University of Otago Library Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Mission and Settlement, 23 August 1819 text Letter 23 August 1819 24 June 1820 4 July 1820 10 July 1820 eng text/html 320 x 201 mm 2 leaves 3 pages reformatted digital Hocken Collections' Title: Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Mission and Settlement Other title: Rules and regulations for the Government of the Mission and Settlement formed by the Church of England Missionary Society at the Northern Island of New Zealand in the South Seas' Military regulations OR Delegated legislation Regulations Political science Government Missions Mission Land settlement Settlement Church of England New Zealand -41.244772,174.675751 South Seas -46.901492,168.661251 Household supplies Provisions Flour Flour Pork Pork Peace Peace New South Wales -31.16581,147.034149 Committees Committee John Butler Judge London 51.513016,-0.127931 Diaries Journal Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_303 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_303_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_303_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_303_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_303_004 MS_0498_303 CMS Number 22 The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). 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University of Otago Library 2015-06-11T15:50:18+12:00 machine generated eng Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Mission and Settlement, 23 August 1819 University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0498/303 CMS Number 22 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings 23 August 1819 24 June 1820 4 July 1820 British English Military regulations OR Delegated legislation Political science Missions Land settlement Household supplies Dwellings Flour Pork Peace Committees Diaries Regulations Government Mission Settlement Church of england New zealand South seas Provisions House Flour Pork Peace New south wales Committee John Butler London Journal Rules and regulations for the Government of the Mission and Settlement formed by the Church ^of England Missionary Society at the Northern Island of New Zealand in the South Seas. 1 The Society supplying every person permanently engaged in this Mission, not only with certain fixed annual salaries and regular sufficient supplies of provisions but also being engaged to support the widows and orphans, of any and every person dying in the service of the Mission & It is ordered that no person engaged in this Mission shall be allowed upon any account of pretence whatever to acquire or ^to hold any private or individual property, real, landed, or personal in New Zealand, distinct from or other than such as shall and may be granted by the society their superintendent or Agent neither shall any trade or traffic what=ever be carried on with the natives of New Zealand or with any Ship of person touching there. But only for the general account and benefit of the Mission, all private and individual Trade and Traffic being prohibited. 2d That the Labour and services of every person engaged in this Mission shall be considered as belonging tom and be entirely devoted to the general purposes of the Mission, and that the produce of every person’s Labour and services shall belong to the society and be disposed of for the general use and benefit of the Mission as directed by the superintendent. And every person shall do and perform, whatever the superintendant shall direct, according to the Nature of his particular office trade and calling, and shall render an account thereof to the superintendant from time to time as he shall require. 3 That a sufficient number of Dwelling Houses shall be erected as soon as ^it conveniently can be done for each person permanently engaged in the Mission and a sufficient quantity of land for a Garden, yard &c allotted to each House. That every family shall have a dwelling house and be allowed to cultivate the allotment of Land attahched thereto for their private ^individual benefit. But to have no right whatever to the use of either house or Garden Land any longer than they shall continue faithfully in the Service of the Mission, and obedient to the regulations, thereof according to the judgement of the superintendant. 4 That all property of every description either raised at the Settlement, procured from the Natives, and in every other way and manner whatever, shall be deposited in the Mission store House and from the use and from thence distributed to the persons engaged in the Mission according to their wants, or otherwise disposed of to the best advantage for account of the Mission. And that all supplies for the Mission shall be also deposited in the Mission store house and from thence distributed in the same manner as above mentioned. 5 That rations of provisions according to the following scale shall be weekly issued from the Mission store by the storekeeper to be appointed by the superintendant. viz for every man 8lbs. flour 5lbs. salt pork or 7lbs. fresh meat 1lb. sugar 2oz Tea & 1/4lb soap. For every woman 6lbs Flour 4lbs Salt Pork or 6lbs fresh meat 1lb sugar 2oz Tea 1/4lb soap, and for every Child 4lbs. flour 2lb salt Pork or 3lb fresh meat 1/2lb sugar 1oz Tea 2oz Soap P Week respectively, or so much of other provisions as shall be equivalent thereon. The Superintendant to be at liberty to increase the ration if he shall find it necessary and prudent so to do. And all medical attention and medicine shall be supp=lied as well and sufficiently as means and Circumstances will allow. 6 For the preservation of peace order and good will, It is ordered that all disputes and differences between any person and persons engaged in or attached to this mission shall be examined and enquired into and determined by the superintendant whose decision shall be binding and conclusive on the parties allowing an appeal to the Agent at New South Wales, or the Committee in England to any party finding himself aggrieved by such decision. 7 That the superintendant shall once a month or oftner if he shall think fit convene a meeting of the men permanently engaged in this Mission, with whom he shall Consult and advise upon all matters of importance in any wise concerning or affecting the Mission. 8 That The Reverend John Butler superintendant of the Mission appointed by the Committee of the Society shall superintend direct order and manage all and every matter and thing whatsoever and of every Kind nature and degree belonging to or affecting or concerning the mission at New Zealand. That all and every Person engaged in and attached to the Mission shall be subject to and obey all his orders and directions according to their several offices trades and calling and shall account to him for all their Labour and time and all matt=ers entrusted to them shall receive orders from him, and make returns to him always in important matters reserving the right of appeal as before mentioned to any party feeling themselves aggrieved. 9 That if the superintendant shall at any time judge that the Conduct of any person or persons engaged in or attached to this mission is unfaithful and disobedient to the Rules and Regulations of the Mission and injurious and contrary or opposed to the great object and purposes of the Mission, he the superintendant shall thereupon convene a special meeting of the men permanently engaged in the Mission excepting the person or persons acc=used to enquire into ande decide upon the matter or accusation, and if two thirds of the members of the meeting are of opinion the person so accused ought to be suspended from the mission, the Superintendant may suspend the party, or partys accused until the Decision of the Agent at New South Wales or Committee in England be made Known thereupon, provided always that the Charge or accusation be reduced to writing as well as the opinion or decision of the said meeting, and an opportunity be given to the party accused to make his defence, the whole proceeding to be forwarded to the agent at New South Wales and the Committee in London. 10 That the Superintendant shall keep a regular Journal of all the Transactions of the Society and its several members including himself, a copy of which shall be forwarded quarterly to the Agent at New South Wales and the Committee in London. Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0498/303 35MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 d611737736e0a60a3418073853191ffc ACEMC 2802 4422 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0498/303 201 mm 320 mm 2014:05:07 08:32:20.92 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 62.8 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. Auto Focus Used Normal Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014 8, 8, 8 integer 3 2014:05:21 12:11:58 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Windows 7 Cropped item to remove excess border and straightened the image. 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The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). Please contact the Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand for more information. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0498/303 35MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 3c56ffc08b2857341d9e20cbccf9ee68 ACEMC 2802 4440 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0498/303 201 mm 320 mm 2014:05:07 08:31:37.00 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 62.6 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. 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