CONTENTS. vii 
Proposed arbitration — A Harbour-master appointed — His fit- 
ness for the office — Wiiales — Doings of the Bishop — Want of a 
Church — Death of Mr. Young — ^Mr. Deans migrates to Port 
Cooper — Calumnies against Colonel Wakefield — How refuted — 
Meeting at Auckland — Distressed condition —Remedies proposed 
— Illness and death of Governor Hobson . . . 243 
CHAPTER XI. 
Lieutenant Shortland assumes the Government — His friendly pro- 
mises — State of Auckland — First Corporation election in the 
borough of Wellington — List of Aldermen — " Old Jenkins" — 
First sitting of Supreme Court— Case of Rangihaeata — Judge 
Martin's decision — Horticultural Shows — Weather — Pitone 
races — Enlivening scene — First emigration from Great Britain 
to Auckland — A newspaper printed by a mangle — Picturesque 
mill — Captain Daniell's farm and road — Beauty of the scenery 
about Wellington ....... 266 
CHAPTER XII. 
Ph<yrmium tenax, or flax — Details of its manufacture — Flax-trade 
hitherto unsuccessful — The reasons — Flax agitation — Otaki — 
The Rev. Octavius Hadfield — His energy and disinterestedness — 
His wise benevolence — Results of commerce on the natives — In- 
ducements to engage in trade with them — Opposition of Raupe- 
raha and Rangihaeata — Good class of emigration — " Puffers," 
" grumblers," and " good colonists" — Advantages of an exclu- 
sive club — Mr. Charles Buller's description of " the gentlemen" 
colonists — Disgrace of Mr. Murphy — The Police Magistrates 
governing Cook's Strait — Fire of Wellington — Good results — 
Shipping — Death of Warepori — Sketch of the causes of his illness 
and death— Captain Smith's expedition to the South — Colonel 
Wakefield's visit to Auckland — Its harbour and the neighbouring 
country— Its society — Parkhurst boys — Picnics and balls at 
Wellington — Exports — Dye-bark — Titoki oil — Mr. Swainson's 
troubles with Rawperahd!?, annoying emissaTies — His vain appeal 
to the authorities — Rauperaha's slaves continue to encroach — 
Christmas sports at Wellington — Horticultural productions 283 
