THE GOVERNOR'S TRIP.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4927, 17 April 1894, Page 3

THE GOVERNOR'S TRIP.

♦— — I Welcome at Raratonga. • [Pee Press Association. j AUCKLAND, Apbil 17. ! Queen Makca, in her address, said : t Welcome to the Governor! representative f of our Queen Victoria. Come and stand i on my shoulders, on the foundations laid 1 by Tane, which will never be shaken. Let the seed now ho planted in the land that it ] may grow like a straight pauau (tree). < An address by the Government of the E group, in the name of the federation of \ chiefs and people, was SB-followa : — " We ] cordially welcome his Excellency as the re- 5 presentativeof the Queen in the great colony ( of New Zealand, to which we are under \ obligation for many actß of kindness and ' help. Tour Excellency will be able to Bee \ the work done in bringing the island under ( a settled form of Government. We ask j you to report to her Majesty our , deep tbankfulnes3 for having covered us • with the protection of the British flag, \ tinder which we hope to establish a free, ] prosperous, and educated Maori people. ( To this end our great desire is to have £ English taught our children, that their \ knowledge may be increased by reading \ English books, and that they may carry that knowledge to other islands." Eefe- t rence was also made to the London Mis- ] sionary Society sending teachers, for £ whom a honso and school are under con- c struction. , Lord Glasgow, in his reply, expressed t the interest he had always taken in the 8 welfare of the group, and assured the j people of the goodwill of the inhabitants of ] New Zealand. He would have the greatest ( pleasure in conveying to Queen Victoria £ their expressions of thankf ulneßß for the , protectorate established, and was glad to , hear from the British residents how well ] the law had been maintained by the < Government. The due observance of law j baa indeed done much tq render the 1 maintenance of order and good govern- | ment easy, \