✨ Governor's Prorogation Speech
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1872.
THE Second 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.
HONOURABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, —
In bringing to a close this Session of Parliament, I have to thank you for
the care and attention which you have devoted to the public business.
I am glad that you have been able to pass so many large and important
measures calculated to promote the social welfare, the commerce, and the good
government of the Colony.
By the Public Health Act you have greatly strengthened the hands of the
Government, by enabling it to take the needful precautions to prevent the
introduction and spread of infectious diseases; while you have, in the Municipal
Corporations Waterworks Act, passed a measure calculated beneficially to promote
the health and comfort of the inhabitants of large towns.
The Drawbacks Act will afford considerable relief to the mercantile com-
munity, and remove an obstacle to the increase of that commerce with the islands
of the South Pacific which this Colony, from its geographical position, ought to
be able to command.
I congratulate you on having passed the Public Trustee Act. Although
somewhat novel in its features, it will supply a great public requirement, and will,
I trust, prove of advantage to the Colony. Its initiation will, during the recess,
engage the careful attention of my Ministry.
The Public Works Amendment Act, in which you make further provision for
carrying out the beneficent policy of colonization, shows that you are determined
to promote to the utmost of your ability the progress of the Colony. The pro-
vision you have made for the benefit of the West Coast of the Middle Island is a
proof that you fully recognize the wants of that important district.
The Railways Act makes provision for carrying out the works previously
determined upon by Parliament; and although the additional cost now sanctioned
appears considerable, it is explained by its including the expense of the engineering
and departmental work not before included, and the purchase of land, together with
the extra cost of iron and the estimated addition arising from the increased price of
labour. It is especially gratifying to notice that when all these amounts are added
together, the average cost of the railways will be only about £5,090 a mile, or
£90 more than was originally estimated when the Public Works and Immigration
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NZ Gazette 1872, No 56
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🏛️ Governor's Speech at Prorogation of the Second Session of the Fifth Parliament
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration25 October 1872
Parliament, Prorogation, Governor's Speech, Public Health Act, Municipal Corporations Waterworks Act, Drawbacks Act, Public Trustee Act, Public Works Amendment Act, Railways Act