✨ Governor's Response to Abstinence Society
46
should view with approbation the efforts which have been made to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors to the Native population. Upon a perseverance in that line of policy I believe that the future happiness of the aborigines of these Islands very largely depends. It is therefore most gratifying to observe, that not only the European, but the Native population also, have in general cheerfully obeyed and assisted in carrying out the law in relation to this subject, and I rely with confidence upon a continuance of this feeling, in the preservation of which you will, I am sure, as far as lies in your power, continue to assist me.
Upon Lady Grey’s behalf, I thank you for the kind manner in which you expressed your good feelings towards her. It was to her a cause of great disappointment that the state of her health prevented her from visiting Nelson, in promoting the usefulness of the schools of which settlement she had hoped, whilst there, to have taken an active part.
Both Lady Grey and myself will, however, always feel the greatest interest in the future advancement and prosperity of this settlement, from the inhabitants of which we have on various occasions received acts of the kindest attention.
(Signed) G. Grey.
To the Officers and Members of the Total Abstinence Society, Nelson.
Printed at the Spectator Office.
New Munster Gazette 1851, No 7
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🏥
Governor's Response to Abstinence Society
(continued from previous page)
🏥 Health & Social Welfare14 February 1851
Governor Grey, Abstinence Society, Liquor Ordinance, Moral Welfare
- George Grey (Governor), Responded to Abstinence Society
- Lady Grey, Mentioned in Governor's response
- G. Grey, Governor