In New Zealand there was hope and life." A passage from the diary concerning the appointment of Colonial Governors will be regarded by all official persons as obsolete.
"The English nation, if they wish to keep the Colonies, ought to insist on proper men being chosen as Governors ....

The Colonial Office is not to blame and will only be grateful for an expression of opinion which will enable them to answer pressure upon them with a peremptory 'Impossible.' Court influence, party influence, party convenience, all equally injurious.

A noble lord is out at elbows; give him a Governorship of a Colony.

A party politician must be disappointed in arrangements at home; console him with a Colony.

The Colonists feel that no respect is felt for them; anybody will do for a Colony; and whether it is a Crown Colony, or a with responsible government of its own, the effect is equally mischievous.