PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE
No. 48.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO SPEAKER OF PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OP WELLINGTON. Government House, Auckland, 22nd May, 1860. Sib,— I have the honor to acknowledge your letter dated Wellington, May 17th, conveying a copy of the Address of the Provincial Council of Wei ington, dated 15th May, 1860. Iα reply, I beg you to accept and convey to the Members of the Provincial Council of Wellington my best thanks for the assurance of their cordial co-operation and support to enable' me to act in the manner they describe. I have, &c, (Signed) T. Gore Browne. The Speaker of the Provincial Council of Wellington.
No. 49. ADDRESS OF PUBLIC MEETING AT AUCKLAND. To His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, C.8., Governor and Commander-in-Chuj in and over the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, <$c, SfC, fyc. The inhabitants of Auckland and its neighbourhood, in Public Meeting assembled, on the 19th May, 1860, beg respectfully to assure Your Excellency of the full concurrence which is felt, and the support whicl. will be given, by the inhabitants of the Province of Auckland, to your Excellency in the continuance of the pursuit of a firm and vigorous course of action, in supporting the individual rights of Her Majesty's subjects whether Brit'sli or Maori, in the Colony, and in vindicating the supremacy of the Queen's authority in New Zealand. (Signed) Robert Graham, Chairman.
No. 50. HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO MR. GRAHAM. Government House, 28th May, 1860. Sir,— I beg you to accept and convey to the gentlemen who have signed the address my grateful thanks for the assurance of their full concurrence in the measures I have felt it my duty to adopt and the promise of support of which it contains. In return I beg to assure you of my firm determination to uphold Her Majesty's supremacy by every means in my power. I have, &c, (Signed) T. Gore Browne. R. Graham, Esq., M.G.A., Chairman of Meeting.
No 51. PETITION OP INHABITANTS OP AUCKLAND TO HER MAJESTY. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, — The humble Petition of your Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, resident in the Province o/ Auckland, in your Majesty's Colony of New Zealand, respectfully shewetk — That your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects beg to approach your Majesty with assurance's of their unshaken allegiance and devotion to your .Majesty's Royal Crown and Person. That your Petitioners have emigrated from various parts of your Mnjesty's Dominions to the North Island of New Zealand, in the lull assurance of the maintenance of the supremacy of your Majesty, and in the belief that your Majesty would graciously protect and encourage them in the peaceful of trade and industry. That your Petitioners have at all time 3 been anxious to preserve the most friendly relations with the Aborigines of this Island. That your Petitioners bear testimony to the justice and benevolence, in relation to the Maories, which have characterised the Administration of your Majesty's Representative in this Island.
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