✨ Provincial Council Prorogation Speech
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.
By His Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.
VOL. V. NELSON, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1857. NO. 14.
SPEECH OF HIS HONOUR THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THE PROROGATION OF THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL, ON THE 18TH JUNE, 1857.
MR. SPEAKER AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL—
Your labours having now been brought to a close, permit me to express my regret that you have been detained from your homes and usual avocations much longer than I had anticipated at the opening of the session; and to thank you for the assiduity with which you have discharged the onerous and important duties that the inhabitants of this province have confided to your care.
I have the honour to inform you that I have, on behalf of his Excellency the Governor, given my assent to the following acts which you have passed, namely, the
“Compensation Act,”
“Country Roads Amendment Act,”
“Nelson Improvement Amendment Act,”
“Appropriation Act.”
And I have, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution Act, reserved the following acts for the assent of the Governor, namely, the
“Education Amendment Act,”
“Education Loan Act,”
“Waste Lands Act,”
“Debentures Act,”
“Coasting Passengers Act,”
“Public Reserves Act,”
“Motupiko Public Reserve Sale Act.”
In reference to the Debentures Act, I consider it my duty to remark that the amount which it is proposed to obtain under its operation is greater than I had myself considered necessary, and greater than I still consider it expedient at present to obtain; and in the event of its receiving the Governor's assent, I shall consider myself at liberty to procure only such amounts in the first instance as will enable me to accomplish the surveys necessary for the growing demands of the province, and the construction of roads in those districts which are more immediately required to supply the wants of our increasing population.
I thank you for the supplies you have so liberally voted; and sincerely hope that my estimate of the probable revenue will be so far exceeded, as to place the respective amounts at my disposal; and it shall be my earnest endeavour to obtain with them the most efficient public services, and the greatest possible amount of benefit to the province.
I now prorogue this Council, and it stands prorogued accordingly.
J. P. ROBINSON,
Superintendent.
Nelson, June 18, 1857.
Nelson Provincial Gazette 1857, No 14
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🏘️ Speech of the Superintendent on the prorogation of the Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government18 June 1857
Provincial Council, Prorogation, Legislation, Nelson, Superintendent, Government Acts
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.
- J. P. Robinson, Superintendent