NEW ZEALAND. House of Commons, August 21.

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NEW ZEALAND. House of Commons, August 21.

On the vote of £20,000 for the charge of the colony of New Zealand. Mr. Gladstone was anxious to know , whether he was right in supposing that it was the intention of the Colonial Department to recognize and act upon the treaty of Waitangi in respect to the right of the natives to land, for be conceived that the acquiring land from the natives in a fair way was ihe only mode of securing the peace and promoting the prosperity of the settlement of New Zealand. Mr. Hawei replied that the native right in land, under the treaty of Waitangi, would be respected. Some conversation followed, chiefly between Mr. Gladstone and Mr.- Hawes, across the table, in consequence of a remark of Mr. Hume that the present ought to be the' last year of such a charge as this for New Zealand, the proper rule being, that as soon as representative government was established in any c.olony, ;he grant for its general civil expense should cease. It was stated by Mr. Hawes that there must be partial and temporary exceptions to such a rule ; Mr. Gladstone expressed a desire that any such exceptions should proceed upon clear and defined principles. — The vote was agreed to.