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importance. In the Company's prospectus it is stated (1, p. 31) 
"that Cook Strait, between the two Islands, forms part of the direct 
track of vessels homeward-bound from the Australian colonies; that 
all would prefer the midway of Cook Strait if that channel were 
properly surveyed, lighted, and furnished with pilots; and that, 
consequently, settlements in Cook Strait, at Port Hardy, in D'Urville 
Island, Queen Charlotte's Sound, Cloudy Bay, and Port Nicholson would 
obtain stock cattle and other supplies from New South Wales with 
peculiar facility and cheapness, since homeward-bound vessels would 
naturally load in part, or sometimes entirely, with stock cattle for New 
Zealand (and especially on deck in favourable weather, which prevails 
i ealand 
and reloading there with water and provisions for the homeward voyage, 
as well as with a New Zealand cargo for Europe, of fish-oil, flax, timber, and 
other productions of the country." It was also mentioned in the pro- 
spectus that New South Wales received part of its supply of flour from 
the New England States in North America, which New Zealand would be 
able to supply, taking in exchange British manufactured goods; these 
the Austalan merchants. had obtained by the sale of their wool in 
London and Liverpool. 
At this time Colonel Wakefield, with a small party, was on his 
way to Cook Strait on the “ Tory," with specific instructions (1, p. 25) 
compared with the present-day value of the same land; but that 
be g 
and Sir George Grey did a good turn to the Wellington College when he 
granted 182 ft. as an endowment to that institution. 
he rivalry between Auckland and Wellington, now usually of a fairly 
friendly nature, is a mystery to many people. It is generally ascribed to 
the removal of the seat of Government in 1863, but it was in existence 
long before that. It originated as far back as 1840, when Governor 
by means of the River Waikato and Lake Taupo and the River Wanganui 
than from Wellington. As regards internal communication, there is none 
at Port Nicholson, whieh is blocked in on all sides by enormous and 
