Despatches from Governor Gret to Earl Grey. Representative Institution. Government House, Auckland November 30, 1849. (Received April 6, 1850.)

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Despatches from Governor Gret to Earl Grey. Representative Institution. Government House, Auckland November 30, 1849. (Received April 6, 1850.)

My Lord, — Upon tbe 29th of Noyeiuber, 18-18, and the "2nd of Febrtmy, 1849, 1 had tbe honor of artdretssitj", to }'our Loidalup two Ijt&pa&b^r. upon the -übject of the iorm of goreromcnt at Tva< projiesed to besJow upon tlu'oe I'lnnd? ; find I then staled it s<) n»y opinion ; that, in ft pwod of about fo^ir years, till tuo jwct-ysary ! prehaiuittiy bffps would hare been {ak«ni fa eurtble a system of svprvMenistive institution!) to be brought into complete operation throughout the wbo'.-s islanvla. fi. Since tl»f- dates of those Dospttohe^, the Mate of tratt<]U!h«y hick has soatiuued to prevail in thes« :sIfuwiu h»3 altogether em-passed mj e^pectationa ; as bare ttl-o the eujmnued advjncos of the Eatires m civilisation and submission to our lawg. A very gveat ji crease to thy European population hm tiho taken p.Rc 1 , »nd continues to Inks plswp, <? t *{ieci<illy lit iht Nortlwrn proving. Your Lorctehip wiU also L»Te jit-i» eeiTed fiom my Despatches of ihe nuiwbero hhc! iU»e» apfciSied in the margin, tint the siortixarn province hat heeu di /idod i.i^o biindiedg, wliach ar« Authonsed to elect wniiJenß w?'h certßin mijnicjpßl j\oweif» r wbioJt *cit»'ine appo»r» ta vrorh \re!l, sud by which «a advonc* hat alren'iy baon ma)o tcwßH 3 <j rejirosontftlivo in«titutionH. A^sin, fivm hij Deeps'CG of tba Bi*j?i>b-f*rs and rfatpft rprtified m tho lunigm, your Loirdshij) ?. Ii find Ibr.t » gem>fM measure bus bt«n pss^er?,,: i.n*ie<"ity »» t'u tho out-tict'Cfl toacurrrneo of all pni-t;ec, for th« ««ulemeat o» the <jueefjoae connected vtitb tli3- old l3wd eiaunii while thoue wi»»h had arisen «od«? ihe t«nklnlhflg') Hft-ftcrt, nml pcnny-Rn-acre pyoclamationa, had been previously adjustod. MoTeower f the Goreraiaent exp<j<Kiiture is f»piU!y being reduced wkbia tUo hmita I b*»o ftlready r«|)&rU(i to jour Lordhbip. S. Uy ibe £>igho!i mw> which arrived upoa the 26th instent, 1 learnt that tlw BiU foi? tbe ot»riPtitutionnl go- j verateeut of the Au» rolna colonies hftd been r/\lh- j drftwa, wJI was to be again b?cugbt ibrwird in tbe en- j (suing Seasjoa. It therefore appenro probabJe tbaJ it would be moatconrenit-ntCo Her iVlajf sty's Government, et tho same time t!ww tbe quof»tion oi" ibe future form n? pfo» eminent for tiia Au>trahan oolomee is deposed of, i finally to bt'tstJe tlx> qucitiozis coaaccte<i with tbe introductioa cf repreeoßtati«e institutionu into New Ze«taud. 4. I thtnk it Ihrrefore my dnty to «pf.rj<e yonr Lord»bip, jj>at nhoakl Her Majcptj's GoTt'Fiiirenl think proper to adopt tbift step, I spprehend tbat, sf n Ikw vi ere p»s?ed for thtu purj>ose, rvhicbwonld probrehiy m t reach tfim colony until November next, so tbat tbf* propo^wl mstuutionw would not be brought netuaUr ><i(o opcrition until tbe bogimting of 18.31, no oenous (hfticulty would be ©noo\»fttvred in introdnttng rjpr^-t^atfttivff institutions into tbt-s« inlands at th« beginning of that year, provided tb# noH-e»n of l\><* Gcnpral As^nibly ond of tbe E v rormciai Councils n«r« respticuvsly of the nature vhicb I bnre recommcnduii. 5. Tin* opinion i», of e«nrie, bssetl upon the supposition that toe pvts«snt oi uMp.tjmlit/ wi'l coatintia to preYni, and t»*t the «olonj *ili pioyr^-tw »o m.ulijf •<i iteivtoiofe ; but, m «i» tar «m I enn form feu opinion np'ui Bbcb. aubjMutti, I f>H* no reisoa to doubt that s>uch wnii I».j tw l ««■<«, ifici I sbtnk your Lord«hip would be iully junlififd ih jctirg u[x>i» t!u<» sujjpotiitiu^. 6, It woul<!, however, 1 thmL, be ni'ce<ibi*vy, if it be detprinined to introduca yepre^nts»tive inatuutiorH into the e«>lony at the data named, to taic j i<uc ihnt the bouintaruw cf the norchern »nd &eiiihern proviTio^s in thu i«l,md whc finaliv s.ettlf»fl beioro thiu v.»<J done. /\nd I (hiu't it jh'jnhl o? imfh'T p^ovidftl thai, if any no v j.roviiH'9 or u'oviflce.i v*ir t > (^ublirthfd, tlid Pioviu. »«sl Council or <i«y such province! should, in the u 3 ual rnacurr, be iioinnnted hy the Cio\n, uiilil its Kmopf t v inhabitant t ninminted to Miuh a numl^er as mi»ht he ihcided bv ParlifiiueiU, >v!kwi it Huuhl bo rtplsced by a rcp'c-ic'iuativo Li'«i«.'uitiw Counv-il. ?. 'Hit- or.!} .iltoniMun in th- toiui of constitution win. hihtve r'cornmniJf'i', which n y eNpHiuncc up I" the piesPdt tin c en.ililes me to *=iiii^« -», i", lhat 1 thiak, in-toi-1 of jnovulini' lhat no O.vlui.ince ot jny I'rovinci.il J^t'^i^laliM 1 Louiu.l should hi 1 ii-^m nted to L>y ihi> (K>v- i)i')i oi Lit'iiU'ii.n.i-Govpinoi without tho pn jjvr >v-> ■- mft i(i:' Oi i ho Oovfi'i'u ui-Clnct, it uould hu j ln'U( r to j)iu\idc tliiit it--!j(Hilil h" m tiu j pijwer of tho ■(. uvnno- m ( i) A U> mi ,pi i o '!>•- up m . ion of any Or i! iiii<<ejii- U i>\ .roh i'ui inc'.il Li'[ii ' five Com ci' , uiitit lUi i>lijc^t;'j j .^iiiaio a.d wm ukn it'gaulin o

it. I tbmk that tha arrangement now proposed would be more convenient than the one now in force. The reasons v, bv I nhou'd jiritiiy cjnf nine,' lake 1 a poivfr upon the Gorp-iior-iR-Chief are, that vuv largo dottcm are given to the Pionncial Councils, winch miy be regarded a? iiiumujaliti "i with extended po^eri; that a large mt.iT.> lftc Till be subjected to their laws, and that it wiJl b" absajnU'l, requisite oa some subjects ia which the naivca &te concerned to secure uniformity of legislfttion throughout the whole iilanda ; and I do not •joe hovr tbia can be done Without: either v>ry much le(^^r■cl2r;g the powers cf the Pronncidl Councils, or conferring oa the Goreraor-m Chu.f the powt-r I now roccr»im°nd ; and probribly the la^t mods of procepdmsj will he deemed the least objectvitinb\p. — I have, &c, (Signed) G. Orel The Kight Hon. Earl Grey, &c. &.c. &c.