I make this recommendation under the belief
that in four or five years' time this force might
be reduced to a single regiment, and that it
would be advantageous to continue as rapidly as
possible the formation of a local police force
composed in a great measure of natives; which
force I am now organizing with apparent suc-
cess. The expenses of this force could, at the
end of a few years, be defrayed from the reve-
nues of the colony, and it would be one in ev-
ery way suited to the service of this country. In-
deed, I think it would in New Zealand be found
more advantageous than any European force.
I beg to state that your Lordship's debt, however
limited in number may be the force which Her
Majesty's Government may be able to place at
my disposal, I will do my utmost to conduct the
service in such a way as to merit Her Majesty's
approbation; but my fear is, that if a sufficient
force is not at once stationed in the country,
sanguinary and expensive, yet petty wars may
take place, which will entail on Great Britain
a large and useless expenditure: of blood and
money, and retard the advancement of this
country almost indefinitely; whilst on the other
hand, should a sufficient force be at once sent here,
I feel satisfied that no further disturbance of any
consequence will take place, and that in a few
years the country will be able to defray the ex-
pense of its own establishments.

I have, &c.,
(Signed) G. GREY.

The Right Hon. Lord Stanley,
&c., &c.

(No. 4.)

COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM THE RIGHT HON. EARL
GREY TO LIEUT. GOVERNOR GREY.

No. 6, 19 Jan. 1846. SIR,
26, 8 Mar. I HAVE had the honour of receiving your
27, 11 Mar. Despatches of the dates and numbers noted in the
29, 7 Apr. margin, and in which, after giving an account
30, 9 Apr. of the events which have recently taken place
36, 22 Apr. in New Zealand, you state that a military force con-
47, 14 May siderably larger than that which is now station-
ed there will in your opinion for some years to
come be required to guard against the recurrence
of petty but expensive wars with the native
tribes, and that you consider not less than 2500
men to be necessary for this purpose.

I have too much reliance upon your judgment
to doubt that you have good grounds for your de-
mand for this large increase of force, and there-
fore though the no less urgent demands from va-
rious other quarters for the services of Her Ma-
jesty's troops render it a matter of some difficulty,
measures will immediately be adopted for
supplying, with no more delay than is inevitable,
the additional troops you have called for. It will
not, however, be in the power of Her Majesty's
Government to supply the whole of this rein-
forcement from the regular army. A part of it
will consist of a force of a different description
to be formed for the purpose, as to which in-
formation of this date you will find all neces-
sary information. This force will be designated
as the Royal New Zealand Fencibles; will consist
of about 500 men, and will be sent direct from this
country to Auckland. The additional regular
troops to be employed in New Zealand will be
900 men from the regiments now serving in New
South Wales. Orders will be sent at the same
time with this Despatch to the Governor, and to
the Lieut.-General commanding in that Colony,
to forward to Wellington with the least practi-
cable delay detachments of the above strength,
for whose reception you will therefore lose no
time in making the best preparations in your
power by taking measures to provide them upon
their arrival with the necessary supplies, and
with such quarters as you can obtain at the dif-
ferent places at which you may consider it most
advisable that they should be stationed. By the
above arrangement, as detailed in the margin,
the amount of force you have named as being re-
quired will for the present be provided; but you
will not fail to recollect that it is impossible per-
manently to keep so many as 2000 men of Her
Majesty's regular army in New Zealand without
very great inconvenience. I have therefore to
instruct you to direct your most serious attention
to the means which should be adopted to enable
you as soon as possible to dispense with a portion
of this force. With that view, the formation of
a well-organized Militia, and of a force com-
posed of Natives in the service of Her Majesty,
would appear to be the measures most likely to
be successfully adopted.

I have, &c.
(Signed) G. GREY.

P.S.—I have instructed the Master-General
and Board of Ordnance to send to you, by a ves-
sel which is appointed to sail on the first Decem-
ber direct to Wellington, or by another vessel
which will depart in a fortnight from that date,
an adequate supply of such tools, nails, hinges,
and small stores, as may in their judgment be
required for the more ready construction of the
buildings for the Fencibles.

To Lieut.-Governor Grey,
&c. &c. &c.

Auckland:—Printed by J. Williamson, for the New
Zealand Government.

Now in New Zea-
land, according
to the last Re-
turns
From N. S. W.
N. Zealand Fen-
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