Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 20

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✨ Provincial Council Opening Address

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 OLLIVIER,

Provincial Secretary.

VOL. V.] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1858. [No. XX.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, October 1st, 1858.

HIS HONOR the Superintendent opened the Provincial Council this day with the following

ADDRESS.

GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL,—

On the opening of this the tenth session of the Provincial Legislature, I have to congratulate the Province on the highly satisfactory state of the finances and on the favorable growth of its social and commercial prosperity.

A reference to the statistics that will be laid before you, will shew that the material resources of Canterbury are steadily developing their value, and that the early promise of a yearly increasing rate of progression, has, during your late recess been amply realized.

As an additional reason for congratulation I may justly state that notwithstanding the very short experience of the power of Local Self Government enjoyed by Canterbury, the exercise of that power has resulted in the production of a system, the working of which in its entirety has been practically successful.

The General Assembly of New Zealand in its last session has effected certain alterations in the construction of the Provincial Government, some of which I anticipated when addressing you on the opening of your last session.

None of these alterations (as they now stand) directly prejudices the particular interests of Canterbury. Although it is to be regretted that measures have been enacted, involving

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Dated1 October 1858
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John Ollivier, Provincial Secretary

🏘️ Opening Address to the Provincial Council

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Superintendent of Canterbury

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