!Kt ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. U. 
CHAPTER n. 
Appointment of Officers in England — Progress — Shops — Rope- 
makers — Outrages by Rangihaeata — Tapu on the Beach — Com- 
plaint to Police Magistrate — His Answer — Neglect of the Cook's 
Strait Settlers by Governor Hobson — No Tribunals — Effect on 
Natives — News from Auckland only through Sydney — Absurd 
Nomenclature — Kindness to Natives — Of Government — Of the 
Colonists — Epuni, a gjentleman — Answer of the Governor to the 
Magistrates' Address — The Clendon job — Appointments — Fi- 
nance — East Coast of Middle Island — Port Cooper — Public 
Meeting — Native found dead — Warepori excites the Natives — 
Alarm — Helplessness — Volunteers — Special Constables — Im- 
pressions of Natives — Disgrace of Mr. Davy — Judge and Attor- 
ney-General — Distant Legislation — Secret calumnies — Defence 
of his choice by Captain Hobson — Hl-treatment of Company's 
Settlers. , 
During the month of June, two or three vessels had 
arrived from England bearing immigrants and pas- 
sengers. Their news consisted of the appointment in 
England of a Judge, Attorney-General, and Land 
Commissioner for New Zealand. The latter officer 
was said to be appointed for the special purpose of in- 
vestigating and reporting upon the claims to land in 
Cpok's Strait, not held under the Crown. A third co- 
lony, to have a town, harbour, and district of its own, 
was ttilked of as in active preparation by the Comj)any, 
as one of the measures of vigorous colonization conse- 
quent on their acquisition of the Royal Charter, and 
their agreement with the Government, which re<|uired 
them to double their capital, and guaranteed to them 
an undoubted title to upwards of a million of acres of 
land. 
