✨ Government Resolutions
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)
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 relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XVI.] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1868. [No. 34
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, Nov 16, 1858.
The following series of Resolutions having been specially forwarded from London to his Honor the Superintendent of Wellington, by the Committee referred to in the 16th Resolution, are published for general information.
STEAM POSTAL COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN
GREAT BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA.
SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Passengers on board the April Steamer from Australia.
The Honorable Donald Kennedy, M.L.C., in the Chair.
We, the passengers by the Australian steamship Victoria, mostly old residents of the Australian Colonies, and others interested in an effective mail service between Great Britain and those distant possessions, having paid considerable attention to the subject, and having had opportunity of personal observation of the working of the system, and of some of the causes which have led to the present irregularity of the mail service, wish to give expression to our opinions in the following resolutions:--
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That the continuous failures by which the various schemes for effecting mail communication between Great Britain and Australia have been characterised have been productive of very serious loss and inconvenience to all exposed to their influence, and have led to the deepest mortification and dissatisfaction throughout the Colonies.
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That the present aspect of affairs connected with the service affords no reasonable hope of any improvement; but, on the contrary, the flagrant inadequacy of all the arrangements is daily becoming more thoroughly apparent.
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That even with a mail line of the most inefficient and irregular character, the mails are increasing in number and importance, and an amount of traffic is growing up, of an extent, and with a rapidity, calculated to show the very large and profitable results naturally contingent upon a service conducted with spirit, speed, and regularity.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1858, No 34
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🚂 Publication of Resolutions on Steam Postal Communication
🚂 Transport & Communications16 November 1858
Steam Postal Communication, Resolutions, Australia, Great Britain, Mail Service
- Donald Kennedy (Honorable), Chair of the meeting
- William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary