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Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 45, 7 January 1846, Page 2

We insert in this day's paper, the remainder of the published correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Directors of the New Zealand Company, extracted from the TiM ES August 12. In this correspondence there ismud matter fir reflection, and some for congratnl*" ton ; but upon tbe whole it is still unsatisfactory, inconclusive, and not even yet based up to ample and enlightened a view of the s UD J e^ ' as to lead well inf ,rmcd minds here to rest sa" s "

•lh the result. 'tJt appears to us very fifd W1 ,i w t the Government is not fully in CUrtU °ion of the tho ease, -Hhnuyl. ]) ° iieSi - 1 • •cased enlightenment is evidenced in n tl,e - r To! «<>y»> thnt th<>y huvc: a " exm!di "B , y VarlC ' y "de-ire to be finally rid of a troublesome « u "J ect ' lhe mOtiVC P ° Wer ° f V I they cannot see nor comprehend ;-and it is et ually clear that the means about to be be so utterly inefficient, that the final strugle, may prove one of so bounding a character, that when it ahull arrive, & l even will be astonished at'Hhe catastrophe. B injudicious management, bad arrangement of nis and a most culpable procrastination in the Pa c ution even of operations that might have been 6 t ,;vp the means both of the Government and the settlers have been dissipated ; the Company have sunk a large outlay, for which they possess ver y little indeed to shew,—except a few figures, that outlay,—and a certain number of ac res of uncultivated land in perspective ;—while the antagonists of all three have, during the whole of the period spent in carrying all this 4 * ar t of sinking" out, been gradually acquiring knowledge, strength, and experience at their expense, and fortifung themselves most manfully against the evil day. Every year,—even every jj OUr __i n the events which it developes,—and the new and increasing resources which it brings before their notice, adds increased and increasing vigour to the native population, and a greater amount of confidence to their hopes and expectations ; ut the same time 1 that their appetite jb wetted, and their relish, in m equal degree heightened, for the possession and enj iyment of every thing that they behold —and not least also for the intelligence and facilities of communication of the European population;—"hose footsteps they uniformly follow, and whese settlements they unifoimly surround. Until, therefore, the limits to which their desires may extend,—until the boundaiies of their individual claims are defined, —until their terriiorial ruhts are propeily laid down, —and until their duties and obligations as subjects and citizens in this respect are clearly and unieservcdly explained to tbem, and they are commanded to confine their present prospects and future hopes within these measured boundaries, no peace, no prosperity, and no progression in improvement can postibly exist or take place in New Zealand. Sj long as this all important subject remains in a state of neglect all uertions made for adjusting every other will prove abortive. Even the choice of a capital for the central government is one of comparative insignificance ; and it- would be both ill-timed and ill-judged to fix upon a permanent lacality for this object until the one above every otherfh.il be fully understood and thoroughly determined.