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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, —
I gratefully acknowledge the disposition which you have shown to make
efficient provision for meeting the various charges of the Public Service.
Considering the importance of maintaining a large and constant supply of Immi-
grants, I thank you for the liberal provision you have made for the purpose,
including, as it does, not only a vote of money, but also an Act under which Immi-
grants who are approved of by the Agent-General, and who pay their own passages,
will be assured of obtaining free grants of land, conditional only upon occupation and
cultivation.
HONORABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,---
I am glad that the mission of Mr. Russell to England has secured to this
Colony, in co-operation with New South Wales, the re-establishment of the Mail
Packet Service vid California.
I regret that the measure to place upon a more satisfactory footing the laws
relating to the Civil Service, and the measure to regulate, for the future, the
mode of providing for the necessary Public Works in the various Provinces, have not
become law.
I anticipate favourable results to the commerce and manufactures of the
country from the amended Tariff Act, which will, for the future, more fairly
regulate the incidence of the Customs Duties.
The further provision you have made for carrying out the Public Works of the
Colony, and the authority you have given to extend the various portions of Railway,
hitherto authorized, into trunk lines throughout the two islands, evidence your
determination to give effect to the Public Works Policy.
The cheap Railways which are being constructed through each island will
powerfully stimulate the settlement of the country.
It gives me pleasure to observe the continued prosperity of the Colony; and I
express the hope that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, your labours will
greatly aid the social and material advancement of New Zealand.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1873, No 58
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