(6, p. 34.)
Of taxes oft from us exacted,

Wellington had much cause of complaint in regard to the duties levied and raised in Port Nicholson, which were sent to the seat of Government at Auckland, there to be spent, while this place lay neglected, though much it required the use of its own dues and taxes for local improvements.

“Pigeon”s Parliament”: Page 83.

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