The New Zealand Coast Survey.

The survey of the Coast of New Zealand was now contemplated, as evinced by the following letter from the Secretary of the Admiralty to the New Zealand Company, dated 5th July, 1847, and published in the “N.Z. Journal,” 3rd June, 1848:—

“I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Deputy Governor and the Directors of the New Zealand Company, that two officers have been appointed to survey the coasts and harbours of that Colony, and will shortly proceed there.”