AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1864. THE IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT OF THE WAIKATO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 181, 11 June 1864, Page 4

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1864. THE IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT OF THE WAIKATO.

Oui? readers will hail with satisfaction the intelligence that, now that all obstacles have been removed from the nndertnking. ihe "Waikato IMilitia rogiinonin arv al once io he settled upon their lands. Every arrangement j has been made, and the sawing operations I at the front are being urged forward as (juickly as nos.-nble. in order that a supply of timber, for the erection of tlie stockades and other necessary buildings, mav be u'ot as speedily as possible noon the intended sites of the new settlements. .And here we may surest the advisability of adopting the j same plan of constructing these redoubts as j used by the French in Algeria, an account j of which lias more than once been fullv entered into in our column:-;, and will be found in our issue of the I.lth of .\pril last. The disposition of the four regiments of; Waikato Militia, will, we understand, be I as follows: — The Ist regiment, three, hundred and fifty of whom will embark mi j Monday next, in the ' Alexandra." !'<»■ Tan- | ranga. will be settled in that district. The ; 2nd regiment on the Waipa river : tiie ord ■ regiment on the llorotiu river : and tin- Iti, '• reuiment on tlie rivers llorotm and \\ .vipa. between Xgnruawahia and the other se! I !e- : nients. I The 2nd and lird regts. being settled lii-Ji i UJ) the country occupy positions hi the lie::d | of the river navigations on the Wai pa and ; j Horotiu. and will lie located in villages of; | from three to live hundred men cadi. That j | these will become flourishing tuwns and set- j tlements wh;; can doubt r commanding as i they will the trallie of the rivers, and fo-.-m----j il)g the depots when? the river steamers will .' '.receive their freights from the interim- of I the island, and discharge their goods and I passengers for the interior. Nor will the other regiments be less |i>rtun:itc in their lot. The 2nd regiment could have no mure fertile spot in New Zealand than the tin-rich plains <if : JUanglohia. t he. utv cream of i !ie Wai pa : ami t lie It li regiment possesses 111 .\\';irii;i\v;i!ii.i. the site of a future ureal city, and a ilistrirt ill fertility, second only lo the one we I ;i\e just, alluded to. We i-amiot leave iliis subject without expressing our warm cnuilnondntion tor the manner in which the Nev. Zealand Ooverjmieii; have'so fai- carried out their agreement with these men. They will ' have heen settled much earlier 1 him niiirhl • ha\e been expected and settled too upon 1 invery t-boicest of t lie conliscatt'i lands. Wei need not wish them every .-iiccess. lor | failure can oniv be the result of individual I misappliaiice of the advantages placed | before them. Nature has evidently made i these ])laces for the future mu-s ofL,'real and j jiopulous towns, and the (io\ernuient has; acted wisely for the colonv ;:ud liuiiorablv ' towards their in settling t hem down ;is thev are now almut lo do. i Lieutenani-fienei'al Cameron has to i theWaikalo to inspect the positions to be chosen, and Colonel Ilaullain has been iippoiiitetL. on behalf of 1 he Colonial (iovcrn- i iiii-nt, to confer with him in the choice of t he ' sites. Colonel ilaultain, who onlv arrived I iu town on Thursday, leaves town this \ morning for the Waikato. j 'J'lie b.ead quart<.-rs of t lie: Ist regimen! will leave town on 3!ondav for ' at once to lbriu the .Military settlemenls ' there. The. detachments of this regiment ; stationed at Ttiakau, J'likekolie. .Maiiku. Martyu's farm, and Shepherd's 15us!i. '. have, we understand, been will.drawn, and will proceed with liie ! lead-Quarters on ; ]\ronday. In as iheii- fiilure home I they will be seated in a mauniliceni and ! rising district, possessing one of the lines! harbours south of the Thames, excellent laud, and (he outlet of a splendid count rv yet we trust to be opened up to Kuropeaii enterprize. TnK two natives Keihana and Ilapimana. prisoners on board the hulk ' Marion,' who were lately permitted to visit their rebel friends at l'atetere, have returned to Auckland. They promised to return to Auckland within one month of their depart lire, which took place on the l.'ith of last month, and they have faithfully kept their word, having reported themselves at the 3.'ative Oflice yesterday, the 10th. They state Ihat their friends were to see them, and congratulated them on I heir healthy appearance, remarking that their good condition indicated a better commissariat, than that which they themselves possessed at Patalere. They saw Kewi. Thompson, Kereopa, Tamati Ngapora, and other celebrities. Jiewi and Thompson in true diplomatic style, said they would not. write to the Government, "' us lliorc ii-n-c no Iriln-x lo anxwn;" staling also that they could not know that the prisoners were out. on leave, but might; be, for aught Ihey could tell, run-

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