THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLONY AND THE EARLY SETTLERS.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Mr. E. Jeruingham Wakefield, in'letters to your journal last week, dwells upon the formation of a Literary Society, “for the effctual commemoration, by literary record, by permanent monument, or both, of the systematic foundation of this colony, in 1839-40 ana succeeding years;” and to tho-“formation of a provisional committee,” &c. What I understood of Mr, Wallace’s proposition, made at the anniversary banquet, was that the Legislature of the colony should, be asked to consider the just claims of the practical founders of the colony ; and to give grants of land to colonists and families who in the first days of the colony cleared the way for those who are now reaping the benefit of their early struggles. Some of the members of the General Assembly should form the committee, i.e., select committee, to carry out Mr. Wallace’s views. Early Settler.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4333, 8 February 1875, Page 2
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153THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLONY AND THE EARLY SETTLERS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4333, 8 February 1875, Page 2
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