Note 430 — Chapter XI · THE LAST LABOURERS’ REVOLT

The petition was as follows: ‘We feel that in justice we ought not to suffer a moment to pass away without communicating to your Grace the great and unprecedented distress which we are enabled from our own personal experience to state prevails among all the peasantry to a degree not only dreadful to individuals, but also to an extent which, if not checked, must be attended with serious consequences to the national prosperity.’ Mr. Hodges does not mention the date, merely stating that it was sent to Wellington when Prime Minister.