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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1873.
THE Third 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 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, —
In releasing you from further attendance I have to thank you for the
manner in which you have devoted yourselves to the discharge of your onerous
duties.
Although of short duration, the labours of the Session have been more than
usually important.
I trust that the Act you have passed authorizing arrangements to be made for
a Telegraph Cable, will lead to the establishment of communication between New
Zealand and the rest of the world. Although, during the first few years, the
undertaking may involve some loss, the advantages which will accrue to the Colony
from telegraphic communication with other countries will justify a pecuniary
sacrifice.
The provision which you have made for the purchase, at the cost of the Colony,
of a Landed Estate for the Provinces of the North Island, evinces your desire to
preserve the Unity of the Colony, and is a step which, while it will place the
North Island in a position to contribute more largely to the revenue, is calculated
to advance New Zealand to the first rank of British Colonies.
The Native Land Act meets a great want. It will enable the Natives, at a less
cost than hitherto, to have their lands surveyed, and their rights more clearly and
equitably defined and recorded.
By the Life Assurance Act you will afford protection to those who, for the
purpose of providing for their families, have recourse to Assurance Associations.
Such security can only be of a partial nature; but it will be gratifying to you
that you have done all you can to give to Assurance Associations the oppor-
tunity of placing themselves in a position to command public confidence.
The Act by which you will have constituted Westland a Province, will place
that part of the country in the condition which it was intended by the Constitution
Act all parts should occupy; and it will be satisfactory to the people of Westland to
be no longer excluded from the ordinary form of Government.
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NZ Gazette 1873, No 58
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