THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
To the "Editor of the Hawlce's Bay Times. ,y IR) _Can yon, or'any of vour readers, ■=wer me one nr two questions? 1. Ist| Superintendent nf this Province now i n worse position than he was when first, P ] f ted to that office ? 2. What benefit \ accrued to the Province from his havi n held the appointment of General Gov Pr , rnent Agent on the East Coat? What is there to prevent his now n rioting the bent of the native mind toil, advantage of both races as he appears) have done when he was first ma le chj ( magistrate ? Sir, I am one amongst many who hat come to the conclusion that had our Si penntendent devoted more of his time.) the duties of his proper office,—such« for instance, visiting the various district of the province frequently, attending) the purchase of land, and such non-noli) cal administration,—the very large fund which have been spent under his oontri would have been better applied ; and tin (he knowledge of the real wants of tk country he would have obtain* cl clurir, such visits would have prevented man l>rge and comparatively useless outlay Take, for instance, the enormous cost,, tUo road to a distant part of the proving which can, for years to come, only henef two or three large landowners who alii their produce from Blackhead, and who. dealings with Napier are of an exceeding! limited nature. £ir, the only advantage, so far as I ca, see, this Province has derived from its Sn nerintendent being agent for the Generj Government on the Kast Coast, has bee his boundless outlay of the public raonei expended as it has been “right rovaliy on his political partizans I hope that son member of the General Assembly will ca! for a return of all sums expended on tin East Coast during the hW f ur yea>’«, am the purposes for which they have so ei pended. SC, Ido protest against public money being disbursed without responsi hility. In all cases vouchers should h. produced for such expenditure. This isj salutary rule which X understand has bun on too many occasions departed from,I am, <tc, One who is Perfectly Independent,
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 669, 1 April 1869, Page 2
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370THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 669, 1 April 1869, Page 2
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