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Page 9 - NEW ZEALANDER'S LETTER TO VICTORIA. Good Lady Victoria, how farest thou ? Great is my love to you, who are residing in your country. My subject is, A governor for us and the foreigners of this island. Let him be a good man. Look out for a good man, a man of judgment. Let not a troubler come here. Let not a boy come here, or one puffed up with pride. We, the New Zealanders, shall be afraid. Let him be as good as this governor who has just died.