✨ Governor's Address
JUNE 28.] NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1617
The output of coal last year was phenomenal, yet the supply was not sufficient to meet the demand. Invitations for supplies for railway purposes in many cases met with no response. Owing to your far-sightedness in providing for the establishment of the State Coal-mines, there will be more than sufficient coal to meet the requirements of the State. The coal from the Seddonville Mine, though soft, has proved to be excellent for steaming purposes. A trial test has been made by the Admiralty of the coal from the State mine at Coal Creek. The results of the trial and the details in connection with the State coal-mines will be submitted to you in due course.
The denudation of your forests and the large export of timber from your colony are matters of grave concern, and, with the continually increasing output and export, before many years are passed New Zealand will be largely importing timber from other countries. Every effort should be made wherever timbered lands are thrown open for settlement to prevent valuable timber being destroyed by fire. Economy and care in respect to your forests are necessary; tree-planting and well-equipped forestry are essential.
Bills dealing with the control and sale of alcohol, with electoral reform, and with amendments of the Regulation of Local Elections Act, will be placed before you.
You will be asked to legislate, among other things, respecting the regulation of the hours of those engaged in shops and offices. Measures respecting further railway authorisation, referendum, teachers’ superannuation, trade monopolies, labour, fire brigades, evidence, harbours, Civil Service classification, the rating of Native lands, Hospitals and Charitable Institutions, will be submitted.
The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Acts compilation, the Education Acts compilation, and the Marriage Acts compilation, as ordered under “The Statutes Compilation Act, 1892,” will be submitted, and you will be asked to legislate accordingly.
I feel satisfied that, having due regard to the responsibility cast upon you, you will apply yourselves diligently to the business of the country; that you will strenuously endeavour to pass laws that are necessary, and direct such administration as will promote the continued happiness and well-being of the people of this fair colony.
In declaring Parliament open, I fervently invoke the guidance of our Divine Master upon your proceedings, trusting that the results of your deliberations will be to your credit, for the material welfare of New Zealand, and to the glory and solidarity of the British Empire.
By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationLegislative Council, Finance, Public Expenditure, Judges' Salaries, Pacific Cable, Telegraph Agreement, State Fire Insurance, Fire Insurance Premiums, Hospitals, Infant Mortality, Nursing, Foundling Homes, Maternity Homes, Local Government Reform, Monopolies, Trusts, Dairy Profits, Wool Prices, Trade Balance, Land Settlement, Royal Commission, Land Laws, Gold Mining, Coal Mining, Waihi, Thames, State Coal-mines, Seddonville Mine, Coal Creek, Timber Export, Forest Denudation, Tree-planting, Forestry, Alcohol Control, Electoral Reform, Local Elections, Shop Hours, Railway Authorisation, Referendum, Teachers’ Superannuation, Labour Regulation, Fire Brigades, Evidence Law, Harbours, Civil Service Classification, Native Land Rating, Hospitals and Charitable Institutions, Divorce Act, Education Acts, Marriage Acts
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