Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 17

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✨ Government Address and Legislative Bills



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,

THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. X.] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1863. [No. XVII.

ADDRESS

OF

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
On Proroguing the Provincial Council, on Tuesday September 29th, 1863.

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Council:—

The present session having drawn to a close, I take the opportunity of thanking you for the very patient consideration which you have shown to the business which has been submitted to you.

I congratulate the province upon the fact that important questions, which have occupied the Council in previous sessions, have now been placed upon a footing so far satisfactory as to ensure the solution of those difficulties which have hitherto surrounded them.

I allude specially to the measures which you have been pleased to pass for organizing the Road Boards, and I fully appreciate the readiness which I am aware the public evince to enter upon this new system.

I also advert to the fact that the Board of Education Ordinance, although a measure of a temporary nature, promises to result in such permanent arrangements as will undoubtedly prove beneficial to this rapidly increasing population.

The utmost celerity will be used in collecting the necessary details for the proposed extension of the railways to the north and south, and I take this opportunity of stating that the Council have shown a wise discretion in concurring with my opinion, that in the selection of the routes, it is not absolutely incumbent to follow those already projected when it appears that a prudent deviation may possibly be the means of saving the province a large outlay in the extinction of title to private property.

The harbor improvements will occupy a prominent part of my attention during the recess, and no time will be lost in carrying out the decision which the Council have arrived at, contained in the resolutions upon this subject.

I have assented on behalf of his Excellency the Governor to the following Bills:

  • The Superintendent’s Corporate Powers Bill, 1863.
  • The Kaiapoi Bridge Bill, 1863.
  • The Waimakariri Bridge Bill, 1863.
  • The Superintendent’s Salary Bill, 1863.
  • The Provincial Auditor and Deputy Auditor’s Salaries Bill, 1863.
  • The Board of Education Bill, 1863.
  • The Public House Bill, 1863.
  • The Ferrymead Railway and Wharfs Tolls Bill, 1863.
  • The Diversion of Roads Special Bill, 1863.
  • The Cattle Driving Bill, 1863.
  • The Stage Carriages Bill, 1863.
  • The Fencing Bill, 1863.
  • The Bush Fires Bill.
  • The Christchurch Hospital Bill, 1863; and
  • The Appropriation Bill.

I have reserved for the signification of his Excellency the Governor’s pleasure thereon—

  • The Canterbury Marine Boards Bill, 1863.
  • The Canterbury Loan Ordinance Amendment Bill.
  • The Christchurch City Council Bill.

Vol. X., No. 17.



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🏛️ Address by Superintendent on Proroguing Provincial Council

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Superintendent's Address, Provincial Council, Prorogation, Canterbury
  • His Honor the Superintendent
  • THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Assent to Legislative Bills

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Legislation, Assent, Bills, Canterbury Province
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • His Honor the Superintendent

🏛️ Reservation of Legislative Bills for Governor's Pleasure

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Legislation, Reservation, Bills, Canterbury Province
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • His Honor the Superintendent