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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 690, 13 March 1852, Page 3

At a meeting held at the Court House, Nelson, which was very numerously attended, H. Saxton, Esq., was called to the chair, when the following resolutions were adopted ■ —

Proposed by Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Seymour, and carried unanimously — “ That this meeting, without expressing any opinion as to the expediency or inexpediency of the terms for sale of land established by the Local Government upon the surrender of the New Zealand ompany’s charter, is of opinion that the Terms of Purchase of land issued by the Company on the Ist August, 1849, are utterly unsuited to the circumstances of the colony, and opposed to the wishes of the settlers of Nilson.” Proposed by Mr. Travers, seconded byMr. Beauchamp, and carried by a large majority—‘‘That this meeting is of opinion that the Rules and Regulations for depasturing cattle outside Hundreds on waste lands of the Crown, latily issued by the Governor-in-Chief, are rot suited to the wants of settlers within the settlement of Nelson, and that the Terms of Pasturage of land issued by the late New Zealand Company on the Ist of August, 1849, offer a great boon to the owners and occupiers of land, and this meeting, without pledging itself that these terms are not susceptible of improvement, is of opinion that they should be adopted by the settlers of Nelson.” The following memorial founded on the previous resolutions, was subsequently drawn up, and has been very numerously signed:— To His Excellency The Govebnor-in-Chief of New Zealand. rhe humble memorial of the undersigned intauitants of the settlement of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, shewetb :— ■ 1 hat your memorialists are of opinion that i ‘ . y. rrn s for purchase of land issued by the ißdci eW j^ ea ? an d Company, on the Ist August *l9,| and which have been declared by law to e still m force, are unsuited to the circumatices of this settlement, and the same are utalhts t 0 th® w ’ s^es your memoriat your memorialists are of opinion the “ New Zealand Company’s Land , mailt s Ordinance,” passed in the last 7„^i 0n ,°f. th® Legislative Council for New af a V nd - 1S ca lculated to set at rest in ,i . r > equitable, and advantageous manner for eS } S t' l ' B set, lement, the long unsetv * and question,” and the same having v , approved of at a public meeting, held in 185] S ° n on Monday, the Bth day of September, a j ’ convened for the purpose of considering Pro t s lsc H s ?’ n B die same, and being also ap- !■ ]. , by your memorialists, your memo bm l “- e des * r °us that it should be forthwith ,nto operation within this settlement. the ] lat y°ur memorialists are of opinion that ohiJa i and re Bulations for depasturing cattle latel • hundre ds, on waste lands of the Crown, t n J ’^ u , ed under the provisions of the Crown suit a S i’ na ? ce > No. 1, Session 10, are unanria/ ° t le c ’ rcu mstances of this settlement, . the same are utterly opposed to the wishes °‘ y°ur memorialists. H. ’ 1 hat your memorialists are of opinion tha, Naw 6 '/* 19 ! P urc hase of land issued by the lat' _ w Zealand Company on the Ist August

1849,. and which have been declared by law to be still in force, and have been approved of by a public meeting, held in Nelson on Monday, the Ist.March, 1852, convened for the purpose of considering and discussing the same, offer a great boon to the owners and occupiers of land within this settlement, and your memorialists, without pledging themselves that those terms of pasturage .are not susceptible of improvement, are desirous that the same may be forthwith brought into operation within this settlement.