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LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
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His Excellency Sir George GREY, K. C. B., Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand..... 20
His Excellency Lieutenant-Governor EYRE.. 1
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Aubrey, Harcourt, Esq. H. M. C, Hokianga.. 5
Aspdin, Mrs. Orme-House, Gravesend... 1
Arnold, Rev. Ellough, Suffolk..... 1
Aubyn, St. Edward, Esq. Devonport.... 2
Ash, Rev. C. Tydd, St. Mary's, Lincolnshire.. 2
Armstrong, R. B. Esq. London..... 1
Aldridge, J. Esq. Dorchester..... 1
Alexander, Mr. W. Great Yarmouth... 1
Austen, Colonel, Kippington, Kent.... 1
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Brown, Richard, Esq. New Plymouth... 5
Bell, Francis Dillon, Esq. J. P. New Zealand.. 12
Black, Mr. William, New Plymouth.... 2
Broadmore, Mr. R. ditto...... 1
Burrell, E. Esq. London...... 1
Burrell, H. Esq. Tydd, St. Mary's, Lincolnshire. 1
Brown, C. Esq. New Plymouth.... 2
Burnand, W. H. Esq. London..... 2
Bellairs, E. H. W. Esq. ditto..... 2
Birch, R. W. Esq. Derby..... 1
Boast, Mr. Beccles....... 1
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Buckles, F. Esq. Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.. 1
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Bowler, Mr. London....... 2
Barkway, Mr. J. Hoxne...... 1
Brooks, 1ST. Esq. London...... 3
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Chapman, Mr. Justice, Wellington.... 1
Chilman, R. Esq. New Plymouth.... 1
Carrington, F. A. Esq. London..... 1
Carrington, W. Esq. New Plymouth.... 2
Cutfield, G. Esq. J. P. ditto..... 1
Cooke, J. G. Esq. J. P. ditto..... 1
Cooke, Mrs. Grosvenor Street..... 4
Curtis, G. Esq. London...... 1
Clennell, J. E. Esq. Hackney..... 1
Coote, T. Esq. Fenstanton...... 6
Clarke, R. Esq. Beccles...... 1
Clifton, R. Esq. Gedney, Lincolnshire ... 1
Chilman, E. Esq. London...... 1
Clarke, J. Esq. Long Sutton, Lincolnshire .. 1
Calmady, C. B. Esq. Langdon, Devonshire.. 1
Crompton, Rev. J. Norwich..... 1
Crowther, Mr. J. Halifax..... 1
Crossley, J. Esq. ditto...... 1
Cox, Joseph, Esq. Wisbeach..... 1
Chamberlin, R. Esq. Norwich..... 1
Case, Rev. T. Horton Vicarage, Dorsetshire.. 1
Cross, Mrs. E. C. Walton...... 1
Cole, Mrs. Nottingham...... 1
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Dorset, H. Esq. New Plymouth .... 2
Day), Messrs. ditto....... 5
Dashwood, E. Esq. Beccles..... 1
Dashwood, C. Esq. ditto...... 1
Duncan, Mr. L. Halifax...... 1
Durrant, W. Esq. Gorgate Hall, Norfolk.. 1
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Elliot, Mr. J. New Plymouth..... 2
Ewen, H. Esq. Long Sutton, Lincolnshire .. 1
Ewen, Mr. H. Lynn Regis..... 1
Ewen, C. Esq. Tydd, St. Gile's, Cambridgeshire. 1
Easthorpe, Sir John, Firgrove, Surrey... 2
Easthorpe, Lady, ditto...... 1
Edwards, G. Esq. London...... 1
Edwards, Mr. J. Halifax...... 1
England, W. Esq. Wisbeach..... 1
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Faithfull, E. W. Esq. Winchester.... 1
Faithfull, E. C. Esq. ditto...... 1
Faithfull, Mrs. H. ditto...... 1
Faithfull, Mr. R. C. ditto...... 1
Fletcher, Mr. W. Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.. 1
Farrar, T. Esq. Halifax...... 1
Flinders, Mrs. Captain, Woolwich.... 1
Francis, Rev. Beccles...... 1
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Good, T. Esq. New Plymouth..... 2
George, St. Esq. ditto. '...... 2
Groube, H. Esq. ditto...... 1
Govett, Rev. H. ditto...... 1
Gillingham, Mr. B. ditto...... 1
Greg, R. H. Esq. Wilmslow, Lancashire... 3
Garland, C. Esq. Banbury...... 1
Groube, Captain Thomas, R. N. Weymouth.. 3
Gover, W. G. Esq. London..... 4
Gledhill, F. U. Esq. Halifax..... 1
Grimmer, G. Esq. Burgh, Norfolk.... 1
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Harton, F. Esq. New Plymouth.... 7
Hoskin, Mr. J. ditto....... 1
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Hursthouse, Miss, Beccles...... 1
Hursthouse, Miss Anne, Port Natal.... 1
Halse, W. Esq. J. P. New Plymouth.... 5
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Harris, E. Esq. ditto....... 1
Hutton, Dr......... 1
Hayward, J. jun. Esq. Dover..... 1
Hochkin, Mr. W. Beccles...... 1
Horsey, S. Esq. Northampton..... 1
Hughlings, Harry, Esq. Halifax.... 1
Hirst, Messrs. ditto....... 1
Holt, Mr. J. ditto....... 1
Harington, T. C. Esq. London..... 1
Hannath, J. Esq. M. D. Louth..... 1
Hawkes, Rev. E. Kendal...... 1
Hill, T. Esq. Peterborough..... 1
Hursthouse, C. Esq. Beccles..... 1
Hursthouse, Mr J. New Plymouth.... 1
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Haigh, J. Esq. Halifax...... 1
Hutchinson, J. Esq. ditto...... 1
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Isbills, Mr. James, Norwich..... 1
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Jecks, Mrs. Charles, Thorpe Grove, Norwich.. 6
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Jecks, W. jun. Esq. ditto...... 2
Joachim, Lieut. R. N. Lowestoft.... 1
Joachim, B. Esq. London...... 1
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King, H. Esq. J. P. New Plymouth.... 8
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Kingdon, Rev. S. H. Pyworthy, Devon... 1
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Lethbridge, Mr. G. New Plymouth.... 2
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Lee, Mrs. Eyre, Birmingham, ..... 2
Low, R. S. Esq. New Plymouth.... 2
Low, A. W. A. Esq. London..... 1
Lewthwaite, Mr. J. Halifax..... 1
Lupton, Rev. A. Lewes...... 2
Lemon, Sir Charles, London..... 1
Leavold, W. II. Esq. Beccles..... 1
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McFarline, J. Earl's Ferry, Fifeshire... 1
McLean, D. Esq. J. P. New Plymouth... 2
Murch, Mr. ditto....... 5
Mawby, Lieut. -General, London.... 1
Marshall, Mr. E. Oxford...... 1
Montague, E. Esq. J. P. Beccles.... 1
Marshall, T. Esq. Tydd...... 1
Molesworth, The Dowager Lady, London.. 1
Morton, Mr. E. J. Halifax..... 1
Mathews, J. C. Esq. Plymouth..... 1
Metcalfe, C. Esq. Wisbeach..... 1
Metcalfe, C. jun. Esq. ditto..... 1
Mason, C. Esq. Driby Grange, Lincolnshire.. 1
Mason, E. Esq. Brigg, Lincolnshire.... 1
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Nairn, Mr. J. New Plymouth..... 3
Newland, Mr. J. ditto...... 2
Newsham, Mr. T. ditto...... 1
New Zealand Company, London.... 100
Newsham, Mrs. Norwich...... 1
Niblett, C. S. Esq. Hursfield Court, Gloucestershire. 3
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Oates, G. W. Esq. New Plymouth.... 2
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Perry, Mr. J. New Plymouth... .. 1
Petre, Hon. Henry, Wellington..... 5
Pye, Mr. London....... 1
Peel, R. Esq. Long Sutton, Lincolnshire... I
Peel, T. Esq. ditto....... 1
Prest, G. Esq. ditto....... 1
Pendarves, E. W. Wynne, Esq. M. P. London.. 1
Parkinson, Mr. Thomas, Halifax.... 1
Pike, Mr. E. A. Plymouth..... 1
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Ramsden, Mr. J. New Plymouth.... 2
Rogan, J. Esq. ditto....... 1
Robinson, Mr. G. ditto...... 4
Robertson, Mr. Auckland...... 1
Ransomes and May, Messrs. Ipswich... 1
Ramsden, Mr. A. Halifax..... 1
Rumley, N. Esq. Mottisfort, Hants.... 1
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Rix, S. W. Esq. Beccles...... 1
Rush, Rev. V. Hoxton...... 1
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Spencer, John, Esq. New Plymouth.... 1
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Shaw, Mr. T. ditto....... 2
Skinner, Mr. T. ditto...... 4
Standish, T. Esq. ditto...... 2
Sandham, Lieut. -Col. London..... 1
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Schlesinger, Mr. M. Bradford..... 1
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Smallfield, George, jun. Esq. Leicester... 1
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Smith, J. Esq. March...... 2
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Shuter, T. Esq. Hooley-house, Croydon... 1
Stannard Cubitt, Esq. Norwich. 1
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Stanger, W. Esq., Surveyor-General, Port Natal. 1
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Turner, W. Esq. New Plymouth.... 1
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Webster, James, Esq. J. P., II. M. C. New Plymouth. 5
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Wood, W. Rayner, Esq. Singleton Lodge, Manchester 1
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Worship, W. Esq. Great Yarmouth.... 1
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[INTRODUCTION]
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THE
SETTLEMENT OF NEW PLYMOUTH.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
AS there is scarcely any human act so important in its consequences as that of emigration, and as this step is frequently induced by some writer's description of a field for colonization, it becomes the imperative duty of every writer, first, to make himself intimately conversant with the natural advantages and disadvantages of the country, with all that affects, or may affect, its general prosperity; and then to state the plain truth, --the "bright side," in language of moderation, so that the emigrant may realize what he reads. This I have endeavoured to do, not only as right, but as expedient; for it is an egregious mistake, in aiming to attract capital and labour to any new colony or settlement, ever to exaggerate its merits. On arrival, emigrants are at once undeceived, and, in the bitterness of their disappointment, not unfrequently represent the country to their connections at home as one barely
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habitable. Thus, two or three deceived and disappointed individuals may prevent twenty families from following their steps.
A grave error in the colonization of New Zealand has been the hasty planting of so many scattered Settlements--Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Manawatu, Otago; powerless to afford mutual assistance, some of them almost unconscious of each other's existence; and, possibly, before the evils resulting from this system become clearly apparent in England, other little Settlements will be added to the list.
It has been well observed, that from the character of this country, its colonization will be best effected by scattered settlements on its coasts--the mistake has been in planting them too soon. It is notorious in the Colony, that if the New Zealand Company had confined their operations to one or two places, their persevering efforts, strict integrity, and large expenditure, would have been productive of more advantageous results.
An increase of capital and labour is so essential to the settlements first founded, that any observations directed against the formation of new ones may well be said to proceed from interested motives; but the advocates of still further dispersion (if any such there be), may rest satisfied, that, as emigrants, their own true interest should lead them to the earlier formed settlements, where they would reap as many advantages as they would confer.
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It is considered that the present New Zealand Company have rather neglected New Plymouth; perhaps from ignorance of its true character, or from taking more interest in the Settlements of their own founding. From the first, Wellington and Nelson have had their papers for the publication of their individual claims, --the warm advocacy of their peculiar interests, -- for the expression of public opinion on all local subjects affecting their prosperity; and thus have been brought prominently forward, and obtained almost exclusive attention, sympathy, and support. But Taranaki has never enjoyed the advantage of a paper; and the inhabitants--a quiet little community devoted to agricultural pursuits--have been rather indifferent to the publication of its great natural advantages, so that the Settlement is comparatively little known in England, and has not attracted that attention as a field for colonizing enterprize which I am prepared to show it pre-eminently deserves.
In this description of New Plymouth, I trust no evidence will appear of that absurd spirit of detraction so often the bane of young settlements in a new colony: Auckland enjoys an excellent port, with a commanding position of two seas; Wellington possesses a fine harbour, with great facilities for trade; Nelson has considerable grazing capabilities; Taranaki is proverbially the garden of New Zealand.
In conclusion, I may perhaps observe, that hav-
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ing resided here five years, and been in the Canadas, the United States, South Africa, and New South Wales, my estimate of the capabilities of this district for colonization, however high, has been formed neither hastily nor in complete ignorance of the countries to which emigration is generally directed.
CHARLES HURSTHOUSE, JUN.
Taranaki, September 1848.
