PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 January 1891, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27. The Speaker took the chair at 2.80. p.m. THE GOVEBNOR'B SPEECH. After bis Excellency and party had arrived the members of the House of Representatives were sum* inoned to attend the chamber. The members having arrived, His Excellency addressed them as follows:— Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives — I regret; that I have been obliged to call for your attendance at an nnu*sual and, probably (o most of you, an inconvenient season. The general election having taken place, my late Advisers deemed it necessary that, having regard to tbe uncertainty of the strength of parties, Parliament should be c>! Ed together at ihe •ay i. st possible o pbrtunity ; but, yriov to tbo opoi ing of Parlia-ment,-they tendered their resignations," and a new Administration has been formed. GRNT EXIEN OP THE HOUSE OF RePTESENTATIVES, — As you are aware, Estimates were passed during the last session of Parliament; providing for the expenditure of the civ rent financial year ; and my advisers propose to make an exhaustive inquiry into the financial condition of the Colony in order to eubhiit prqposa's which they betibvi i will be satisfactory, framed with due regard to i conoiny, and with such reductiun of the expenditure as the position of the country demands, without impairing the of the public service GeNTLES^JSW OF THE Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House: op • Ret PREBENTATIVES, — P My Advisers propose that a measure dealing with the administration of the public lands of the Colony shall, after careful consideration, be submitted to you, in order to remedy the defects proved to exist in the present sate of the law. They also believe that a Department of Agriculture can be made productive of great practical utility, without entailing any unnecessary additional departmental expenditure. They a'so propose to submit to you measures which they trust will improve the relations of labour t v capital, and pro - mote the cause of industrial progress. My Advisers consider that earnest attention shuldbegivento the developement of the vast mineral resources of the Colony, and believe that much o#n be done to further the mining interesfs at a moderate cost I propose that after a suitable recess you should proceed to the consideration of these and other important measures for the pubic benefit which will be submitted to you. I assure you of my earnest desire to co-operate with you in your efforts to promote the welfare and prosperity of the Colony, and I pray that your labours may, by the blessing of God, conduce to the well-being and happiness of the people.