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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 63
New Zealand Company
New Zealand Company.
Governor
Deputy-Governor.
- Hon. Francis Baring.
Directors.
- Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esq., M.P.
- John Ellerker Boulcott, Esq.
- Viscount Courtenay, M.P.
- Alexander Currie, Esq.
- The Baron de Goldsmid and da Palmeira.
- James Robert Gowen, Esq.
- Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P.
- Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P.
- William Hutt, Esq., M.P.
- Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
- George Lyall, Junior, Esq.
- Ross Donnelly Mangles. Esq., M.P.
- Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.
- Alexander Nairne, Esq.
- The Lord Petre.
- Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq.
- Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman.
- John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
- William Thompson, Esq., Alderman, M.P.
- Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Esq.
- George Frederick Young, Esq.
Auditors.
- Richard Edward Arden, Esq.,
- Russell Ellice, Esq.,
- Joseph Dowson, Esq.
Bankers.
- Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
Secretary.
- Thomas Cudbert Harington, Esq.
Agents in New Zealand.
- Principal Agent at Wellington—colonel William Wakefield.
- Resident Agent at Nelson—william Fox, Esq.
- Resident Agent at New Plymouth—john Tylston Wicksteed, Esq.
- Agent for Otago—william Cargill, Esq.
Office—New Zealand House, 9, Broad Street Buildings, London.
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At an Annual General Court of the Proprietors of the New Zealand Company, Held at the Company's House in Broad Street Buildings, London, on Friday the 14th Day of May, 1847.
Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esq., M.P., in the Chair.
Read,—The Notice convening the Court, dated 29th April 1847.
Read and confirmed,—The proceedings of the last Court and Special Court.
Read,—The Twenty-Second Report of the Court of Directors, dated this day.
Resolved:—
1st,—That the Report now read be adopted.
2nd,—That this meeting approve the acceptance, by the Court of Directors, of the several proposals contained in the letter addressed by Mr. Hawes, the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Secretary of the Company, dated the 10th of May instant, and in the Memorandum thereto annexed; and that the same be ratified and confirmed, and the said proposals accepted by the Company accordingly.
3rd,—That the Court of Directors be hereby empowered to carry into effect the several Arrangements mentioned in the documents referred to in the preceding Resolution, and to take all steps whatever which may be necessary for that purpose.
4th,—That Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P., be re-elected a Director of the Company.
5th,—That John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., be re-elected a Director of the Company.
6th,—That Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., be re-elected a Director of the Company.
7th,—That William Hutt, Esq., M.P., be re-elected a Director of the Company.
8th,—That Richard Edward Arden, Esq., Russell Ellice, Esq., and Joseph Dowson, Esq., be re-elected Auditors of the Company for the ensuing year.
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Also;
Moved by John Percival, Esq., and Seconded by Major Curphey:
9th.—That, in testimony of the feeling entertained by the Share-holders, of the invaluable services rendered by Charles Buller, Esq., M.P., in the cause of Colonisation, and of his intimate acquaintance with New Zealand affairs, the Court of Directors be requested to convey to that Gentleman the wish of this Meeting, that he will allow himself to be re-elected a Director of the Company.
Moved by Viscount Ingestre, M.P., and Seconded by Alderman Sir John Pirie, Bart.
10th,—That the acknowledgments of this Meeting be presented to Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies, for the manly, straightforward, and statesmanlike course he has pursued in bringing to a termination the long-pending controversies between Her Majesty's Government and the New Zealand Company.
Moved by George Frederick Young, Esq., and Seconded by Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.
11th,—That this Meeting considers it a duty to record the deep sense it entertains of the enlightened principles which have guided the conduct of Governor Grey in his administration of the affairs of the Colony, and of the energy, judgment, and courage he has exhibited under the peculiar difficulties with which from the commencement of his Government he has had to contend;
And;
12th,—That this Meeting desires also to record its high estimation of the able, zealous, and faithful manner in which the important duties attached to his office have been discharged by Colonel Wakefield, the Principal Agent of the Company in New Zealand; and its acknowledgment of the valuable services rendered throughout the difficulties which have attended the administration of the Company's affairs in the Colony by its Other Agents and Officers.
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13th,—That the cordial thanks of the Meeting be tendered to the Secretary of the Company, Thomas Cudbert Harington, Esq., for the unwearied zeal and rare ability with which he has seconded the efforts of the Directors to restore the Company to a position of honorable usefulness; and that he be requested to accept the assurance, that his conduct has entitled him to the unqualified respect and esteem of all who are interested in the welfare of the Colony and the prosperity of the Company.
14th,—That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esq., M.P., for his conduct in the Chair; and to the Deputy-Governor and Court of Directors for their unceasing and indefatigable exertions.