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Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the present state of the Islands of New Zealand/Tuesday, 10 April 1838/Joel Samuel Polack

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Die Veneris, 10° Aprilis 1838, Mr. Joel Samuel Polack
The Reverend Frederick Wilkinson
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4140715Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the present state of the Islands of New Zealand — Die Veneris, 10° Aprilis 1838, Mr. Joel Samuel Polack1838House of Lords

​Mr.J.S.Polack

Mr. Joel Samuel Polack is called in, and further examined as follows:

Were you at the Bay of Islands as a Trader?

I was.

Were you a Retail Trader?

Retail and Wholesale.

Did you keep what is called a Grog Shop?

No, decidedly not. I sold, as every Person in the Bay of Islands did, ardent Spirits. I have sold them in Sydney, without seeing any thing of the Kind; by giving Certificates. In such a Place as New Zealand we cannot do that, but I have sold them wholesale; decidedly not retail.

You have never sold Spirits to be consumed on your Premises?

Decidedly not.

You are well acquainted with Mr. Montefiore?

I am.

Did you associate with him while he was at the Bay of Islands?

He was the only Person I did associate with there, except Captain Powditch, a Person equally respectable.


The Witness is directed to withdraw.

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