✨ Governor's Speech
Numb. 9. 127
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1891.
THE First Session of the Eleventh 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 regret that I have been obliged to call for your attendance at an unusual,
and probably to most of you, an inconvenient season.
The general election having taken place, my late Advisers deemed it necessary
that, having regard to the uncertainty of the strength of parties, Parliament should
be called together at the earliest possible opportunity; but, prior to the opening of
Parliament, they tendered their resignations, and a new Administration has been
formed.Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,—
As you are aware, Estimates were passed during the last session of Parlia-
ment providing for the expenditure of the current financial year; and my Advisers
propose to make an exhaustive inquiry into the financial condition of the colony in
order to submit proposals which they believe will be satisfactory, framed with due
regard to economy, and with such reduction of the expenditure as the position of the
country demands, without impairing the efficiency of the public service.Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House
of Representatives,—
My Advisers propose that a measure dealing with the administration of
the public lands of the colony shall, after careful consideration, be submitted to you,
in order to remedy the defects proved to exist in the present state of the law.Next Page →
NZ Gazette 1891, No 9
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🏛️ Opening of the First Session of the Eleventh Parliament
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration27 January 1891
Parliament, Opening Speech, Governor, New Administration, Financial Inquiry, Public Lands
- His Excellency the Governor