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Name: Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the present state of the Islands of New Zealand — Die Veneris, 6° Aprilis 1838, Mr. John Flatt
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Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

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“Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the present state of the Islands of New Zealand — Die Veneris, 6° Aprilis 1838, Mr. John Flatt”, published in 1838, is a work by House of Lords. It explores elements such as Natives, the Bay of Islands and Europeans.

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ What is the Proportion of Population of Foreigners, Europeans, and Subjects of England in New Zealand?
I do not know; we hardly knew how to distinguish. Are there Frenchmen and Americans?
There are very few Frenchmen; there are some few North Americans, but we do not distinguish between the North Americans and the English; there are very few Frenchmen; there is a French Doctor in the Bay of Islands. Have they no Settlement of their own, apart from the English?
I am not aware of any. The Natives make no Distinction between them? ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ As to the Proprietors of Land; are there any Europeans who are Proprietors of Land except the Missionaries?
Yes, some. Are there many?
No, not many that I am acquainted with; but the major Part of my Time has been spent in the Interior. Are there any other Descriptions of Europeans except Missionaries, Traders, and Runaways, and their Families?
No. Have you known any Instances of Natives being employed by Europeans to guard their Houses?
We consider the Natives employed round the Missionary Stations to be a Protection. You were in New Zealand in the Autumn of 1835? ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ There is a striking Contrast amongst the Natives at the Bay of Islands. There are many Natives who will not listen at all to the Instruction of the Missionaries; there are others, again, at Paihia and Kanakana, and other Places, who will listen to the Instructions of the Missionary Body. Are the Heathens of the Interior more moral Persons than the native Christians who reside in the Bay of Islands? ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ If Things are left in their present State the whole Northern Island will shortly be in the Possession of the Europeans, the North Americans classing themselves with the Europeans. So that, in fact, if Things were left in the Situation in which they are, the Land will be taken almost entirely out of the Possession of the Natives? ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ Do you consider that if a Resident were empowered to arrest and transport those Persons who commit Acts of Violence against each other or against the Natives that would be likely considerably to decrease the Number of them? ”

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“ Some few of the trading Europeans have been married to the Natives. I was present at a Marriage at the Wesleyan Settlement just before I left. Do not those native Women who have Children very often destroy them?
I never met with an Instance, but it may be the Case. There is no Half Cast in the Interior; they may sometimes be killed, but I have not seen or heard of any thing of the Sort in the Interior. ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ If the Natives would cultivate it; but they are not in the habit of cultivating any more than is absolutely necessary. Do you not think if the Progress of Civilization continues to increase, seeing the great Advantages the Europeans make by their Land; they would perhaps be induced to follow the Example of the Europeans? ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ Tradesmen, Carpenters, and Blacksmiths, who have left North American and other Vessels for the Purpose of building Houses, who had not been educated. Some of those Persons were not Subjects of the King of England?
Some of them were North Americans. The principal Object of that Petition was for Protection against the threatened Usurpation or Power of a certain Baron Charles De Thierry?
Yes; that was one Object. And also for Protection against such of Her Majesty's Subjects who have committed all kinds of Depredations upon others of Her Majesty's Subjects? ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ In other Cases it is the Practice to go to their native Places, and ask for Men that can work; and they come forward and offer themselves. The Parents and Friends are out of the Question; they would not object to it. ”

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House of Lords, Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords… (1838)

“ Do you think there are as many as Fifty or Sixty respectable Traders in the Bay of Islands?
No; but there may be that Number including all the Stations. There are some in the Neighbourhood of the Wesleyan Station. ”

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