[Extract from New Zealand Gazetted]
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th June, 1850.His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief directs the publication, for general information, of the following despatch, received in reply to petitions from the European inhabitants of the District of Auckland, and from various Natives, against the introduction of exiles or convicts into New Zealand.
By His Excellency's command.
Andrew Sinclair,
Colonial Secretary.