✨ Provincial Council Opening Address
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF NELSON.)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
E. W. STAFFORD, Superintendent.
VOL. I. NELSON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1853. NO. 7.
THE ADDRESS of his Honor the Superintendent in opening the Provincial Council, is published for general information.
By his Honor's command,
JOHN SHARP,
Clerk to Superintendent.
Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 4th November, 1853.
MR. SPEAKER, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL—
The opening of the proceedings of the first Legislative Council which has ever been assembled in Nelson, is an event of no ordinary character in the history of the Province.
In this remote portion of the British empire has now been established the type of those institutions which have for ages, in our parent country, earned the respect, and secured the liberties, of our forefathers; and which have tended to achieve for that country its proud position amongst the nations of the world.
That the privileges conferred by the Constitutional Act are duly appreciated, and that they will not be inconsiderately exercised, the great interest bestowed on the first elections held under the authority of that act is a sufficient guarantee.
The inhabitants of the Province have now for the first time, through their elected Representatives, the means of expressing their wishes on all subjects of public interest; as you, gentlemen, have the power of carrying out these wishes to their legitimate end.
I have the fullest confidence that, duly considering the great responsibility which has devolved upon you, in undertaking the task of legislating for so many important interests, the principles which should direct the policy of the Government of the Province will receive your most attentive consideration.
The powers which you possess are very great, enabling you, with certain exceptions, to make, either by new enactments or by amending existing Ordinances, all laws necessary for the peace, order, and good government of the Province. I willingly declare my belief that these powers will be exercised by you with wisdom and justice, and that your acts will be
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1853, No 7
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🏘️ Publication of the Superintendent's Address to the Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government4 November 1853
Provincial Council, Nelson, Superintendent, Address
- John Sharp, Clerk to Superintendent
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Address of the Superintendent to the Provincial Council
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government4 November 1853
Provincial Council, Nelson, Legislation, Constitutional Act
- E. W. Stafford, Superintendent