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Evening Post, Issue 23, 6 March 1865, Page 4

ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTION OP SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Aot of the General Assembly of New Zetland, intUuled " The Provincial Election Ait, 1858," I Charles Dudley Robert Ward, Esq , principal Returning Officer for the Province of Wellington, do hereby give notice that by virtue of a writ bearing date the 16th day of February, 1805, issued under the hand of his ! Excellency the Governor of New Z-.mta-ui, an election will be held for the return of a qualified person to serve as Superintendeeit for the Province of Wellington, and that the nomination of Candidates will take place at the Resident Magistrate's Court, p.t Wellington, on Saturday, the eighteenth day of March, 1865, at noon ; and that the Poll (if necessary) will be taken on Friday, the 24th day of March, 1865. Dated this 3rd day of March. 1865. C. D. R. WARD. Principal Returning Officer. The following places are Polling places for the election of Superintendent for the Provnice of Wellington. : — At Wellington— The Resident Magistrate's Court (the principal polling place in the district) and The public lVJarket Place of Messrs Bethune and Hunter At Karori— The School House At Porirua Road — The premises of Mr. William Best, and the premises of Dr. Taylor, Johnsonville At Otaki— The premises of Matine Te Whiwhi At Manawatu— The premises of F. Robinson, Esquire At Pahautanui —The premises of Mr.Stace At Turakina — The Sfhool House At Rangitikei— The premises of Mr. Richard Hammond The piemises of Mr. Duncan Frazer The premises of Adnm Keir, Esq , and The premises of Alexander Milne, Western Rangitikei At Wanganui— The Resident Magistrate's Court At the Hutt— The Mechanic's Institute At the Upper Hutt— The premises of R. Barton Esq., At Greytown — The School House At Ma>terton — The School House At Castle Point— The premises of Mr. Guthrie At Otaraia— The premises of Mr. Archibald Gillies Dated this third day of Me^rch, 1865 : C. D R. WARD, Principal Returning Officer. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. Gentlemen, AT the request of a considerable number of the electors of the province, I have been induced to come forward as a ciuulidute for the I'uperintendency. Having for many years past advocated in the Provincial Council a line of policy opposed to that of the Government, my views are probably known to most of you ; some of you may not have that information, and although my views are not altered, yet it may be advisable for me to state, for the information of those who have not hitherto taken an interest in politics, but who will, as I hope, do so now, those points of difference between the policy of those with whom I have always acted and that of the present Government. First, with reference to the licensing of the public lands, I hold the same opinions now as Mr. Hunter expressed in the session of JBsß— that the system ought to be altered so as not to prevent the settlement of your land by freeholders, and by giving a fair tenure to the occupiers of really pastoral lands, to obtain from them a fair rent for the same. Next, I agree with the opinions expressed by Mr. Stokes in that session, that the auditors of the Provincial accounts should be independent of the Executive Government, because, as it is at present, the auditors are mere servants of the Government whose accounts they are called on to pass. 1 consider that the present regulations under which the lands in this Province are sold are unfair to purchasers, and injurious to the public interest. I should like to have all lands surveyed before they were put up for sale • I should like the sales to be managed by an open land board as at Canterbury ; :ind I should like that a'l lands put up at auction at 103. should be bidable for by all persons who choose to Lid, and not alone by those who put up the land and pay a deposit. I entirely dissent from the policy of the Government in sending money away from the province to introduce immigrants (except assisted immigrants). I believe that policy | has entailed a large debt on us ; I think it is better to offer your land as an inducement, instead of money, and retain your money for the purpose of making roads. &c. I believe that you would soon entice into this province such a number of sterling settlers as would make your population equal to any other province in New Zealand, and place you in a position to be regardless of native disturbances. If you were to permit bona fide settlers to occupy your public lands, gay from 80 to 640 acres, under leases from 10 to 14 years, with a right to purchase, by this means you would get the full value of your land and allow the settler to go on it with the full advantage of his capital whatever it might be. I have no desire to cut down the salaries of those persons in office who do an equivalent duty ; yet I think we have no right to throw our funds away on ignorance and incompetence. It seems to me that nothing more