418 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



No other printing is entered as having been done during 

 1836-37 beyond the work connected with the printing of the 

 New Testament. This highly important undertaking was 

 carried on by the appointment, on the 14th November, 1836, 

 of John Bevan and Henry Mann in the printing-office at 

 £1 10s. per week; but on the 28th January, 1837, their 

 services appeared to have ended, as full payment of wages 

 was made on that date, and no further mention is made of 

 them. A few days afterwards— i.e., the 15th February — 

 there is the following entry : — 



Engaged James Powell, pressman ; 16tb, commenced. 



Feb. 22. Engaged C. F. Opham, pressman ; commenced ; 7s. day. 



Feb. 27. Agreed with J. Powell and C. Opbam at 25 cents per 



token — i.e., Is. English money. 

 Oct. 4. Printed first part sheet grammar, demy 12mo. 

 Dec. 30. Finished printing New Testament, 5,000 copies, demy 8vo. 



" Glory be to God alone ! " 



I possess a copy of the grammar and of the New Testa- 

 ment as printed on the dates named, and, whilst both works 

 represent an inestimable amount of labour, of scholarship, 

 and evident desire to be of some benefit to the native race, 

 one cannot help expressing the view that much more good 

 would have resulted by following along the lines laid down by 

 the first missionary. Assimilation comes quickest through 

 and by means of language, and every effort should have been 

 put forth to teach the natives to speak the language of their 

 teachers, for then a new line of thought would have sprung 

 up in the case of the younger generations. The fostering of 

 the language as spoken by the natives simply intensified the 

 peculiar religious notions of the native race, and affected in a 

 marked manner their subsequent conduct socially and reli- 

 giously. The completion of the New Testament reflected 

 the highest credit upon the translation committee and Mr. 

 Colenso, who was responsible for the printing. 



Much historical importance attached to the printing of 

 circulars in English and Maori relating to the Baron de 

 Thierry, because at this time New Zealand was declared to be 

 independent, and yet the British Resident deemed it proper 

 to issue an address to His Britannic Majesty's subjects who 

 were then resident in New Zealand. This address is referred 

 to by the Rev. J. Beecham, general secretary to the Wesley an 

 Mission, in his evidence before the House of Lords in 1838 

 as having been issued in 1835 (10th October), but, as shown 

 above, the entries in the " Day- and Waste-book " are 5th and 

 12th October respectively, 1836. Baron de Thierry's address 

 to the white residents of New Zealand is dated Sydney, 20th 

 September, 1837, and I have it from Mrs. Allen, an old lady 

 at present residing at Farndon, that she was at Hokianga as a 



