 In July the company reported it had sent 1108 labouring emigrants and 242 cabin passengers to New Zealand and despatched a total of 13 ships.Another immigrant vessel, the "London", sailed for New Zealand on 13 August, and before the year it was followed by "Blenheim", "Slains Castle", and "Olympus".The New Zealand Company had long expected intervention by the British Government in its activities in New Zealand, and this finally occurred following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840.