Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 5

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✨ Correspondence on Steam Communication



AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. VI.] AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1857. [No. 5.

Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
February 27th, 1857.

THE following Correspondence, on the
subject of Inter-Colonial and Inter-Provincial Steam Communication, is published for
general information.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

15, St. Mary-Axe, London,
12th December, 1856.

Sir,

I beg to enclose for the perusal of yourself
and your friends a copy of a letter I for-
ward by this mail to his Excellency the
Governor respecting an efficient and regular
steam service for your Colony.

I hope my proposition will meet with your
approval and support, and I pledge myself to
carry it out in a manner which will ensure the
perfect satisfaction of the Colonists, if the re-
quisite subsidy be voted by the House of Re-
presentatives.

I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
FRED. F. GIBBS.

His Honor the Superintendent,
&c., &c., &c.,
Auckland.

(Copy)

15, St. Mary-Axe, London,
December, 1856.

Sir,

I have the honor to address your Excel-
lency for the purpose of submitting to your
notice a plan which I am endeavouring at the
present time to perfect, for providing the colo-
nists of New Zealand with a regular and efficient
system of Inter-Colonial and Inter-Provincial
Steam Navigation.

  1. I beg to inform your Excellency that I
    visited the various Provinces of New Zealand,
    in a steamer called the Ann, about four years
    ago, with instructions respecting this subject
    from Captain Sparks, the Superintendent of
    the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s Works
    at Sydney. I was received in every Province with
    much cordiality and a hearty welcome, and
    on that occasion pledged myself to carry out
    the wishes of the colonists, as they were ex-
    plained to me, to the utmost of my power.

  2. On my return to England, after my visit
    to New Zealand, I laid the various communi-
    cations on the subject of Steam Navigation be-
    fore the Directors of the Peninsular and
    Oriental Company, but was informed by them
    that their agent in Sydney had exceeded his in-
    structions in sending me to New Zealand, and
    that they were not prepared to do anything in
    the matter.

  3. I then brought the subject before the
    notice of some influential and wealthy gentle-
    men in London, who entered willingly into my
    plans; but, on the breaking out of the late
    war, I was called away to take the command
    in the Black Sea, and the negotiations remained
    in abeyance until my return home.

  4. The delay which has hitherto taken place
    has been quite unavoidable. Even if I had re-
    mained in England instead of taking up my
    command I should have been prevented by the
    state of the money market from forming a



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🚂 Publication of Correspondence on Steam Communication

🚂 Transport & Communications
27 February 1857
Steam Navigation, Inter-Colonial Communication, Subsidy Proposal
  • Fred. F. Gibbs, Proposer of steam navigation service

  • J. Williamson, Superintendent

🚂 Proposal for Steam Navigation Service

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 December 1856
Steam Navigation, Colonial Transport, Subsidy Request
  • Fred. F. Gibbs, Author of steam navigation proposal
  • Captain Sparks, Superintendent of Peninsular and Oriental Company

  • Fred. F. Gibbs