held on Tue3day, at their house its 11.;:y.1.1 i :.
Buildings. for the •• A
pose of deelaring a dividend. A large proI•t, ahout 2;',io Itp.:a ti land sales for the first year, was announce:I et a former the Direetora deemed it advisable to await the news of the safe rofthe several einigrant-ships, which has now been elfectel. ! e (he declaring a dirt:ten& The attendance or .:lear-:lholders was nnmerou: : amongst the gentlemen present we un'.1.-e..1 the lIonourable Barn lLl' Deputy-Governor; 3Ir. Ag'inahy, ]LP,; Messrs. J. NV. Barn lLl' Deputy-Governor; 3Ir. Ag'inahy, ]LP,; Messrs. J. NV. Buckle, A. Willis, Bouleott, George F. Yonit., Ifalswell. Wakefield, it,h "-- Pitcher, !tart. Captains IIine and Nairac. The now Governor, Joseph col' •
Somes. Esq.. (late Deputy-Governor,) in the t of the Earl of thy. ! ham, deceased, took the .':air; • v.iten the re; was read. It wool..1 appear that seven ships sailed last mxison from :he port of London, init.! from Plymouth, and one from Glasgow ; the imickest passage Itel:;.• made by the l'ory, which arrived at her destiwitiim frogs London, in
the short space of 102 days. The site of the first town ha.: been fixed I at Lambton Harbour, being the inner harb.mr on the West side of Pori ; Nicholson; where the surveys were proe.•cdi::; under the direction of • "1 Colonel Wakefield. In the meals t hue, the colonists had .fermed temp e- rary residences, and entered into eommereial business with consitlee.,!....• activity. From numerous letters front the settlers and the t.'empany'i officers, it seems that the position chosen ftw the future to.xn, is within .t a harbour sheltered from all winds, with a secure anchorage for tlw
largest ships, and but a very short distance froin the shore. The Iti.ter': •r front the settlers exhibited a tone of cheerfulness and satisfaction ; the 1m. w
country being considered by the writers to be one of great v. • :,roof and fertility, and rich natural productions. The labouring classes It ai • "", readily found employment at liberal wages; and there had been so little 'I 1"; occasion to make provision for those NVII0 e;raid not otherwise u'a lief work, that at the date of the but advice: only for labourers were out 'it: hands of the Colitpany. Provisions were at reasonable prices, and 1 :d-
portations of stock-cattle front Sydney had insured an ample supply of .p,,
fresh thod. A vast acquisition hal been nettle to the Company's te; . : . i • ;;,.;,..„ Th.,:
tories by the addition of a track of lan.1 about one-third of the area te: oder one the whole of New Zealand; this land having been conveyed to the liereon.•: Company by grants executed by the native chiefs in October and ;
November last. 'Ile sales or land since the last report are—to the Ply- t',111'e :loth • mouth Company of New Zealand lo,otio acres, to the ('botch Seeiety of Mr. New Zealand 2,1100 acres, and to other persons •,-,e00 :owes.. The purchase effected by the Church Society shows that that body It Ivo the ' ty.,S wellbeing of the settlers ana natives at heart. They also have arranged ; telh.vs, that. t • to endow a bishopric at Port Nicholson. After the 1st November next, the Company purpose advaneing the prier of land to 2.1s. per acre. ; Four vessels ha Ve Sdilekt for the new settlement this season - three from ; 1.1,'""T• " London, :eta auto Greenock, carryiug in all s•I';'; passe:Igor::: addition to which, the iltip Lady Nugent sails early in October. Several
vessels have also been (quartered by parties loom:wee:0d .
pang, l'ort Nicholson. The Directors, tillvr stromtly recommonding. the attention of the .I.,..sembly to the evidence taken holiire the S.dect t„. ,v,, C.olnutittee of the I fonsa of Commons on Nee: Zealand, :tech:red eho dn.:Mend of 5 per C.91t. MOM OW Capital stuck or the compau.), cue period from its formation to the 30th June last.
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