1840 Early 1840 William Purves buys 2560 acres near Banks ...

colonists have been put ashore near the Aube, which is acting as their store until
a proper store is built.
Lavaud reports on the distilling equipment: 43 kg. of coal produce 200 litres of
fresh water per day, half the ship’s consumption.
7 Sept. The Gustave leaves Akaroa [cf. 8 Sept.]. Patrick Byrne submits his claim for
20,000 acres at Port Levy.
8 Sept. The Gustave ends its whaling season at Akaroa and Peraki [CC5 611, cf. 7
Sept.]. Several boatloads of Maori go on board the Aube.
9 Sept. Father Comte marries Pierre and Louise Benoît. Belligny informally agrees to
sell 5 acres in Akaroa to C.B. Robinson.
10 Sept. J.A. Duvauchelle writes to the Colonial Secretary, Sydney, in support of Ratau
and Cafler’s land claim.
13 Sept. Continuing good weather. Some of the crew given time off ashore. Fathers
Pezant and Comte baptise Isidore Libeau, Mary Robinson Clough, Abner
Robinson Clough, Mary Ann Woods and Thomas Green.
14 Sept. A boat from the Aube gets the rest of the colonists’ stores from the Comte de
Paris: biscuit, bacon, beef, salt, coffee, cooking oil, beans and brandy.
16 Sept. The Aube is down to 18 kilos of flour.
17 Sept. The Aube’s Council of Justice meets to judge the cases of Lagarde and Vautrin.
Flour is transported from the Comte de Paris. Father Pezant writes to Father
Colin (via the Héva), criticising Lavaud and supporting Langlois. He encloses
a letter for Marshal Soult. The missionaries are living in a grass house they
have built themselves and are receiving a food ration from the Aube.
Captain Stanley writes his report to Hobson on his expedition to Akaroa: He
arrived at Akaroa on 10 August, landed the next day, hoisted the flag and held
courts. Murphy and Robinson visited the whaling stations. The Comte de Paris
brought 57 emigrants (30 men, 11 women, 16 children): carpenters, gardeners,
stone-masons, labourers, a baker and a miner. Lavaud promised to do nothing
hostile to the British government.
19 Sept. The Eleanor arrives at Akaroa.
20 Sept. Sale of the possessions of St. Jalmes, a sailor on the Aube, who had died on the
outward voyage, and Fuzin, who had deserted.
21 Sept. The Eleanor leaves Akaroa.