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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate.
By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.
Vol. III. AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1850. No. 12.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, May 18th, 1850.
His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief directs the publication, for general information, of the following Despatch, received in reply to a Memorial addressed to me by 168 Inhabitants of Auckland to the Secretary of State.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 82.
Downing Street,
5th December, 1849.
SIR—I have received your Despatch, No. 90, of the 7th July last, enclosing a copy of a Memorial addressed to me by 168 inhabitants of the Town of Auckland, containing a statement of grievances against the Local Government, and suggesting the immediate introduction of a Representative form of Government into New Zealand.
Having considered the Memorial, I have found in it nothing to impair the confidence which I feel in your administration of the government of the colony. The reasons you have assigned in your Despatches for delaying for a short period the introduction of Representative Institutions, with the view of preparing the Colony, and especially the Native Races; for so important a change in the form of government, appear to me entitled to the greatest weight.
The extraordinary progress which New Zealand has made in prosperity, the tranquillity which has been successfully maintained, and the progressive civilization of the natives, afford the best proof of the wisdom of the policy you have pursued, and the most complete answer to the statements of the memorialists: and when I consider the condition in which you found the colony at the period when you assumed the Government, the difficulties with which you have had to contend, and its present state, there can, in my judgment, be no doubt of your title to the respect and gratitude of the inhabitants, whether of Native or of European race.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) Grey.
Governor Sir George Grey.
PRINTING.
Civil Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 21st May, 1850.
TENDERS will be received at this office until noon on Monday, the 10th of June, from persons desirous to contract for Printing the “Maori Messenger,” for the six months commencing with the 1st of July, 1850.
Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Civil Secretary's Office.
Security will be required for the due performance of the Contract, and the Tenders should be accompanied by a notification of the consent of the parties who may be proposed as Sureties.
By His Excellency's command,
C. A. DILLON,
Civil Secretary.
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New Ulster Gazette 1850, No 12
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🏛️ Publication of Despatch from Secretary of State
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration18 May 1850
Despatch, Memorial, Local Government, Representative Institutions, Auckland
- George Grey (Sir), Governor-in-Chief
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
🌾 Tender for Printing the Maori Messenger
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources21 May 1850
Tender, Printing, Maori Messenger, Contract
- C. A. Dillon, Civil Secretary