✨ Governor's Prorogation Speech
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1871/
THE First Session of the Fifth Parliament of New Zealand was this day
prorogued by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make the
following
SPEECH.
HONORABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, —
I thank you for the attention you have bestowed on public business,
and the consideration you have given to those measures which have been
proposed during the Session with the object of promoting the advancement and
prosperity of the Colony.
I have to congratulate you on the progress you have made in the noble policy
of colonization, which, inaugurated during the Session of the last Parliament,
has been vigorously continued by you during the present Session. Every one who
has the welfare of the Colony at heart must eagerly welcome that desire to people
the country and to open up its means of communication which has found expression
in your measures for promoting Public Works and Immigration and for constructing
Railways. Fortified by the support which you have given to the colonizing policy,
it will be the duty of my Ministers to give effect to it to the utmost extent, consistent
with provision being made for the employment and settlement of the immigrants
introduced, and with care being exercised that the labour required for other
enterprises is not unduly absorbed by public works. I hope that in a few months
immigrants will commence to arrive under the new system, and will continue to
do so with regularity, in numbers sufficiently large to supply the need of increased
population, but not so large as to overstock the labour market, or as to overtax
the means at command for comfortably settling them. I hope, also, that within
very few months the Railway Works will be under construction in different parts
of the Colony.
I observe with much satisfaction the support you have given to the Californian
Service, and trust that the course you have taken will lead to the establishment
permanently of a service which, whilst it brings New Zealand in near and convenient
communication with Great Britain, also opens the way to large business
relations with the prosperous and enterprising people of the United States.
It is with great gratification I notice the great improvement in the gold
produce of the Colony. I am pleased to observe that you attach very great and
deserved importance to the valuable industry of the gold miners.
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NZ Gazette 1871, No 59
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🏛️ Governor's Speech at Prorogation of Parliament
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 November 1871
Prorogation, Parliament, Public Works, Immigration, Railways, Gold production