DEPUTATION TO THE HON. J. C- RICHMOND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 267, 7 June 1867, Page 2

DEPUTATION TO THE HON. J. C- RICHMOND.

A deputation co, sibling of tlio Mayor, j and Council, and several other gihtlcmen j waited on the Hon. J, C. - Richmond, ■ at the Dunstan Hotel, on Wednesday evening to urge upon him the necessity of establishing the head quarters of the Geld Fields Department, on Clyde, it being the most central of all the Gold Fields' Towns. The Mayor, J. P. Feraud Esq. by way of introducing the subject, handed to Mr Richmond the following letters received from Mr .Stafford, the Colonial t eeretary, and from 51 r Bradshaw. Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington. 22nd May 1867, Sc'r, —I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt ot your letter of the 14th inst. transmitting a Petition from the Mayor and Town Councillors of Clyde, praying that the head quarters of the Gold Fields may be stationed at Clyde. In reply, I have to request that you will inform the Petitioners that the Government is most anxious to ascertain the requirements, and promote the interests of those who are com rctcd with the Goldfield-, and with that object Mr Richmond has gone to Otago, and will act on behalf of the Goveminent on the subject of the Petition, or on any other subject on which the inhabitants of the Goldtiekls may communicate with him. I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient Servant E. W. Stafford. To J. P.. Bradshaw M. H. R. General Government Agent. .Diincdin. • General Government Agency, Dtinedin, May 30th ISG7. Sir, —I have the honor to inform you that I have received a letter from the Ho", the Colonial Secretary, refering to the Petition from yourself Town Councillors of Clyde, and beglcave t to forward you a copy of the same. I hope you will be fortunate enough th meet the Hon Mr Richmond on tlio spot, and confer with him to the mutual advantage of the (;• Id-fields and the Goxerninent, I have the honor to be.—Sir, Your most obedient Servant, ; J. B. Bradshaw, To J. D. Feraud Esq. J P.

" The Mayorpointd out tLe mutual advantages to be derived Loth by the Government and the mining communitr, the question was not urged by* the people of Clyde because they, in the chapter of acci. dents resided there,.but because it was ■ desirable for the convenience "of the miners, and alsb'it would tenet' tb introduce a better feeliiig "than has hitherto existed between the Govirr.meiit and the mining communities. Mr Richmond replied, that he was not in a position, or that he could i.ot see his way clear'y to accede to the proposition just then, as until he had visited Dunedin, : he could not tell what the intentions of either the General or Provincial Govergments were, in the mat- d ter of the "management of the Gold fields, but assured the deputation that as far as he was personally concerned, their wishes should be complied with, he could see very p ainly that for the Gold-fields department to wurk efficiently, it should be on the Gold-fields. He promised a written answer in the course of a few days The deputation then withdrew.