WARDEN AT ROXBURGH.

Dunstan Times, Issue 596, 19 September 1873, Page 2

WARDEN AT ROXBURGH.

We have been requested tn publish the following copy of a petition, to which over three hundred signatures were attached:— “ To his Honor the Deputy Superintendent and his Executive Council. “ The petition of the undersigned residents humbly showeth : “ That your petitioners have heard with surprise and regret that it is the intention of your Government to dispense with the services of a .Resident Warden and Magistrate for the district, with the view, it is presumed, of administering its affairs byperiodical visits from an oflicer residing in a neighboring district. “ That they would strongly urge against the impolicy and injustice of such a course the following among many r reasons:— “1. That the Mount Benger district is an extensive and important one, from which a large revenue has been derived in the past, while both its mining and agricultural population are steadily on the increase. “2. That a largo number of miners arc living at considerable distance from the Warden’s office, and the absence of a resident Government officer will entail upon them very great inconvenience and loss, as it will also upon every class of the residents “3. That the loss to the revenue will amount to far more than the salary at present paid. “4. That if the office of Warden and Resident Magistrate is for the present abolished .in this district, it will probably soon bo found necessary to appoint a Receiver of Land and Gold Revenue and Clerk to the Bench ; and taking into account that the travelling expenses of a visiting Warden and Resident Magistrate, together with the Clerk’s salary, would probably amount to much more than the sum paid to the present Warden and Resident Mcgistrate, irrespective of the loss and inconvenience which would ensue as above stated, your petitioners respectfully submit that no saving could he effected by the proposed change ; and. therefore humbly pray that your Government will take the foregoing into their favorable consideration, and continue to this district the services of a Resident Warden and Magistrate. “ And your petitioners will he ever grateful.”