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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
VOL II.] AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1854. [No. 8.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
5th April, 1854.
HIS Excellency the Officer administering
the Government directs the publica-
tion of the accompanying Letter from Capt.
DRURY, of H. M. S. Pandora, with its en-
closures, for general information.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
H. M. Surveying Vessel Pandora,
Pelorus River, Cook's Strait,
13th February, 1854.
SIR, I have the honour to transmit
through you to His Excellency Colonel Wyn-
yard, for general information, Sailing Direc-
tions for the Navigation of the East Coast of
the North Island, between Turanga (Poverty
Bay) North of Hawke's Bay, and the Kati-
Kati, North of the Bay of Plenty, with the
adjacent islands and reefs.
A very fine season has permitted a general
examination of all that is requisite in deter-
mining the extent and position of off laying
dangers; and having carefully investigated
every report as to rocks and shoals, gathered
from the Europeans and Natives along the
coast, I have every reason to hope that this
report will render the approach to these
shores as easy as circumstances admit.
The Pandora has been employed a por-
tion of two seasons on this part of the Survey,
and officers have walked the whole line of
country on the Coast; and it affords me
much pleasure in stating that on all occa-
sions they have received kind assistance and
hospitality from the Missionaries so charac-
teristic of their vocation.
From the coasting traders (and I may es-
pecially mention Captain Ellis of the Eliza),
we have received much valuable informa-
tion.
The Natives have uniformly been very
hospitable when occasion really required it:
but at rivers in the Bay of Plenty, where no
European was within reach, their exorbitant
demands for crossing a few yards in their
canoes were found a great source of annoy-
ance and delay: it would be a great boon to
travellers if some general understanding upon
this point could be made with the various
tribes on the coast, for the only difficulties
our travellers met with may be comprehended
in being at the mercy of the Natives on such
occasions.
Should our detached Survey on the West
Coast have successfully completed the ex-
amination of the Ports between Manukau and
Taranaki, I think that in connexion with the
Acheron's Survey, the Northern Island has
been fairly examined, and all the charts are
now completed, excepting such soundings
along the coast as opportunity will admit of,
I have, &c.,
BYRON DRURY,
Commander and Surveyor.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
Auckland.
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NZ Gazette 1854, No 8
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🏛️ Colonial Secretary directs publication of Captain Drury's letter
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration5 April 1854
Publication order, Survey directions, H.M.S. Pandora, Colonial Secretary
- Capt. Drury, Subject of published letter
- ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
🗺️ Sailing Directions for Navigation of East Coast North Island
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey13 February 1854
Coastal survey, Sailing directions, North Island, Missionaries, Traders, Native relations, Acheron Survey
- Wynyard (Colonel), Report recipient
- Ellis (Captain), Coasting trader providing information
- BYRON DRURY, Commander and Surveyor