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chased at Waitara, and I have consequently directed that the investigation be
renewed at the point at which it was forcibly interrupted.

The Terms offered to the Taranaki and Ngatiruanui tribes will be laid
before you. Their aggravated offences can only be pardoned on their giving
such tangible prooofs of submission as will at once afford a means of reparation
for their unprovoked aggressions, and be a memorial to themselves of the
punishment due to lawless violence.

The Declaration which I have made to the Waikato tribes will also be laid
before you. It requires submission without reserve to the Queen's Sovereignty
and to the Authority of the Law, whilst from those who have taken up arms I
have insisted upon restitution of plunder, and upon compensation for losses
sustained at their hands by Her Majesty's subjects, Native or European.

The submission of all Her Majesty's Native subjects to her Authority and
obedience to the Law, are necessary preliminaries, but it no less behoves us to
redouble our efforts to afford them the means of substituting Order for Law-
lessness, and to promote their moral and social advancement: and I entertain a
hope that the approaching conference of Chiefs, which I shall assemble at the
earliest opportunity, may assist us in the attainment of so desirable a result.

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, —

You will find that a due Economy has been exercised in the expenditure of
the supplies voted for the Public Service last Session. The same careful regard for
Economy will regulate the preparation of the Estimates to be submitted to you
for the ensuing Financial Year.

The system of Audit which you have already established, has maintained
an effectual supervision over the Public Accounts of the Colony. It is further
requisite that the Public Revenues should be guarded by the enactment of Laws
regulating and effectually controlling their expenditure, both by the general and
by the respective Provincial Executives.

The accounts of the Colony, and papers relating to the payment of the
Interest and investment of the Sinking Fund of the Guaranteed Loan, will be
laid before you.

HONORABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, —

The Judges of the Supreme Court, after conferring together, have made
several valuable Reports containing suggestions for amending the Law, and for
improving its Practice. These Reports will be laid before you, and measures
founded on some of the recommendations contained in them, will be submitted for
your consideration.

The successive discoveries of Gold in large quantities in several parts of the
Colony warrant the expectation that it will prominently rank amongst the
Products of New Zealand, and will stimulate the development of its other
sources of wealth.

In conclusion, I would express my earnest hope that in the especial circum-
stances of the Colony, your counsels may in all things be guided by Wisdom; and
that under the blessing of Divine Providence they may conduce to the present
and lasting welfare of the Inhabitants of New Zealand.

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