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AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority
Vol. 3] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1855. [No. 13.
Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
8th May, 1855.
THE following Correspondence between the General Government and the Superintendent is published for general information.
W. M. BROWN,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office, Auckland,
2nd May, 1855.
Sir,—It has become my duty in consequence of the unsatisfactory relations which exist between the Provincial Council and myself, to pray your Excellency for the sake of the order, and good government of the Province, that a dissolution of the Council may take place.
The grounds of my request are these,
Firstly.—That I have not the means of forming a suitable Executive Council; out of twenty-four members there are but two upon whose support I can depend; one of these has already declined a seat at the Executive Board; the other, although he has enabled me to comply with the law, requiring one member at least of the Executive to be chosen from among the Provincial Council, is unwilling to carry on even the formal duties of an Executive Officer during another Session.
Secondly.—That a material portion of the supplies have been voted, not until the termination of the current year but only until the last day of June; to the detriment as I believe of the Public Service.
Thirdly.—That the Provincial Council notwithstanding a resolution agreed to by themselves, that they were “ready at once to enter on the consideration of any business, which in His Honor’s opinion the public interests required should be disposed of without delay,” have separated, leaving without consideration, measures of pressing necessity which I had laid before them.
Fourthly.—That they have separated by means of a long adjournment, notwithstanding the intimation conveyed in my Message No. 29, that long adjournments were objectionable, and that it was my intention to attend at the Council Chamber for the purpose of prorogation, so soon as the state of the public business would allow; and notwithstanding my intimation, conveyed through the honourable member representing the Executive, that the long adjournment would be considered as an act of defiance.
Fifthly.—Because the Provincial Council by resorting to the expedient of a long adjournment, have disenabled me from meeting them to prorogue in person; leaving me no means of proroguing, except by proclamation; a copy of which, together with my Message No. 29, I have the honour to enclose.
Your Excellency is aware that the present Council was elected during the period of your
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1855, No 13
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🏘️ Request for Dissolution of Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government2 May 1855
Dissolution, Provincial Council, Executive Council, Public Service
- W. M. Brown, Superintendent