The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

Z Cabin
P Passengers, Steerage Total
Ist and ?d Passengers Passengers.
.‘ Ton- Class. I •
cA nage.
0-.
•;*
Male
' Fe- Male Fe. '
'Total
1. ' male. Male ' Fe" male male.
—.— —.— — ---
Wellington 29 14,023 321 145 2,057 1,779 2.371- I,t 24 1,302
Nelson 13 5,0(4 120 41 994 946 1,114 989 9,103
N. Plymouth 5 1,839 57 18 475 3(5 431 323 k 75.5
—;—
Totals... 47 91,5231 493 204 1,423 19132 3,224,3,2 .617,10

The CHAIRMAN read the cash account.

Mr. ALEXANDER CURRIE said he believed all the
Proprietors would agree with him in approving of the
Report which had been read of the affairs of the Company.
It appeared to him from that Report, that notwithstand-
ing the unparalleled difficulties of the past year, the sale of
lands had continued to progress.—(Hear, hear.) In a
speech made by the Colonial Minister not long since, in
the House of Commons, it was stated that the land sales
in New South Wales and in South Australia had been
entirely suspended. He mentioned that fact to show
that they were greatly indebted to the management of
the Directors during the past year.—(Hear, hear.) lie
must state, however, his belief that still more might have
been done by making the sections of land less in
the Nelson settlement. There were at present
eleven hundred allotments, at 3001., in that settle-
ment. He thought the sections might with advantage
be diminished, and the land sold in smaller pro-
portions. Two hundred acres would require a capital of
four or five thousand pounds to cultivate it in a proper
manner, and that was more than men could be expected
to advance. Having thrown out this suggestion he
begged to move—" That the Report now read be adopted.
That Viscount Ingestrie, M.P., Sir William Molesworth,
Bart., John Ellerker oulcott, Esq., John William
Buckle, Esq., Azthur Willis, Esq., and Henry Aglionby
Aglionby, Esq., M.P., be re-elected Directors ; and that
Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., Thomas Frederick Everingham,
Esq., and William Curling, Esq., be re-elected Auditors
for the ensuing year."
Mr. DonsET having seconded the resolution, it was
put from the chair and carried unanimously.
Mr. J. HEATH, after a speech in which he compli-
mented the Directors for the energy, talent, and perse-
verance which they had displayed in promoting the
objects of the Company, proposed that a certain sum, not
less than 1,600/. a-year, should in future be applied to
remunerate the Directors for their services on behalf of
the Company.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER DOWSON seconded the resolution,
which DIM carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said he wished to state, in reference
to what had fallen from Mr. Currie, that the high price
of the sales of lands in Nelson was to be brought under
the consideration of the Board in a few weeks, and if
any satisfactory alteration could be proposed, the Direc-
tom WUtlid have great pleasure in acceding to the
rronosal.

f YOUNG said, it ought to be stated that the
clement was not originally drawn
plan of the Nelson
but by other parties,
out by the New Zealand Coi,.."anY'
ompan.y.—( Hear.)
a hose plan had been adoptedgy the
Le .sectiens.
The plan proposed involved tile making b
of their present size, as welt as the price of 30s. per h:_re•
The principle then adopted itatl, that all beyond I!.
per.acre, should constitute a fund, to be tested in the
Directors, for the purpose of being expended on certain
objects, which were thought to be essential to the pro-
sperity ofthe colony. Amongst other objects contemplated
were, the providing the means of spiritual instruction, the
establishment ofa college, and the encouragement of steam
navigation. These were objects for which specific sums
were to be set aside. The price of land in that settlement,
therefore, could not be regarded as a simple investment, as
in the case of Wellington and New Plymouth. The
Direeton had already considered whether it would be
possible to lessen the sections without doing injustice
to the regular settlers, and they had declined to inter-
fere. The subject, however, was to be again brought
under consideration, :and he trusted that an arrange-
ment Ittittld be tnads which would ratify all parties.
A vote of thanks iliaJ then given to the Chairmar,
and the meeting separated.

-'" The depth of water over the flats outride of Nelson Ha-
vett is 20 feet at hig'.. uater at spring tides, and 17 feet at
high water at neap tides,
f fltiSidPs thE vesdeis enumerated in the text, the Mandarin
and other ships, tibt chartered ily the Company, have sailed for
Nelson in the course of the Viet *earl siith numerous cabin
passel-01g.
I SonA: discouragement has resulted to the agricultural
iitterbgt Of the settlethent from an incautious state-
ifthlit hid let,ter t+fittett by one of the principai colo-
nists, abet ptibllsliCti in ihe rteitspapers in this country',
that the forest land could hot he eleared at a less
cort than 40!. per acre. Experience has prOted that the
clttal cost is between 10/. and 12/. per acre; and it is not
otittell;thdt,the work will eventually be done much cheaper.
!.6.4 hititif .if s9hat disk tie effected by energy and industry,
Mr. ileaphy riletitillno the ett.e of two young Scotchmen own-
ing a section in the Karori valley, hating cleared about twenty
sores of heavily timbered land and built themselves a house, in
the space ask months, with no assistance but that of a native
M otd to bring their provisions from the town.
fT e tilkdget hereafter quoted from Mr. Heaphy, have
been taken froth d itiinthilet butt in preparation for the press
by that gentleman, and commutiitated by him to the Directors.
H The greatest number of labourers employed by the Com-
patty at any time in the formation of roads, was about GO; a
i;t4s Offal! proportion in an European population alone of
3,7b0 souif.
• •

The Operative Conservative Association, which
once made Ouch a bustle jn Dudley, has gone out like an evil
disposed candle, leaving a bad smell and an unsavory reputation
behind it. The room where its meetings were formerly held
hOit occupied by the Dudley Waterworks Company, and the
sign, the totbics, the benches, and the other stage properties of
the Association, hate been taken possession of by Mr. Coa, the
landlord, for rent due to him Worcestershire Advertiser.
At the Middle Temple Hall, a turtle, venison, and
champagne dinner is announced to be given on Monday neat,
the 6th June, to celebrate the happy escape of her Majesty
from assassination.

A person whose wife carries on the business of a
stay-maker in the quartier des Quinze-Vingts, has just been
arres'ed on a charge of inhuman treatment to a girl only
twelve years of age who was an apprentice to his wife. It
has been ascertained by the pike that this man was in the
freqnent habit of stripping his victim and flogging her with a
kind of knout, or with a whip, having an iron luy.)k at the end
of it. The poor girl, whose bo4 was one sore, has become
almost an idiot from the cruel treatment which she has expe-