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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66
force, rather than allow the expense of carriage upon the railways to fall on the general taxation of the country.
Careful surveys have been made of different routes proposed for the Main Trunk Railway through the North Island. Reports as to these, showing their respective merits and the character of the country traversed by each, will be laid before you. In accordance with the terms of the “ North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Act, 1882,” your approval will be asked for that route which is shown to offer, upon the whole, the greatest advantages.
A Bill will be introduced having for its object to establish the Civil Service on a more satisfactory basis. By its provisions it will be sought to give to the Officers of the Service a confidence in their status, as defined by legislation, which cannot but be beneficial to them and to the public they serve. At the same time, a guarantee will be afforded that appointments will be the reward of merit, and that promotion will be open, in all departments of the Service, to those who prove themselves efficient.
Amongst other measures submitted for your consideration, will be—
A Bill to provide for the Carriage of Parcels by Post.
A Bill to amend the Regulation of Elections Act.
A Bill to alter the Constitution of certain City Electorates.
A Bill to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Qualification and Registration of Voters, and to provide for the issue of Electors’ Rights.
A Bill to amend the Law relating to the Property of Married Women.
A Bill to facilitate the Alienation of Land.
I do not doubt that the circumstances of the Colony, and the provisions of the measures brought before you, will receive your most careful and earnest consideration; and I trust that your decisions may, by God’s blessing, tend to the happiness and well-being of the people of New Zealand.
By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBUY, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1884, No 66
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