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be to conciliate the good will of the native chiefs, and establish upon 

 a permanent basis that good understanding and confidence which it 

 is important to the interests of Great Britain, and of the colony, to 

 perpetuate. 



It may not be easy to lay down any certain rules by which this 

 desirable object is to be accomplished ; but it is expected, by the 

 skilful use of those powers which educated man possesses over the 

 wild or half-civilized savage, an influence may be gained, by which 

 the authority and strength of the New Zealand chiefs will be arranged 

 on the side of the resident for the maintenance of tranquillity 

 throughout the islands. 



It will be fitting that you explain to the chiefs the object of your 

 mission, and the anxious desire of his Majesty to suppress, by your 

 means, the disorders of which they complain ; you will also announce 

 your intention of remaining among them, and will claim the protec- 

 tion and privilege which you will tell them are accorded in Europe 

 and America to British subjects, holding, in foreign states, situations 

 similar to yours. 



You will find it convenient to manage this conference by means of 

 the missionaries, to whom you will be furnished with credentials, 

 and with whom you are recommended to communicate freely upon 

 the objects of your appointment, and the measures you should adopt 

 in treating with the chiefs. '^iw;. , 



The knowledge which the missionaries have obtained of the lan- 

 guage, manners, and customs of the natives may thus become of ser- 

 vice to you. Assuming, however, that your reception will be as 

 favourable as has been anticipated, I will endeavour to explain to 

 you the manner of proceeding, by which I am of opinion you may 

 best succeed in effecting the object of your mission ; you will at the 

 same time understand, that the information I have been able to obtaia 

 respecting New Zealand is too imperfect to allow of my presenting 

 you with any thing more than a general outhne for your guidance, 

 leaving it for your discretion to take such further measures as shall 

 seem needful, to arrest British subjects offending against British or 

 colonial laws in New Zealand. 



By the 9th of George IV., chap. 83, sec. 4, the Supreme Court 

 in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land have power to enquire 

 into, hear and determine all offences committed in New Zealand, by 



