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from the weather. It must be remembered that the frigate stayed at Akaroa for a lengthened period, and the Commodore thereby arrogated to himself the domination of the settlement, but avowed most distinctly to Captain Hobson that he ‘disclaimed any national intrusion on the part of his Government, but he supported the claims of the company as private individuals, asserting this to be the only bonâ fide purchase of that district which had been made from the Natives.’ It was at this time (November, 1841) that the Governor made the proposal that the company should be given similar terms to the New Zealand Company, and put in possession of a block of land, in proportion to their outlay of capital, in the extreme northern district of the North Island, ‘in the district of Kataia, where there is a good harbor, with an abundance of fine land with an undulating surface, well adapted for vineyards.’ This proposal was not adopted, and early in the following year (1842) Monsieur Maillères arrived in England to make arrangements with the Government, with a view to the settlement of the claim and the company’s title; when the ‘Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners’ found that an expenditure by the company of £11,685 had been incurred, including, of course, the subsidy obtained from Louis Philippe. In 1845 Lord Stanley authorised an award should be given to the company of 30,000 acres, their claim not having been brought before the Commissioners appointed to inquire into land claims.

“This paper and narrative cannot be better concluded than by quoting a paragraph from Mr. Mackay, in his second volume on Southern Native affairs:—‘The New Zealand Company purchased the claims of the Nanto-Bordelaise Company, and, in virtue of other subsequent arrangements, whatever lands the New Zealand Company possessed have reverted to the Crown; but through all these pro-