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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Rare Volume

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I. Mr. Fox to Earl Grey, 3rd Jan. 1852 7
II. Mr. F. Peel to Mr. Fox, 21st Jan. 1852 7
III. Mr. Fox to Mr. Peel, 24th Jan. 1852, covering Minute on Government of New Zealand 8
IV. Minute on Government of New Zealand, enclosed in above letter 10
Complaints of the Colonists 10
Proofs referred to 10
Self-government still withheld 10
Classification of complaints 11
1. Unnecessary Postponement of Free Institutions 11
Expectations of the Colonists excited by Sir R. Peel, &c. App. n. 2. 11
Lord Grey's Constitution of 1846 11
Accepted by the Colonists 11
Suspended by Governor Grey 11
The reasons assigned by him for suspension 12
Inconsistency and want of foundation of those reasons. App. n. III. 25
Abandoned by the Governor 12
Governor Grey's Provincial Councils of 1848 13
Might have been representative 13
And ought to have been so 13
But he established Official Nominee Councils 14
Which after one Session broke down 14
The Governor himself interdicting their meeting in 1850 14page 4
And falling back on the old Official Council of 1840 14
Results of this proceeding 14
Governor Grey's Second Attempt to frame a Constitution in 1851 15
Which the Colony unanimously protests against 15
2. Illegal Acts of Governor Grey's Administration 15
Impolitic confirmation of invalid grants 15
Connives at unlicensed squatting on native lands 16
Particularly the Wiararapa case 16
Arbitrarily abolishes the County Courts 17
Withdraws accused persons from the Civil Tribunals 17
3. Unnecessary tampering with the Currency 17
4. Injurious Native Policy 17
Governor Grey conciliates native feeling towards himself 18
But at the expense of the Colonists 18
Creating in the native mind a dread of free institutions 18
Which the Colonists contend would advance native civilization 18
While they regard Governor Grey's policy as not beneficial 18
What his policy has been 19
Its inconsiderable results 19
Governor Grey has failed to settle native territorial rights 19
5. Excessive Taxation 20
Oppressive tariff 20
6. Wasteful Expenditure 20
Increases in a disproportionate degree to the wants of the Colony 20
Excessive official establishments maintained for purposes of patronage 21
The Otago judgeship, &c. 21
Revenue of southern province, how expended 21
7. Creation of Heavy Debts 21
£50,000 under previous administration 21page 5
£268,000 charged on land fund in favour of New Zealand Company 22
£60,000 and upwards for pensioner emigration 22
8. Non-establishment of Militia 22
Cost of Imperial forces in the Colony 22
Colonists desire to be self-protecting 22
Necessity of establishing a Militia pointed out by by Lords J. Russell, Stanley, and Normanby 22
Militia ordinance passed by Governor Fitzroy 23
And Militia organized by him 23
Governor Grey's total neglect on this head 23
Whereby Colonists remain entirely unable to defend themselves 23
And necessity for maintaining Imperial forces continues 23
The only remedy is self-government 23