resented having to 
military notables, and the Sydney Herald of 1 
him in the stand he took. 
"In the early part of December he sent in his rcsiguatu 
the Governor (Sir Richard Bourke). Colonel Snodgrass 
Lieutenant-Governor, asked him to furnish a report on the 
of the garden for the information of the incoming Gove 
This he did, and his report is still in existence. lie 
determined to visit New Zealand on a purely scientiiic exped 
On January 15, 1838, this gentle spirit wrote to England the 
angry letter I ever knew him to pen. H> said : 'Tell all, 1 
discharged the Government cabbage garden in disgust, am 
now to enter with all my might, menial ami eorpoival. on a 
legitimate occupation for a feAV months/ 
"By request, and as an act of courtesy to the incoming Gove 
Sir George Gipps, lie delayed ins departure until the arrival < 
Excellency on February 23. His Excellency was inclined to 
a great interest in the Botanic Garden, and made a great efY< 
retain Cunningham's services as 'Government Botanist, 1 a pi 
scientific appointment, including travel in the colony. le;i 
the gardening portion of the duties, hitherto attached to 
position, to Mr. James Anderson, a- superintendent. Cunning 
demanded a greatly increased sal try on account of the inert 
cost of living,, and his Excellency slated that the proposed s; 
was not objected to. Still, for some reason or other, the m 
was not pressed in the Legislative Council, and on lear 
this, Cunningham ' finallv washed his hands of the garden 
April, 1838. 
"During this year Backhouse rec 
pines first produced cones in Svdm-v 
July. 1837, first formed plantatioi s'i 
good deal of tree-planting in the Doi 
"In 1831, as already stated, the enl 
was first thrown open to the publ 
Governor's order, first thrown opei: 
Many people now living remember i 
that took place on that day. The Go 
service at St. James' Church on Sin 
by his suite and friends. He wo 
existing entrance, near St. Mary's ( 
