3-017-320 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Departure of Lieutenant-General Sir Duncan Cameron from Auckland, New Zealand: presentation of a farewell address, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. N. Crombie. 'Lieutenant-General Sir Duncan Cameron, K.C.B., late Commander-in-Chief of the Queen's forces in New Zealand...resigned his command on account of disputes with the colonial Administration about the conduct of the Maori war...In the square of the Albert Barracks a platform had been erected for the ceremony of presenting an address to his Excellency...General Sir D. Cameron, with his niece, Mrs. Leveson Gower...the address...[was] read by Mr. Macfarlane, expressing a high appreciation of Sir Duncan Cameron's public and private character, and of his skill and judgment in the difficult military operations he had performed...the General...replied, thanking the people of Auckland for their kindness and acknowledging the valuable assistance he received at the commencement of the war from the colonial ministers then in office. He also praised the colonial militia and volunteers...[The crowd gave] three cheers for the Queen, three for the General, and three for Mrs. Leveson Gower'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.