✨ Opening of Parliament Speech
May 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 589
The arrangement for the construction of the Midland Railway, under authority conceded by Parliament, is, in the opinion of my Advisers, a matter of hearty rejoicing. Some points of a not material nature will have to be submitted for the ratification of Parliament.
The attention of my Ministers has been constantly directed to questions relating to the South Sea Islands. Whilst recognizing the important interest New Zealand has in these matters, they have carefully avoided exceeding the authority with which Parliament has endowed them. Papers on the subject will be presented.
Bills will be submitted to you to consolidate the laws relating to crimes, to municipalities, to volunteers, and to mines, to establish a parcels-post system, and to amend the Charitable Aid and Hospitals Act.
I commend to your attention the business that will come before you, and earnestly hope that your labours will, under the blessing of God, be attended with good to the colony.
By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBUKY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1886, No 28
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Opening of Third Session of Ninth Parliament
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration13 May 1886
Speech, Governor, Parliament, Midland Railway, South Sea Islands, Legislation, Consolidation, Parcels-post, Charitable Aid, Hospitals
- George Didsbury, Government Printer