The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 10
Extract from a Despatch from Sir G. Grey, K.C.B., to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle
Extract from a Despatch from Sir G. Grey, K.C.B., to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
17th December, 1863.
"My Lord Duke—
"4th. I ought to mention to your Grace that I believe I was the first to recommend the forfeiture of lands by those Natives who took up arms against us, and I did so for the following reasons:—Because such a proceeding is in conformity with their own customs. It will affect lands of those who have forced us into war, and leaves secure to the Native owners who have remained at peace, their large landed possessions in other parts of the Island. They will thus, from contrast, see the advantages secured by being protected by British rule, and the punishment which follows wanton attacks upon the European race and their properties. At the same time, from enactments recently made, the well-disposed Natives who retain their lands can deal as they please with them.
G. Grey."