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had the same autliority given to them as that 
which went down to the Thames; namely, to 
look out an eligible spot for a Station, to order a 
few rush-houses to be built, and to tell the natives, 
that if the sanction of our friends in New South 
Wales, or in England, could be obtained, we would 
send some person to teach them.* 
After an absence of little more than three 
months, Messrs. Brown and Hamlin returned 
from their expedition, bringing with them a good 
account of the land, and many most pressing in- 
vitations from the natives, to establish Missionary 
settlements amongst them. After maturely con- 
sidering their reports, and well weighing the 
claims of the populous parts of the country, which 
tliey had visited, it was resolved that a further re- 
visal should be made in the disposition of our num- 
bers ; and that immediate application should be for- 
warded, for permission to form three new Stations. 
It seems that Messrs. Brown and Hamlin travelled 
over a large extent of country, and visited all the 
harbours on the western coast, as far southward 
as Kawia, or Albatross Point : they found that all 
the harbours, except Manukau, had dangerous 
bars running across them ; and that the sea al- 
most constantly breaks upon these bars, with a 
depth of w'ater so scanty, as to render the harbours 
* The extra expenses incurred in forming a new settlement 
consist of the following items : — the removal of families, and 
stores, and furniture, from one part of the island to another ; 
the purchase of land ; the erection of a Chapel ; and the extra 
fences necessary. 
