TARANAKI.
The News gives tJie loiiowmg aisnearcening account of matters here : The entire industry of the province mjfiy be said to be dormant. Few acres* and those principally belonging to our friendly Maories, arc in cultivation. The noble contributions from the neighbouring colonies and our own provinces through the Qeneral Assembly are but. as a drop ipt the bneket compared with the losses our population has sustained, and no division even of this has'been caved for up. to the present time, although the commissioner appointed by the late Government is now a member of the'present one. The Superintendent left for Auckland by the Airedale, and it may be presumed for; the purpose of furthering the • distribution of this aid, and laying the true position of the province before the new Governor on his arrival. "We have every confidence that our case is in good hands, b«£ natur--ally look with anxiety to the result.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 266, 31 October 1861, Page 4
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153TARANAKI. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 266, 31 October 1861, Page 4
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