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pressed for want of help. It is not necessary to give the dif- 

 ferent books that were printed and issued, but the following 

 items will be of interest : — 



July 29. James Busby, Esq. : To compositing and printing 200 copies 

 of prospectus of Victoria Institution, £1 Is. 



Aug. 10. Compositing and printing oircular- letter, 70 copies, for 

 calling meeting at Kororareka, 7s. 6d. 



Aug. 12. Compositing and printing "placard" calling meeting, 40 

 copies, 7s. 6d. 



May 1. To paid Iretoro and Tame, two natives, for presswork, one 

 pair jacket and trousers each. 



May 3. James Richards : Pair trousers, 5s. ; hat, 4s. ; pair stock- 

 ings, 3s. 6d. ; waistcoat, 5s. 6d. — about 20s., with articles to him 

 before these for sundry jobs during the last four months in 

 printing and binding. 



The meetings at Kororareka became more frequent as time 

 went on, for matters were in an utterly disorganized state. 

 So bad, in fact, had become the condition of the place that in 

 May, 1838, a few of the leading men of business, with the 

 captains and officers of the ships in the bay, formed them- 

 selves into an association for the purpose of mutual safety 

 and protection. Like most things that were started in those 

 times, the rules that were drawn up were sent to Sydney 

 to be printed, and the documents containing the rules of the 

 association of householders at Kororareka were printed and 

 issued from the Herald Office, Sydney, on the 11th June, 

 1838. The only existing copy of the rules that were drawn 

 up by the householders is in the possession of Mr. A. H. 

 Turnbull, of Wellington. 



Whilst the better class of people in the Bay of Islands 

 were taking measures to protect themselves from lawlessness 

 of all sorts, the House of Lords in England was holding an 

 inquiry into the state of New Zealand. The news from New 

 Zealand had reached the British Government through the 

 Governor of New South Wales and the secretaries of the mis- 

 sionary societies; but the immediate cause of the inquiry was 

 on account of a proposal, made by an association termed the 

 " New Zealand Association," for the colonisation of the coun- 

 try : "The New Zealand Association consists of two classes 

 of members — First, heads of families — fathers — who have de- 

 termined to establish themselves in the proposed colony ; 

 secondly, public men, who, for the sake of public objects 

 alone, are willing " — to use their own words in addressing 

 Her Majesty's Government — " to undertake the responsible 

 and not very easy task of carrying the measure into execu- 

 tion." The report of the Royal Commission was issued in 

 August, 1838, and the information it contained — which was 

 based on the evidence of men intimately connected with the 

 country — was such that no civilised Government could permit 



