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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 501, 22 August 1857, Page 6

private interests, and with a singleness o.t pur pose which! even those who- differ from him on many points have fully appreciated. As an officer of the Association—as a member of th General Assembly—as,' the leader; of the' fiW Eesponsible Government 'of ; New; Zealand above all, as Superintendent' of/ Canterbury lT has been largely instrumental in procuring for this province a reputation and a position beyond the expectations of its. most sanguine well wishers; and,'after'initiating amid great diffi" culties the new order of Government conseouenf upon the Constitution- Act of 1852,: he is re turning to with-broken health to work still-for this settlement. Under these circumstances^ at an influential meeting-held at the Royal Hotel,.Ghristclmrch on the 25th ult., it: wasresolved thata subset™' tion be seton foot to enable those whoappre! ciate Mr! Fitz Gerald's services to present him with some valuable proof of such appreciation • andia committee-was appointed to carry out +1,1 " 1-■'' :J* J-l ' J • v ' uwu tile wishesol the meeting; In addressing this; circular to their fellow- : colonists, the committee wish specially to express -thefeeling, of. the meetingithat the course now adopted should be.exceptional, and should on no account be looked upon; as a precedent It | is not because Mr. Fitz Gerald was Superinten • dent, or even our first Superintendent,— it is not merely because he has scrupulously done his duty in the-highest'-office of our little state that it is -proposed .to give him apermanent testimonial of -the respect and of his fellow-colonists, but it is in commemoration of services which are not likely to be equalled for a long time to come. Lists will be opened and subscriptions received by the following-gentlemen in their respective districts :— j Chbistchukch.—Messrs: Gould and Miles, H B. Gresson,A. C. Barker, and at the Union Bank. Ltttelton'.—Messrs. Cookson, Bowler & Co., Messrs. Miles,Eington & Co., at the Union Bank, and at the "Lyttelton Times" Office. Akaeoa:—Messrs. J. Watson and J. Brace. Pigeon Bay.—Mr. F. Knowles. Okain's Bay.—Mr. A. B. Tuson. Kaiapoi.—Eev. J, Raven; Messrs W. C. Beswick, A.. A., Dobbs, G. C. Black, G. Day ,and W. White, the, Island. Eangioba.—Mr. T. W. Foster. Motunau.—Mr. J. S-.Caverhill. Ashley.—Mr. E. Higgins. Eakaia.—Messrs. G. A. E. Ross andF. 6. Leech. Timaetj.—Messrs. E. Woollcombe, W. K. Mac Donald, E. Gray, and~P. L. Francis. The following subscriptions have been already received. £ s. H. B. Gresson ... ... ... 20 0 D. Innis ... ... ... 5 0 C. C. Haslewood ... 5 o Mac Donald, Broths. ... ... 10 0 Studholme, Broths '" 10 0 M. P. Stoddart ... ... '.]'. 5 0 Miles, Kington& Co. ... ... ... ... 10 0 B. W. Woollcombe 5 0 J.C.Wilson ... ... 15 0 0. Mathias ... 5 0 C. Bowen ... ... 5 0 C. C. Bowen . . 5 0 F. G. P. Leach 5 5 C. R. Blakiston 5 0 A. Blakiston 5 0 The Bishop of Christchurch ... ... 5 0 T. W. Hall 5 0 C. E. Cox ....... 50 Alfred Cox ... ... 5 0 James D. Rogers... ... ... 5 0 Acland and Tripp... ... ... ... ... 10 0 Leonard Harper ... 210 E. H. Fereday ... ... . ... ... 5 0 Edward Jollie ... 5 0 T. Cass... 5 5 G. W. Hall ... 5 0 Robert Latter 10 0 1. T. Cookson ... ... ... 10 0 Cookson, Bowler & Co. ... 10 0 Joseph-Palmer 3 3 SamuelGundry ... ... 2 2 Rev. H. Jacobs .. .. . ... 5 0 A. C. Barker ... ... ... 5 5 R. Westenra . ... 5 5 J.Hall ... ... . . ... 5 0 Eev. B. W. Dudley . ... ... 5 0 R.Higgin ... .50 Gould and Miles '..'. ...... 5 0 Trustees to the Estate of the late W. and J. Deans ......:.;. 5 0 Alexander Jackson ... 5 0 W. Eobinson "... ... " ... ... 10 0 JohnTinline ... . ... 5 ° M. le Fleming ... ... '.'.'. ... ... 2 0 George Watson ... 2 2 C Davie ... .'.'. ..'/- .'.". ..'. ... 3 3 James Field „5 0 F. Noble Campbell & Co. '"'.'.'. ... 5 0 J.Brittan .... ...5 0 W. Parish ... ... ... 1 0 M. Burke ... '" " ..5 0 E.Gray ... '." ... 3 3 H. A. Scott ... ... '.". ..'". "[ ... 5 0 AFriend ' ... 5 ° J.E.-Nathan ... "' "" '" ... 1 ° n R. J. SlHarman... -.-.." '.'." 3 0 Further subscriptidns' -will be announced in a future issue. . His Honor's departure from thecolony being announced for an^ eariy !date; it is desirable tnaj the subscription lists should be filled «P *n0 forwarded. asisOOn as possible.