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such a progressive character as to allow the gradual 

 and complete introduction of English laws. 



9. Investing the principal man of a tribe with a 

 civil function that of magistrate or constable. 



10. Construction of a house for him in an im- 

 proved native style. 



11. Preventing collision between tribes, not by 

 force, but by persuasion. 



12. In employing and paying them for public 

 works, the natives to be placed on equal terms with 

 Europeans. 



13. Their admittance into the navy and army. 



14. Provision of medical aid for them. 



15. Equality of the natives with Europeans re- 

 garding their religious wants, and the providing 

 teachers for all the tribes. 



16. The establishment of a printing-press in New 

 Zealand, and a regular supply of small books in the 

 native language. 



The ruling spirit of English colonization is that 

 of absolute individuality. It is unwilling in its 

 contact with foreign nations to acknowledge any 

 other system than its own, and labours to enforce 

 on all who are under its control its own peculiar 

 principles. This has been most destructive to the 

 native races, as might be expected from the sudden 

 and violent change which was demanded from them ; 

 and hence principally it is that no amalgamation 

 has taken place between the aborigines of America, of 

 Australia, or of Van Diemen's Land, and the Eng- 



