ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the New Zealand Spectator. Wellington, 24th February, 1848.
Sir,— ln the •' Practical Man," Ed. IS4I, p. 159, your readers will find directions to " ascertain the distance of an inaccessible object, by only using four sticks." The correct solution of the problem depends upon the formation of certain right lines and right angles, for which see the book. It seems at present that justice to those who have purchased land from the New Zealand Company is " an inaccessible object, and that its distance cannot be ascertained." For, let Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company Mr. Edward Jerningham Wakefield, and Mr. Commissioner Cqwell be the four slicks, and it is manifestly impossible to form with them such right lines and right angles as are necessary for the purpose. They are all too sharp, and the shareholders must look out, for these sticks cut both ways. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, O.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 269, 26 February 1848, Page 3
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162ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the New Zealand Spectator. Wellington, 24th February, 1848. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 269, 26 February 1848, Page 3
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