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PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.
New Zealand Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XXII.] NEW PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1874. [No. 4.
ADDRESS
OF
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT
ON OPENING THE TWENTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF TARANAKI.
GENTLEMEN OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL—
I deferred calling you together until the present time, in order that I might be able to make known to you the amount of money that will be available for you to appropriate, and the extent and character of the land which the General Government are about to place in our hands for administration. It was not until my arrival in Wellington, the early part of last month, that I learned from the Government their intentions in regard to the matters I have named.
You will remember gentlemen that as we are not allowed to have any share in the confiscated lands or any portion of the money derived from its sale, the whole of the proceeds being appropriated for the use and benefit of the Colony, I, on the 6th of August last, moved in the Assembly that provision be made for the constructing of roads and bridges in Taranaki. The reply given on that occasion by a member of the Ministry was that "The Government would ask the sanction of the House to enter into this expenditure, &c." On the 13th of the same month, just one week after this promise was made, Messrs. Atkinson, Kelly, and myself were requested to meet the Honorable the Native Minister in his office, when he told us that the Cabinet had decided to give £5,000 for roads in Taranaki; and on the 29th September the House passed a vote to that effect. But, it was not until my arrival in Wellington last month that I could learn when and through what authority this money would be appropriated and disbursed. I have now pleasure in telling you that, at an interview with the Honorable Mr. Vogel on the 3rd of February last, I was informed by that honorable gentleman, that the £55,000 will be placed at the disposal of the Provincial Government of Taranaki for roads and bridges in that Province, so soon as the Appropriation Bill be passed showing that amount is so appropriated. Gentlemen, my views with regard to the apportionment of this money shall be placed before you.
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1874, No 4
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🏘️ Address by Superintendent to Taranaki Provincial Council
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentProvincial Council, Taranaki, Roads, Bridges, Confiscated Lands, Government Funding
- His Honor the Superintendent