Provincial Council Speech




NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature hereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. IV.] FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1857. No. 4.

SPEECH

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT

AT THE

CLOSING OF THE FOURTH SESSION

OF THE WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL COUNCIL, ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 1857.

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Provincial Council:—

I beg to intimate that I have assented, on behalf of the Governor, to the following Acts:—

An Act to restrict the operation of Scrip within certain Districts of the Province of Wellington.

An Act to extend the time for adjudication on certain claims to Scrip.

An Act to amend an Act of the second Session of the Provincial Council, entitled “An Act to promote the establishment of Common Schools in the Province of Wellington.”

An Act to authorise the Superintendent to raise a further Loan of Fifty Thousand Pounds.

An Act to vest the property of the late New Zealand Society in the Superintendent and his Executive for certain purposes.

An Act for the Management of a Public Park and Race Course in the Hutt District.

An Act to define the duties of Inspectors of Sheep, and to amend the laws relating to Sheep.

An Act to authorise the raising of a further sum of £25,000...

An Act to Appropriate the Revenue of the Province of Wellington, for the year commencing the 1st day of January, 1857, and ending the 31st day of December, 1857.

An Act to authorise the levying of tolls on the traffic over the Bridge proposed to be constructed over the Wangaanui River.

An Act to provide for a Public Cemetery in the Hutt District, and for the management thereof.

An Act to provide for the Branding of Cattle, and the destruction or other disposal of Wild Cattle.

An Act to explain the Ohariu and Makara Roads Act, Session 3, No. 5.

An Act to authorise the Superintendent to issue Land Scrip to satisfy awards of Commissioners under Act, Session II. No. 12, of the Provincial Council.

An Act to extend the provisions of the Highways Act, 1856.

An Act to authorise the Superintendent to appoint a Commission to enquire into and consider the best principle for obtaining contributions in aid of the cost of constructing, maintaining, and repairing the Roads.

An Act to provide against certain persons leaving the Province clandestinely.

An Act to repeal an Ordinance of the Legislative Council of New Munster, intituled “An...



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🏛️ Speech by His Honor the Superintendent at the Closing of the Fourth Session of the Wellington Provincial Council

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Provincial Council, Legislation, Scrip, Loans, Education, Sheep Inspection, Public Park, Revenue Appropriation, Roads
  • William Fitzherbert (Provincial Secretary), Published the Gazette

  • William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary