OPINION OF M.P.C'S ON THE SITUATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3044, 20 November 1872, Page 2

OPINION OF M.P.C'S ON THE SITUATION.

The Ih •nee Herald understands the following letter, intended for his Honor the Superintendent, is being circulated amongst the members of the Provincial Council for signature : Sir,—We, the undersigned, being members of the Provincial Comic 1 of Otago, would most respectfully request your Honor to immediately convenea meeting of tbeCouncil. Wc ask this for the following, amongst other reasons• First.—The new Land Act has to be brought into operation, and appointment? made under its provision? tyill eyergisp a permanent influence on the due administration of the Aot, and on the management of the Waste Lands of the Crown in Otago.

Second.—A new Executive baa been chasen by your Honor, and of the views of its members regarding the administration of the I.and Act we are ignorant. -■ Third.—lt is of the utmost importance, we believe, that land should be sot aside for occupation by settlers on the deferred payments system, and the Provincial Council ought to be consulted as to the locality, character, and quantity of the land so to be set aside. Your Honor and the Executive Council have, moreover, no power to open any laud, not at present open for sale, for settlement under this system. Fourth. —There is, we believe, an urgent necessity for at once bringing the Highway Boards Empowering Act into operation iu the Province, and this can only be done by a resolution of the Provincial Council. Fifth.—lt was understood by the Council last session that a meeting should be held immediately after the prorogation of the Assembly, so that in future the meetings ot Council might always be held immediately after the Assembly had been prorogued. Sixth.—A sum of money has been voted by the Assembly for subsidies to the Hoad Boards. This was not calculated on by the Provincial Council at its last sitting, and consequently no resolutions were passed as to the manner in which it should be distributed. „