At this time we had not got out of the Bay; our Latitude by Observation was 35 degrees 9 minutes South.

This Bay I have before observed, lies on the West side of Cape Brett: I have named it the Bay of Islands,* (* The principal settlement in the Bay of Islands is Russell.

A little higher up the Waikare River, at Opua, coal obtained from mines in the vicinity is shipped.

At Russell, then called Kororarika, the first settlement of missionaries was formed in 1814 by Samuel Marsden.

Here also the Government of the Island was first established in 1840, but was soon removed to Auckland.) on account of the Great Number which line its shores, and these help to form Several safe and Commodious Harbours, wherein is room and Depth of Water sufficient for any number of Shipping.