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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
[PROVINCE OF OTAGO.]
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
W. CARGILL, Superintendent.
Vol. II.] THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1855. [No. 30.
Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 27th October 1855.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to direct the re-publication of the following Address, Proclamations, and Notification, from the “New Zealand Government Gazette”:
By His Honor’s command,
John Logan,
Clerk to Superintendent.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SATURDAY, 15TH SEPTEMBER 1855.
His Excellency the Governor prorogued the General Assembly at the Council Chamber, this day, at 3 o’clock p.m., when His Excellency delivered the following
ADDRESS.
Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,—
I consider myself fortunate in having arrived in New Zealand at a time when the General Assembly is in Session, as it affords me an opportunity of stating the views I entertain on certain subjects.
Before entering on other matter, I desire to announce my intention to continue the policy hitherto adopted towards the Aborigines, in maintaining inviolate their right to their land, and securing to them an impartial administration of justice.
The communication, which I took the earliest opportunity of laying before the two Houses, will have satisfied you that it is the desire of her Majesty’s Government that this Colony shall enjoy the fullest measure of self-government which is consistent with its allegiance to the British Crown. Nor are these sentiments confined to any particular party in the Imperial Parliament, but are shared in by those who differ on most other subjects.
Animated by the same feeling, I am prepared to carry out in its integrity the principle of Ministerial Responsibility, being convinced that any other arrangement would be ineffective to preserve that harmony between the Legislative and Executive branches of the Government which is so essential to the successful conduct of public affairs.
Entertaining these views, it will be my object to secure, as early as possible, the introduction of this form of Government, which has been so earnestly solicited by the popularly constituted legislature of this Colony. Indeed, the public interest demands that the present state of transition should be allowed to continue no longer than circumstances peremptorily require.
As soon as the necessary arrangements have been made, I shall be prepared to give my confidence to those gentlemen who possess that of the Legislature, and whenever changes may become necessary, I shall permit neither private interests nor private friendships to influence my public conduct.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,—
I have much pleasure in thanking you for the liberal provision you have made for the public service, and you may rest assured that the supplies
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1855, No 30
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- John Logan, Clerk to Superintendent
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