✨ Government Notices
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.
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.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. IV. AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1851. No 14.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 1st May, 1851.
HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF has directed it to be notified for general information, that all such duties and correspondence in reference to both Battalions of Pensioners as have heretofore been performed or conducted by the Civil Secretary, will for the future be performed by Major KENNY, to whom all communications in reference to the Pensioners of New Ulster which are intended for the Governor-in-Chief are to be directed.
By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 30th April, 1851.
HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF has directed that the following Report be published for general information.
By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
REPORT of a MISSIONARY TOUR in the NEW HEBRIDES, &c., on board H.M.S. “Havannah,” by the Rev. JOHN INGLIS, Reformed Presbyterian Missionary, New Zealand.
To Sir GEORGE GREY, K.C.B., Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c.,
Sir,—I have the honour to present to your Excellency a Report of my Missionary Tour through the New Hebrides and other Islands in the Western Pacific.
It was through the interest of your Excellency, and the kindness of Captain Erskine, that I obtained a passage, for this purpose, on board H.M.S. “Havannah,” in her late cruise through these islands. Before proceeding, therefore, to the main subject of my report, I cannot omit this opportunity of expressing my obligations for the facilities thus afforded me for prosecuting my object. Of the kindness and courtesy of Captain Erskine, and the polite and obliging disposition and conduct of his officers, I cannot speak too highly. The Lord himself reward them!
The “Havannah” left Auckland on the 8th of August, 1850, and visited the New Hebrides, Queen Charlotte’s Islands, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia, and arrived in Sydney on the 8th of November following; the cruise thus occupying three months. In the New Hebrides group we anchored at Aneiteum (often incorrectly called Anatum) Tana, Erumanga, Faté, and Manicola, or Malicola; held intercourse with the natives of Ambrim, examined part of the coast of Espiritu Santo, and passed in sight of all the islands in the group. Of Queen Charlotte’s Islands we visited only Vanikolo; but there we anchored at the very place where La Perouse’s two vessels were lost in 1788, and whose loss remained a mystery till discovered by Captain Dillon in the “Research,” in 1826. In the Solomon group we coasted along and held extensive intercourse with the natives of Toro or St. Christoval, and
Next Page →
New Ulster Gazette 1851, No 14
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🛡️ Transfer of Pensioner Battalion Duties
🛡️ Defence & Military1 May 1851
Pensioners, Battalions, Major Kenny, Colonial Secretary
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
- Major Kenny
🌏 Publication of Missionary Tour Report
🌏 External Affairs & Territories30 April 1851
Missionary Tour, New Hebrides, Rev. John Inglis, H.M.S. Havannah
- John Inglis (Reverend), Author of Missionary Tour Report
- Erskine (Captain), Commander of H.M.S. Havannah
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
- Sir George Grey, Governor-in-Chief
🌏 Missionary Tour Report
🌏 External Affairs & TerritoriesMissionary Tour, New Hebrides, Western Pacific, H.M.S. Havannah
- Erskine (Captain), Commander of H.M.S. Havannah
- Rev. John Inglis, Reformed Presbyterian Missionary