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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
JOHN HALL,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. II.] SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1855. [No. VII.
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.
11th April, 1855.
His Honor the Superintendent opened the Provincial Council this day, in the following speech :—
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Provincial Council,—The Session which is about to take place will be one of unusual importance, not from the variety but from the nature of the subjects which will be brought under your consideration. Before, however, alluding to those subjects, I cannot but congratulate you upon the change which has taken place in your body since I last addressed you. The Provincial Legislature has exercised for the first time the highest of the privileges which has been bestowed on it by the British Parliament—the power of constituent legislation. In the exercise of that power, the original constitution of your Council has undergone a change, which will, I doubt not, enable it to command the confidence of the people in a larger and fuller degree than heretofore. It is additionally gratifying to me to reflect that this change has been made at so early a period, in compliance with a general demand on the part of the people ;—a demand not arising from any hostility to, or mistrust of the Council as hitherto constituted, but indicating rather, that the people are taking an increasing interest in their public affairs, and more fully recognize and appreciate the powers and privileges which they possess, and the responsibility which attaches to their exercise.
I may be allowed to take this opportunity of acknowledging in the warmest terms, the patient and attentive consideration which the Council as hitherto constituted has paid to the measures which it has been my duty to submit to it, and how deeply indebted I stand to its members for their co-operation their advice and their assistance. They may justly claim the gratification of reflecting, that the measures which they have passed have proved to be beneficial to the Province and satisfactory to the community in no ordinary degree.
I am happy to be able further to con-
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 7
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🏛️ Opening of the Provincial Council
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration11 April 1855
Provincial Council, Superintendent, Legislation, Opening speech