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and people from Tahiti and Eimeo met at Papaoa, 
in the district of Pare. The Missionaries from the 
several stations assembled at the same period, for 
the purpose of commemorating the anniversary of 
the Tahitian Auxiliary Missionary Society. 
Before they returned, the king informed them, 
that, apprehensive of unfavourable results from the 
reports already in circulation among the chiefs and 
people, he could not consent to the prosecution of 
the manufacture of sugar, &c., excepting on a 
very limited scale. Pomare was not hasty in 
forming his decision on any matter of importance, 
and by no means precipitate in his measures ; but 
on this occasion he appears to have been alto¬ 
gether uninfluenced by that temperate delibera¬ 
tion, and judicious policy, which he generally 
manifested in matters tending to improve the 
condition of the people, and increase the national 
resources. 
The Missionaries also appear to have been so 
strongly influenced by the king’s communication, 
that, instead of endeavouring to remove his objec¬ 
tions, by persuading him to allow the trial to be 
fairly made, and then to act accordingly, they 
deemed it expedient, that so far as they, or the 
Society by which the machinery had, at great 
expense, been sent out, were concerned, it should 
be at once discontinued. Accordingly, on the 
14th of May, “ in order to satisfy the king, and 
quiet the minds of the people,” they advised 
Mr. Gyles “ to return to New South Wales by the 
first conveyance.” 
• Shortly after this decision, communications from 
England required a general meeting of the Mis¬ 
sionaries from the several stations; and Messrs. 
Williams, BarfF, and myself, went up from the 
