he other
subjects of interrogation he had no information to communicate. Other
members took part in the discussion; and finally the motion was agreed
to.

A more lengthened discussion on the condition of this colony took
place on the 17th of June, on which occasion Mr. Charles Buller brought
forward a series of resolutions relating to the policy pursued towards
New Zealand. In his speech he contended that the colonization of New
Zealand, after it had been successfully commenced by the New Zealand
Company, had been marred by the interference of her majesty's
government. He proceeded to show the superiority of the scheme of
colonization adopted by the company with that pursued by the colonial
office. After pointing out the great importance of New Zealand in
a national and political point of view, and the fair field which it
afforded for the development of the capital and labour of England, he
showed that at the time when it was first colonized, strong reasons
existed for colonizing it regularly, lest it should be colonized
irregularly. The whole of the native population did not exceed 100,000
souls, and they were principally concentrated in the northern parts of
the island. Was that a circumstance which ought to prevent any other
country from colonizing the southern parts of it, which were almost
totally unoccupied, or the northern parts, which were almost all left
uncultivated? It was wicked to deny the right of civilized man to
cultivate the wilderness; but he was bound to treat the savage with
kindness, and to communicate to him the advantages of civilization. The
New Zealand Company had treated the savage with kindness, making him
ample compensation for the land purchased of him, by setting a part
of it to his service after it had been brought into cultivation. The
colonial office, however, conceived that its duty was discharged towards
the savage when it had obtained for him a large price for his land, and
had not taken any measure to apply it to his future amelioration. Mr.
Buller next entered into a minute history of the proceedings of the
colonial authorities in New Zealand, from the time of the conclusion of
the treaty of Waitangi, down to the present period; and vindicated the
conduct of the New Zealand Company, showing that their settlements had
been founded on a scale of liberality and munificence hitherto unknown
in the history of English colonization. Their principal object had been
merely to protect themse