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dec 30, 1847 - Otago settlers increase trade opportunities

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The French colony at Akaroa was
not wealthy enough to provide extensive opportunities for trade and it engaged in its
own subsistence agriculture. Only with the arrival of the Otago settlers in 1848 were
prospects for trade increased.

Source: https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_68476209/Wai27.pdf

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Date:

dec 30, 1847
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~ 178 years ago