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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
The attention of my Advisers will be earnestly given to further continuing
Public Works and promoting Immigration.
The re-establishment of the Californian Mail Packet Service, in conjunction
with New South Wales, and the giving effect to the provisions already agreed to for
the establishment of cable communication with other parts of the world, will also
have the zealous attention of my Advisers.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, —
I acknowledge with pleasure the provisions you have made for the Public
Service; and it will be the care of my Advisers to administer them with the utmost
economy consistent with efficiency.
HONORABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, —
This Session will be memorable for the decisive step which has been taken in
the direction of abolishing the form of Provincial Government in the North Island.
The opinion of the House of Representatives has been expressed by the large
majority which voted in favour of the resolutions; whilst the debates in the Legis-
lative Council have left no room to doubt that that Chamber is also favourable to
the proposed policy. For some years past there has grown up the belief that the
Provincial system in this island does not really afford that amount of Local
Government the people desire. The decision arrived at is memorable, also, for the
desire which the Legislature manifests, that the Land Fund of the Colony should be
applied to suitable purposes, and, as far as possible, be localized. That decision must
effectually do away with apprehensions in any part of the country, that change in the
Provincial system would mean an absorption of the Land Fund in opposition to the
opinions upon the subject which have been confirmed during a long course of years. I
hope that the Provincial Governments of the North Island, loyally recognizing the
decision of the House of Representatives, will, during the recess, exert themselves to
the utmost to so manage the affairs of the Provinces as to enable the projected change
to be effected next year with the least possible inconvenience.
I am glad to be able to continue to remind you of the increasing prosperity of
the Colony.
I hope that the success which has attended your past efforts will, under the
blessing of Divine Providence, continue to make itself manifest in the future; and
that you will live to see the result in New Zealand becoming the home of a large,
prosperous, and contented population.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1874, No 46
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Governor's Speech at Prorogation of the Fourth Session of Parliament
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration31 August 1874
Public Works, Immigration, Mail Service, Cable Communication, Provincial Government abolition, Land Fund
- George Didsbury, Government Printer