PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 254, 25 October 1872, Page 2

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

v»"w . .».*. „'.-•': ._ v:.-i_ •'. -. -, ■'■' , Erord^a-' 'this aftemooD, when hi|,JE^colle^yf7r,ead. the r fo^p^ing*.^ ..-XX, ;.." r HONORABLE LeOISLA'TIVE, A^l u -GeMlemen "oe" •-pHB t >Hbu__S 'b^-BaPBE-,' ; '-sßNTi3.iv-i_s.-^^^ 77"'' X" '• 1-L,-}7;^r--7 On, bringing to 7-a .'-close this^^session of Parlia-: ment, I- have ,to. thank7^.ou7for; the care and.atten- , tibiryou he-yevdeybtei-i, t6;poblioJbußiuess..7:7l;a_i.; ■ ;jglad7 ypu|havei .,been;7able:tb;pasß;fio»^ and .lmpopthnt measures calculated to promote, : \tbe ;; cbi-amerte:' an^gboa^'-g^yeriijurat'^ofX-^h^; : .'.^lbh^-it*.-^ gfeiftTv strengthene-lXthe J hands of ttte'-Govern-i* ment by enabiipg it.tp .takejneedtul precautions tor preventing"^ vtidu'-OrfdiseasW^ Municipal Corporati nar anil Wat&works A6t%. paeseli' mea!. urea /calculated. toXiproino-e the 1 health and comfort of the inhabitants of . lafge' towns. .3The -Drawbacks 'Act^.lords-conwderatii^ 1 i?_7:s'*.^

relief to the mercantile community, and retnovpe at obstaclo.tofethp increase of tiiac commerce with the islands '~b'f;-the feouth Pacific, wliich these •coldbiea,. froriiitWic geographical, oug^-*j|h o6&s \ bl|'tq7couimand. s* uJp • f ] I^oKjgra-tnlateiyqu on having passed i k Jj|blicl : Trustte ,i Act-.;„.,ai-ifoi3gh somewhat novel w its **. features it will supply a great public requirement, and I trust will prove of advantage to the colony. Its initiation will, duriiig the recess, (ugagetbe - careful attention of my Ministry. Th* l'ublic . Works; A^mendmlsbt' AcQ in \VHicfiJ you^jmake iutfire'provisii-n lor earning' out tlie beneficent policyof -"colonization, shows" than you are derer- * mined to promaie r to the : . jitiiojt of your ability the progress oHbe"co*briyV t: ' . • The prov ision you have made for the benefit of W7.<.pt Ti Gpa.st oorf r the -Island isa-p^oof, of* your fully* [jecbgitiii-ig, the! wantlof that'impof-" "tant'clistriVt/ ( X/; ; \y f y yyy v "'" ** v . *. The Hallways Act -makefe'provision for carnaiigj-i out the works previously jdetermiaed on by t[ar,li;ipabnt,:and' .although an ;a4*|it^qnal.cast,^aT now isanctidnedl, which . .appears;', con.iiderable, it ia jexplained by its including "'the expense of the engi- • neering aud, , - v departnientiil works , } not ? before 4he"liiiied, .' 'and ' ' also ! of ' tiie- "pnrcha.G |of land, ' together..: >with<X'.t'he.7 : extra cost • of" iron and the --estimated addition arising! ■ ■ from the increased pricg qf .labqr. . d.^ is especially gr-|tifyin^to 7 nqtiee : that whenvthese ; atn^tthts fare ad.d.cd.- i to^ether,.;.the ay^rageJco^.ofjxaU^ays will rbe .generally, about. £soi)(Jper m^e,^ -or j£fJw7;niore thap;was oiiginaliy;esti,mate(i ;; ;^h^ f.*W;oi;k,B!an4!ln.tnigration propo3»l^weiM.fiijßli s(ubu.itted to Pariianient.' 'l he' 764 jtniT^Tfff ?r j 4l v f a y .wJiich.. you haye ,- author ised r at tliis '.rate must; 1 , largely 'developc' ! ' the resources'^£ i%i country; andjt "will now be the dhty'^^wfell, I btlieve, : iiß7tlie'aimyof •your : Mims«jrs*"lto.icsfi3truct tl.e-e works with'f'all.the''speed7.that!.tiie state of the;_ labor market. and. other *qnbidexatipoßr- will p^udtntly permit." ' SSSZ.'. -d— *•-'- *•- • lhe Tram ways Act . is an important supple- . mentary'hieasure-tb- the 'railway legislation, and will/Wrhile opening the country, at the same time -provide the railway sc with a hetCoi*-,o£*fefeders to their traffic -■ . .„ c I^egret' that; the, measure introduced by .tne ' Government "'with 'a view " of providing greater eecur.ity Jo life assurer's has not passed jntgi law. I hope/hW'&ver^ that- eventually&this, &p1 s^me siroilariciiieasarej 1 . hiay •receivej'the;.sanc^ion | of jjParliamen^ j?^ ;v> :y '-'.*. J --/,.;.. :-lV^j/ '■ GEiq^EaiEii .or_,| I HE-HpjjsE. qp Eep^pse-jtxaxives. " I "thank you for the .-su-fipjies .ji'pu :hsYfr granted .foe, the pijbli^ service. which will be7a,d.miuiatered : with'&ueT care x and econo'mv'. ""'"" r '"' 7-''^ r „ ' I am pleased to notice the increased' atfention 'which' is' b"dng ; 'devoted to ; the iadißMstfatiori of financial quesiions by the pu't>lie.- :,:r T-He'(Rievenues -Act has provided a' much- more efßcientiß^sterh of control over-th-.. pubdo mQn'eys'.'than : ipi , evi6u7'.l : V'.i* : existence: and jlr -have; xodoubt; *f he measure wiii prove extremely beneficial;;!*;--;.*-^:.. .■<--.••- 1;:., J ; . DuriDg the recess. .it; )iacthe.Jntentionlof imy Ministry to invesiigate.the condition, of ...the. Civil , Seryice,-in. .or*Jer,,to. decide, to: wi-haj;, ex ; fe|it adiniiiistrativ* c lecohomical refornis-are practicable. MOK.ORABLE jd.EGISLATp-'Es.i CfOU^CILbOJiS ASD 1 ; GENTLBMiiN l .THE^P^OBABJkEcHoOSE^ OF l-EPKESEKXATiyBS— . iy -f The abundance -of; empiloymenfc wliich exists, 5 s and ( ,the.;ieadiness with which the recently,iutro- . duced. .immigrants ...have been absorbed ...by the .marlfec^proxe . s, e.-wi*dom.pf, Parliament i . in recdmhi'emliti'g active ihea^ires nf-feolonizatiol."" It_wid be.the^esrnest endeavor pi my Goyeirnmeint 7 to* 'ContinuV'f 6, Sirif out* "tiiaij-c^Sihatbry ; , poiii;y r towards' ! the- J.ativ'es which so ;Bucces r ßtuf during the last, few yeara.' ''• ■ ; '' '^ * ;- ;' ' - - 1 ! hayd . ''felt . jgreat^^ -plea^ure ; '*iii'' ; sumn'idhiii_r; in Her.JHij-jesiy.'B'naiße; to •thd'-Ltigißlati^f r ( ( , bnti* , il, two Maori ch_ks, M6Tjeii4-- E6here, ■of-'-thle'East J C6aßt',land I Wiremu Maka iSgatata, of the : :. West Coast. .-. - In ? bidding you farewell I-desire itojeongratulate you on theg^ntlrai ai^gjdwiiig pro^gerity of |the colony, official statistics recently published by ,jthe .lmperial .Government^p.w t ,thac „N,ew. ; Zualahd, although only' '32 years 'have elapsed since the beginning! isof:' iits inicolonisaiibn, has . already., attained, -the, fourth,, j rank of* importance'on "tlie "*' long 'list' of British colonies,, In_public .xevtnu_e,. in tratj.e.^itoluding^ imports JanjJ..ex^orts;, s 'and-Sih di<Cothir eiemeut^'" of material progress, she is now surpassed only by Canadajiyictpriaj- aadjNe«s. South ' Wales;, and" it may be " confidently expected that, through" the 1 b-lessing of Providence on the energy and jndustry of the population in*deveiopin ; g|the/yast varied jiiiheralj resources of this country, JSew Zealand will soon" rise tq ai* still r ;higher..^lace : among. ;thc,.pr^vjyaces of the empire."