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In the position in which I now am it would
be impossible to deal satisfactorily with many
subjects of importance, I shall therefore defer all
matters not requiring immediate attention until
the contemplated change in the Government
shall have taken place.

In the exercise of the power conferred upon
me by the Constitution Act, it is my intention
to dissolve this Assembly without delay.

In the absence of any measures on the part of
the General Assembly, determining otherwise, the
next Session will be convened and held in Auck-
land, as soon as it may be convenient to the mem-
bers from the distant Provinces to leave their
private affairs.

It is my earnest hope and belief, that the several
Constitutiencies of the Colony, duly appreciating
their responsibility, and guided by an All-wise
Providence, will exercise their important func-
tions in the manner best calculated to secure the
services of Representatives who will efficiently
aid me in my endeavours to develope the resour-
ces of the country, to elevate the moral and social
condition of its inhabitants, to preserve that per-
fect civil freedom and religious equality, which is
now enjoyed by all classes and denominations of
Her Majesty's subjects, and by these means to
promote the happiness and increase the prosperity
of the people of this favored Colony.

I now prorogue this Assembly until the first
day of October, 1855.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE.

Auckland New Zealand,
15th September, 1855.

PROCLAMATION.

By his Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWN, Companion of
the most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over
the Colony of New Zealand,
&c., &c., &c

WHEREAS by an act of the Imperial Par-
liament passed in the fifteenth and six-
teenth years of the Reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria Cap. 72, intituled "An Act
to Grant a Representative Constitution to the
Colony of New Zealand," it is enacted that
there shall be within the Colony of New
Zealand a General Assembly, to consist of the
Governor, a Legislative Council, and a House
of Representatives.

And whereas it is by the said in part re-
cited Act further enacted that the Governor
may at his pleasure prorogue or dissolve the
said General Assembly.

Now therefore I, the Governor, do by this
Proclamation dissolve the General Assembly
of New Zealand accordingly.

Given under my hand and issued
under the public seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at Auck-
land, in the Colony aforesaid,
this fifteenth day of September,
in the nineteenth year of Her
Majesty's reign, and in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five,

(Signed) THOMAS GORE BROWN,
Governor.

By Lis Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of the
most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Imperial
Parliament, passed in the fifteenth and
sixteenth years of the Reign of Her present
Majesty, cap. 72, intituled, "An Act to grant
a Representative Constitution to the Colony
of New Zealand," the several Provinces of
Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nel-
son, Canterbury, and Otago are thereby esta-
blished; and it is enacted that for each of the
said Provinces there shall be a Superintendent
and Provincial Council.

And whereas by the said Act it is further
enacted that every Provincial Council shall
continue for the period of four years from the
day of the return of the Writs for choosing the
same, and no longer. Provided always that it
shall be lawful for the Governor of New Zea-
land, by Proclamation or otherwise, to dissolve
the same whenever he shall think it expedient
so to do.

Now, therefore, I, the Governor of the Co-
lony of New Zealand, do, by this Proclama-
tion, dissolve the Provincial Council of the
said Province of Otago accordingly,

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Islands of New Zealand, at
Auckland, in the Islands
said, this fifteenth day of Sep-
tember, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-five.

(Signed) THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Governor

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor of the Is-
lands of New Zealand, &c.,
&c., &c.

WHEREAS by an Act made and enacted
in the Parliament holden in the
fifteenth and sixteenth years of the Reign of
Her Majesty Queen Victoria intituled an
"Act to grant a Representative Constitution
to the Colony of New Zealand" it is amongst
other things enacted that whenever any Bill
shall have been assented to by the Superin-
tendent as in the said recited Act provided;
the Superintendent shall forthwith transmit
to the Governor an authentic copy thereof and
it shall be lawful for the Governor at any
time within three months after any such Bill
shall have been received by him to declare by
Proclamation his disallowance of such Bill,
and that any such disallowance shall make
void and annul the same from and after the