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miles. The particulars of the preceding observations will be found in 

 the Meteorological Report. 



Foreign residents have established themselves in many places, and 

 on all the inlets or arms of the Bay of Islands their cottages are to be 

 seen, occupying the points and coves. 



On the north, the British resident, Mr. Busby, has built a large and 

 commodious cottage, and commenced laying out his grounds in town 

 lots for the future city of Victoria, of which there was a public sale 

 previous to our arrival. All the lots were, I believe, purchased on 

 speculation, for after seeing the locality, one must be convinced that it 

 offers no advantages for more than a village, if indeed for that. More 

 to the westward, is situated Pahia, the mission establishment. For 

 commercial purposes, the south or Kororarika shore offers the greatest 

 advantages, having the deepest water, and being the most sheltered 

 from the stormy winds. 



The extent to which speculation has raised the prices of land in this 

 neighbourhood is almost incredible. Mayew's Point, the first above 

 Kororarika Bay, has on it a few storehouses, which are rented for six 

 hundred pounds ($3,000) a-year. 



Mr. Clendon, the American consul, for about three hundred and 

 twenty-five acres, of which only fifty are level, has received thirty 

 thousand pounds from the British government, reserving to himself 

 the remainder, one hundred acres. He bought the whole for a trifle 

 a few years ago. The location is a pretty one, on a hill about three 

 hundred feet high, and is, perhaps, the most commanding spot on these 

 waters. The neatness of his cottage and of the grounds about it adds 

 much to its pleasing appearance. 



The introduction of a Sydney police at Kororarika has been of 

 service to that place, for they have dealt in a summary manner with 

 the vagabonds who formerly frequented it. 



A Roman Catholic bishop is established here, who has a chapel, 

 and it w T as said, was making many converts ; but it was supposed that 

 the principal inducement to conversion was the liberality with which 

 he and his associates bestowed gifts and presents upon those who 

 joined in their prayers and received the cross. 



Besides the Episcopal mission, under the Reverend Mr. Williams, 

 formerly a lieutenant in the British navy, there is a Wesleyan mission 

 at Hokianga, which is highly spoken of. Many reports have been put 

 in circulation by the evil-disposed, in relation to these missions; but 

 as far as my observations went, they seemed exemplary in their duties; 

 they were also occupied in farming, in which native labourers were 

 employed. Mr. Williams having a large family growing up, many of 



