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stetter permission to remain for the time stated in the Province of Auckland, 
but shall also feel quite certain, that the Imp. Austrian Government, as 
well as the Academy of Sciences whose delegate Dr. Hochstetter must be 
considered, will be highly gratified to learn, that it was in the power of 
the first Austrian Exploring Expedition to become serviceable to a nation, 
which has done so much for the advancement of science and the develop- 
ment of natural resources in almost all parts of the world. 
With hope that the friendly arrangement thus entered into on this 
subject may create a lasting bound of union and communication between 
the scientific men of both countries, 
I have the honour to subscribe 
Your faithful servant 
B. v. WULLEESTORF. 
B. Address presented by the inhabitants of Auckland. 
Dr. Hochstetter, 
On the conclusion of your Geological Examination of a large and most 
interesting portion of this Province of New Zealand, we, the assembled in- 
habitants of Auckland representing every seclion of the community, and for 
the most part intimately connected with the Agriculture and Commerce of 
the Province — desire to express our admiration of the eminently scientific 
manner, and unwearied activity, with which you have conducted your re- 
searches into the Geological Formations and Mineral Resources of Auckland. 
We have also to thank you for the valuable information upon these objects, 
which you have already placed in our possession in the public lecture 
delivered by you in this hall on the 24 ,h of June, and in the reports, you 
have forwarded to the General and Provincial Governments. 
The report of a member of the “Novara* Expedition on the physical 
characteristics of this portion of New Zealand — of which so little has 
hitherto been known — will be acknowledged in Europe as both impartial 
and authentic. 
To us, as a community, the information contained in that Report and 
the maps you have constructed, together with those additional details we 
hope to receive from you after your return to Europe, will be of essential 
service in a material point of view. We also desire to convey to you our 
sense of the impartiality of your reports — which, whilst they lay open 
to our view those resources of the country that will eventually aid to its 
wealth and its general prosperity, in no way exaggerate their value or 
tend to lead to extravagant ideas or speculations that might only result in 
disappointment. 
