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NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF NEW MUNSTER.)
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. III.] WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1850. [No. 16.
Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 26th July, 1850.
His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor directs the publication of the following Reports for general information.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Colonial Secretary.
NOTES, Taken under the direction of Government, Embracing Statistical Returns in connection with the Native Population, and other Miscellaneous information within the Districts of Port Nicholson, Porirua, Waikanae, Otaki, Manawatu, Rangitikei, and Wairarapa, in the Province of New Munster, in the beginning of 1850.
REPORT NO. 1.
"PORT NICHOLSON DISTRICT," (Including the Town of Wellington.)
Wellington, 1st January, 1850.
Sir,—In compliance with instructions received, I have the honor to forward for the Lieutenant-Governor’s information the Daily Journal of my proceedings for the month ending Dec. 1849. Enclosed also is a Return of Native Population, &c., for the entire District of Wellington as numbered in the margin. The Census and other particulars in each case being taken at the settlements as I visited them. In forwarding these enclosures, I would beg also to make a few general observations upon the state of the Natives in the Districts through which I passed, including those points to which no particular reference could be made in the Returns, but a short outline of which might be interesting to His Excellency, and, I think, render the Journal and other Papers more complete and satisfactory. Proceeding in the order in which I visited the settlements, I beg to make the following notes:—
1st. Settlement.—"OHARIU."
"Ohariu," is situated about 6 miles from Wellington, and immediately in the rear of the Town. The road to the village is over a mountain, is difficult and available only as a footpath, principally through bush. The Pa is situated on a Reserve recently laid down by the Government under Col. M’Cleverty’s directions, to which a considerable portion of suburban land is attached. The land comprised within the block on an average may be considered tolerably good, with a fair share of timber. All the Maori cultivations are included within the block, which are by no means extensive.
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New Munster Gazette 1850, No 16
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- Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary
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Native Population, Statistical Returns, District Reports, Wellington, Port Nicholson, Porirua, Waikanae, Otaki, Manawatu, Rangitikei, Wairarapa