✨ Governor's Speech
Num. 43. 681
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1891.
THE Second Session of the Eleventh Parliament of New Zealand was this day
opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make the
following
S P E E C H.
Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House
of Representatives,--
It gives me much pleasure again to meet you in Parliament assembled.
I have been much gratified during the autumn months of this year to meet in
many places numerous gatherings of our fellow-subjects of the Maori race. The
reception in all cases accorded to me as Her Majesty’s representative was such as I
can recall with unmixed satisfaction. In particular, I was glad to be able to traverse
a portion of the country of the Uriwera Tribe, hitherto so seldom visited by Euro-
peans. There the welcome given to me by no means fell short in cordiality of that
bestowed upon me elsewhere, and left upon me the pleasant impression that this
famous tribe has now at any rate ceased to be dangerously dominated by the per-
sistent desire for isolation attributed to it for many years past.
I am able, upon the whole, to congratulate you upon the continued evidences of
the soundness of the colony’s financial position, and the substantial progress made by
its chief industries. The provision made during the session of 1890 for carrying on
the public services has proved more than sufficient. The elasticity of the colony’s
resources has been again shown by a further increase in the already remarkable
volume of our exports. This has now attained dimensions sufficient to convince the
most apprehensive that the resources of New Zealand are far more than sufficient
for the fulfilment of all her obligations.
At the same time, my Ministers think it would be a mistake to ignore the
unfortunate exodus of population from our shores to the neighbouring colonies which
still goes on without abatement. The returns of the census now in course of
completion, satisfactory and encouraging as they are in most respects, appear to show
that a stream of emigration, constant, though not large, has continued to flow from
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NZ Gazette 1891, No 43
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🏛️ Opening of the Second Session of the Eleventh Parliament
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration11 June 1891
Governor, Speech, Parliament, Maori, Financial Position, Exports, Emigration
- His Excellency the Governor