NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. VIII. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1864. No. 334

ADDRESS

OF

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT,

ON PROROGUING THE NINETEENTH SESSION OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, SATURDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER 1864.

Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of the Provincial Council,

The work of the Session having been brought to a close, I have now to thank you for the care you have bestowed upon the many important subjects to which your attention has been directed.

I desire particularly to express my entire concurrence with the views of the Council as enunciated in the important Resolutions adopted by them on the subject of existing relations between this Province and the General Government of New Zealand. These Resolutions, if followed by united and unwavering action on the part of our representatives in the General Assembly, and supported, as I believe they will be, by the unanimous voice of the people of the Province, cannot fail to contribute materially towards the production of those changes in our political position upon which our continued prosperity greatly depends.

The encouragement afforded by the Council for the construction of a Railway from Dunedin to the River Clutha will, I trust, result in a successful effort towards the accomplishment of a work which would confer incalculable benefits upon the Province.

The supplies which you have voted for the public service will be administered with due regard to the intentions of the Council; and the various duties with which the Government are charged will receive their unremitting attention.

The great importance of a solution of the question, "how can our pastoral lands be so disposed of as to produce the most beneficial results to the whole population of the country," induced me to offer to you a few suggestions in regard to it; and I would now earnestly commend the subject to the consideration of members during the recess, with a view to its full discussion and settlement at a future session.

The following Bills which you have passed, I have reserved for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon —

• Medical Practitioners Bill, 1864
• Northern Trunk Road Lands Bill, 1864
• Kaikorai District Roads Lands Bill, 1864
• Anderson’s Bay District Roads Lands Bill, 1864
• Southern Trunk Road Lands Bill, 1864
• Hawksbury Roads Lands Bill, 1864
• Taieri Districts Roads Lands Bill, 1864
• Tokomairiro District Roads Lands Bill, 1864
• Caversham and Green Island Districts Roads Lands Bill, 1864
• Roads Diversion Bill, 1864
• Education Reserves Bill, 1864
• Education Reserves Management Bill, 1864
• Otago Provincial Representation Bill, 1864
• Port Chalmers Municipal Estate Bill, 1864

Assent to on behalf of the Governor, namely —

• Pig and Poultry Nuisance Ordinance, 1864
• Bush Fires Ordinance, 1864
• Port Chalmers Town Board Ordinance, 1864
• Common Lodging Houses Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1864
• Ferries Ordinance, 1864
• Cattle Ordinance, 1864
• Licensed Hawkers Ordinance, 1864
• Jetties and Wharves Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1864
• Licensing Ordinance, 1864
• Dunedin Water Works Company Guaranteed Interest Ordinance, 1864
• Bridges Ordinance, 1864
• The Superintendent’s Indemnity Ordinance, 1864, No. 2
• Appropriation Ordinance, 1864-5

I now relieve you from your legislative duties, with the expression of a hope that your labors during the session will not have been undertaken in vain.

I declare the Provincial Council of Otago to stand prorogued until Wednesday, the 5th day of April 1865.

J. Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.