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Arriving in Auckland a stranger, upon whose sympathies we had no 
claim, you have exerted all your energies to condense the results of your 
scientific exploration into practical forms, for the benefit of the people of 
the foreign country you visited for purely scientific purposes, or for the 
special advantage of your own country. 
On all these accounts we feel, that our warmest thanks are due to 
you for your disinterested exertions for the promotion of our welfare. As 
an enduring testimony thereof, we request the acceptance of this Purse, — 
the contents of which we beg you will devote to the purchase of some 
piece of plate, that we trust may be regarded by your family and your 
countrymen not only as a tribute of respect to your varied talents, but as 
a well-merited memento of the grateful acknowledgement by the people of 
the Province of Auckland of the eminent scientific and practical services 
rendered to them by you. 
We are desirous that the plate should bear the following inscription: 
“Presented to Dr. Hochstetter, Geologist attached to the Imperial Royal 
Austrian Scientific Expedition in the Frigate “Novara”, by the inhabitants 
of the Province of Auckland, New Zealand, in testimony of the eminent 
services rendered to them by his researches into the Mineral and Agricul- 
tural resources of the Province.” 
C. Address presented by the inhabitants of Nelson . 1 
Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter, 
Before your departure from among us, we, the inhabitants of the Pro- 
vince and City of Nelson beg to express to you our great obligations for 
the benefits which you have conferred upon us as a community. 
Though we cannot but congratulate you upon your approaching return 
to your country and your family, we have strong personal reasons for look- 
ing upon it with regret. We feel, that it has been no light or trifling ad- 
vantage to have had among us one of that small class of men, who conduct 
the great national Expedition by which the benefits of science are distributed 
over the world. 
We know, that such an one comes invested with the highest possible 
authority to speak decidedly on the subjects of his investigations, and are 
sure that we may place the most implicit confidence in his statements. It 
Signed on behalf of the subscribers: 
K. MOULD, 
Col, Com. R. Engineers, 
Chairman of Committee. 
JOHN WILLIAMSON, 
Superintendent, 
Province of Auckland. 
1 Presented in Nelson on the 29th September 1859. 
