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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
VOL. III.] AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1855. [No. 8.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
17th April, 1855.
HIS Excellency the Officer adminis-
tering the Government has given
directions for the publication, for general
information, of the following extract from
a Despatch received from the Secretary
of State.
By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
Downing-street,
8th December, 1855.
Sir,—
I have to acknowledge your Despatches
of the numbers and dates specified in the
margin, reporting the proceedings which
have taken place in the General Assembly
of New Zealand on the subject of the
future Executive Government of the
Colony.
As regards the most important portions
of that subject I have taken the earliest
opportunity of informing you that Her
Majesty's Government have no objection
whatever to offer to the establishment of
the system known as "Responsible Go-
vernment" in New Zealand. They have no
reason to doubt that it will prove the best
Adapted for developing the interests as
well as satisfying the wishes of the com-
munity. Nor have they any desire to
propose terms or to lay down restrictions,
on your assent to the measures which may
be necessary for that object, except that
of which the necessity appears to
be fully recognized by the General
Assembly, namely, the making provision for
certain Officers who have accepted their of-
fices on the equitable understanding of their
permanence, and who may now be liable to
removal. The only Officers mentioned in
your Despatches as likely to fall within this
category, are the Colonial Secretary, and
Treasurer, and the Attorney General; nor am
I myself aware of any others; but I do not
wish to fetter your discretion, if farther con-
sideration makes it in your opinion desirable
to alter the list.
Should the arrangements made for this
purpose be in your judgment satisfactory,
you are authorised to admit at once the new
holders of office under the Responsible Sys-
tem, reporting their names for confirmation in
the usual manner. There will be no occasion,
on this supposition, for a further reference to
the Home Government, before the change is
carried into effect.
But if the arrangements proposed should
not meet with your approval, which I trust
will not be the case, the appeal to the Home
Government for ultimate decision will be un-
avoidable.
I have, &c., &c.,
(Signed) G. GREY.
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NZ Gazette 1855, No 8
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🏛️ Despatch regarding the establishment of Responsible Government
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration17 April 1855
Responsible Government, Executive Government, Despatch, Colonial Secretary, Treasurer, Attorney General, Home Government
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
- G. Grey