✨ Governor's Speech Conclusion
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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will have the satisfaction of receiving the full value of their estates, and will no longer
be subjected to those importunities and temptations to induce them to part with their
lands which have hitherto proved a fertile source of misunderstanding, and of evil to
the two races.
The assurance which I was enabled to give to the members of Parliament at
the opening of the last session, in regard to the peaceful and loyal action of the Native
people generally, has been borne out by the results.
No further development has taken place of the fanatical movement on the West
Coast, and the tribes concerned appear to be quietly awaiting the action of the
Parliament and of the ordinary Courts of law.
Steps are being taken for the holding of a full inquiry into the existence and
extent of the alleged unfulfilled promises in regard to lands.
Two intertribal disturbances, arising out of disputed claims to land, have
occurred, in one instance attended with loss of life. The necessary measures are
being taken to vindicate the law.
A Bill will be submitted for your consideration to regulate the immigration
of Chinese into the Colony.
A valuable interim report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the
subject of higher education has been received and laid before both Houses. When
the final report has been made, no delay shall take place in laying it before you, and
in communicating to you the measures which the Government may recommend for
adoption on the whole subject, which is one of paramount importance to educational
interests in the Colony.
Various other measures will be laid before you during this session. On each of
these, I am confident, you will bestow your careful attention, exerting yourselves
in all respects to promote the interests of this Colony, the destinies of which Provi-
dence has, in so large a measure, intrusted to your charge. In all your efforts to
attain this end, you may rely on receiving my ready and earnest co-operation. I
sincerely trust that a spirit of wisdom and of sound judgment may animate each
branch of the Legislature.
Printed under authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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