APPENDIX III. (p. 172.) 



COPY OF OFFICIAL LETTERS OP H. E. COL. SIR T. GORE BROWN, GOVERNOR OF NEW 



ZEALAND TO COMMODORE VON WULLERSTORF-URBAIR, COMMANDER OF THE 



NOVARA EXPEDITION. 



I. 



Government House, Auckland, New Zealand, January 4M, 1859. 

 Sir, 



I do myself tlie honour to exj)ress to you the gratification 

 which the visit of His Imperial Majesty's frigate Norara has afforded 

 to the inhabitants of Auckland and to myself. 



I beg also to convey to you and to the officers of the scientific depart- 

 ment of your Expedition ray best thanks for the valuable information 

 supplied by the investigations of these gentlemen. 



It will be my agreeable duty to report to her Majesty's Government 

 on the subject, and I am satisfied that her Majesty will receive the com- 

 munication with pleasure, and will recognize the importance of the ser- 

 vices rendered to one of her Dependencies. 



Wishing you a prosperous vo3'age, and success in the interesting ob- 

 jects of your pursuit, I beg to subscribe myself, 

 Your faithful servant, 



Thomas Gore Brown, Col. H. M. S., 

 Governor of New Zealand. 



II. 



Government House, Auckland, Neic Zealand, January bth, 1859. 



Sir, 



Having already endeavoured to express my thanks to yourself 

 and the officers of the scientific department of your Expedition for the 

 valuable aid afforded to the Colony, I now venture to ask you to confer 

 a still greater favour, by giving permission to Dr. Hochstetter to extend 

 his researches for a few months longer. 



In the event of your granting this permission, the means necessary to 



