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HISTORY. 
time the war at the Hutt broke out; Rauparaha was seized, 
and skirmishes took place at Porirua, Paua-taha-nui, and in 
the Horokiri valley. Wanganui was occupied as a military 
post. War broke out there in 1847, and much powder and 
shot was innocently expended on both sides. The Bishop 
and the Missionaries joined in a protest against Earl Grey’s 
despatch, relative to the taking possession of the waste lands. 
In this year, Governor Grey was proclaimed Governor-in- 
Chief; and in June, Lieut.-Governor Eyre arrived. 
In 1848, the Canterbury colony was founded at Port 
Cooper, as an exclusive Church of England colony. Lieut.- 
Governor Enderby was also appointed to the Auckland Isles. 
Government House at Auckland was burnt down. Fearful 
earthquakes visited Wellington; most of the brick houses were 
either thrown down, or very much damaged ; some were 
levelled to the ground, but only three lives were lost. In 
1850, Governor Enderby was recalled, and the whaling estab¬ 
lishment in the Auckland Isles was given up. In 1851, a 
new constitution was given to New Zealand, which was 
divided into provinces, with a Superintendent over each, and 
a General Assembly. The discovery of gold in Australia drew 
away a portion of the population. In 1853, Lieut.-Governor 
Eyre left New Zealand. The new constitution was proclaimed. 
The minimum price of land was reduced to 10s. an acre; 
this wise measure saved the little colony, and caused an 
immediate influx of settlers; and from that period the tide 
of emigration has continued to increase. The Governor-in- 
Chief (Sir G. Grey), and the Bishop left, and Colonel Winyard 
was constituted Acting-Governor. In 1854, the General 
Assembly met at Auckland, and, after much disagreement, 
was dissolved. 
Such is a brief summary of the principal events which have 
occurred in New Zealand since our acquaintance with it; up 
to the 4th of January, 1855, when I left the country, after 
an absence of nearly twenty years from my native land. 
The colony was then rapidly progressing, with every pros¬ 
pect of its continuing to do so. There are two grand epochs in 
the history of New Zealand—its colonization by the Maori race 
