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THE PEHSIONffi SETrl'LB11:ElTTS .;).\ l
---\s�t?
by
G. G. G11lesp1e
A thesis p�esented for the degree of :Master of Arts
in History
19f)4
PREF'ACE
This thesis is the lrlstory of an experiment in colonisation v1hich was also an experiment in colonial
defence - the settlement of the Hoyal Uew Zealand Fencibles in a. series of villages just south of the city of AucJ...-..J.and, then the seat of go�I'l'lr.1ent of this cotL"1try.
It does not attempt to cover any clearly delineated poriod, for it is the histo�J of the fm1ciole corps from the tii?le it was envisaged ur�til tl:..e tine when the pensioners had becone absorbed into colonial society; and although the inception can be dated accurately enough - at 1846 - t::-.e process of aosorptiorr cfu---mot be said to have ended at any
given tine. -
Nor does tJ.1.o writer clair.1 for it any particular l-h·le of ap:;roach or poil:t of vim-,. It is sirlply a study of t:1e settlener�ts over a decacle or> so nt the er:.d of \V�:ich cortai.."l conc:!..usions emerge on the ioportanc e of the scher1e m d the degree of its success.
The writer's special thanks go to the follovJing:
to .Professor W.?. Eorrell, for llis [';Uida:r:ce m1d supcrvis ion;
to the staffs of the Auckland P"llblic Library a..-·"lcl_ of the Dor.1inion
;\rchi ves; to L.cs. C. ·.'i. Stra. thern, Hock�'l Librarion for iler
patient and cheerful help; ru-_d to my \'life for her eJ:lcourae;enen.t, helpful cri ticistl, and by no nenr-s least, for her typing of
LIST OP ABBHE'VIA'.riOlTS
P.P. Great Bri tu in parlianentar'y papers
Cmd Command nur:1ber (This rofer>s to the old series) H. of R. House of Heprcser!tativos
L.c. Legislative Cow1cil
v. & P. Votes ru1d proce0dings
A. to J. Appeii.cli.:x: to Journu ls
A.P.C. AucldFu1d ProvL:.cial Cou::.-.cil
A. & P. Acts and procecdi.!:gs
D.A. �ominion Arcluves
The follor:dl'lg abbreviations ��:;::'c Dor.:inion archives m.1L1bcrs G.3
G.18
G.25/3
G.25/4 G.34
llili tar•y des.p& tc:£;.cs froi·J the Secrctnry of State.
Decenber 1842 to l:ovonbcr 1854.
Letters fror.1 Officer Co:.:rna:nding How Zeala:nd Fencibles to Gove:P:�-:.or Grey. April 1851 to February 1833.
Despatches frcw Governor Gro:,- to the Secretary
of State. 4 lla·i 1847 to 27 June 1849.
Ditto, 2 July 1849 to 30 .\.ucust 1851
Letters to t!.:o Officer Co;l:...:n:r:dinc Hmv Zeala.."'1d Fencibles. Au�ust 1851 to Uay 1853.
The fo1lo•;;ing arc tllC \7ri tor's ab':Jrevia tio:1s for Dor1inion
Archives cate:;."ial •;C.ic� is not nu.-:Jberod.
c.s.I.
c.s.o. 1847
c.s.o. 1848-56
Colonial Secretary• s Inwar•ds Ccrrespo:ndence, 1847 ..
Colo!:inl Sccrotnryt s Out let"Cors (rJi11tary) 1846- 1851
Col��iul Sccr8tury's out letters (Pensioners) 1848-1856.
CONTIDTTS
I The Backgrou..T'ld • • • "
II 'l'he outline •
III The Prospects • • • •
IV Arrival and Location • • • V JEarly Struggles, 1847-1848 • •
VI The Force Completed: L[lter Fortunes, 1849-53
VII Problcr!s of Discipline
VIII Assimilation •
IX 'l1he Financing of the Schene
X The Verdict • •
Appendices
I Conditions of enrolncnt.
II Conditions of m1.rolnent.
III Map of Auckland •
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The Hen
The Officers
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20
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44
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117 134
152 155
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