New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 27

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✨ Governor's Speech Opening Parliament

Num. 27.

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1887.

THE Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament of New Zealand was this day opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make the following

SPEECH.

HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,—

I have again to express the pleasure I feel in meeting you in Parliament assembled.

You will join me in regretting that, since last session, so many members of both Houses have been removed by the hand of death. The loss of Mr. Macandrew is widely mourned. It is unnecessary that to you, who knew him so well, I should dwell on his great qualities as a statesman and a patriot.

The proper manner of celebrating the Jubilee of our Most Gracious Sovereign has been considered by Her Majesty, and she has intimated that the founding of an Institute that will remain a permanent exhibition of the wealth and industries of Her wide dominions will be most pleasing to Her. Steps have been taken in England to carry this project to a successful issue, and the colonies have been invited to join in this mode of celebrating Her Jubilee. My Advisers, in accordance with the wish of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, have asked the local bodies to invite assistance from private individuals, and it will be for you to consider what further steps should be taken to testify in the way desired by our Sovereign, or in such other manner as you may approve, the love and loyalty of the people of this colony to the Crown.

A Conference convened to discuss important subjects affecting all parts of the Empire is now being held in London. This is the first meeting of the kind in the history of our country, and it marks a new era in the great work of colonization. I have no doubt that, even should its results appear to be meagre, the very fact of such a Conference will help forward that close union of the Empire which the

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1887, No 27

The Old Government Buildings (depicted) were completed in 1876 and initially housed the entire Wellington-based civil service as well as the entire New Zealand Cabinet. The Executive Council met there until 1948.

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🏛️ Governor's Speech Opening the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated26 April 1887
KeywordsParliament, Governor, Speech, Jubilee, Conference, Empire
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His Excellency the Governor

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