CONTENTS. V 
Penalty inflicted for saluting him — Ludicrous proceedings — 
Anger of the natives — Guests — Bell's Farm — His management 
of the natives — Interview with two repudiating chiefs — Their 
proposal — Journey to "Wellington by land — The great chief of 
Manawatu — Efifect of an appeal to native hospitality — Purchase 
of Manaicatu district by Colonel Wakefield — Excellent results of 
Mr. Hadfield's missionary teaching — Houses for travellers . 125 
CHAPTER VI. 
Foundation of Nelson — Mr. Thompson — First Court of Quarter 
Sessions — First trial of a native — Legal position of natives — - 
Causes for complaint against the Governor — His selection of 
Magistrates — Vast claims to land — Government Estimates — 
Legislative Council — Discontent of the Auckland population — 
Maketu, the murderer — Public Meeting — Neglect of the har- 
bour by Government — Mr. Hanson — A colonist who has become 
an official' — The Bishop — Murder of Milne — Villages — Signs of 
progress — Horticultural Society — Produce — Statistics — Harvest 
weather — Surveying " Cadets" — Accident of Captain Liardet — 
"Wretched state of Auckland — Population of Cook's Strait — In- 
efficient Government Institutions — Second Newspaper — Nelson 
and New Plymouth — Mr. Earp — County Courts — Government 
Land-sales — Fleeting news from the capital — The Governor's 
Speech — Details of the Estimates — Injustice to Cook's Strait — 
• Public Meeting . . . . . . .144 
CHAPTER VIL 
Voyage to Nelson — Blind Bay — Nelson Haven — Site of Nelson — 
Gaiety of the landing-place — The infant town — Quail — Climate 
— Calm weather — Cattle — Coal and limestone — Selection of 
lands — Native Reserves — Colonizing character of the Nelson 
Gentry — Captain Arthur Wakefield — His name among the na- 
tives — Dr. Imlay, of Twofold Bay .... 177 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Public Meetings — Outrage committed by Rangihaeata upon set- 
tlers — Mr. Murphy, the Police Magistrate — Increasing lawless- 
ness of the natives caused by impunity— Mr. Spain, the Com- 
missioner of Land-Claims — Mr. George Clarke junior the Sub- 
