NEW PLYMOUTH.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 431, 20 December 1856, Page 8

NEW PLYMOUTH.

The following extract from the Superintendent's address at the opening of the 4th session of the Councii T on the 17th Nov.,gives an account of the state and prospects of that Province. " During the last and present year upwards of twelve miles oi' forest roads have been opened, which are for the most pari a chain wide, and indicate ihe__ steady occupation of the Bush Land of the Province. Irrespective of the sums granted for this purpose, six hundred pounds have been appropriated out of the surplus of the general revenue of the Province in aid of the Rates for repairing Roads, and for Bridges, making I with the rates of the several districts an a^gre- ! gate of about £2000, largely enhancing "the ! value of property, and supplying important fa- ' cilities to the producers of the several districts. Also from the surplus fund, in a more prosperous state of the Revenue, a thousand pounds, of which a large portion will be repayable into the Treasury, was remitted at the close of last year to assist the relatives and friends of settlers to come oat from England, and the Immigrants are expected shortly to arrive. And another sum of about £350 was expended in promoting Imiiigration from Victoria, the results of which have been very satisfactory. " I» common with the rest of the colony this J_rovi!!ce is at present bulb-ring great coinmer-<-Kd depression, and all the inconveniences of a d:mmid.cd revenue ; but although the present prey*me is gre;<t yve owe it to the large amount <nine i'roviii^hd Treasury at the commencement ol Uny y^r that the amount receivable by the Prov.jiu.d Government under the now dispositions of reverse made by the General Assembly, and tht;t from our ordinary revenue, ;uid from oihtrw.irccs vyill provide" an-plo funds for all ihe present and wenung liabilities of this year, :<:td the Province will commence the coining one with a baLnee. in the Treasury.