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THE
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).
Published by Authority.
All 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.
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XXII. NELSON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1873. No. 12.
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.
TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1873.
The Twenty-third Session of the Provincial Council
of Nelson was opened this day at Twelve o\'clock, when
the following Address was delivered by his Honor the
Superintendent:—
MR. SPEAKER AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PROVINCIAL
COUNCIL—
- The receipts of revenue during the past year show
a decrease of £7000 from those of the previous
twelve months, having amounted to £63,000 only
against £70,000 in 1871-2, while they have proved to
be far below the estimated amount of £85,000.
The deficiency arises chiefly from the fact that the
yield of gold from the Inangahua reefs has fallen far
short of the expectations which had been formed, and
that the ordinary goldfields revenue, as well as that
which it was anticipated would be derived from the
sale of land, and from additional gold duty, have been
seriously affected in consequence.
The latter source of revenue has also been greatly
diminished by the unprecedented continuance of dry
weather, as well as by the reduction of sixpence per
ounce made by the General Assembly, which came into
operation on the 1st of January last.
In making a comparison between the present
revenue of the province and that of former years, it
must be borne in mind that much of the apparent
diminution arises from the recent absorption by the
General Government of a large portion of what was
formerly Provincial revenue, although then as now
collected by Colonial officers.
- A Bill to provide for the establishment of special
settlements was prepared in accordance with your
resolutions of last session, and passed by the General
Assembly. I regret however to inform you that a
clause embodying the principle advocated in my
opening address last year in the following words,
"that any land set apart for special settlement shall be
open to persons already resident in the colony upon
the same terms as to newly arrived immigrants," and
subsequently affirmed by your 6th resolution, was struck
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1873, No 12
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🏘️ Opening of the Twenty-third Session of the Provincial Council of Nelson
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government29 April 1873
Provincial Council, Nelson, Superintendent, Address, Revenue, Goldfields, Special Settlements
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary