Chap. I. EARLY HISTORY— MISSIONS. 3 
" and privileges, as those of every other dependency of 
" the territory of New South Wales ;" gave various 
orders and directions ; appointed Mr. Thomas Kendal, 
the first missionary, " resident magistrate at the Bay 
" of Islands ;" extended the orders and directions to the 
adjacent isles, and appointed three natives, Duaterra, 
Shunghee, and Korokoro, to be magistrates. 
In 1819, Mr. Leigh, a missionary of the Wesleyan 
Missionary Society stationed in New South Wales, 
was induced by Mr. Marsden to visit the Bay of Islands 
for the sake of his health ; in lb22 he returned thither 
with his wife; and in 1823, Messrs. White and Turner 
joined him at the Church Missionary station, whence 
they proceeded to found a station of their own at 
Tf^angaroa, north of the Bay of Islands. These gen- 
tlemen endured great hardships, dangers, and priva- 
tions among the turbulent natives of those parts, with 
but little success in their endeavours, for four years 
from this time. I shall hereafter dwell more minutely 
upon the doubts, struggles, and ultimate progress of 
this second missionary enterprise. 
The country was now visited by travellers who pub- 
lished their observations. The works of Mr. Nicholas, 
who had accompanied Mr. Marsden to New Zealand, 
of Mr. Savage,* and Major Cruise f especially, toge- 
ther with the periodical reports of the Church Mis- 
sionary Society relating to New Zealand, had a con- 
siderable effect in England in removing the impressions 
of fear which had been made by the savage character 
of the natives. This result was further promoted by 
* ' Some Account of New Zealand, ' by John Savage, Esq., 
Surgeon. London, 1807. 
•j* 'Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand,' by 
R. A. Cruise, Esq., Major in the 84th Regiment of Foot. London, 
1824. 
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