Title: [Reply from Sir George Grey to an address forwarded to him by the Inhabitants of the Hutt District, The New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian, Saturday, December 7, 1861]

In: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian, Saturday, December 7, 1861

Publication details: The Honorable Robert Stokes, 7 December 1861, Wellington

Part of: William Golder Electronic Edition

Keywords: Autobiography; Biography; Journals; Correspondence

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

We are glad to publish for public information the following Reply forwarded by his Excellency Sir George Grey to the Address from the Inhabitants of the Hutt District:—

I thank you most cordially for your address of welcome on my arrival in New Zealand.

In former years I have seen your beautiful valley in great part laid waste, and its inhabitants bravely fighting for their homes. From that state I have seen it restored to peace, a high state of cultivation, and great prosperity. In the midst of all these changes, I have ever received from you the most hearty welcome, and proofs of esteem and regard. I can never forget these things; and you may rely that my anxiety for your welfare shall always lead me to do my utmost to promote your prosperity.