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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
HONORABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, -
The question relative to the abolition of the Provincial form of Government
in these Islands, which I intimated at the opening of this Session you would be
invited to decide, has been answered by the passing of the Abolition of Provinces Act
by large majorities in both Houses of the Assembly. I have assented to that Act
on behalf of Her Majesty.
It will be the duty of my Government during the recess to give attention to the
consolidation of existing Provincial Acts or Ordinances, and to prepare such general
laws of a municipal character as will facilitate and render uniform the administrative
work of the local governing bodies now existing or hereafter to be established in the
several Provincial Districts, so that the constitutional change which is appointed to
take place at the close of the first Session of the next Parliament may be accomplished
with ease.
The readjustment of the representation effected by the Representation Act will
meet the altered circumstances of the several electoral divisions in which increase of
the number of members has been made.
I earnestly trust that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, the measures you
have authorized in this Session may tend to promote the progress of this Colony, and
the welfare of the people.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1875, No 58
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🏛️ Governor's Speech regarding Abolition of Provinces Act
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration21 October 1875
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