Excerpt from The Official Handbook of New Zealand: A Collection of Papers by Experienced Colonists on the Colony as a Whole, and on the Several Provinces The early inhabitants - probably Malay emigrants - similarity of their language to that of the Sandwich Islanders - Tasman, in 1642, the first recorded European Visitor he loses a boat's crew in Massacre Bay - he leaves the Islands without landing - Captain Cook the next Visitor - he lands in Poverty Bay in 1769 - unprepossessing View of the east coast of the Islands - surpassing beauty of portions of the west coast - Mount Egmont and Milford Sound - Ship Cove, Cook's favourite rendezvous - his opinion that if man could live without friends that spot would realize his ideal - improved appearance of Poverty Bay since Cook first landed there - his unfortunate collision with the Natives he kills their fighting general-native account of his landing - his unfavourable impression of the country - his mistaken ideas in treating with the Natives - he alters his Opinion regarding the barrenness of the Islands upon better acquaintance - he tries to improve the condition of the islanders - he introduces the sheep, goat, and pig - the two first fail, but the pig rapidly increases - he plants several vegetables - his last visit in 1777 - 7rev Samuel Marsden visits the Islands - the English Church Missionary Society founds a Mission at the Bay of Islands - commercial agencies established - a Resident and a Resi dent Magistrate appointed - the New Zealand Company commences colonization - the first expedition arrives at Port Nicholson, in Cook Strait - the noble objects of the founders of the New Zealand Company - the Wakefield system - improvement in New Zealand since the first colonist landed - the streets and shops in the towns will now remind the immigrant of the mother-country - improvement in the Maori character through Missionary influence - list of the different settlements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.