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colonial secretary s umce, /lucKiani 14th May, 1852. HHENDERS will be received at this odic -*l until noon of Tuesday the 18th instant foe supplying TABLES and FORMS lor ih Native Feast to take place on Her Majesty' Bmh-day. Particulars as to the extent of accommoda tion lequired can be obtained upon applicatioi at the office of the Native Secretary. By His Excellency's command, Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secietary COLONIAL BANK OF ISSUE. Total amount of Notes in circulation at th Office of the " Colonial Bank of Issue," a Auckland, on the first day of May 185.?, being the close of the preceding fou weeks : — £5 and upward:? •• £2,82< Under £5 2,80 Total £5,62( Total Amount of Coin held by the same offic on the same day :— Gold £4,26! Silver 22! Total £4,45< I, Alexander Shepherd, the Colonial Treasurer, do hereby certify that the above is a trui account, as required by the Ordinance, No. lC Session 8. A, Shepherd, Colonial Treasurer Dated this 3rd day of May, 1852. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland 14th May, 1852. HIS Excellency the Lieutenant-Governoj has been pleased to direct that, fo general information, the following Letter bi published, and with reference thereto, that i be notified that he has authorized the sum o Five Pounds to be paid to each of the Chiefs Brown and Busby, as a token of his appro^ bation of their humane and praiseworthy con duct on the occasion referred to. By His Excellency's command, Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secietary Auckland, May Ist, 1852, Sir — Believing that it would be the wish o: His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor U confer a reward upon a deserving native chiei for humane and hospitable treatment to th* officers and crew of a shipwrecked vessel, anc for honesty and integrity towards the owners ol the wreck, I do myself the honour to request thai you will have the goodness to 1 ring under the consideration of His Excellency the treatment experienced by myself, officers, and crew, in the case of the lecent wreck of the whaling biig Maukiu, of this port. Having been driven ashore in the tremendous gale of the sixth of March last, near North Cape, we saw no natives for three days during which time we succeeded in saving some provisions, sails, and other things, with which we made tents, and encamped. On the third day, a native who was travelling espied the wreck and our encampment, came down, and remained a short time with us. His visit was the same evening followed by the artival of about foity men, and a number of women and children. These people displayed the most friendly disposition, and when I wanted a guide towards Auckland, Brown, the chief at Pahrengarenga, furnished me with one. I immediately travelled across to Ahipara, and as soon as the native chief, Busby, heard of my anival there, he came over from Kaitaia, and the next day started for the wreck, where his presence was very beneficial. During my absence the natives invited the officers and men to remove their camp to the settlement at Pahrengarenga, about three miles distant, where they would be much more com fortable, and the chief, to ensure the safety of the property left behind, tabooed the place, so that no native should go there unaccompanied by one of the ship's people. Prior to the removal of the camp, the mate observed that the lead of the ship's scuppers had been cut out of he wreck, of which he complained, when it ivas immediately restored. When removing to the settlement, every one >f the natives, male and female, came to assist n carrying the tents, provisions, &c, over three mles of most difficult country, without stipulaing for fee or reward. During the entire stay of the party at the vreck, and at the settlement, only one theft of my kind was committed by a native ; this was \i a small quantity of sugar, not worth a shiling. On a complaint being made to the :hief, the thief was brought before him, and a dud of semijudicial investigation was conducted vith great deliberation and care, and, upon conaction, the culpiit was sentenced by Busby to )ay to the officer in command the sum of wenty-four shillings. This the mate declined o accept, being satisfied that the authority exircised by Busby would prevent similar ocnirrences. On the whole, Sir, I think it my duty, knowng as I do the faie that too often awaits shipvrecked mariners on the coasts of countries >rofessedly civilized, to place on record this intance of conduct of the native New Zealanders n like circumstances ; and this at such a [istance from any European Settlement, that, lad they chosen to have taken not only our >roperty, but our lives, totally unarmed as we vere, prevention would have been impossible, md, from the nature of the country, impunity ilmost certain. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, Robert J. Eames, Late master of the "Maukin." ["he Honourable The Colonial Secretary.

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