CONTENTS. 
garded by both parties — Incongruities of Government — Conflict- 
ing systems for the good of the natives — Confusion producefi in 
their minds — Results to be dreaded — Hopes for the appointment 
of an able Governor — Crown colonies and chartered colonies — 
Captain Grey on aborigines — Known prejudices of Captain 
Fitzroy . .432 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
News of the appointment of Governor Fitzroy — Modified agree- 
ment between the Company and Lord Stanley — Expedition of 
H.M.S. North Star — Negotiations for the recovery of a stolen 
boat — Letter of Rauperaha — Major Richmond at Nelson — War- 
rant against Rauperaha and Rangihaeata — Ridiculed by Sir 
Everard Home — Dismissal of the frigate as unnecessary — Effect 
of impunity on the natives — Disallowance of Ordinances — Land 
Claims Bill — Corporation Bill — The Company's offer to build a 
lighthouse — Obstructed by Government delays — Proceedings of 
the Wellington Corporation — E Waho rescued by natives from 
the Police — Letter of Major Richmond — Conduct of Mr. Clarke 
junior — Rauperaha's son — False rumours at Otaki — Threaten- 
ing behaviour oi Rangihaeata — Conversation with RauperaJia — 
' His statements — Correspondence — ^Trial of E Waho — Menacing 
movements of natives — The Hutt road — Haunts of lawless 
natives ......... 472 
CHAPTER XIX. 
Arrival of Governor Fitzroy at Wellington — Auckland officials — 
Levee — Discouraging opinions of the Governor — Public rebuke — 
Effect — Dispersion of the assembly — Taunts of the natives — Pri- 
vate interview with his Excellency — Accusations — Captain 
Fitzroy's demeanour — Friendship towards the natives — Captain 
Fitzroy at Nelson — Dismissal of Magistrates — His Excellency's 
interview with Rauperaha at Waikanae — Sir Everard Home 
shakes Rauperaha by the hand — Reflections on Captain Fitzroy's 
decision — Some account of Captain Arthur Wakefield — Major 
Richmond appointed Superintendent — Captain Fitzroy and the 
land-claims — Reasons for leaving the colony — Prospects of the 
colonists — Of the natives — The only hope — Return to Europe. ^ Or 
