✨ Governor's Speech Opening Parliament
Numb. 47.
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1882.
THE First Session of the Eighth 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, —
It is with much pleasure that I have recourse to your advice and assistance,
on the occasion of the opening of the Eighth Parliament of New Zealand.
I forwarded to the Queen an expression, which I feel sure will have your hearty
concurrence, of the deep-felt thankfulness with which all classes of Her Majesty's
subjects in New Zealand heard of her recent preservation from danger, and of their
earnest prayer that she may be long spared to reign over a loyal and united empire.
The measures adopted by the last Parliament, to extend the franchise, to increase
the representation of the people, and to afford more frequent opportunities of
ascertaining the opinions of the constituencies, may, I trust, cause all classes of
the community to watch your deliberations with keener interest, and be found
conducive to the permanent welfare and happiness of the colony.
I am glad to be able to congratulate you upon the renewed and well-founded
confidence which exists as to the commercial prospects of the colony, upon the dis-
appearance of distress among the working-classes, and upon the general increase of the
revenue.
The proposals submitted to Parliament last session, for the systematic laying-
out of roads to promote the colonization of the waste lands, have had careful attention
during the recess, and in all parts of the colony the work of settlement is progressing
favourably. New openings are in the course of development for the employment of
labour and capital, the railways have become more productive, and fresh groups of
population are settling in districts which only require means of convenient access to
make them prosperous.
A desire for permanent settlement on the gold fields, and for the profitable union
of mining and agricultural pursuits in the same localities, is becoming more manifest.
The present time is, in the opinion of my Advisers, a very favourable one at which to
press forward the construction of roads, and to facilitate the influx of population.
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NZ Gazette 1882, No 47
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🏛️ Governor's Speech opening the First Session of the Eighth Parliament.
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration19 May 1882
Parliament opening, Governor's Speech, Legislation, Colony welfare, Revenue, Colonization, Railways, Mining
- The Governor