New Zealand's jubilee 1840—1890 (2024)

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declaration[...]1801 settlement at
New South Wales had increased to about
5500 souls, At present the entire European[...]mselves
adrift from the British Empire. And it is to
2 noted that these three and a-quartet
millions do not @onsist of such a mixture of
races as is to be found. in America: the
population is ma[...]

One act of
‘ever, served still more clearly to fe
pendence of New Zealand. te 1834
to have

urchase, in

orth Island, =

ler a conf d a[...]chief,
R. Bourke, Governor of New
he transmitted to ¢h English
bent & proposal for establishing a
i[...]re approved, and a flag having |
I a and declared to be the “ Nati
lag Of New Zealand,” this flag[...]j
salvo of 21 guns by HLM Alligator, w!
happened to be there at the time. J
clearly proves that up to and ineludin
the 28th January, ), the Islands of[...]ritannia,
lington was then named, had any n
right to assume that its settlement con
tuted these island[...]warm of Britis
t Boulogne assume #J
town acquired to
ain the sovereignty over France a
British colony,[...]with for Accord:
others, when tk forefathers came to N
Zealand they found the land thinly poy
lated with ‘a short and plump,
phystoally inferior to themselves, ea
M and many circ*mstances tend

tha[...]whieh
migration was effected, especially wif
gard to those which conveyed the prog
tors of the Aucklan[...]the remainder proce d
Maketu. This canoe is said to have bro
over from Hawaiki certain stone ima
othe[...]hest veneration, one of which,
smaller, was given to Sir George Grey
years back, and is now in the Auc[...]Hongi Hika in his Rotorua.
and the other.is said to have been carr!
at the same time by a tohu[...]

The Kurahaupo carried the ancestors[...]e of the
natives occupying the country around and to
the north of the Bay of Islands.

a as dragged on[...]imilar period.

forefathers ci
all be found to cove

DECLINE OF THE MAORI RACE.

The isthmus of[...]s of this description, varying in
height from 150 to 642 feet, were within six
miles of the centre of[...]with in-
vaders from Kaipara, and from this time to
the era of colonisation destructive warfare
was k[...]imes
than they were when they first became known.
to European voyagers, even long ere the era
of colon[...]d, and
ladders of terraces drawn up, we must come
to the conclusion that the inhabitants of the
forts,[...]s such a terrible
name among the earlier visitors to the shores
of New Zealand was not so much their r[...]ism, and this also caused the Maoris them-
selves to be very timid in casual meetings
with alien tribe[...]e but
a blood relation. »

The earliest visitors to the islands had sad
experience of this dreadful p[...]eivili-
sation and missionaries all bear witness to

the universal prevalence of cannabalism in
New. Zealand up to year 1842. These
oamuatie proportion, Hong[...]

‘at the hands pee
“The captives were[...]d heads
‘were stuck on short poles

' vis-a-vis to their captors, who
yes pause in their feasting to
the most insulting ex-

‘during the Rotorua war[...]in 1842,
, with forty picked warriors,
the Thames to Tauranga, sur-
18 P ro, and killed or enslaved
"[...]ad no

t ein a purely native quarrel,

ny attempt to arrest him (Taraia)
make matters worse. The
Pa th[...]the road leading, from =

TO

Tauranga to Oropi, on the way to Ohinemu
For miles after leaving Tauranga every hi[...]tumoetai and Te Pa
When the missionaries returned to T;
ranga, after an absence of ten days on
they were surprised to, find Te Papa d
stroyed, its chief killed, and ab[...]e of Ngatimarus.
twenty-five persons, who managed to
out of the pa when the attack was
escaped.

But o[...]tihona against the Ngatiwhakaue,
lasted from 1836 to 1889, with varying.
cess and great slaught[...]

nee has been made to the European
nt in the Bay of Islands now bearing[...]lers, beach-combers, and
ded from their eg merely to
Whey riotous living fora few days, ae
constituted[...]o cast in
their lot with the Maoris, we the first to
implant the seeds of civilisation in the
native race, and of these the whalers
generally allowed to have exer
sed the most beneficial influence They[...]land in
1840—men, as we have before stated, not to
be confounded with the riotous liberty men
of Kor[...]est
families of the land, and froma tact peculiar
to native women, these whalers’ wives gener-
ally[...]he
whalers, on the other hand, are acknow-
ledged to have exercised a beneficial in-
fluence on the ab[...]ed in native
huts, The whalers taught their wives to
sew, cook, and keep themselves clean, and
they in[...]Maoris owes to the lessons taught by these

5

7 ii
THE MISSI[...]Williams stated that
the natives were insensible to the neces-
sity of redemption as brutes,” and i[...]after 1830 the efforts of
the missionaries seemed to be rewarded with
success. In 1838 theChurch Missi[...]hundreds of thousands of acres, they pro-
fessed to fear lest unscrupulous Europeans
might buy up the whole country, and reduce
the natives to beggary. To prevent tl lire
misfortune—or at least such was[...]forwarded “a deed of trast of lant a
belonging to natives” to the Governor of New
South Wales, and to the Secretary of the =
Church Mission Society, wi[...]ustees for all the lands
of New Zealand, in order to “ preserv
from the intrigues of designin[...]

any was fo[...]November, 1839, Mr.

ernor of the still unrecog-

to the Secretary for
Palmerston, urging the

ption o[...]ch of the Aurora with
‘of company’s emigrants to Port

r claimants for the honour of
ile an which[...]earing date 30th July,
n William Hobson, RN., was
to be Licutenant-Governor “over
ory which may be a[...]ng
ape and the pine the a of
recognise any titles to land not

om or confirmed ey herself, Al-
ap Auro[...]ainst the New

Company being colonising body, it

to state that its charter was only

on the 12th Febr[...]ed at the Bay of Islands, and originally
intended to fix his capital at the s} ‘
occupied by the tow[...]n Waitemata harbor
The Surveyor-General proceeded to select
site for the intended settlement on
shores[...]Church, lately
molished, stood) » marble tablet to
memory. The town of Auckland wi
Thompson r[...]

i[...]convict 2 BARLY STRUGGUNS)
prineipte Qisent there to undergo his pun- | The relations between the nati[...]s of the 2 Were at first most harmonious, Strange to
infant settlement were ¢ eerful and hopeful. say[...]s, as it was supp One of
siapty. _ Complaints are to be heard of the the Maori race, viz., the treaty[...]reover, money = Hobson and Shortland had no funds to pur-
oe ho safely invest din real security at the[...]r-
chase land from them himself nor suffer
others to purchase.

The murmurs of the natives became loud[...]a procla-
mation was gazetted authorising people to
purchase land direct from the natives, on the
purchaser paying 10s an acre to the Govern-
ment. But this was looked upon as too[...]a dense thicket,
go dense in fact, that in order to find one’s
way through it, it was necessary to take the
Hearings of some of the loftie Some
fou[...]old 2 heavy price for the land, they were unable to
distich—when the infant capital was built of -[...]rushes, when drays wereabandoned = Walt enttitled to; that by the Governors” ©

sroclamation the Treaty of Waitangi was re-
duced to a mere deception: end that their land
was virtual[...]y of Anclsland, and crowds
Great zest, and though to attend a ballona 2 oF armed warriors intimated to the Governor
f*ck, wet night was, indeed, the pur[...]votaries were never daunted— = feast was given to the Waikato tribes, on
the ladies gallantl[...]

hot of theadverse party,

hed to receive them with

f kneeling, the mass

Bees) ha[...]hy of record. A native

is the most curious sight to be

few Zealand, and will soon be

of the past. <A few of our

‘on the occasion in question

compelled to become spec-

s Mr. Swainson says—

equalled in[...]nners
‘of the natives, made holiday and
a visit to the great Maori

ae then generally known that
dan[...]rfluities.
h as it was announced that a war
about to be performed, the space
l fo the purpose was imme[...]"s visit, and requested that the:
uld he seeured to them. After this
the assembly dispersed.
) produc[...]Seas

Sw Citic NR NM

of the settlers, apparent to the friendly
kato tribes, increased when the people hea,
that Heke was to attack Auckland next
moon. Out-settlers, dreading[...]tia ordinance was hastily passed, and
men trained to arms. Fort Ligar, an earg
work near the Roman ©:[...]y washeard, the drumsbe
the Governor and Hone ran to arms,
officers and men of Her Majesty’s ship Ha[...]at the alarm ori

in the firing of guns at Orakei to ¢

chit death. ‘Te Wherowhero, seeing
terror of the inhabitants, offered to defe
Auckland against Heke.

Again, after the def[...]eated di
force—a body 0: ences seemingly
unable to cope with the foe—matters ¢
indeed look hopeless.

But there was a silver lining to this d
cloud, Captain Grey landed, and sun:
again[...]the e
insation of New Zealand have passed a)
even to their very memory, except i
minds of some of our[...]r Imperial regime ¢
a self-governing colony, has to repr

if, and never was a colony establishee
whic[...]ve race, and that they are

dwindling away owing to their contact
juropeans, We venture to express
most emphatic manner a contrary op[...]

er to himself:

Iv was fifty years ago on[...]s patent under the Great Seal. He was
accompanied to New Zealand in H.M.S,
Bersid by five civilians an[...]f the New Zealand Land Company, who
had been sent to Wellington. These

Is were scattered along the seaboard of
ands, from the North Cape to Stewart's
Island, though the principal grouping o[...]Kororareka,
where he obtained some forty of them to sign
a declaration as witnesses that he had that[...]of commerce, and its wealth of ship-
ping; while to the horizon extend fair home-
steads, trim fields, and lowing herd&g when
we turn to the country we are reminded of
Shelley's lines—[...]the daisy-spangled lawn,

Offering sweet incense to the sunrise smiles.”

While the evidence before[...]SUMMARY OF HISTORY.

enlarged and extended so as_to embrace and
comprehend the islands of New Zealand[...]quire, cay
tain in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy,” to
Lieutenant-Governor “oyer such parts of
the Islands of New Zealand as should be
ceded to Her Majesty in sovereignty.”

On the Monday fol[...]he inhabitants of
Kororareka presented an address to His
Excellency, pledging themselves to aid His
Excellency with their best exertions to
establish order, law, and security for life and
p[...]ess actively and use-
fully spent. :

‘Previous to the establishment of British
authority in New Zea[...]e, firearms, powder, and ball. “Thus,
from 1823 to 1832, the value of the to
and from New South Wales was as <

os aeoe
And fr 1835 to 1839, inclusive— ie

at s Se aes hg

Sr

of the export trade of
time, went to England

Hiure from the mission stations
s mentin[...]t and canoe formed the

of transit from one place to

Phe doctor visited the sick, and

“the dying,[...]rliest

general census ot the Buro-

tion appears to have been taken

in the Census Act of 1858 1t was[...]reat reliance can be placed on its

ures relating to the Maori people are
the Government, but Maori ex[...]erine ‘on for 1889 is computed by the
i General to 31st December.

The excess of immigration over em[...]igration policy was developing i
fully, from 1861 to 1866, and from 1874
1880, the population was incr[...]as 79,711; at the endo
the year 1866, it amounted to 204,114. F
immigrants introduced under the opera[...]the ma
following :—

Per- Ex]
sons. ture
13971 to end of 1875 63,891 £1,071,
Expenditure by the Pr[...]ts between 18°

1876, the numbers not 74,40
1876 to end of 1880 .. 33,100
1881 to end of 18%5 .. 11,691 i

There were not in 1886 a[...]d in New Zealal
at the same rates as are required to be
py persons nominating thei friends in
colony,[...]be provided, how
each head of a family must prove to thes
faction of the Agent-General that he is
sessed of £100in cash, and that he is
possessed of cash equal to the sum of £50 fe
each member of his family over 12 years”
age,

** Persons desirous of doing so can al
to come out in the second-class on the al
terms, by an additional payment equal to
difference between the cost of steerage @

For
re[...]rom the passing
Immigration and Public Works Act,
to the 3lst December, 1888, has
£2,109,972 1[...]

to the soil, wander away to other countries.

LANDS.

The revenue the Governm[...]ndeed, as for several years
it had really no land to sell or none to pw
chase with. Thus, from 1840 to the end of
1850, both years inclusive, all the land the
Governor sold only amounted to £63,672 in
value, inclusive of the site of the c[...];
while the land sales of the New Zealand
Company to July, 1850, realised no less than
£360,500. Amon[...]sharks, the New
Zealand Land Company was entitled to exult
at its premier position. _ As the Company
r[...]obtained by the sale of the public
ands will have to be credited with ike un-
known sums the ofticers[...]among
British colonies, New Zealand had no lands
to sell but what were first purchased, She
had no waste lands, and from 1840 to 1850,
out of her narrow means, had to expend over
£10,300 in native land purchases. Af[...]be summarise
as follow :—

Dates. Acres,

1840 to 1849... —

1850 to 1860 1,802,800

1860 to 1870 |. 4)120,027

1870 to 1880 ... 4,318,203

1880 to 1888 | 769,723

The public lands have also

A Sum[...]om 1876, and the latter
from 1882 ‘I'he returns toto 1856
cannot be accurately stated. The total gross
quantity of land disposed of up to the end of
1888, including lands sold and lands d[...]ent in each year the
tutalquantity of free grants to immigrants
and naval and military settlers, grant[...]rves and old land
claims; also, from 1872, grants to natives
under provisions of the Native Land Acts,[...]ise disposed of from the foundation of
the colony to the 3lst December, 1888.
: iii Area of Land sold[...]disposed of some 13 or 14 mil-
lion acres belong to the aborigines or to the
Europeans who hold it from them, leaving
some 38 million acres of Crown lands to be
dealt. with. Some 15 millions are open grass
o[...]elding an annual
rental of over £150,

According to last census land is shown to be
occupied in manner following, and though a
num[...]been since
taken up, they will not affect view
as to the manner in which occu-
pied, excluding Crown p[...]d, &e.
24,406 18,160

LacretolWacres 9,172 ¥

10 to 50... x 140,870 78,548 249,
50 to 100.. 299 128,444 390,7
100 to 200 209,

200 to 320

320 to 640

640 to 1000

1000 to 5000
5000 to 10,000 ..
10,000 to 20,000
20,000 to 50,000
50,000 to 100,000
Upwards 100,000

Totals _.. 36,495[...]

ee, and named the “ Provi-

. was taken to Norfolk Istind,
India. What became of her
but as[...]iow-

si eee fone varices wae
me place, and taken to Sydney
£250,

haps, it may be pertinent toto exist before the arrival of

1 in these seas,
es[...]tewart’s Island,
ence by aman named Ma

van her to Wellington, and thence

zanui. We know, however,[...]Jackson, when °
sels built in New Zealand traded to Brit
ports. As New Zealand at that time was n
reg[...]ther northern ports. The official figure

elating to shipping follow :-— <

Vessels below
Inwards, Outwards. to colony. |
Vessels. Tons. Vessels. ‘Tons. Vessel[...]4,427,687 64,164,137

General has published in
ed to the volume of sta

his ‘Story of New Zealand,” which, he say
“is stated by Sir George Grey to have be
supplied from official sources whe[...]

ainty as to how many reached Sydney,
but it is understood tha[...]ollowing up
his views, when he begged his friends to ore
back woolled sheep, immediately offered 1.
gu[...]Captain MeArthur hac
thus acquired, he commenced to cross his
hairy sheep, and whilst others were devoting
their attention to the production of carcases
he steadily persevered[...]ad increased during the four years
of his absence to 3,277 ewes, and this number

=a[...]n Samuel . 8
that when he was in E in!
in ‘uced to Gone u
z oseph Banks, Pee e requested ne
favour &[...]he writes :—‘* We are at_
this moment
expect to be uj
a t of

Be rane
Beers

Wool is the
N[...]

Commissioners to report on the
ous in the Colonies and Indian
of 1[...]eat

heaf by the Canterbury Associ.
remarkable as to be placed on
. fact, nothing finer than
wheats ha[...]ountry’s wonderful power o adaptin,
ttly (ste) to suit the ever-varying

TAMARA TN HA
iu ne

tides[...]orted; prices tended upward, a
the amount swelled to 4:

Indeed, the most hop I
Zealand’s future is[...]how her people a_prof
on any single article, and, to use an Ami ri
eanism, ‘they jump at it baldhead[...]of the trade in frozen mi
the above extract came to recollection, y
the further statement of the same wri
that ‘ Formerly runholders looked to she
to yield a wool-clip once a year only; n
they reap a[...]alued at £2600 as the quantity expor
from Sydney to London in that year.
1830 eight hundred and forty[...]in th
flax trade made in the aggregate 56 voyage
to New Zealand. The export in 1831

At Grimsby.
manu[...]‘ Handbool
New Zealand” writes : “From 1858'to I
the average annual value of the fibre exp
was nearly £2500, reaching as high as
in but up to that time the only fi
expo. ed was th

at[...]

It wa[...]ound for the phormium, machinery has been
brought to a more efficient character for
cleansing it from the mucilage that at one
time it seemed almost hopeless to expect.
The quantity exported since the com-
menc[...]and its declared values,
areas follow :—

1853 to 1860...
1860 to 1870,
1871 to 1880.
1881 to 1888...

compete

Value in £’s.

195,012
454,515
261,077

21;
14,681

Tn order to show how the export of flax
fibre has increased o[...]the
mines at Coromandel first attracted attention
to the district of Cape Colville Peninsula,

Jnvial[...]1, and in 1,
the goldfields of Westland commenced to offer
sreat attraction to the mining population,

In June 1861, gold was fo[...]ted every available
means of procuring conveyance to Otago.
The Dunstan and the Lake goldfields were
s[...]the December of the year following was
considered to have been more than 30,000.
The small province of[...]sadll
its population from 1876, in the year 1861, toto the sea beach—the difliculties it pre-
sents to the traveller and prospector, West-
land would appear to he the most enduring of
all the alluvial goldaeld[...]d
remarks of this district :—“It is difficult to
grasp the wonderful change which has been
made wi[...]D EXPORTED
From New Zealand from Ist April, 1857, to
end of the year 1888 :— Fides!

istrict[...]

dit is excavated

forests. e first

is said to have been

_ resident of the Bay

0, but his vent[...]tis generally carried in
ndon, for

‘it is sent to,
the American cit
t tables for the
tee exported a[...]e tree instead of he-

aud the wood, Mr. Cheese-

to conclude that the spars
mey, as the vessel

er th[...]as common in Sydney.
le havy sent two store ships to New
to load with spars for topmasts
; Captain Deléitte—subsequently
tat Port Jackson—came to th
a in 1825, the timber trade between
ud and New[...]ty of the best bituminous stear

al that is known to ist south of

Equator, in the close ¥ y r
capabl[...]inin:
New Zealand will be the source of g
jvealth to the whole community. ‘Time
the chief factor in[...]gest supply of steam coal of the
ality convenient to harbours can hard
bei ich beyond the dreams 4
r f[...]ellington alone
oil, while 230 tons went from New
to Port Jackson. early in 184)
can and other[...]

FISHERIES,

From whaling to fishing seems but_a short
stride, andy + the indu[...]villages, but they did not transport
fisher-folk to fill them, Fishermen form a
elass that live apart[...]tizens signed a letter which was
drafted and sent to Mr. Davitt, of Home
Rule notoriety, asking him to use his influ-
ence to induce some fisher-folk from the West
Coast of Ireland, who were in sore straits
lor sustenance, to migrate here to form a

ng village in the Hauraki Gulf, stating
t[...]they came, and that the Government —

wi moved to grant them free passages,
but Mr. Davitt ae thought it worth his

to reply to. the letter, though the pre-
sent acting-Premier[...]hing
village was wanted here a village would have
to be imported—young and old, grandparents
and_gra[...]could be obtained, A fishing export
trade has yet to be established, as neither

© fish, fishing, nor[...]of the colony the years have been
given from 1840 to 1852 inclusive, when the
“Receipts in aid” ceased to appear in the
balance-sheets. In 1853 the account[...]the Audit
Office, running as they do from January to
December, and not confusing the general
reader wi[...]en the Constitution Act
was passed. It is curious toto have
been supplied from official sources when he
was Governor.” The “ Receipts in aid,” ac-
cording to the Andit, Office, amount. to
£207,240, whereas in Thomson’s tables they
are[...]hest of :

There are no expenditure returns prior to
1874 in the trar-General’s statistical
summary,[...]e are returns of
the expenditure of the vai
prior to that date, as far as 1853 in the
columns of the s[...]h the accounts of
government, that those who have to see
their way through the have become be-
wildere[...]ea oie tae

ive
sinkin met by
issue of debentires to an eq it amount

‘expediency, so as to render the

itable for persons accustomed to

f civilisation. At the end of the
ar, the Middle[...]he special means for making them

of public land to supply the funds.

on of the colony was difficult to

e open country which prevails in
d Canterbury ra[...]th the assistance of th
officers of the Treasury, to learn how fl
Joans before 1870 were expended. But[...]ds a large amount of the publie
debt can be shown to have been disbursed foy

the following purposes +[...]ansfer under Roads and Bridges Con-
struction Act to Main and District
Roads, and River Works Accounts[...]above deti u
published at various times, and are to
Rated in the Appendices to the Journ:
the House of* Representatives,[...]

value of
and

produce

ployed.
Estima[...], when so £20,000 on each
occasion was paid away to discharged

For compe

Number of hands em-
build[...]colony, made up Fur Hheaaoghepanl rer r07| 932032
to 3ist March, 1886, the last census period :;— Ch[...](after deducting 9,000,000 acres

which are held to be worthless, as being

“barren mountain[...]

rried to
carrie? 9 13s, the balance,
ard to open the profit and le
withe day after the meetin[...]unt was transterred from
the Union Bank Australia to that of the
Bank of Ne fealand. Mr. Fox was at th[...]n 30th October, when the paid-up capital
amounted to £179,468, and a dividend at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum was paid,
£6,000 was added to the reserve fund, and

ing was held

psi carri[...]At the third meeting the paid-up capital
amounted to £239,592. A dividend of 10 pei
cent, was declare[...]ve fund was in-
creased by £24,000, and amounted to £33,000.

At the October meeting of 1863, a divi[...]he paid-up capital of 373, the dividend
amounting to £ 68; the reserve fund was
increased by £27,000[...]e 12 months a payment of £61,030,
beside an i se to the reserve fund of
£20,000, and £2691 carried[...]00 each,

From the meeting held in October, 1865, to
that held in October, 1867, both meetings in-
a d[...]ing of £116,118.

From the April meeting of 1868 to the Oc-
tober meeting of 1870, an uniform dividen[...]ssued at £3 premium, which increased the
capital to £600,000 and the reserve fund to
£180,000, A sum of £45,000 was paid in
dividend[...]October meeting of 1872, when the
nus was reduced to 2s 6d per share, and
this rate of bonus obtained[...]share-
holders. In 1876 the capital was increased to
1,000, and the reserve fund to £250,000,
the increases being provided for by th[...]Oe

n 1875, the capital was further increased to
000, and the reserve fund to £275,000,
the merease to ¢a being premiums on
2500 new shares issued to the Fiji Banking
Company, while the r nd, which a[...]-
iag, “ This sum, shareholders will be pleased
to learn, does not arise from any adventitious
sourc[...]is paid, and the bonus of 5s a share. In
October, 1879, the Bank’s capital is made a
million less £19,700, the par value of 1979
shares of £10 each held in reserve, while the
reserve fund was announced to be made

000,

At[...]of the same year a like ad-
dition was announced to commemorate the
Bank’s attaining its majority,[...]eater than the
c*mstances . . . might have led us to
expect, and, with the balance brought for-
yard from last half-year, enable us to main-
tain our dividend and bonus to make the
handsome addition of £25,000 to our reserve
fund, and to open the new half-year with a
balance of £8,900 10s 4d.

Up to the October meeting of 1886 the
usual dividend an[...]re prospects we fur-
ther had it in contemplation to transfer
£50,000 from the reserve fund,”

In A[...]lared, and a shareholders
committee was appointed to confer with the
directorsand toreport on thestate[...]the Bank was wri own
and reserve fund transferred to the *
and doubtful debts account.” A dividend
w[...]e up us follows :—

100,000 shares written down to £7 per £

atin Saw jini Enea a0
000 new[...]

c ed BANKS,

re are Seven Savin[...]in 1864; and Hokitika, in 1866,
The total amonnt to the credit of the deposi.
tors on lst December, 1[...]d Campbell, when rules and_regulati
were arranged to be drawn up for the gui
ance of the embryonic institution, and 4
task fell to the lot of Dr, Campbell.

The Bank was opened for[...]cent, deb
tures, purchased at a discount of from
to 124 per cent. J

In October, 1850, the trustees asked #
Governor for a temporary loan, not
ceeding 0, to avoid selling their
bentures, to enable them to, meet the
mands of their customers wishing to wil
draw their savings.

In 1853, the Bank advertised that it wi
prepared to purchase Government del
tures at par; and in the[...]ing obt
= able, the rate of interest. was reduced to

It was about this period that D

Ree cent.
Begga[...]anager of the Union Bank ©
Australia gave notice to the trustees that
would no longer be convenient to afford a
commodation for the Savings Bank[...]

The discovery of gold on the Thames re- 1866 to 1870, 10 per cent.; from
yived the prosperity tha[...]69 there was a slight increase in the = from 1875 to date (15 years), 10 per
business of the Bank, whi[...]year, until it was opened daily in October, Owing to the growth of the e
187, and in February of the n[...]was recently found e
Saturday evenings from seven to nine. In to effect a change in its ¢
1876 the Penny Bank was[...]nd head office in_
for banking were made from ten to three, before, with Mr. a
and the trustees considered it expedient to concentrating the cont
erect new premises. Board, thus dispensing

In 1857 and 1858 applications were made to = for a colonial Board of Dit
the Provincial Gove[...]gust, 1859, In August,
1860, a section contiguous to that granted
was also purchased for the sum of £[...]d in May of the
sume year the trustees “decided to erect a
building not to cost more than £1600 on their
own site, and resolved to borrow £1200 at 10
per cent. for five years.”[...], and as before stated a new
building was decided to be erected, and pre-
miums being offered for the[...]H. G. Wade the second.

Mr. Bartley was directed to prepare plans
and specifications and to call for tenders,
when that of Mr. J, Heron was a[...]was about £10,000. ‘That =
the Bank continues to prosper is evident
from the fact that the[...]

ewity contributed to swell its profits in
ist, more than one-eighth of[...]0} =
Age a the companies in their order, the
next to commence business in New Zealand
asthe Mutual Lif[...]with-
standing this, the company holds x
N siland to the extent of
ational Mutual Life
sia, which is distinguished as being
the first office in the world to apply the
surrender-value of policies to paying over-
due premiums, began operations here[...], the Colo-
nial Mutual has not allowed the grass to
grow under its feet, and now po: es the
third large: in the colony.

The s to the ranks consist of
the two mammoth American com[...]at the population of

ew Zealand only now amounts to 650,000,
that this accumulated business and funds[...]and Accident Insurance
Company was established in 1879, but no
business was transacted in Auckland till[...]ts first decade, and has paid 71
claims amounting to £60,000, The head office
is in Auckland,[...]

h the publie and the expenditure to £35,804, of which the .
sick pay amounted to £20,847. The sum of[...]Seeing in value from £4 to £52 10s pe’ ae a paid as funeral donations,
—rangi , n addition to sick pay out of the ben
Tae hools were 22 in numb[...]varied summarise are those of a lifetime onl te
g to locality, from £38 Is. pe Hon. Dr. Pollen landed[...]e private schools in the colony are 299 in navy—to found such cities as
nomber, employing 723 teache[...]ics out of this number of private what they ought to do, their action
schools have 96 and 9346 scholar[...]Cap’

schools for the year was rT a short visit to Port Jackson in the eae
le[...]i schools, attended by 2592 was sent by the Crown to found a
pupils, ther re 100 teachers employed, and_ to render subservient. tothe
whose aries and_ allowances amounted to weal the proceedings of the Ni
£12,086. The tota[...]lony on st December, 1888, was 51. OF | Wy letter to the Q i.
these two only were terminable socie’[...]me ot these 47 hee eae *
amounted during the year to £754,935, of » as the Gone
which the deposits amounted to £306,312. ae saa diftiguih aint
y s at the end of the year amounted inhabited | 7
980, and the liabilities to £1,044,349, the Siouel

ti
the liabilities to shareholders, re- c
serve funds, &c., amounted to £742,191; — Knowledge Ci s

those to depositors, £271,546, and the balance
to other creditors.
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

The Registr[...]f these
Societies was £383,515 9s 2d, equivalent to
£15 7s 8d per member. Of the total assets
the value of the sick and funeral benefit

funds amounted to £339,614 Os 10d, an in-
crease of £43,94[...]

id, to replace the aN- = jtioy should meet, monthly in t[...]ficers for the ensuing:
Kororareka Associa month, to take cognisance of any matter com
of the township[...]solutions. No offi-

nds) and its viel- = oor was to receive any emolument for hisser-

‘of the sche[...]. ‘Phe limits of this Asso- ~ 4 “ammunition to be inspected by | am
<—From Malony or = Oficer[...]rst resolution pro- = afterwards. Happy taxpayers to get off

totany actot aggression — Qasily! One[...]land or oe. land. A list of donations is appended to the
he Association, ee document, showing that the[...]tion. The ‘roll of honour” is
member Patieing to respond = follows + ‘ » 1
but if the person at[...]lexander ray, 10s; Thos, Spicer, 10
in elt he was to be fined £1. = Paes pansy ae i John pokes sf
res[...]nee Se 10 a ‘.
“eki, or its vicinity, refuses to con- = Grenville, 10s: Wm. Jones, 10s; Thomas
peo[...]ers shall Starbeck, Merrimac, £2; Captain Ay
him to abide by the law, a Haricott, £1; Mr. Lake, firs[...]Sydn
= Morning Herald, Sydney.

sailors to leave their ships, for
‘assist in recapture of[...]tes that if any inhabitant

to be inflicted on members
| to co-operate. By the 9th re-

holders and landholders were
enter into an agreement with
ts to abide by the laws, under

° and members refus-
to landlords to enforce the laws[...]ing as a lieutenant rious chiefs, whom he brought to punish
ain 1822, when it was found neces-[...]

ade commander, and re-appointed to
wis. Ferret, sent’ on the same service,
when he[...]y actively employed,
In paying olf H.M.s. Scylla, to which vessel
he was removed, he was promoted to post-
captain. He then commanded H.M.s. Rattle.
snake, detached from the Mast India station
to New Zealand, and it was greatly owing to
the intelligence and enthusiasm of Captain
Hobson[...]don—[Among the sur.
viving pass I 2 Auck-
land, to ; M ex-Chief
Postmaster, Newman, share-

broker,[...]epara-
tion from New South Wales. His el-
pleased to appoint Monday last
for proclaiming the same, and shortly after-
wards a levee was to have been held. 1n the
evening His Excellency was to have given a
grand dinner at Government House, to which
all the elite of A nd and the surrounding[...]-
Teney as Governor-in-Chief, etc., we were
broud to observe the ships in harbour
decorated with numer[...]Flagstaff Hill.

ible for us in our limited space to

» demonstrations of joy which the
manifested in[...]the
#oris, their war and other dances, all
tended to make it one of the happiest

The late Captain Hob[...]‘for the par-
ticulars of which we are indebted to a gentle-
man who was present.” They forgot the[...]him
in honour of His Excellency’s appoimtment,
to be Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand.”
Mr. Thomp[...]own friends at the purely
oublic dinner” appear to have heen Captain
eckham (Police Magistrate), Rob[...]ry and Other Public Officers in New Zea-
land,” to which Mr, Fitzgerald replied. ‘The
Chairman pro[...]of Mrs. Hob-
son and the Ladies of the Colony,” to which
the irrepressible Fitzgerald again responded,
stating that as an Irishman ‘He was not
likely to lack enthusiasm when dear, lovely
womer wa[...]

NOR HOBSON. fully, the wea

was made to

mmc

REGATTA[...]me- events: Ist, race between_a five-oared
surers to inaugurate the in- belonging to the Surveyor-General and a
‘Auckland, which was se- oared gig belonging to the Anna Watsoi
and the formal ceremony Qnd, matc[...]ann

SOME ANNIVERSARY REGATTAS. P

i

interesting to our readers to re- 2 race. was admirabl contested down 1
‘of t[...]obson a regatta was got up at a ‘Leander either to ran inte: elven

. g a sither to run into her adversary
tae ie Poe in harbour = ta[...]n

cena ey i other boat grounded also. The B

out to goon board the Govern- Angel was immediatel: t of[...]the mudbank (this was, h

‘anoes ever, contrary to the laws of aquatic rt

NNIVERSARY REGA[...]r-
v aa i. Rough. then gave the signal
whaleboats to take their stations, when

Be es for the p[...]

win

ina oi

to their number : Major Bridge, 58th
ee Mr. Cooper,[...]Mr. Woodhouse,
‘That Mr. Merriman be requested to act ag
sretary and treasurer.
Set A Zealander mak[...]e anniversary of the
colony by a regatta is about to be acted
under au which promise well for its
prop[...]ainst horge-
ing, and, moreover, is better suited to a
colony like ours, where strength rather than’[...]ugh our coasting?
vessels—everything that tends to the cong
Struction of better and safer boats is e[...]racer.” He gives the editor good by stimulating to augmented taste,
away about the “drunken ruffia[...]ear's protest in favour of a regatta instead 1850 to twelve races, with pri
of horseracing bore fruit. The horse ra .
seem to have been discredited from a pub:
lished letter i[...]tes, * That
the fol lowing gentlemen be requested to act
as @ Committee of management, with power

a[...]takes,

“a Native race aliogether. Ar tN
{ road to the scene of action 15 des-

j as strewn with veh[...]t
ted ae being

mE

proposal to

keeping of a few moun! €
rs to apprehend the runken ruffians
‘who got up extem[...]the
relieves ere editor and devotes

irteen lines to the day’s races, or one more
a his chief. He sa[...]a
neces :—* The tenth and eleventh mate
proved to be the most attractive and prom
nent of the day. ‘hese were the nativer
and were intended to have been conte:
the first by canoes manned by tw[...]nt of the native competitors, a
anxious were they to exhibit their prow
that it was found impossible to car
such a plan. They were, therefore, al
= mitted to come to the scratch at once,[...]

more animated scene it would be difficult to
nonceive, much less to depict. It was at
com wild and imposing, presenti[...]with their paddles,
Jabouring with might and main to attain the
. ‘where were no sluggards in these[...]robably fully as
arduous and as exhausting duties to perform
as those whose part it is to propel the rush-
ing boat. These painted, feather[...]ked gondoliers, giving free and un:
fettered vent to their desires, exhibiting
animal passion in all t[...]nder that they should have contributed
go largely to the successful issue of our
‘Auckland Regatta, ‘The course they had to
follow was the same as that which had been
tr ed[...]the winning whaleboat. The prize was
awarded not to the canoe which came in first,
but to that under the direction of Kawau’s
son Reuiti,[...]buoy, tor the most of the com-
wtitors were prone to ‘the ways that are
ir, and the tricks that are[...]n
which ‘the shadow of the land’ was conceded
to the Sovereign of the Isles.” From that day
out[...]beautiful boat,
hion (Lan gley’s) causing them to throw up
onse: tu the watermen’s boats race
Wat[...]g
a eo not under six tons, six boats
aes \ jected to by some of the fastest
89 boats as having half-decks and hatches,

og

Aun NNR

and they refused to compete in cons

Only one open cargo boat (Mr. ‘Hendarson’s
John and Rebecca) had the hardihood to try
ier powers, and won the prize, for fortune
ea[...]ited number of fine athletic natives,
formed line to compete for the prize. It was
a ne to look at these craft and their
ardent and excited, crews, who, like hounds
in the leash, sat ready to dart towards the
appointed goal. Away they sped t[...]ice and gesture kept time, and gave
encouragement to the close-packed paddlers
of these flying race bo[...]ngth in advance of the other, and the

a painter to have caught the triumphant

attitude of the leadi[...]ips, and the
exultation of his fellow-countrymen, to the
unbounded delight of the moment. It wasan
juc[...]realisation of a defying the lightning. A
voyage to Auckland would almost be repaid
by beholdi[...]

i “To the front, to the front!

keenness of the contest was intensifi[...]of the race, the sweating,
ae aseed into the sea to cool

ves. They afterwards came ashore
a /(or Tow[...]s fell into desuetude or were poor affairs,
owing to the Maoris of a later date caring
-about money th[...]dashing through the wave !

Forward—forward all to ?

‘All in quest of foemen’s

They had cleft[...]as not customary with the Maoris in
ancient times to appoint regular days fot
canoe races as is now of[...]:
times w great chief would proceed on a visit”
to a neighbouring relative or ally, or on
foray or a[...]and other birds. Soa
times the carved board rose to a height
twelve feet, all splendidly decorated. T[...]thwarts were partly covered over with twig
so as to form a platform upon which the
warriors were enabled to sit in regular rows
in fact, they displayed a wonderful unifor
mity and precision, both in regard to pr
tion and motion, so that the war-canoes
peared[...]tana, war party. In manning a canoe twe
men known to be skilful in handling
large steer-paddles were p[...]rus of which was sung by the rowers
who were bare to the waist, with
beautifully decorated with huia a[...]ve cloth), and the tul
or carved comb, which gave to the heads
the rowers an appearance of savage graa[...]out together, the row
would stimulate each other to put on spee
and in the emulation there wou[...]

“JT have now to report that on the day
appointed—namely, the 30[...]ublic that Her Majesty
does not deem it expedient to acknowledge
as valid any titles to land in New Zealand
which are not derived from, o[...]The document referred to states that the
commissions haye been published.[...]f. Grea Bae |
Ireland, has been raciously pleased to direct
that measures shall be taken for the estab[...]reas Her
lajesty has also been graciously pleased to
direct letters patent to be issu » under the
Great Seal of the said Unite[...]the Colony of New South Wales are
so extended as to comprehend any part of
New Zealand that is or may[...]sign manual, ii
date the 30th day of July, 1839, to apn
me, William Hobson, Esq., Captain in Her
Majesty’s navy, to be Lieutenant-Governor 7
in and over any territor[...]published the two commissions
aforesaid, that is to say, the commission a
under the Great Seal extend[...]s \
and I do call upon all Her Majesty's subjects
to be aiding and assisting me in the executio[...]

mself constrained to issue in regard to the

ings of the New Zealand Company's

meer Port Nicholson. Ina despatch in

erence to their proceedings, Governor.
ikon ‘said :—

*[...]y far the most important
in the colony. But it is to be regretted that,
from the impunity with which t[...]e, inform
their subscribers that they are obliged to
suspend publication for a week or two under
the f[...]the printing and publish-
ing of porapenors were to be enforced.
These were that “the true and real[...]me part thereof,
under a penalty of £100. davits to re-
late to the identification of the partie:
whose names were so printed for the more
fey bringing them to justice in any case of
li 3 © proprietors of new[...]were in as bad

@ way as their successors
to-day as regards the libel laws.
The editor, printer, or publisher had to
enter into recognizances of £300, and £300 on
pai part of sufficient sureties, which was to
considered forfeited in case of any con-
Viction[...]L. ss seditious or blasphemous
libels,” tending to bring the Government into
or contempt, were to be punished at the

; Acco TTR MAKKAH

jam[...]son, on condition of their con-
fining themselves to that limit, with a pro.
mise to recommend to your, Lordship to ob-
tain for them from Her Majesty a free grant
to that extent, in return for the expense the
Compan[...]hey spread
themselves over the land of Whanganui,
to a distance of 9 miles, in direct opposition)
to a notice simultancously published both
Sir George[...]ain that the counter. petition
must be attributed to my having chosen my”
= position on the Waitemat[...]penses deducted, endure recog=
nizances of £600, to say nothing of fines
penalties ad libitum of every Goverm
servant who might happen to feel wound
by an editorial remark.” It ap)
that[...]fect our triumph. I
New Zealand the Press must be to all
tents and purposes in public matters
chained as air.” Bravo, Eagar and Co. ! ©
is satisfactory to learn that the New Zea
Advertiser and Bay of Isla[...]urnals, as with men, ‘“ It is appointed oneé
to die, and after death, the judgment.”[...]

fifteen, or even twenty miles an hour, was when the receiver took means to “Stop the

“a gross exaggeration of the power[...]As = ration. For many ears past, wherever civili-
to those persons who speculate on making = sation ha[...]hment of perhaps the youngest and
period referred to, railway travelling was 2 evidently one of the shortest of lines,
only in its infancy with regard both to com- on mission premises on the Congo River in
fort and to speed. Third-class carriages were Africa, a littl[...]nd-class were mere = were found not strong enough to act as
wooden boxes, with seats indeed, but witho[...]ple of old
cushions, blinds, or the least attempt to filters were fastened to the posts, and the
make trave'ling anything but a[...]lmost fearful mediate surroundings, are beginning to find
flight through the country, doing for instan[...]es between London and Edinburgh, = them, and lads to whom the art of reading
in something less than ni[...]by
Scientific curiosity, not in the least likely to the abolition of er in the British West
lave any[...]a Baptist missionary :—* 1
Received permission to establish their dis- 2 call upon children by the[...]= upon parents by the blood-streaming back
Posal to extend the lines to Bristol met with 2 Catherine Williams, who, with[...]seldom eae preferre t
on the telegraph had notice to quit. Mr dungeon to the surrender of her honour, |
Roke,,one of the p[...]upon Christians b; the lacerated back of
jowed ‘to retain the line of’ wires at = William B[...]

ting to the glaring injustice
many social conditions in H[...]ght as was the rent; and the
yote, of course, was to be given in support of
the “landed interest.”[...]y acquiesced, either through indiffers
or fearing to jose the farms already
under yarious vexatious an[...]tric-
tions, As for the labourers, their part was
to till the ground and mind the tlocks ; they
did no[...]ally be a good thing for them or their chil-
dren to learn to read and write. But the
privileged class, whose mountain seemed to
stand so strong, haye had, like the American
= slaveholders, to eat the fruit of their own
nes great changes haye[...]d
the abomination by which men were often
tempted to declare that they trusted that
they were “inwar[...]own that they only ** tools”
orders” in order to obtain or to retain they
Ciuifortable income of a clerical fel[...]ave been]
swept from the Universities, it is hard to
alise that such exclusiveness can hay
ted at so r[...]of one-half of the nation—that is
say of women, to the rights and privileges 6
the two great national Universities, and iti
interesting to remember that a stage hag
already been reached wh[...]romance. If, at that time, 16}
sometimes occurred toto advocate her cause—if he decline to
lift his voice in her favour, - I say hei
less th[...]dged the justice of this plea and
decreed liberty to the slaves, it was a ste
upward for the whole hum[...]a thrill of joy prophetic trembling on from
east to west— a

For menend are one in spirit, a[...]

ful on acrowd gathered to give effect to

this hint, those who had, 0 whips being
farnishe[...]smissed
the ringleaders, but the firm declared it to
i sible to fix the responsibility of the
d that such a thing[...]ght
and si ith pride that a lesson had been
given to the foreigner; and yet Britons hardly
proved themselves to have a right to hold up
their heads in that way. Fifteen years later,
f those scares which are apt to arise
where righteousness is not the rule of the[...]so admirable that they sent them
for publication to one of the daily papers ;
other witnesses confirm[...]which
resulted in Governor Eyre’s being brought to
trial. But the dead could not be restored to
es and no compensation was granted to the
living,

Could such things be done now, in th[...]are
Still men of our nation who think it needless
to regard justice in their dealings with what
they ave pleased to term an inferior race, but
in these last days when the prophecy of
Daniel is fulfilled that many show run to
and fro and knowledge be increased in the
earth,[...]ight is slaying the dark-
Ress; and will continue to do so

‘AJill morning tread the darkness down
A[...]ept away.”

39

‘iAH RMR

Half a century ago, to return to the year
one of our colony, our countrymen came
hither with a blank sheet on which to write,
if they would, the history of such a natio[...]e country, where every one would
have had liberty to make the best he could
of his own life, to earn, and to spend his
earnings, and where the functions of Go[...]have the direc-
tion of affairs willingly yielded to them;
and they would share it among themselves
without envy. Hach of these would have the
part assigned him to which his genius was
peculiarly ep ioe and others[...]gh r contribute, but all
would in some contribute to the public
rosperity ; and in it each would enjoy[...]h would be paid it. i

All this and more was open to Bere
land, Why is the reality so, differen[...]

orter rn debt to rule 3 i spec

ee Bene ined Tpke oe And now, peop[...]use of the wicked, thé
Pees akan few attractions to those scant measure that is abominable, the wicked
whom we should tte Mad to attract, we are _ balances, and the bag of deceit[...]ther highly- Tt follows that the cheat, little or
to whom was offered a glorious tuture ig, is the ene[...]gods of the nations, the ve back such unjust gain to
and the Asherah—force, money, lust, ers nged, w[...]set before point towards better things, a period to be 7

, but, turning the ae upon it, sank Jooked[...]by bank.
from their land, a warning for all time, to all raptey, lately sought out and paid his credi-
nations, and especially to the more highly = tors in full, this honest gentleman has set_
an example of how to keep the Jubilee, for

The devotion of several days to mere the promise of Him who cannot lie is per
amu[...]e, but it will har ly satisfy those = room enough to hold it. See, I have set

who, haying at heart th[...]he Jubilee celebrations in Auckland. grand-nephew to his immediate predecemal

HIS EXCELLENCY T[...]

LORD CHARLES SCOTT.

_Rear-Admiral Lor[...]naval forces
under Captain Heneage, which landed to

LADY scort,

ct British subjects and interest[...]assisted Commodore O. J. Jones the
Naval Brigade to destroy some walled pirati- ;
cal villages[...]

mma

New Zealand's Jubilee, 1840-1890.

oO CTT[...]4, for
conferring with His Excel. 7
s Robinson as to the act of
cession }
General of the colon
tot

et[...]from the 7
vember, 1880; ink
al duty connected
s to the Friendly
overnor of F October, 7
2 of the Governor on duty®
for Western Pacific;
nment Novembei
to July, 1884 High Commis-
’p for the Western Paci[...]3; acted as Consul-General for the West:
c, April to June, 1884; s' e
to England in connection with th ;
mission appointed to inqui

High C m
administe

nto the claims

cts to lands in Fiji, Mi

Comm: on the Anglo:

si[...]

AS

ih HE

1859 while a lad of sixt[...]flice or we
Fleetwood, solicitor. In 1862 he came to
New Zealand, and having been seized with
the “y[...]go, Becoming tired of his occupation, he
returned to the law, entering the office of
Messrs, Howarth a[...]ere till 1866, when
he, with Mr. W. L. Rees, went to Hokitika,
Mr. Devore had the management of Messrs[...]ler’s business for several years
till they came to Anckland, and he accom.
pented them ae In 187] he[...]lose of

his Mayoral career Mr, Devore determined to
see the Jubilee celebrations through, and to
that business he has latterly devoted the
greater[...]ttention.
Much of the success attending it is due to his
prudence, foresight, and business capacity.[...]wi is
now a very old man, and wescatcely expected
to see him with us in Auckland again,
the ancient wa[...]of ranga-
tiras (or chiefs) assembled at Auckland to
celebrate the fifticth anniversary of
begi[...]

c[...]. During the
ue of Orakau, a tohunga, or Het pro-
to tear out the heart of a dead soldier
within the f[...]d by their Maori gods. Rewi
said: “I forbid you to mutilate the bodies
of the dead. I care not for y[...]urage, but Rev
was no longer a heathen, but clung to
the faith the Europeans had taught
him, although he wanted to cast off
their rule, But hunger and thirst did
th[...]the pa.
A seanty meal of potatoes was aistxibuted to
the survivors, but the men could not get the
food[...]resolve was taken. He
said: “We shall now have to leave the pa,
but not as the Waikato left at Rang[...]uld be hoisted, and when the

came re yan the pis to fire a tre-
mendous volley, and in the confusion to
uae through them and escape, This pro:
posal’ Rewi overruled. Then Major Mair
ealled out to them a message from the Gene-
tal that at least t[...]New Zealand to succeed Governor G
Browne.

Sir George would have[...]ed it necessary that he should

s
=n = Sanatorium to obtain iti

New Zealand's Jubilee, 1840-1890.[...]e vee CTE ‘cue husbands’ and ony
brothers are to die, of what profit is it to ug
that we should live? Let us die with th
men.” Then came the reply to Major Maj
from Rewi : ‘‘ Ake, ake The rush
of[...]sembly, and as a colonial statesman is 8
familiar to all our readers that it is
necessary t sapitulate[...]the state of his h

t and quiet, and he went to the Wai

praises sung, i Pin[...]mpleteness? its sub-
ot

o thanksgiving to the glorious friend—

ee Sorious & Once an ally, true and steadfast—uncorrupted to
for the song of fifty Summers, fifty Winters, ‘[...]open Temple prayed his soft
proemial prayer,

‘To the cogent tines when Wakefield, and his stern
intrepid band,

Strode across the ocean wilderness to this new
Goshen land ;

From the rule of gallant Hobson, and the potent
spell of Grey,

To He ray of Drummond Jervois and the Onslows
of to-day !

Gladsome task indeed is ours this day to r’se o’er
paltry blame,

To rejoice in better things and ways, to keep in
worthy fame

All that hist’ry yields of[...]i-

TI,
Five decades! how swiftly compassed! like to
shadows flit away!
For almost a mortal’s life-s[...]Whos. prophetic sight lit pathways for a nation to
advance |

The indomitable will which tamed the m[...]re fe
Sound of

oleed in mighty ‘spoken tribute to our dauntless
Pioneers |

Ve
Bland we thus upon o[...]t,

Auding those heroic spirits who were faithful to
the last —

frowning brow,

And then pierced it[...]Sound we, too, oe praise of tireless arms, stripb to
aked stren,

While their gleaming axes echoed thr[...]tirring city, who have tracked

1 to fulness with the ceaseless

: ing mil[...]

F[...]moh make ee
i gar ¥: Wthese which tune our souls to sing our song
bitious, seeking larger van- 4 Be i[...]ing waters, sped
dizzy foaming falls

Sheer adown to deep’ning caverns, and ab;

gloomy halls—

if[...]rolling harmonies returning
through the skies, :

Toto
east and west,

Speeding hither lordly prows acro[...]is earnestness and happi
o-day !

Winter blows, -
To this newer, brighter haven, where the light of
Fr[...]onward, and the Future's
purple morn
Bids us rise to greater greatness—scions so be-
_hignly born—[...]vah! God of Goodness! Thus 4

‘ayer flows forth to Thee ! k

Look in gracious benediction dow[...]

Tun Jubilee celebrations to-day were a
grand success, the weather being favour:
able, and Auckland poured out: her thou-
sands to witness the magnificent spectacle
presented. Numb[...]ndation as a province, were such
masses of people to be seen in her streets.
On all hands was to be seen the flag of
New Zealand on the flagstafis[...]pleasure, for they felt that after the
scenes of to-day we had made a new
departure—the first pulses of life in the
young nation had begun to throb.

THE DAY.

The morning broke looking dull[...]e members of the vario
Yiendly Societies hurrying to andfro. At
nine o’clock the streets were crowde[...]g in port was gaily decked
with bunting from stem to stern. Special
notice was taken of the splendid a[...]et from the Civil Service Supply
sociation Stores to Messrs. Cruickshal
and Co.’s warehouse, conspic[...]line of flags”

hrown across from Firth’s old
to Mr. Gabriel Lewis’s auction - 109
and to Morrin and Co.’s (late H
nderson and Co.[...]

rdered to ‘form fours,” the
rest of the processi[...]

ph

costume,

Zealand. f
>[...]he police
in regulating the°crowd. In compliment
to the Rarotongans, they were allotted
specially the[...]t, opposite the
platform where His Excellency was to re-
ceive the addresses. After the presentation
o[...]es-street, down Wellesley-street
and Queen-strees to the wharf. The scene
in Que: treet was the most effective of
the day, as the street was occupied from
end to end by the procession itself, which
was flanked b[...]Jubiles Committee, which were heartily
Be ponded to.

wir. Devore addressed the people and
tid he felt honoured at the iindly refer-

53

ence made to him by the Mayor at -
ment House and now, and tha[...]favoured colon: , and as.
a tribute of affection to our Queen and

_ Everything having gone off witho[...]band, re-marched
up Queen-street and Grey-street to the
Protestant Hall, Newton, where they
formed in[...]s were placed under
the command of Major Anderson to line the
entrance to Government House. Ce
Shepherd, of course, was in[...]pherd had given hi
structions, the troops marched to the e
gate of Government House grounds. —
‘Navals, Artillery, and Engineers
drive from this gate to the main et

AT GOVERNM[...]),
Mrs. Upton and Miss Upton, Captain
ele (A.D.C. to Lord Onslow), Mr.

feysey Thompson {A.D.C. to Lor

Governor of this Colony, as part o[...]h the reign of our gracious Queen, and we
dent we to hope that Your Kxcellency will give to
Jiu Majesty such an account of the natural beauti[...]n and resources of our
antnury as will enable ber to regard it as one of the
com Tountifal and happy o[...]m, and. the highest offices
cowie colony are open to all citizens who, by their
snility and integrity, may deserve to attain thereto,
Gur system of primary education is absolutely, freq
to all. Wn Ghild in New Zealand is permitted to be
to Mvithout the elements of a sound education,
ieril[...]e earnestly cultivatal
Feelings ‘of attachn.ent to our mother country, and
cctfully request that Your Excellency willl

to Her Majesty the assure

fectionate rezard for her royal person,
‘werving loyalty and devotion to her

5[...](Commander of .M.s Opal),
Captain Trench (A.D.C. to Lord Carring-
ton), lieutenant Fitzgerald, R.N, (Flag
Lieutenant to the Admiral), Mr. Pullen
(Private Secretary to the Commauder-in-
Chief), Mr. Spence (Private Secretary to Sir
John Thurston), T, Thompson (M.H.R.), D.
Gold[...]e city of
‘Auckland @ontains no word of welcome to.
you as Her Majesty's representative,
thought it[...]riate per=
haps if I uttered the words of weleome to
your Excellency which express the feel
ings that animate our minds to-day, T
utter words of welcome to one whom ¥
all respect so much as we do the Go'[...]h express)
sion of our feelings, therefore I have to say
to you, in the name of the citizens, that
offer to you a bearty welcome to our citys:
and not only toyour Excellency do we offe
that welcome, but also to the distinguish
guests who accompany you. There
amongst those guests two whom I shor
like to name. There is the Governor Of
New South Wales, t[...]roup ; and I desire, on be=
half of the citizens, to offer to His Excel
lency Lord Carrington our warm welcome
Again, there is present amongst us as ® Bue
of yours to-day the Governor of the youngest
colony of this g[...]His Excellency
John Thurston, whom we also desire to we
come, Always in Auckland—and Jam su
in every[...]—but 1 thir
especially here, we are always glad to wel:
come the Admiral of the fleet, and there
for[...]offer, on behalf 0
the citizens, a hearty welcome to Re
Admiral Lord Charles Scott, (Cheers.) YOu[...], said :—
“Your Excellency, I have the honour to
mest that you will permit me, in the
name of the citizens of Auckland, to present
you with a loyal address.”
The Town Cur[...], representing the citizens of Auck-
land, desire to offer Your Excellency our hearty
congratulations[...]r Excellency will be
i R a enough, on our behalf, to convey the same to
a plcety fe Queen. On this day fifty years[...]

capable of being
stances and to every
man can claim a kno

Scene and be himself seen by us. That, I
say, is less a flight of fancy to-day than it
would have been fifty years ago to have

Replying to the personal welcome ex-
tended by the Mayor to himself and the
other representatives of Her Maje[...]he

assed through Auckland, that he would
return to visit them again al the con-
clusion of the sessi[...]of the Jubilee of
the colony. (Cheers.) Referring to the
Mayor's expressions of gratitude to His
Pxcellency for declaring the day to be an
official holiday throughout the colony, hi

inted ont that the days on

oliday should be made ought
to be selected by the representatives of the

le, and in such matters he deferred en-
tively to the advice of his Ministers, who
were doubtless desirous to abide by tradi
tional and long - established cust[...]ng Lady Onslow—
(cheers)—who was endeavouring to take his
place in fulfilling the duties of hospit[...]s could see what the Governor
could possibly want to do in any other, and
each of them pointed out that his duty was
to spend twelve months out of every year
in their ci[...]then said :—Before I do
anything else, allow me to read to you two
telegrams which | have received from Eng-[...]anuary 28, 1890.

You are directed by Her Majesty to

ke this announcetnent :

“] have received Her Majesty’s commands
to offer congratulations to the people of
New Zealand on fiftieth year of pro[...]IO:

His Exeellency then said :—Now I will
read to yon one more message which T have
received from H[...]n, January 28, 1890.
“Tt gives me much pleasure to convey
ulations on behalf of Her Majesty’s
ent[...]said
ceremony is concluded I should
ve expression to what I am sure is
your wish, that should hear a f[...]th Wales. (Cheers.)
Lorp CARRINGTON, on advancing to ad-
dress the people, was greeted with loud
cheer[...]return my best thanks for the compliment”
paid to me by this vast assembly : a com-
pliment which I value all the more because
I know that it is due to no personal merit
of my own, but that it is an ea[...]nto a country they consider themselves
privileged to instruct and to teach, A
three-days’ visit entitles a man to make @
speech—(laughter)—seven days to write &
book—(renewed laughter and cheers).
nnot claim to be one of those gifted beings
who think that they can take in a nations

Before th’
like to

= futureataglance; yet, ina happy fortnight

nen[...], are teaching the great. lesson that
life is not to be lived by proxy. (Cheers.
I have seen Mi[...]

The Mayor t[...]S,

Farrell (Grand Master of the
iety), presented to His Exeel-
lency the following address from the O[...]bjects of Her Most Gracious Ma-

esty, desire to welcome you, her representative, to
onr city on this auspicious occasion, being not o[...]this colony.
We trust that the ties which bind us to the mother
county

will never be severed, tha[...]d unity, will flourish amongst us;

ing will tend to mar the amity which
in this our adopted country. We feel assured
that your fidelity to the laws and constitution of
Great Brituin and her colonies will add to the hap-
Piless of those over whom you rule, and[...]nd that nothing shall ever arise which might
lead to even a. semblance of disruption in the Em-
Pire o[...]-
arch. We right heartily welcome Your Excellency
to thi and pray the Most High to watch ove
Yourself, your Countess, and family, au[...]His Excennency
Orangemen of Auckl:
able to congratulate
the attainment of the Jub
and of the[...]e of the
‘ealand it will be my endeavour
adhere to those ecustitutioes
government pene are so ch
tin[...]these gentlemen

curred during the day,
isfaction to those of the g
witnessed it.

THE ILLUMINA

ee, o[...]r hotel a carbo
- which illuminated
a large crowd to
rire
antly li, ir
ful ere ‘The New Zeal[...]

mittee, did all in their power, to make
everyone comfortable. By three o’clock bot[...]ho included in their number a drum
and fife band, to whose music several fan-
tastically arrayed indiv[...]d with spec-
tators or performers. It is pleasing to
: note that during all the hurrying to and
fro, tacking backwards and forwards of
such a[...]hout dis-
ute. Amongst the many who worked so
ard to bring the Regatta to such a success-
ful conclusion, the names of Mess[...]the Canterbury and
were on the alert all the time to
further the exertions of the committee.[...]orth
Shore, the wind being both fightand contrary
to making good progress, and it was some
considerabl[...]entered. This race was very disappointin

owing to the unfavourable nature of
wind. At the start the[...](first-class); Yacht Clap
Regulations (all marks to be kept on st

board hand); Ist prize, £4[...]

fhe Maritana went about to the north
of the flagship, but lost considerable[...]the Mari-
tana not far behind. All tacked across to
Hobson’s Bay, when the Matangi touched
the grou[...]Maritana was at her_heels, and on the
run across to the Clara Hargreaves passed
her, the Matangi bein[...](second-class); Yacht
Club regulations (all marks to be kept on
starboard hand): Ist prize, £20 and s[...]Stone), 7] tons; Juvarnia. The Awa-
tea was first to get away, followed by the
Mapu, Tawera, and Spray[...]s the shore, and of course was out of
the running to allappearances. The Awatea,
getting under the lee of the flagship, had to go
about, and the Mapu shot ahead and went
about to weather the Opal, the Tawera
following. On the run ¢ ss to Brick
Bay the Tawera was sailing closer to
the wind than the others. The Awatea was
the first to go about, but was a long way

astern, the Mapu well to windward, the
Tawera fullowing, and the Spray a l[...]though starting
Solate, had made such progress as to take

““—OAgH AHORA

the second place, o[...]Chris
May a good deal astern; bu
was working well to windy
Dock, where the boats again
hristina took t[...]0 tons ; Isca (He ary |
fora eae meh mi
the first to get_away
Transit, 1sea, Mates!

working we[...]

suum eee[...]May took the first Position, but, in
the run down to the dock, the Mignonette dis-
placed the May, the[...]ed his intention of protesting
but we were unable to ascertain her name.

llth Race.—Men-or-W[...]

Race.—Waarenoats, to be rowed by

Be ata ‘maiden oarsmen (Rowing Ass[...]uct

2 toa good start, and Fairy Queen went off to
the front, followed by Rataplan and Huey
Fairy Queen held command to the home
turn, where Torment came up with a gr
ru[...]bilee meeting of the TakapunaJockey
Club was held to-day on the new race:
course. ‘The attendance wa[...]ellency suitably
replied, and proposed prosperity to the
Takapuna Jockey Club, The health of Lord
Carr[...]honoured. The distinguished guests were
only able to remain on the course for a short
time, and on dri[...]Torment, 7st 41b

Nove Race of 20sovs. Winner to be 8
immediately after the race. Lowest weight;
8[...]then bein
adger’; but, maintaining his position to

ish, he won by three lengths, about

e di[...]

. The Taranaki horse
brother to Silvio, the winner
Steeplechase, was considered[...]s.

ZEALANDIA HaAnpicap, of 40sovs., Second
horse to receive 5sovs out of stakes. Five
furlongs.

Mr.[...]Jupinee Cur Hanpricar of 150
sovs. Second horse _to receive ldsovs,
third horse Ssovs. Winner of any handi
cap of 50sovs after the declaration of
weights to carry a penalty of dlbs extra;
of 100sovs, 7lbs e[...]nd was £6 Is, i the

Hanprcar Poxy Race «
horse to receive 5sovs « m1
furlongs and a-half.

Mr. A.[...]but after several i

were let away in fair

going to the front, follow
lvidere, Grace

vi
a

iocethe a[...]y ae
and the dividend was

Hanpicar Srezi y
horse to receive” 1SeSte)
out of stakes. About
mules.

o[...]ourse
front, and led up the _
pau and and,
tained to water
fell and Ree
next round, Recruit le[...]

TA MTAATMHAHN ONO NNNU

i d of to their horses ; fact, it
oa Meta that they were la[...]-
son so violently that the police were called
on to interfere. There were several talks
of protests,[...]f
Of course the fracas and complaints in ree
gard to the riding of Fergus and Johnson in

arke’s ch[...]was that 1]

following letter has been forwarded to thi
Auckland Racing Club :— In the Handicap:

t[...]Anniversary Hanpicar of 80sovs. Second
horse to receive 10sovs outof stakes. | V
ner of the Zealandia Handicap ov Taka-
puna Cup to carry a peeneliy of 5lb extra,
or both, 7lbs extr[...]he stewards, and Mr. W. H. Fenton
were introduced to their Excellencies a
Admiral Scott. They then saw[...]a capital one. Shortly after the pa
were invited to the Marquee, where an @
cellent luncheon was set[...]nk, His Excellency the Governor ask
those present to drink the toast of “ Pro
verity to the Takapuna Jockey Club.” TI
on. Mr. Mitchelso[...]of Adm
Lord Charles Scott. The party were
driven to the wharf, and the Naw
steamed for the flagship.[...]cknowledged the compliment, and prope
“ Success to the Regatta Committee.”
a_ brief stay on board[...]f the Entertainment Commit-
tee, ae they resolved to employ it in taking
His Excellency and party to Devonport to
see the races there, then to visit the flagship,
and to follow the Whaleboat Race. At two
o'clock the ste[...]ey embarked on the Nau-
tilus, and steamed papal. to the Devonport
Wharf. Here His Worship the Mayor of
Devonport (Mr. M. Niccol) was in waiting,
with carriages to convey the party to the
race-ground. Lord Onslow was accompanied[...]ty were, of zourse, in mufti. They were
conducted to seats on the grand stand by Mr
Mitchelson,[...]

rds shown in all ¢ es and to their
quality. Some fine specimens of poul[...]

buff or cinnamon eco*ckerel, under twelve
months, champion in classes 42 to 59; Mrs, ™
''’. Hyde, laced Wyandotte pullet, under”
twelve months, champion in classes 60 to 79,
and in classes 120 to 122; F. A. White, silvel
apepsled co*ckerel, champion in classes 84 to”
101; E. Mander, Houdan pullet, und
twelve mont[...]pullet, under six months, champion i
classes 129 to 143; Reid Brothers, pair of
Rouen ducks, under si[...]Bartley, barb pigeon, hen, champion i
classes 164 to 176; J. Walker, Scotch fa
tail, white, hen[...]

IN THE S80

i

To-pay was,

ee to the celebration of the Jubilee of
the colony in A[...]hich assem-
led at the North Shore this afternoon
to witness the events of the second day’s
celebrat[...]n
address from the Waikatos should be pre-
sented to the Governor by Major Te Wheoro
at Takapuna, but owing to the great crowd-
ing, this pleasing incident had to be omitted

altogether.

THE NATIVE CANOE RACE.

Owing to the great crowd of yachts, cut-
ters, and steambo[...]icinity of the dock, it was found im-
practicable to run the Maori events as ori-
ginally intended, and by common consent
the natives themselves agreed to postpone
the war canoe race till next afternoon.[...]earing a course, at last despatched a
small canoe to the middle of the harbour as
amark boat. Four wha[...]paddlers,
gradually increasing their pace, swayed to
and fro in perfect unison, to the wild
chants of the excited fuglemen in the
ce[...]foreshore towards the dock, and had a good
race to themselves.

THE WAR DANCE.

The Maori war dance was looked forward
to as a feature of the Jubilee celebrations.
At the[...]RY 80.

grandstand was crowded with persons eager
to witness the pertormance, and even the
steps of the stand from top to bottom wer
closely packed, When ris arrive
on the[...]by a crow

of people, and it was found impossible to
keep the spectators back, in order that the
dance[...]k the public. No provision, indeed,
had been made to preserve a clear space for
the Maoris. There was[...]ve been done. ‘The Maoris
finding it impossible to dance in the field, —
moved forward to the racecourse proper in
front of the grandstand.[...]ians and —
some of the Maoris, vainly attempted to keep
back the crowd. The native women number-_
in[...]ssembled multitude, but they were soon
compelled to desist dancing, owing to ”
the crowd prualink in upon them, The
men then attempted to give a war danee,
but were unableto do so in cons[...]ople pressing in on them. The natives”
who were to have given the war dance num
bered about 250, and[...]arrior
were gradually forced along the racecourse to
wards the road, until they at last beca
disgusted and left the ground, much to the
disappointment and annoyance of the sp
tators[...]made for the Governor and his party
and they had to crush through the crowd on
the steps of the grandstand in order to reach
a place where they could get a view. Afte
the Maoris gave up their attempt to danee
the Rarotongan natives performed one
their strange dances ona small space wh
they managed to secure just below the sta

MAORI PROCESSION.

It was intended that as to-day was 1
be especially a day for Maori events f[...]and the Artillery Band was in W
ing at that hour to march them off on thei
arrival at the Quee[...]

CONGRATULATIONS FROM CHRIST-
CHURCH.[...]ived the following telegram from
Christchurch — to-da: “The Wesleyan
Conference congratulates the[...]e colony.” The Mayor has sent the
following —*To the Rey. William
cretary Wesleyan Conference, Chr[...]ication from Major Kemp, which the
latter desired to present to His Excellency
the Governor at Wellington, but which he
has now forwarded to him and the Jubilee
Committee at Auckland :—

W[...]n, Minister for Native Affairs : Sir,—
utations to you our Minister for Native Affairs.
This is astatement of ours to you, and do you make
it known to the Governor, Earl Onslow, and to the
committee of the Jubilee of New Zealand at Auck-
land. hat is my word with respect to this
celebration, Fifty years are now elapsed since
toria sent her mana and her favour to
ands, called New Zealand. ‘he proof
of Waitangi. “In my
time to confirm the unity of

id under the mana and
and her chieftainship for
hs is an urgent. word of
mine to you, or rather to you and the Governor:
Do you cablegraph these wor[...]is, for those words from the words
itting time” to“ ever and ever,” as quoted,—From
Your obedi[...]ed throngh my Mi
Native Affair your communication to Her Majesty
he Queen, expt 4 your desire that the union of
/ und to Britain, as at present existing, should
ufirmed f[...]er. I have, at your desire,
conveyed that message to Her Majesty, and have

oe AMNK[...]dren of Great ‘rita,
Victoria, has heen pleased to
in the year 1888. I wou
Governor, that it will be[...]r the ‘
has watched with |
tish influence among
to offer my conde
ioss which Ro il
since you[...]

for
A am
ad to learn that your earnest desire is that
er Majesty should continue to afford you
that protection. : :
His Excellency th[...]f the Premier of Rarotonga, the Governor
withdrew to an adjoining apartment in order
that the natives might make some presents to

un an

THE SWIMMING CARNIVAL.

Turs portion of t[...]00 people. These were
conveyed across the harbour to the wharf at
the Calliope Dock by the ferry steam[...]e caisson, sides, and all the
ledges of the basin to the water's edge being
literally packed with spec[...]ity

em heh by the conformation of the
@ock, able to see and follow without trouble

the events as the[...]ree of the rcland Swimming Club
sworked very hard to have all the arrange
ments perfected, and the pro[...]pair of
shoes, etc. The Premier then led the way to
the Governor, the presents being carried by
the w[...]ed, the reported prowess
three caused the balance to retire. The di
tance was 440yds, and the starters[...]tives started, bt
their records did not, contrary to expet
tion, exceed those of the average of[...]

{nue AM UM

JUBILEE BALL TO THE GOVERD

THE nee of the Northern Club cee a =[...]and the thanks
of the members of the club are due to
the officers for the hearty assistance
giv[...]

year-ol[...]There was very litt
and at the neat tte
the flag to an exce!
settled into their si
to show in fron
stand she held half-a-
Delia claee A[...]Eruption being
tendants. As they —
Dolosa hoya to draw a
plan and Fragrance d
round the home turn,
second pl Memo
on the outsii
to. halal ae Ba g
randum got
ies he gentle ton
eolin[...]Time, 2m. ;
outside, £3 8s.
Hanpicar HurpL
horse to receive
eight flights of hu
In. Out.
67 99[...]

Joventix Hanprear of 120sovs, second horse
to receive l0sovs, and third horse dsovs out
of the[...])
461 563
‘After two breaks away, the flag fell to a
straggling start, of which Mary and Miss Cole
h[...]r and Leolantis the
worst. Taylor immediately set to work to
make the pace a docker with the favourite.
and as[...]e. As they swept round the turn for
home Reid had to take out the whip to Miss
Cole to keep her in her place, while Leolantis
began to go up, and by the time the Derby
stand was reache[...]de, £3 1s.

JUBILEE Cur of 250sovs. Second horse to
receive 30sovs, and third horse l0sovs out
of the[...]After two breaks away the flag fell to ;
eautiful start. Hilda and Patchwork wet
the first to show in front, but Antelope
joined them, and at the top turn there
little to choose between the trio,
Montrose was lying close[...]t of Montrose; and here Patchwor!

Raglan set out to tread their way to
leading division. Antelope held her —
vantage across the top stretch, and she}
first to reach the turn for home, but at
oint Raglan came like a shot from a;
nd dashing to the front with a run wl
could not be denied, he h[...]42s.’ Dividends: -
outside, £4 4s.

cond horse to receive 20sovs, am
horse 10sovs out of the[...]

Serine Hanpreap o
to be sold immedi:
Seven furlongs. t

In. Out[...]

last ball. Youill hit Lusk’s first to leg fo
while Robinson hit him to long on for 2,
followed up by hitting the last for 3 to s
leg. Robinson drove Rees to long on fo
Neill mulling the ball. Youill scored[...]oul cut Rees first for 1. Robinson plac
Reed hard to extra mid-off, and Youill n
responding to his call, he was badly
out. Telegraph: 1—10—1[...]fted Lusk out of the ground
McClinchy stepped out to Lusk and bro
his duck by hitting him for 1; andsc[...]rth along the carpet for 2, 4@
Youill lifted Rees to square-leg for 3. 8
son bowled two maidens in suc[...]full-pitcher, which he
for 3. Youill lifted Rees to deep field, wht
Ha s make an attempt to catch witl
left hand and mulled, the result 2 bei[...]son. Youill drove Rees for
scored 1 bya fluky hit to leg, and foll
up by driving Rees in the next over[...], and then scored 2 by a square-]
A very high hit to square-leg brought 2
Youill, and his partner added 3 more to
re for a nice hit to leg, bringing
sight. The next ball from Neill was-
high out to the long-ield by, Youtl
Stemson was given a chanc[...]s obtained by nh
n Neill’s next over, Cottam a]
to be much troubled by the
of the left-hander. Yates[...]all.
opened his shoulders, and lifted
bowler hard to long-field, obtain
the stroke, Both batsmen were seorit
rapidly, and 80 was brought to view.
hada very narrow escape of being r
but his[...]a single. Clarke
his account by lifting Rees high to
and a single to McClinchy for a 8k ilf
stroke, brought 90 on the board.
man continued to do most of the scom[...]f the cricket-loving
public patronised the Domain to-day _ to
witness the commencement of the first
intercoloni[...]have looked forward with considerable in-
terest to the meeting of these teams the
threatened rain di[...]ting of Youill, Cottam and
Robiuson being a treat to see. _McClinchy,
Davis and Cowper dis layed crick[...]trandler tor the Auckland, but most credit
is due to Rees, who bowled all through, and
secured the mos[...]ed with a round
of applause, Robinson took strike to Rees
from the Newmarket end, Off Rees’ third
Robinson hit to mid-on, and scored 2.
Lusk trandled from the Hospital end. Youill
hit his first to leg for one, Rees bowled a
maiden to

At MA ‘HH Hore tO MCR

at half-past one the usual adjournment was R[...]heir places at the wicket. Clarke taking refusing to ee nd Pr

the bowling from Rees, and snicked the Of the first of By

third to leg for 1. Kelly resumed the bowl- single by a re[...]Clarke brought dose of awk

100 up by hitting him to leg for 4. The next shoulders to h

pall Kelly had his revenge, by yetting Clarke[...]monotony by hit- Neill was smartly can
ting Kelly to leg for one, and Cowper helped Telegraph, 3—1—0,
: along by driving the same bowler to and Call laway sent down
2, avis spoilt Rees’ maiden by Yates from’ an oyerthre
hitting him to leg tor two, Davis lifted Kelly then Lusk was ¢
to long-tield for one, and Cowper scored two 2 from[...]by an ondave: Davis = appeared in place o
d Rees to leg for 2. Lusk relieved first ball by the
at the[...]iden

ngle fora nice stroke tothe = followed suit to Ki
on followed it up hy cutting Rees way bowled a[...]was at 128 Davis got Lusk at short slip a cession to the on |
were now playing so[...]a good cateh off Rees,
but the Gordon man failed to hold it, and the = appearing too good
batsman sho[...]of the let became rather
by hitting the next ball to leg for three, broke the i

bringing 131 in sight[...]ff. vism uple ofuppish strikes = while the Gordon
to ee 2 off-side, but none o: tae fieldsmen Wet nae[...]Newell
let. ‘The rate of scoring did not de- 2 to long-field for 1, C
and soon got to 149, when Davis lifted 2 Kissling drove Ne\
a soft one from Hawkins to square-leg where = mulling hadly two r
vas in wai[...]-6— = Telegraph: 20. Yi
the ee eee ies. ate nee to

art catch behind the wicke is. _
Inissed him bef[...]allaway's next over:
duck’s egg of the team had to be recorded, taken at slip by Ne
Cal appeared at the vacant crease, and 2 Kissling was
i ees to long-off for 3, and off Hawkins’ pavilio[...]

The wicket now appeared to cut up a
Rees ‘ue 2B 15 72
28

it, Callaway’s[...]ot two by a clean Bee ow a
drive off Newell owing to Cowper's slow N cil iL ae 3 7
return. Owing to the light getting very bad Kell a) 0 17 :
the umpires decided to ‘draw the stumps at. Ha Nc ees a 4 27 1
- a quarter to six, and appended are the awkins .. 8 2 ll[...]

that so far as actual positio[...]tween
the Spray and Ahetanit: the latter was fir;
to finish, the race, however, as alre;

i. M.s.[...]anio. The Matangi was the first Christina 6 36 19
to reach the Victoria Wharf, where the Mapuse 6 39 3[...]steer-oar. i
Cuampton Gig Racr,—This was consid
to be the event of the programme, but o
to the rough state of the water, the Auckli
and two West End_crews declined to
The field consisted of Waitemata,
Shore, Poverty[...]swamped, several of the races for this class
had to be abandoned. The courses were laid
from near the Calliope Dock to the Devon-
sport Wharf. The starter was Mr. J. FP[...]ooke did not finish. a
despatched about threep.m. to anevenstart, = Marbex Gres (under 10 stone).—OF[...]esting, as he considered the.
determined struggle to the post ensued, and of the water dangerou[...]

NATIVE CANOE RACES,

The[...]ace as they pro-

d, a grand spectacle was reeled to
the thousands who lined the foreshore of
about 150 ‘stalwart Maoris, the majority of
whom were nude to the waist, swaying in a
graceful rythmic motion in time to the wild,
exhorting chant of the several fuglemen[...]n the up journey
the smaller craft held gallantly to the big
whakataua, but at the buoy the latter for[...]er, and after
Many determined and amusing efforts to
shoot them over the obstacle, the natives had
to abandon the attempt.

THE WAR DANCE.

The Maori war dance, whice was to have
taken place on Thursday, but which could
not be carried out owing to the spectators
crowding in on the natives, was given to-
‘ay at what are known as the Bear Gardens
atth[...]f the ground

Was fenced off, and th
nt toto six 0’
returned to their qi

SHOOTING AND FISHING
His Excellency 1
to Motutapu Tals
expedition. The 0
oe by Admi[...]

ere shot. The Earl of Onlow had the good
fering to “bring down” a fine sta; with
magnificent antlers, and he expressed his in-
tention to have the head preserved, he
steamer left for Auck[...]oun-
dation of the colony, and it was carried out
to a most perfect success by the following
officers[...]re many dis-
tinctive features, too many, indeed, to notice
specially, but the most prominent feature[...], vigorous shrubs, in full flower
and were worthy to represent the climateand
its capabilities. The displays by Hay and
Son, Neal and Co., Mr. Forrest (gardener to
Mf, Murdoch), and others, were splendid, and
one gentleman who did not allow his name
to transpire sent a fine collection of forty

New Ze[...]ll of rich variety, and th
were distributed so as to fill in the vacan
between the various stands and[...]fine feature,
the manufacture was equal in finish to
imported to New Zealand, They
finished in Rockingham and yell[...]e large vases
some fine pot plants which showed t
to advantage. Messrs. Carder Brothers
also a fine ex[...]amed the banana, whichin shane and
ance except as to colour resembles a
ber. Vevetables were not largely pl
to quantity, but the quality was 5
potatoes, cabbage[...]etables, pick
the boys at the school being taught to
and the girls to preserve the fruits and)
ables. ‘There was also a display of
nd joinery work by the boys, w
range from 12 to 14 years of age, whiel
do credit to a carpenter and joil
another feature was a[...]

| Fetridg[...]

w[...], played aremarkably freeinnings, not- ewell hard to lo ti
withstanding the fact that he was indispose[...]ttam batted in taking style, while man hit Newell to lon
McClinchy and the genial Sid Callaway, = lowe[...]way were owper bowled a n
at times very difficult to play. J. Shepherd, = ball of MeCli ‘
although n[...]d men had lost
4 wickets for 70, having 6 wickets to fall, and
being 102 behind the visitors. Had time per-
mitted the game to be concluded, there is not
the least doubt[...]

up by a dr to the on for 2, the ball being
well returned by Mills. In the next o
from Neill the skipper scored 3 to I[...]1—j. Robinson filled the » Col
tam stepped out to Lusk, and was stumped from the garden end,
by Fow[...]egraph: 17—2—10. Youi a maiden. Newell bowled to Ki
joined Robinson, and the latter broke his om t[...]play became monotonous, four mai
Bey a wingle ond to Lask's aost over | lng tuine) tee ee Se
» 2 3 a[...]n the board. MeCI
usk’s next got another single to square-leg. relieved Newell. — Kissling obtaine[...]rought 40 up by a several maidens Yates pale dave to long:
snick for2off Lusk; and next ball gaveWalke[...]rought 30 u and Yates drove
Runs came apace owing to Robinson's agency Clinchy’s first for 3 Kisslin[...]d the ball rolling by a single off Kelly, | owing to fine fielding on the part
and Robinson got a pret[...]everal — Clarke, ‘Telegraph: 40191, .
strokes to each batsman, and 60 appeared on player filled th[...]lle’ of thee Mace
2, and Cowper placed Lusk Tey to the on Cree Re li . oe oe for @
for a single. Nei[...]st ball _ creased higcouns Ly eee uin nurs
Heatly to lonzles for 4 Wott Ey creased his score by a leg[...]igth? brought down the — Gardiner lifted Newell to ‘Youill in the de

fe el 7 aoe oe »ght-[...]

Sl wwceS¥

Total iz ee i es ie

‘to bat: H. B, Lusk, R. Neill, W. Haw-
kins, A[...]

Tux Jubilee festivities were concluded to-
day, when the athletic sports for the
officers a[...]throng, so deep that those in the
rear were lost to view against the high trees
growing in a long lin[...]e hill,
and forming a most appropriate background
to the animated scene; and in the immediate
eentre o[...]nd Pullen.
he party were received at the entrance to
the ground by His Worship the Mayor (Mr.
J. H. Up[...]he —
Entertainment Committee, and were escorted
to the pavilion. Here they were met by Mrs.
Upton (t[...]h much inte:
and at its close he asked Mr, Porter to ¢
vey to the Maoris a message from him to
effect tl he was much impressed with th
noble nd[...]ound
marked off with a post and wire fe;
in order to prevent nr
the public, and = all
started punctually to
must be given to Messr
Cotter, pF Upfill,

J. FB. Logan, and Coupl[...]ogaamm E55.
than the estimate giv }
Athletic Club to the Jubilee Commit
There were two bands on the gr[...]The Or 2

Eng
Attila,” Verdi; galop, “To
rogramme was also submitted,
nd, a notable[...]

5 drew up to How

ar
obstacles which had toto be climbed over by means of dangling top
attached, then a large sail pinned seeurely
the ground had _ to be crept under, a grea:
inclined plank had to be serambled w
last, but not least, the competito[...]was seated another sailor who
guided his mate as to the direction he was to
take by his voice. The start had barely
been effe[...]rses described by those who were
fortunate enough to escape upset was equally
amusing. he winner turned up in Loc!
and Torr, who managed to keep a fairly
straight course, and a close fight[...]arrou.o’s Dispay.
hibition of dumbbell practice
to music, by about 80 of Prof
pupils, was one of the[...]OLIAN HAnpicap,—'
was quite a novelty to the spectators,
the sight 25 well-built, wiry-loo[...]in Australasia, All started
I and the field began to str,
y. At the end of the first round
Chung had a[...]des- = their work with great tenacity at last
ee, to an_ even start, and Clarkson, stayed their opponents and won the co

oldwater, and Atkinson were the first to = amidst great cheering. “The effeaviel
show in[...]oe »1; F. Wilson and W, Boord shortly after ran to the front am
evan ode: 0), 23 A. McKinlay[...]

ront *
fortune to lose his pedal and Buchanan electric, hussein nea
assed him and won by a couple of lengths they were going to burst ;
i Buchanan, scratch, 1; A, Howard, 20 ass[...]round, and finishing well in adyance amphitheatre to see
of his opponents. H. N, Goldwater, 45 aori ch[...]e from Dr
: 4 _ scription of a war dance a;
Owing to the fiasco which occurred at the a The whole army[...]the failure of the yards, arranged jfself
public to see the war-dance, Mr, Devore and twenty, or even[...]should be left at a signal given by the
unturned to have the dance repeated their feet, having we
in[...]ld enable 20,000 people = right side of the body,
to see it performed with ease and left side ; and th[...]y, arranged with jumped two feet from
the natives to give it immediately after the Ing and cleaving th[...]c cheers. ‘The Maoris were i aeinn
all stripped to the waist, and armed with Here is | a o
paddles,[...]has = afterwards ith hi
had a meeting and decided to fight, believing » who went wy
their quarrel to be just. The performance - the Taranakis
o[...]

est of the Kawau yield to your foe,
Chiefs of the we

rriors | ye are laid[...]m ; pounce upon them,
When will your valour begin to rage?
When will your yalour be strong?
Ah! when the tide marmu
Ah! when the tide roars,
Bid farewell to your children,
For what else can you do?
You see[...]which the
h. 54m., 1;

2h. 59m. 30s.,

to

. Fisn[...]breeze was very light,
a fair race ensued. Owing to an alteration
being made in the time of starting,[...]EROATS.—This race was one

- of those which had to be re-contested., St

George’s, which wo[...]

a te Hupiri c te Koroni, me te mahara
whakanui to tatou Koroni me te mahara
‘no kei te Whakanui to tatou Koroni itenei Hupiri,
Me puta i konei ki to[...]a ai
matou ki konei ki te mahi i nga Ahuareka imo to
(ttou Hupiti me to rutou atawhai hoki ia maton.
‘c tumanako ana ma[...]OC

AND THE MAORIS,

The address was interpreted to Lord
Onslow by Mr. Clendon, RAL The follow-
ing is the translation :—

February 1, 1890. To you, Onslow, Governor of
New Zealand. Greetings to you,—We, the chiefs of

temata, in the year 184[...]amongst us of the Ministers of your Govern
ment, to prepare for your arrival, that you and your
friends might, see us here on this day. Wel
welcome to Waitemata, in the love and affection
the Maori ch[...]ore, pronounce in your presence our ip
preciation to the chiefs and Committee of #
Jubilee, and also to the people of Auckland who
have requested us to come here to carry on the
sports for our Jubilee, and also for their kindness.
to us. We desire that this good feeling shonld
alway[...]llows, Mr, Clendon again interpreting :
—‘‘ To Te Wheoro and people of Waikato,—
‘To be the first Governor who has received
an address of loyalty to the Queen of Eng-
land from the natives of the Waikato is a
great pleasure to me. Englishmen believe
their institutions and their forms of Go-
verament to be the best in the world; ab
any rate, it has ena[...], with different forms of
Government have failed, to people every
part of the globe, and to bring Christianity
and civilisation to countless native oe
In bidding you share with us on equi
terms in these forms of government, by
opening to you our law Courts and our Par-
liament Ho[...]

ann A

our best to show you that there is to be no
. difference in the future between our race[...]rston, and the rest of the party em-
barked in it to proceed to Paul Tuhaere’s
settlement at Orakei. The large[...]d by the second canoe, the Whakati party returned to the city shortly after
wai, in which the Hon. Mr.[...]D THE JUBILEE,

Me. W. Wimoman having telegraphed to = churches, shipping, and extensive trade, is
Mr.[...]worse than preposterous. IT could say a good
hin to come to Auckland at the time of = deal on this head, but[...]d in reply the following The Government undertook to publish my
interesting letter :— authentic ecou[...]ourpart. As I dou’t benefit by

y D i I venture to think that not a few Auck-—
she town delivery o[...]nyitation are ; my chronic rheumatism (often ning to publish with it my two appen- —
severe), my age (nearly 80) preventing my pertaining to the formation of the
undertaking the long and rough overland a (on the score of not wishing to enlarge
journey, and my being always such a great[...]af-de-mer ; at the same 2 of public matters prior to 1840; the secon
time my general health is faivif[...]seat of Government
For many reasons 1 should like to be there was removed to Auckland, These, howeveiy

with you at Auckland o[...]ue 1 aoe (though it_ may be 10m Hig
From my wish to add my testimony (that of a = 1) Mine hidden from view) may follow oe
ied witness) to that fact against the vain- ta see ee and commemoration to Auch
lorious and intolerable assumption of V and and to her whole province, and to the ~
“lington,—which to me, from my intimate = Clony at large,—I am, &e[...]Va. CoLENSO.

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