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DIEU ET SOIT QUI MA Y-PE ISMON DROIT
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority. WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1874.THE Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament of New Zealand was this day
opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make the
following
SPEECH.HONORABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, -
I have recourse with pleasure to your advice and assistance.
The marriage of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh with Her Imperial
Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia seems to me an occasion upon which
you will be glad to express to Her Majesty your congratulations, and my Advisers
will submit to you Addresses for the purpose.
Since the prorogation of the General Assembly I have visited most of the pro-
vinces, and have taken every opportunity in my power of acquainting myself with
the circumstances of the whole country. I am glad, in the course of my tours and
visits, to have become known to great numbers of the inhabitants, and I have had the
pleasure of viewing the great natural resources of New Zealand, and the considerable
progress already made in their development. Everywhere are evidences of comfort
and contentment among the colonists; while in those districts in which Europeans
and Natives are mingled, there are gratifying signs of mutual confidence, and even
of regard.
The Public Works sanctioned by you have been prosecuted with the utmost vigour
the resources at the command of the Public Works Department permitted.
The number of Immigrants introduced into the country has largely increased.
Papers will be laid before you, from which you will gather all the circumstances in
connection with the selection and passages of the immigrants, and the views of the
Government thereon. You will also learn with pleasure that, without impairing
their own responsibility to Parliament, my Advisers have made arrangements with
the Provincial Governments to aid in locating and settling the immigrants on
their arrival in the colony.
The contract, ably negotiated by Mr. Russell on behalf of the colony, by which
New Zealand, in conjunction with New South Wales, has again established a mail-
packet service with the mother country by way of the United States, will be laid
before you.
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NZ Gazette 1874, No 36
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🏛️ Governor's Speech Opening the Fourth Session of Parliament
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration3 July 1874
Parliament opening, Governor's Speech, Royal Marriage, Public Works, Immigration, Mail Service
- Duke of Edinburgh (His Royal Highness), Mentioned regarding marriage congratulations
- Grand Duchess Marie of Russia (Her Imperial Highness), Mentioned regarding marriage congratulations
- Mr. Russell