The Founders of Canterbury
W. H. Burnand,Esq., 2, Boyle-street, Burlington-street. — Reigate, 2nd May, 1849
—Practice has taught me much better how to receive hard knocks than gratifying compliments.
Still, I hope to acknowledge suitably the kindness of partial friends in the New Zealand Company, by saying that if their object were generally approved by the Proprietors, including the Directors, I should be proud to receive so flattering a mark of their good opinion and good will.