BANQUET TO THE PREMIER.

Evening Star, Issue 3393, 6 January 1874, Page 2

BANQUET TO THE PREMIER.

The public banquet 1 Center eft to thedETon. J. Vogel, iq recogiiition, of his public services, catne'bffln the hall of the Uni* veraitv yesterday 'evening, and was very numerously attended. Nearly 300 persons s»t~down,to .dinner, and Ah.o. company in* chided citizens of all grades in society, and shades of political ‘ f opinion.-. <*n the arrival of his Excellency ’the' Go-< 1 vernor r the band of. .the. .Dunedin Artillery, which played at intervals throughout the evening, struck up “ God save the Queen," ’ and his Excellency was received by those present standing. The dinner and wines had been-provided by "Me .Dolialdspn.; ; His/ Honor the. Superintendent occupied the chair, having on his left hand the gnest of the evening, the Hon. Julius Vogel, and,,on. his right his Excellency the Governor, and in his immediate vicinity. Bishop Neyill (Anglican Bishop of Dunedin), the Kev Dr. Stuart, Captain Jacquemart, and the officers of the French man-of war Vire. 'After the usual loyal toapts,, yyhich included “The health of the President of the.french ‘ Repub ic,” .which was drank with considerable heartiness, the hairman proposed the health’of the Governor. . 7. t ; - His'excellency,- who, was received with ‘prolonged applause,, thanked the company ’ for the hearty manner in which the toast had been l .drunk;; expressed the gratification he felt at fiading 'tbe people so anxious to pay respect to.his office,;: said he, considered he best fulfilled his dutiesby ; visiting the 'great centres of hying leisurely in order that he might appreciate aud under . stand the-, special. : pccalia|ities ; of each,, and then proceeded to speak as follows t i ‘ v ’’‘'’■While" T confess that I dislike unmeaning ceremony, it gives me great pleasure.to take part in any entertainment which is not purposeless in its meaning. I come here this, evening. with the greatest pleasure! to be a spectator of the. entertainment which. Otago, through the City of Dunedin, gives tribhe vraose name ‘will, ever be associated with the. 1 history of New Zealand, and who has -already done, so much to gain the confidence and 'the -gratitude of the peoples—(Loud and prolopged cheering.)., I. be-, lieve it was first in taking part in administering the affairs of the Province, of Otago, that the Hon Mr Yogel entered’public life,—(Heir.) ! Therefore, to. you must be best known the Energy, J originality, ' and that-perseverance that characterise his public career. , { think, gentle-' men; ii is most encouraging to public men to, find him-.sustained -by. thejcpnfidence! and. approval of his fellow countrymen., There must be many here to-night who haye s been .opposed to Mr Vogel in politics'. /I ( doUht that it is so, because it is coiUmon among our fellowcountrymen that, however great our differences may be, we can all appreciate those great qualities which, founded upon honest, conviction and 'resting upon sblid principle, are . dedicated to the service of the State. As in other times ; has-, valued, highly, the* of those whom it has been my.phvuegejto’serve, and has received from my opponents as generous confidence ati from my. fnerids, I ain sure that the presence herb of so large a'number of the leading men of • the Province of Otago must be a great encouragement and solace to my honorable in-his important labors. I 1. I should be doing wrong on such an occasion,, we Having met for. a special purpose, tp ( imluigt at all upon any of those great topics which hav,o occupied attention. 5,ti11,.1 must ask to say a very lew words upon'srime things -\vhich have struck me during my stay among you. I need not say that I have been struck with the. vast "i&btffces of the. Province! with' the gricat gifts of. Providence which yofi ehjoy, and with theiritelligerituse which ‘to a great extent you are putting them t0.... No man: can doubt, inia is destined to be an important, prosperous, and industrious community, andhe-must recognise the energy which is displayed by the' Government and by the people in their various classes in the deyeippUfcut of those resources, and»in raising their own position. Thebe are things’ patent to all!' and I sincerely hope that during -theyears Lpass in the.Cohmy.it,may_ continue its vast stride of progress. I do not Wish to .thrust my aHvice v upon you,' bub do not shrink -from giving expression to my opinions, thinking "I can serve you best by plaihnessiyf speech.— (Hear.) I hope thic Province will trytoinake its institutions worthy of itself—try, in fact, td make them ‘model institutions Ip the great matters of government and charity, arid not ;be content that they should be . second to ainy similar? eoirimunity. have established a PfUi.vewity,for the-higher s education, of your people, ( from which I arigrir : most' happy results."You b&H established good ‘ Schools, and I know that .education in many of the schools in Otago; is ; worthy; of older, countries. But while l you. have some; .good schools, you have not sufficient good ones. Jp reading over the,.report of the Education an admirable and intelligent: report it isE£| was . struck with the .want of means to the work on. When I see such’ prosperity on all; bands, I ask mysi-lf how . can' it be that the Educatlbii Board should be in want of funds for 1 its important functions ? If there is property. among all classes, they can easily bear the rates which are teqviiied to 'prbSride a sufficient number of good schools.—(Applause.) Add allow one t6 say: that, the of. yours, the richest Prriyibce, falls; very short of what a model prison should bo.r, Yopii. prison is an old-fashioned one, and one of those that fails t’o pffect the objects whiph it .ought to fulfil. ,A. prispn where the prisoners associate day and night must be productive of corruptipn instead of modification.., But I see you’ are ersiting magnificent teiriples! - I'am told it is intehdqd■'to pull down the spire of one of them and' put a smaller point to it, while .the money: would be amply sufficient to establish a good school. Ydu' have Uo classification- of prisoners, and nothing like , a reformatory in, the Proyince. Canterbury has an admirable Industrial School and Beforinatpry; and I assisted in' laying the fonridationstoneofthe‘Normal School; which is to* be connected -\jrith a model school, the whole jtd 'cost • more than L 20,000. J wifi not 'forget that I’ visited your Industrial School, which is doing , good work, and for which, J , believe, you are .indebted to’yoiir Superiuten- 1 dent ; but, allow me to say; it'is oil- tori’economical a scale. These are particulars which I think Otago" should be proud to attend to, and on which I believe th* people’ would be proudto see their money judiciously expended. T always think it much wiser for p community to say what it is goipg,to,do, rather then what it has accomplished, for prestijag on its tends tp self.-glorificajtipu. The\Gpvernor :q( cannot, taks 'the initiative in tbepe l matters. If; however, ifi visiting the Province he only has soft words, 'rihd words of praise, he may fail in doing what he may ftp by intelligent and candid criticism. The people of Otagp■wl” be unlike their- relations if they resent a : candid word delivered to them in. a friendly spirit. V His Excellency also replied to the toast of the Army, and in concluding .proposed thie ’ health of . Captain Jacqueoaart; jn doing so, remarking that “He. generously rendered ail "the aid in his power to a number of suffering people lately. There is. no, doubt that every ‘British: vessel would have been proud to do the< same." .to' Frenchmen in dis- ' tress ; but this does .pot make the .act and--the irianfaer m which it was done less grace-, ; ti tans, but makes us lovq the captain, his officers',affdhis'iminitry^’the-uuoru^. 1 — ; (Loudapp au 3 e.).i. . Captain Jacquemart yepjmd in French, saying that the duty lie had hoop able to do was a' pleasing; on’e to him and his, officers; l He 1 hlso alluded . to the kiudnesg and hospitality he had, met wiijh during his, stay here. Captain Jacquemart sat down; amid.hearty and long-continued applause. The (Jhaifriaari next 1 proposed; the toast of the evening, J“ The ; health of the Hon. IHr Vogel.”. Mr. Yogel, ha said, , was a man I of whom Otago might feel proud to claim the >

The presence there that evening ob|Kpxnany testified more eloquently than of his could to the value and importance of the public services which ivlr Vogel had performed, and to the measure of apprecia|ion of them by J&pse present. He saw among. pml|icaHy was I ijKaSfgured weiFfor the future to s in honor N tqtbtt®;-who, : above all other men; deserved well of New Zealand—(Cheers.) In doing honor to Mr Vogel they did honor to themselves. The measures Mr Vogel had been mainly instrumental in initiating, in carrying through j.ariiament, and in giving practical effect to, spoke for TheiFfruits be; more.apparent in, the future-.,than, they were now. ’ There could' be no; dobbtwhatever_that the prosper!tyjjvhich pervaded the whole Colony at the present time would be’ followed by a season of depression] but he believed while that depression might affect individuals, the material pro! gress and -comfort V of would bit Very greatly increased. Among the meai surea that had emanated irbm Mr Vogel’s fertile brain were, first and foremost, the public works and immigration policy, the result of which Would be to cover in a few years the Colony with a network of railways; increase the population, and reduce taxation —the subsidy to district road boards—the Californian mail-; service—and, the. lyqyernjment Life Assurance. ’ jf; it t nrah for nothing else than the latter.i b name wohld.be embalmed - (laughter).—in.the memory of the widows and in Hew Zealand, for generations to come. - ; Aa shywimg.how . his anticipations, in .rega,rd/ tq'MV Vogel had been realised, he read’ extracts trotn the speech he mnd* -in - -tli,e'. .y'nivenitjr Hall four and a-half years ago, occasion’of the presentation of , an .addreae. fr f orii the Province to; that gentleman. ■; Addressing Mr Vogel, he was reported ,to Have BhidiSrr > ; j t I have been requested, in my public .capacity, ! to present you>the address which I now hold iir my hand. That,address, I may emanatos Jrpna and-represents the sentiments, of; a large number of the people of this Province ; and I am sure it yill be gratifying to'you to know also that the Address embodies the sentiments (if : hot only those who are your personal friends, but 'of a large number oPthose who may be, said to have been your political opponents.- . (Won-* derful aimilarity-l) Tp ray mind it is one .pf thei not least gratifying features in the body politic.' ,thnt,.however, much men, may diffejp in their views on public questions, yet they are ready to-give one, .another credit for sincerity arid honesty of purpose. I will say for myself, although you and I, sir, differed on one very important question,, I feel that the Province ■ canill spare a rpan.of fcUent .bke.ydumelri T t feel that there are, perhaps, .Very few public meridn New Zealand equally capable with your-, self of grappling with the financial difficulties'' which TcariUot help thinking are ’staring ris in the, face at, the present moment. It will, I am sure, be" gratifying to us, however, to know that, although you are leaving the Province, f the’Province: will have .the benefit seijvices in the arehft.of Colonial,ppliti«flf, ■ ing at.the, difficulties that are lobihing ih'.'tlie imriiediate', future, it Will, T great question indeed if Gtagd Will'be able to., hold its 9 wn. Certainly, in order to do to, those' . who represent the; Prbvihc'eJn-'thtC Asseriibly will reqriire' a' greater amount bf'unanimity; 1 self-abnegation, and tact than they have hitherto shown, i V 1 Before sitting down, he had to intimAte that he had received a note informingi him- ifhrit 5 ■ the citizens of Dunedin had aubsfcribed LSOO to be invested-in a* niece of plate, as/a mark of the appieeiation f p£ the! '.value iiof 'hifci public services and asiaitokemofi their per : sonal esteem.—(Loud and prolonged cheers j The Hon. Mr Vogel, in rising to respond 1 ; was received with much ..enthusiasm, the 1 cheering lasting' several* minutes. ,1; He- ex-’ pressed his inability to .depict an terms iat al satisfactory tohimaelf-Mstsensejof ith&Hjmi - ness he had received that evening—kinclaeLs which was brifc-'the .sricceasQT .of kindri6sses i,- ; days gone by. No one felt more deeply than hippsrif that.whatever success he might meet with could übver be dissociated from bis cob•nection with this Province ‘add City. However long mightJra the intervals between bis visits to puaedm, the lively recollection be" had of •hik' l ihtiiriafh'c6rinectwh with Otago,' and the he.had met wfth withih it could ridver-' be weakened. ‘iff was a source 6£;' satisfiaisfcibn' .to ‘him to finitb* people so .rifißtiimouy ak to''the-prevailing prosperity,’ was not a more significant evidence q£ . the d fferfeuce. between the present conditioriof the Lolbny pu,d its condition m days goae by.t .With'the Chairman he believt d there would be a re-action irom the present splendid was more likely, to. cake the. form of .individual suffering than of suffering or loss tp’the Colony as a whole. Some might, from want of wisdom ’or : from-over speculation -JgBV fto >he : wall, but the material wealth of the Colony and' Province would not be destroyed;*; He felt gratified at seeing .some of his poliJ tical opponents presp. s t.; not think be could say they weie opponents/ —(Cheers.) He was not conscious of apy' reason why he should have sonal aritagonism, but he was corisciriasphitj. e ,y? n political opposition,‘he -Rarely, found cauSeto compiaiu of Wkiit of pe rsohal conaideration.—(Applkuse,) It Was triie he o wed his political career’tq'Duhedin : ; he thought .of himself as a child Of —and he liked to.think tbqt his political riae! had, to. some extent,,been commensurate, or' ha I gone.jjiderby-side with 'llie pn.greas of tbe City. This was the ffrstjOpportuinty he had had,, since he had' been 'Pr’ernief, |of tp the; people 'of the Colony,''and wqs with ipelxng-of gratification that be' asked, hefri jn fa political ‘ cradle,-, tb be allowed the bf sjb dolng. Sibcet the last session of. the Genera) Assembly, one-, ef the worst difficulties the- Goveriimgal? hqd; had to labor under, ' in The' absence df fen opportunity for;;BUcb .ail' utterance.as the present, bad been the misrepresentations' that had been put forth as ,101 the indebted-' ness Of the Colony. Because certain gentlemen had chpsen to enter, upon various pioblema or speculations as to what might jbe ' the indebtedness-of / fchp/Colpny in certain ■ circumstances,; it ba,d;boen iri 'ine peaces, and especially,, the Colony,o That we were-ignorant of our indebtedness,! Hje then proceeded to spe.uk as fo)lpw| :r-i The amount of, pur; ,deb^, ; on, the SOthi junb' La?t (after .deductpig the' amount in land toPtfrities on’account of. Sinking’ fuid); tyfynial ' account, ' L 6,465,900; on L 3.156.200; or. together, L 9,622,100; As far as the-Provincial indebted?, nesajis concerned' amounfc is, no 'doubt,' ultimately' U -Colonial bjit,.,at the, saipe time, it; is secured, priiiiarily, upon the laud revenue of/The Colbny ; and W the nature of that Security yoii inay gain an* adequate idea Whep T bell 'you: that 1; 'between the let July, 1872,-and the 20th December,* <1873, the land revenue bf' thei 1 Colony, exclusive! of receipts on amount,, of; ,-gold ; ; and. {Native, amounted 1 to. : LT,370j000. .When you knbW that m aycur.and a-half the, laud. rev,briuerjLsubjectto The exceptions you need not, I think. belfearfulito To .-a 'liability of a* little over L3i.000,000,» i( with‘srich A sectotyi at its back.—(Applause.),. Theie !re-mained-on the - 30th, Juno,. to be negotiated, L 2,352,600 of loans already authorised; thus making a total; when' all the loans authorised SB- to June, last have, been. negotiated,; of fill.^-b, 1 -Beyond that amount There whs! F? tomplpte therailrtays' authorised up' to the Cpd Of thb session Of 1872, > on 767 »miles Of line-in all, Ll; 886 ‘900 forind adding That amount, the total wilf be,;Li3i860;9Q,0., ;But that is not the amount of four present indobtednero.. /It is the amount of the debt that Will exist, when 707 r , .-igilcs' of railway have i been completed;'when L 1,000,000 has been

expended on Immigration ; when L 2,000,000 has been ’tfaiive lands: when L 400,000 has-'pehn fel devoted^(r.making roads in the sTorph|||tSlr£nd; L 300,000 has been. SWebtedi&ss otfthe' Oofc; may befe&S&ated i willi^ludl for public works, of whidh&Stithd sate$ ate mentioned,-only some Ju^jjM^.OOO i? a “ Expended.,' tho/|ttelnon is will pe <inr position that fw"iSlM expenone 4 is entitled! to take off the Colony as a test, and to ignore the facf/that by the expenditure of L4,000;00CLon-.public works during the time that has to elapse, the prosperity of the Colony must naturally be increased, and a state of things be created differIt is absurd -bo suppose -if lanyHody ao&s sap—iposeuthat a trunk railway through each island •is •tb‘-ibe constructed for L 2,000,000 or L 3,000,000. By the time the trunk line is compl'efhd ™ with ‘the "various ■ branch es - already - commenced, the public dojifomuat be very much in-{ -creased!; _ but it will be a misfortune to thei country, if you fail to see that you will lheri have good'-value ; f<w- Vour • moti&f, in immense addition to your population, and thd means of traversing the country from end to end which will then have been provided.—(Ap* pjMlse.),* next to, sayywiU t at/an]J rate not be uninteresting, as an evidence of what we may look for in the future, I have obtained a return of the revenue received dur 1 ing a little.less, months—from the Ist July to the 27th' December 4 with re* turns for corresponding half-years. From the Ist July to the 31st ; December, 1870, the re! ceipts into the Consolidated Fund were L 474.000; 1871, L 485.000; 1872, L 494.000; land for 1873, than the halfyear, the receipts reached L 625,000 : being'ah increase the corresponding-period of last year of L 131.000, of at ‘the' rate of L 262.000 a y«ar.lash ypu,,then, to recollect th»t if we havfe to piiy -'additional 1 interest ( becauVe of ai increased amount of borrowed money, we

•have additional • means-Jout .:<>£( which tp pay it. (Applause.) The Land Revenufe .. ■•returns are yefe iuore remarkable, : as,jah indiia- 4 tioh xjf the, prosperity of the! country.. 1n,1870, • the l»Ad ; yeyenqa; -amounted rto, 1A94.00Q Vrior ,l§72f„it;-reached s Lo00,000; but for 1873,' it'was’no'less’ thai,, L 1,116,000. In fact, jthe receipts during'lß73 exceeded those of the previous three years.-4- ) Before I leave this question of ‘ 'the financial portion of the Colony, I'will ask' ' 'you'to recollect true Indication 6f 'the' 1 pressure of a public debt isrfot-to be found, in any mere statement: of,, figures of amouttt^ith'-. • out considering, thsir, relative; .obligation.' .The . ■ .mete amount of tel|s nothing; the. annual as interest* tells'nothihgl; nor does even th'e division of that" amount, ; amongst a set number of persbhs tell-anyfchihg - , unless you go also- into the question of the- > means out of which it is to be paid. A persoh who earns be leas able to afford to pay L 5, than, another who earns L7O may be* able to afford -to. pay LlO, - I speak not,un- i advisedly when 1 say that," ih ; deling With'the * debt, .you.have to*, consider first thehumberof persons whbhave' to pay, and then the average ftiWohrit of the - earnings of those persons out of which the'vo I 'have^td-*'satisfy-‘the .requirements' ofl: the ’r<!^, venue Then, and then only, ypunare abler to arrive at a fair conclusion. When that. : 'tds'fe is appKj»4',ypv find..,t}iat,.New Zealand! does not Wany gleans ,coiupa)».badly with other Colonies. or even v wi th-larger nationi/ fi . went intp tois question very fully last session, it vsFill Mi; irt - 'Hansard” aVlpng dissebtatidn nlpbn it. T' 1 Will now dimply statelh'ybh a fbxv figures representing conclusions to:iVhich I oaine.*Takirigs ■ the amount of the interest on our debt, excld-3 ■ sive of.- that?for' .public,- and. the charge amounts, jas far ,518 J , have, been,p-ble to ascertain, -tot I*2 jp^r.cent.. of, the average earnings of the population; inclusive''of-public works, but still excluding Provincial, the annual charge is I*6 per centrfor, including both public ’ works ( and Provincial,the annual charge amounts to pper cent. oh ;r the averdge^rbihgß t, bf the , populations Butil aslc-you to* recOllecf that In Such a r percentage of. debts it 'iff.fairer <thaWe 1 should/take; oundebtsj .with 1 ;tbh amounts -for public woiks and Provincial, because [h comparison is madejvith other countries, if the amounts for public works and Provincial are ihW ftNf&.to me,et,it ;,that is ’ to say, there is a return from pubKc works and from elements of revenue in countries with which ; 'we have to compareonr public debts ; and when we take the amount of our debt, omitting that portion of it which,is' 'fdf lworks which else-/ ' where- are-provided by private enterprise, .the. annual charge is, sip I hare stated.on the average earnings of the pqpulatioS If-. of the.average earnings, of the nopulation. In the" ; United States‘itWS7 ;in Rufcril,, in France, 2-3; in Austria, 2*2; and in the German Empire, 1. {in. the subject of immigration he said I Within ' the iast * few WoriWs°'we haye organised a system ,of free immigration, ek- t , cepting oriljr" for 1 ' 'the'' stipulatfon that the greatest possible care should be exercised in the selection df-immigrants/do] hope, that tliis system will bear very .great fruits. I M that .during : the-.last.three the; number of - - ;immigrants. haT been,:-October 4A73.; ' 2,223 ;, December,' 2 339 ; Mit yml be gratifying to you to Hear ithal' of . the last number, i;ißff; or ratfre\'tiiah ontj-h'alf, have beeh nominated within the Province !of '.Otagb. One of the 1 principal ; *ptl I bli<; objects, that to this Province j ■ tva* ; my great desire I 'to make/arrangements .with -the

Provincial Government to takecharge of the management 1 of immigrants;, within the; Province; .That arrangement; I had been un?,ble.to . pffept by, correspondence. In. fact, the. hjatter' W going altogether wrong. yPn were pot able to come to-any arrangement. T to beatye to do s6 ii#Seft, ! ‘{inflT'am < glad, to say that I'have, entirely 'sUCc&iied. Tim, Provincial Go'veninierit' haVb • now taken charge; and* one of the'first results is’to -in the very general satisfaction felt, throughout this"Gity—add it will;be felt throughout''the Province, and the- Colony— at the,.liberal/and i ! noble manner in which the mnfortuhate jmmi.grants by r the Surat were repeived on tKeir ar-,-rlval. hpre yestfjday, morning. (Applausfe.) 1 ms .being almost the first act of the Provincial , Government sincethey; assumeS'cbatgea of immigration, I have; r the. greater* pleasure in ’ 1 Speaking of th e' very complete mannerid which 'they made for every difficult'lease The untiring mhnn*iin! ident devoted himself to the-Work, froai-Satur. - day morning mntil; ,tho immigrants had .befen lodged in the; {Depot-Stalking off a,nd .attending tp nothing -else, in factsdemands mywarmbst atoatipn. I may add jfcVat, >pealdng eenerally, it is, to, the ,aid of the Superintendent wer i , 0 ■lgPfttifyjng to Us, who are bottled down* by-ahy 'particular natiOhar>i^iudibe, ; bttt desire Whve ,J in friendship «ith the captain-• ’Of' the French*-warship, .the * Vire, went to the ■rescue of the shipwrecked. immigrants. rr,(Doud - •% . .1.««■ n \..fl 'h a m j i lit . ■

applause.) The nobly; < ready rtfay in.whiph, the appeal; to; him ,was mpt ,by top.paptain of the Tire—Ms ; prompt BJMjri£oe ? q{, hoUday.en'gage-K , mentsj and self—toe fawUty. ..with whic^ ( he .got;^TOßbel;M\of^b6Vand' hastened oh hiS : 'errand of, merey^-afl:'tMß ; deihahds'frbm us,' not qnly to’fhdtsa'ptain'ah'd to $s officers, but to 1 the whole* French nation] a hSArk, $ pur* signal 'esteem ahd* admiration;— : —(Lbtid applause. )f The Gdvefhmeut are, quite conscious > that? it i-ia, nbablutelynepeasary .that, concurrently should bo stimulated’to the utmost, Depend,' upon it, that is a .cardinal point of the policy ot the present (ApplauseJ), ~ 1 After referring to the Public Worts dei partmenjb; Annuities, andjthe | ggblic. .Trustee,Hr Vogel thus touched upon Provincial borrowings 7 0 0 (< I>J |to I dare ho,yery interesting! to many now preSpht, and ip-many in other parts T indicate precisely tne’opimdiis ofdihe-Q6velTidrierit 'upoM the manner in which this question- ■ Should be dealt with hereafter. • But I am not going I to do anything of the'kiiid.'.: lishhll only say thatt I think there is great virtue in the old doctrine 1 of ”ileavi«gf;wqU. alone j’>nd;Vitoat >'l .think a very great deal of attention should be paid; to the representations which°ar§ made that, by

induly forcing forward the prosecution of pub* , lie works, there is liability of interfering with private enterprise, by the absorption of too much of the labor which should be available for the prosecution of that enterprise. I think it is worthy of consideration that it will be well, when those large works of .which the Colony has charge are being close, , certain amount of labor isjoffiasffqfSStly gaged, that there should S»6rks nttls; to be proceeded with, so as tat t||siip thafHij engaged labor. It is well, tocy SS jwe gUffi recollect that, whatever 'inraHq credit of any country or liable to be disturbed by questions wholly otitsicle the scope and influence of the country or Colony concerned. We should recollect that this Colony has assumed very large responsibilities, which it has the right to desire to see carried out before increasing or extending them. But^eo^n^mg" considerations, I by no means desire you should understand it to be my opinion that we should lay down an arbitrary rule by which to deny to pi aces- interested-the-construction of wprfo which their own local conditions render impera-/ tively necessary.' 1 "'I hive' wished merely to impress., upon you|-that, in coming.to a decision! t|is v^lsbe; -iOn I ''!s£’lanlli )aW. of; Otagb iSe' ’ spoke af great leh^,^;;Baia:.u&C^ : % , h« auth'dr of the- -policy.'"to Which ’homager had' been done: that) nightj it ; waß.j| vs£y r greafr dinap- 1 pointment; for one of the results"whishfh« 4p-j predation of the value of the lauds of the been seen vince. The land laws of Otago were woeful and extravagant in theiij not answer the ends for which they were pj)opoßed, ;,' cqntrasting the land laws uf jUtago and Canterbury, and-theeffects of jlfifefr, #6rkingy lie instiScedl,’ '! iia? gaiftSd deserVing of • the Immediate; StfA* f gba ve'eon-! * siderfition 1 df the- LegidatuYS l q&d •<>C&ofcy<

the necessity for preserving the present <j«id panting new/Statg .fprqsts,/and r of iyith '%Be jais;—! This testimonial will be one prize, very highly; and which-my cMidren and children’s’ children,<tO;wlißtu<it< Will *lso!value.:?i feel itn*iUuße«tf lastm# rei ramderto inoqftbe connection existing between me and, this- City> Idp Baying that the great ;aepiratioh jo£ for some time pasted take 1 , a humble share in .Colony of, •Many mends'l see afddnshie to-mglit whoik I have inot itf thlsCity'and in J thitf J iPWvßcel :! I do hope, Wthey Watch the 1 fhttirh 'ddvMop'is 8 r - th«y can; dp. ao,;with.jußticcL endeavor t to identify me witk’'tKaf‘ tU&dfop)w’llt>Ver be if shuroe/of pfidfefor ‘ diC fd o vth that it' is to the citisenS < I owe the appreciation that waithe'canseiiof the commencement of my,public career-: f '<■' 'i,,'/>■- .if. .y.'nfs r /t ■'TTW !;K!,Ah® pr^osed.^e^^^Tl^^ >r proposed , by., Mr H^qtihcil.^’ -by AlrUPyKfch ntfebrespondfed to by th'e'tPf6vinciaT<Se<ket*^rfanji •the'ProVibcial The) A^ricaltmfcl, 'Pastoral fT -and{! Commercial n Interests^Vr.prq-, pasett by Mr Prdbo-, rSspondddtohy.'Mri <5., B? Oargili j' ahd City Ounnofl,’’* proposed by the add responded to by the,, Mayor - Press,” proposed l by M* i 8. 1 Wniib. 1 Mr