances should be roadtJ towards such institutions, bo tint th-ir iniruluctiou u.ight be gradual, and that they ruifthr, m it iveio, imperceptibly grow with the growth of trie olony. 32. Such a form of institutions had alieady in their main outline been sketched by your Lordship, and tliese in their nia'ii features presented a constitution than which nothing battiT could be devised heie, although alterations in the details appealed necessary to adapt them to this country, and to the feelings of the inhabitants. These alterations were made, and the form of constitution which appeared best adipted to New Zealand was fully repoited on in the Despatches named in the margin, whilst several steps piepanilory to their introduction have already been taken in this country, and in point of fact, with the exception that the Assemblies, instead of bsing elective, aie nominated by the Croivn ; the proposed system may be said already to be in fu 1 operation n: New Zealand. The great dror which the Local G^i-inment is in this respect thought by one party in the c 'lony to have committed, is, too great a delay in introducing the elective principle. It may, perhajs, upsn the other hand, be uiged that, looking to the peculiar condition and population of this C-tiutiy, it is better to err oa the side of piudeuce, and not to incur the risk o\ the feaiful evils which would ensue from another rebellion for the Eake of acquiring one or two years eit ltei that which must certainly within so short a peiiod bu obtained. 33. The foregoing sketch of the palioy which has been pursued by the locil G ivernment, and the reason* upon uhich that policy has been based, will probably, when taken in conjunction wittx the various Despatches which I have written upon ih j several subjects alludfid to (»nd which fi 1 up the present outline), firm so complete an exposition of the lectmt proceedings of the Government in these colonies as will make jour Lordship fully to understand the returns contained in the Blue iiook for New Ulster. I can only trust that 1 have not omitted to forward infoiiiutiou upon any subject which jour L 'idihip may deem important, For continuation sec Supplement.

[Continued from third page.] although amongst so large a mass of matter it is difficult not to fall into the error of too hastily passing over subjects which may be only imperfectly understood in En:jlai.d. I have, &c, G. GREY. The Right Hon. Earl Grey, &c. &c. &c. P.S.— I this morning received from the LieutenuntGovernor of New Munster a copy of the Blue Book for that piovince, together wiih the usual Annunl Report ; it is fortunately, therefore, still in my power to forward these documents to your Louiship, together with the Blue Book for New Ulster. G. G.

July 10, 1849. [Appended to this Despatch are Returns of the b -Uiiers stamen, and pioneeis, killed and woauded in New Zealand from March 4, to July 2, 1845, and from January 11, 1846, to July 20, 1847. The numbers are — in the former period, killed, 57: wounded, 114:— in the latter, killed, 28; wounded, 53: — making a total of killed 85, wounded, 167.]