77

Having had the courage to adopt the policy
of a general land tax, you have doubtless
already discounted, at its true value, the
usual outcry against all taxation. I speak
upon reflection when I say that I regard as a
popular fallacy the belief that the prosperity
of a country is always in an inverse ratio to
the extent of its taxation. I believe, on the
contrary, that the rule is that the progress
and prosperity of a new country is in direct
ratio to the extent of its taxation: provided always that the produce of taxation is
expended on works of useful development.

The due administration of the services for
which you have provided will, if the ways and
means be forthcoming as anticipated, require
all the attention which the Executive can
bestow during the recess. I hope to be able
to visit different portions of the province, for
I believe in the value of occasional personal
observation.

It is a subject of congratulation that I am
enabled to close the Council within four weeks
of its being opened. This desirable economy
of the time of members of the Provincial
Legislature could not have been effected, had
not the members of my Executive Council bestowed unremitting attention to the preparation of the measures to be laid before you,
and had you not also addressed yourselves
practically to the despatch of business. I
have always considered that an annual session
of three or four weeks ought to be sufficient
for the despatch of the legislative business of
this province; and I hope that, when the
Council next meets, suitable accommodation
will have been provided, and that you may
not again be subjected to the personal inconvenience to which you have for some years
been exposed.

In closing this twenty-first session of the
Provincial Council, I thank you, in the name
of the province, for the attentive consideration which you have bestowed on the various
important measures brought before you, and I
now declare this Council to be prorogued.

William Fitzherbert,
Superintendent.

30th June, 1871.

Upper Rangitikei Road District.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, July 3, 1871.

NOTICE has been received at this office
that at a meeting of the Ratepayers
of the above named Road District, the
following persons were elected a Board
of Wardens, viz:—
Mr. W. J. Willis
„ Alfred Ross
„ Wm. Henderson
„ John How
„ Richard Hammond
„ Thos. Harris, Chairman
in the place of those elected on the 11th
March last, and published in the Provincial Gazette of 1st April, 1871, that
election being considered illegal.

Henry Bunny,
Provincial Secretary.

Whareama Road District.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, July 3, 1871.

NOTICE has been given to this office
that at a meeting of the Ratepayers
of the shore District, on the 8th June
last, the following persons were elected a
Board of Wardens, viz:
Mr. Dymock
„ R. Maunsell
„ Meredith
„ Wishaw
„ E. Maunsell, Treasurer
Rev. J. C. Andrew, Chairman
also, Messrs. Morrison and Bellis were
appointed Auditors.

Henry Bunny,
Provincial Secretary.

Sheep Inspector’s Report.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, June 17, 1871.

NOTICE has been received at this office
from the Inspector of Sheep for the
Wairarapa District, that he has cancelled
the clean certificates of the following
flock-owners, viz:—

Sheep in the charge of Frederick
Chapman, Opaki, late the property
of W. J. Tankersley—Dated 20th
May, 1871.
Wm. Rhodes Donald, Manaia, ewe
flock—Dated 1st June, 1871.
Mr. R. Collins, Te Ore Ore—Dated
15th June, 1871.

Also, that he has granted a clean certificate
to Mr. R. Wilson, Dry River—Dated 7th June, 1871.

Henry Bunny,
Provincial Secretary.

Sheep Inspector’s Report.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, July 3, 1871.

NOTICE has been received from the
Inspector of Sheep for the East
Coast District, that he has cancelled the
clean certificates of the following flock-owners, viz:—

Messrs. Moore and Chalmers, Wainuioru—Dated 14th May, 1871.
Mr. Edwin Meredith, Riversdale, for
Orui Flock—Dated 9th May, 1871.

Also, that he has granted clean certificates
to the following flock-owners, viz:—

Messrs. Leach Brothers, Waitiwiti—
Dated 20th June, 1871.
Messrs. Knight Brothers, Tiramea—
Dated 17th June, 1871.
Mr. Patrick Brannigan, Morea—Dated
15th June, 1871.
Mr. John Wingate, Waitiwiti—Dated
10th June, 1871.
Mr. Duncan Cameron, Blairlogie—
Dated 8th June, 1871.
Messrs. Murch and Hales, Flat Point,
Ewe Flock—Dated 30th May, 1871.

Henry Bunny,
Provincial Secretary.