✨ Provincial Council Prorogation Speech
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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
to the following public works, under the provisions of the Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870:—
A Railway from the Port of Cobden to the Brunner Coal-mine.
A Railway from the Town of Nelson to Fox Hill.
A Railway from the Town of Westport to the Mount Rochfort Coal-field.
The several schemes for Water Supply recommended by the Provincial Engineer.
Proposals shall also be made to the Colonial Government for the construction of lines of telegraph from Greymouth to the Ahura and from Nelson to Motueka, upon the usual conditions.
The proposed annexation of the Southern portion of the Grey Valley to this Province, shall have my earnest attention when the subject is brought under the consideration of the General Assembly, and I shall be guided by the spirit of your resolution in reference to it, so far as circumstances will allow.
The promotion of permanent settlement upon the goldfields is a matter of the deepest interest and concern to all parts of the Province, and I will lose no time in taking such steps, in accordance with your recommendations, as may tend to produce the desired result in the most speedy and effective manner.
I now declare this Council prorogued.
OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, by CHARLES ELLIOTT, Trafalgar-street, Nelson, Printer for the time being to the said Government.
Nelson Provincial Gazette 1871, No 14
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Prorogation of the Nelson Provincial Council
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Nelson, Provincial Council, Prorogation, Public Works, Railways, Telegraph, Goldfields, Settlement
- Oswald Curtis, Superintendent