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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

First Levée and Native Meeting held

First Levée and Native Meeting held.

Preparatory to the meeting, I had appointed a levée to be held at Mr. Busby's house at 11 o'clock, to which I invited all the principal European inhabitants, the members of the Church of England and Catholic Missions, and all the officers of this ship, and was highly gratified to find that nearly every one, either here or in the neighbourhood, favoured me with their attendance.

Soon after 12 I proceeded to the tent, supported by Captain Nias and his officers, Mr. Busby (the late Resident), the members of the Church Missionary Society, the French bishop, the officers of the Government, and all the principal European inhabitants, &c., in procession, and took my seat on a raised platform, surrounded by the gentlemen in the same order as they had accompanied me. In the centre of the area within the tents, the chiefs seated themselves upon the ground, leaving a space round them for the Europeans. The whole spectacle produced a most imposing effect.