Lord Ingestre to Lord Stanley. New Zealand House, May 5, 1845.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume IV, 6 December 1845, Page 159

Lord Ingestre to Lord Stanley. New Zealand House, May 5, 1845.

My Lord —ln consequence of a communication made to the Directors of the New Zealand Company by Mr. Charles Buller, they have appointed a committee of their body, " with full authority to conduct and conclude any arrangement which they may deem most expedient."' On behalf of this committee I have the honour to inform your lordship that Mr. Buller has laid before us copies of two letters, the last of which is dated the 26th April, addressed to your lordship by him, and containing the outline of a plan for the settlement of the affairs of New Zealand.

On full consideration of the plan contained in these letters, we are prepared to adopt its principles, as calculated to secure a satisfactory solution of present difficulties, to save the colony from great disasters, and to ensure its immediate and steady progress. We think that, on the principles proposed, the operations of forming the new company and conducting its affairs might be honourably and usefully undertaken; and we should cheerfully recommend to the New Zealand Company to accept the conditions imposed on them by the plan.

To bring such a measure, however, into practical shape, would require considerable discussion of details, and probably no little co-operation with your lordship, in determining the best mode of obviating such difficulties as may arise in the course of the discussion. To attempt to do this through the medium of written correspondence would be a very ineffectual and dilatory mode of proceeding, and I need hardly remind your lordship that it is of the utmost importance to both the Company and the settlers — that it is in truth essential to the success of any arrangement — that as little time as possible should be taken in coming to a decision in this matter. We have thought it best, therefore, to transmit the plan to your lordship officially, pretty nearly in the same form as that in which it is given in Mr. Buller's second letter; and if it should be unobjectionable to your lordship, we are inclined to leave the matter entirely in Mr. Buller's hands, in order that he may communicate with your lordship on our part and that of the Company. I have the honour to be, &c, | Ingestre, Chairman.