✨ Provincial Council Address
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
Vol. XVII. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1870. No. XLVIII.
ADDRESS
OF
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
ON
OPENING THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,—
Circumstances render the opening of this the first session of the newly-elected Council one of peculiar interest to the Province.
The legislation which has recently taken place in the General Assembly of the Colony will largely concern the future interests of the Province and the Colony, and affect your deliberations to a greater extent than on any previous occasion.
I propose to indicate generally the principal points in which the position of the Province will be affected by the measures which have been adopted by the General Assembly, and in respect of which action will be required by you during your present session.
Under "The Payments to Provinces Act, 1870," the amount payable to the Province out of the Consolidated Fund during the current year, will exceed by £25,000 the amount which would have been received under the financial arrangements previously in force in the Colony, and of this sum £8,000 is set apart under the provisions of the Act for division among the Road Boards, in accordance with a scheme to be proposed by the Superintendent and approved by the Governor in Council. You will be asked to affirm by resolution the manner of distribution which you may consider the most equitable to the several districts of the Province.
Vol. XVII., No. 48.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 48
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🏘️ Superintendent's Address to Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentProvincial Council, Address, Superintendent, Legislation, Financial Arrangements, Road Boards
- His Honor the Superintendent