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The Hobson - Shortland Administration.

CAPTAIN HOBSON the first Governor of New Zealand, was a deserving officer of the Navy. He had in 1837 been despatched by the Governor of New South Wales to New Zealand, where,......

Hobson-shortland Colonization.

- Governor Hobson and his inseparable Mr. Shortland were possessed With a passion for colonizing. Sent out to govern settlements already formed, their first step was to form......

Hobson-shortland Finance.

The materials for the history of New Zealand finance, extending from January 1840 to December 1843, are very incomplete. Although it was expressly enjoined, in the instructions......