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Dunedin, Jan. 6, 1873 . My Dear Mr. McLean, I have lost no time in doing what you ask about the monument for dear old Tamati Waka Nene. I have selected the enclosed design from the plans of the "" Urns have now gone out of fashion at home, as being heathenish, and implying that bodies are burned and not buried, and their ashes stored in urns. Christian crosses are now generally used, and are erected in the Highland Churchyards. You will see that this monument would stand 16 feet high, of white Oamaru stone; and will cost in all about £60. i. e. £40 for the stone and work, about £5 for the inscription, and about £15 for frieght, packing cases, etc. It will take about 6 weeks to finish. I told Munro (who seems a very respectable man,) that as you had left the selection to me, he might begin at once on the pedestal, and go on with the rest unless he heard from you to the contrary. You might telegraph to him your approval, and also return the plan direct to him by post, as he has not got another. There may, of course, be some reason of wh. I am ignorant for the delay in the publications of the Amnesty. But Bell, Macandrew, and the other friends of the present Ministry down here, tell me they think it ought not to be much longer delayed, after what passed in Parliament on the subject. I confess that I fear that if it is published only at the moment of my departure, it will look like an ostentatious, personal, act of my own, and not (what it really is,) the result of the deliberations of the Ministry and Parliament, -- originally proposed by yourself and adopted by both parties in the State. However, as I said above, there may be pressing reasons for delay. Only the Attorney General shd. prepare the Proclamation for issue at the right time. I am, Yrs. very truly, G. F. Bowen The Hoble. D. McLean, C. M. G.
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Bibliographic details

3 pages written 6 Jan 1873 by Sir George Ferguson Bowen in Dunedin City to Sir Donald McLean, Inward letters - Sir George and Lady Diamantina Bowen

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Key Value
Document date 6 January 1873
Document MCLEAN-1019848
Document title 3 pages written 6 Jan 1873 by Sir George Ferguson Bowen in Dunedin City to Sir Donald McLean
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 32249/Bowen, George Ferguson (Sir), 1821-1899
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1873-01-06
Decade 1870s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 91
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 6 Jan 1873 by Sir George Ferguson Bowen in Dunedin City to Sir Donald McLean
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 32249/Bowen, George Ferguson (Sir), 1821-1899
Origin 65687/Dunedin City
Place 65687/Dunedin City
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0510-0243
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 122
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription 119 letters written from Auckland, Wanganui, Wellington, Melbourne, Dunedin, Taranaki, Mercer, May 1868-Aug 1874, and undated. Includes draft letters from McLean.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 32249/Bowen, George Ferguson (Sir), 1821-1899
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0169
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters - Sir George and Lady Diamantina Bowen
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-038
Teiref ms-1350-006
Year 1873

3 pages written 6 Jan 1873 by Sir George Ferguson Bowen in Dunedin City to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - Sir George and Lady Diamantina Bowen

3 pages written 6 Jan 1873 by Sir George Ferguson Bowen in Dunedin City to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - Sir George and Lady Diamantina Bowen

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