✨ Governor's Prorogation Speech
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1867.
THE Second Session of the Fourth Parliament of New Zealand was this day
prorogued by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make
the following
SPEECH.
HONOURABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS,
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
I am happy, at the close of a Session unusually arduous, to release you
from further attendance in Parliament.
Your zeal and diligence have resulted in a number of valuable enactments for
consolidating the Civil and Criminal Law, which cannot but be of great benefit to
the country.
The liberality of the measure you have passed for granting special represen-
tation to the Maori population will commend itself to that race, and tend to confirm
the peaceful and friendly disposition which is everywhere spreading throughout
the tribes recently in rebellion. The endowment for Maori education will
contribute to the same good purpose and assist the Natives to qualify themselves
for the position of citizens.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, —
I thank you for the supplies you have granted for the Public Service. It will
be the duty of my Government to administer these supplies with that economy
which is imperatively required.
The measures you have passed for improving the character of the Public
Securities will, I trust, maintain the credit and character of the Colony, not only
in the money market, but wherever the development of popular government is
watched with interest.
The Act for perfecting the machinery of the Revenue Departments will
effectually secure to the Legislature, those constitutional powers over the public
purse which have hitherto owed their integrity to the character of our public men,
rather than to any positive legal enactments.
The adjustment of the Surplus Revenue Accounts, and the relief of the
Northern Provinces from the portion of the War Loan, which had been specially
charged against them, will remove causes of irritation which tended to alienate
important portions of the Colony from the idea of national unity.
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NZ Gazette 1867, No 51
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🏛️ Governor's Speech Proroguing Parliament
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration10 October 1867
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