114 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



" Eanolf and Aruohia," and as one of our foremost early 

 legislators and eminent colonists. 



But Domett was not the only one whose name is in- 

 scribed on the roll of New Zealand history, and who con- 

 tributed to make the Examiner what it was. The names 

 of Dr. David Monro, William Fox, Dillon Bell, Richmond, 

 Dr. Greenwood, and others must be added. And when these 

 able men, as they were sure to do, went to other parts of the 

 colony to discharge the high duties required from them by 

 the advancement of New Zealand, then the paoer gradually 

 became an echo of its former self, and it expired in, I think, 

 1873. 



I have by no means exhausted my subject, and must 

 return to it. It was only when beginning to treat this second 

 part that I realised its extent, and that it must be treated 

 separately and alone from that higher class of literature which 

 only developed later, and to which I hope yet to devote 

 attention. 



I will close my lecture with a few words of reference to 

 New Plymouth, which, unlike its sister-settlements of Wel- 

 lington and Nelson, brought with it no press provision. This 

 was because its early settlers were not of the same superior 

 and cultivated class. The bulk of them were small farmers 

 and labourers from Devon and Cornwall, sober, industrious, 

 and persevering men, than whom no part of New Zealand 

 had better. Of course, such men as Thomas King, Charles 

 Brown, and the Richmonds stood out in bright relief as men 

 of culture, but they were few. Then came the Constitution 

 in 1852 ; this made a newspaper necessary, and the require- 

 ment was satisfied by the Taranaki Herald, which first 

 appeared on the 4th August, 1852, under the editorship of 

 Mr. Wicksteed and Mr. Crompton for a short time, and then 

 of Mr. Richard Pheney, a very clever and gifted man. Prior 

 to its publication a board placed in a conspicuous position, 

 and with any notices or notifications affixed in writing, did 

 the duty of a newspaper. The Herald was until recently 

 under the journalistic control of Mr. W. H. J. Seffern, who 

 died last year. 



