The New-Zealander.
AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1853.
lie just and fear nut: Let all the ends thou aim’st at, be thy Country’s, Thy God’s, and Truth’s.
The Government Brig Victoria arrived in our harbour yesterday, bringing Wellington papers to the JGlh of March, and a number of journals from the other Settlements, together with intermediate papers missing from our English tiles.
Thu Governor-in-Chief has not arrived by the brig, but as His Excellency, in company with Bishop Sclwyn, was on his route overland, he may be expected in the course of a few days. The Spectator of the 12th ult. stales, < c HisExccllency Sir George Grey left Wellington on Thursday, on an overland journey lo Auckland, by way of Ahuriri and the East Coast. We understand the chief object of Sir George Grey’s overland journey is to arrange with the native tribes along the East Coast on the route lo Auckland (in conjunction with the Bishop of New Zealand w ho left Wellington last week) the setting apart of portions of lands in their respective districts as endowments for Industrial Schools for the education of Maori children.”
But, although the Governor has not actually arrived, we have his presence, so to speak, anticipated by Proclamations embodying matter of deep interest, —including not only the regulations and provisions for bringing the New Constitution Act into practical operation, but also a plan which secures to an important extent that grand object towards the attainment of which so much effort has been directed—a lowering of the price of Country Land. Our object to-day being to communicate to our readers as much as possible of the information which has reached us, reserving to another opportunity the comments which the arrangements may suggest, we transfer to our columns the Proclamation declaring the limits of the several Provinces, and the Proclamation declaring the New Land Regulations. A second Proclamation declaring the number of members of the several Councils, and fixing the details connected with the approaching elections, was subsequently issued. NVc cannot find space for this in our present publication, but we shall here bring into a connected view so much or the whole plan as especially concerns our own Province. The House of Representatives for the Islands of New Zealand is to consist of Thirtyseven Members, for the purposes of the election of whom the said islands are divided into Twenty-four electoral districts. The names of these districts, and the number of Members to be elected by each arc as follows. We may premise, however, —as the amount of representation wo are to have in the House of Representatives is a matter of paramount importance —it will be seen with pleasure that the claims of Auckland have been so practically recognized in the arrangement that this Province is to have,-as its own share, twelve members of the House, being nearly one-third of the entire number of which the House is at the outset to consist. The number of Members to be elected to serve in tbc House of Representatives for the said several Districts shall be as follows, viz. ; 1. bor the Cily of Auckland Three Members. -• For the Suburbs of Auckland Two Members, o. For the Pensioner Settlements Two Members. 4. For the Northern Division Two Members, 5. For the Southern Division Two Members. (!. For the Ray of Islands One Member. 7. For the Town of New Plymouth one Member. 8, For the Grey and Bell Districts One Member. 0. For the Omata District One Member. JO. For the City of Wellington Three Members. 11. For the Wellington Country District One Member. 12. For the Hull District Two Members.
43. For the Wairarapa and Hawke's 15ay Districts One Member. 14. For the Wanganui and Rangilikci District One Member, 15. For the Town of Nelson Two Members. 16. For the Winica District Two Members. 17. For the Motucka and Massacre 15ay Districts One Member. 18. For (he Wairau District One Member. 19. For the Town of Christchurch One Member. 20. For the Christchurch Country District Two Members. 21. For the Town of Lyttelton One Member, 22. For the Akaroa District One Member. 23. For (he Town of Dunedin One Member. 24. For the Dunedin Country District Two Members. Proceeding to the Constitution of the Provincial Councils, we subjoin, just as it stands in the Proclamation, the provisions for this Province : PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND. Superintendent and Provincial Council. 4. — Number of Members of Provincial Council. The Provincial Council of the said Province shall consists of Twenty-four Members. 3, —Number of Electoral Districts. The Province of Auckland, for tlie purposes of the Election of the Superintendent and the Members of the Provincial Council thereof shall be divided inlo Six Electoral Districts, to be named as follows, viz :-r- • 1. The Cily of Auckland. 2. The Suburbs of Auckland. 5. The Pensioner Settlements. 4. The Northern Division. 3. The Southern Division. 0. The Ray of Islands. The Boundaries of (he said Districts being particularly set forth and described in (he Schedule, and delineated on the Maps and Plans hereunto annexed. G. —Number of Members of the Provincial Council for each District. The number of Members to he elected to serve in the Provincial Council for the said several Districts in the Province of Auckland shall be as follows: — 4. For the City of Auckland Six Members. 2. For Ihe Suburbs of Auckland Four Members. 3. For the Pensioner Settlements Four Members. 4. For (he Northern Division Four Members. 3. For the Southern Division Four Members. G. For Ihe Bay of Islands Two Members. The following, being Schedule A. appended to the Proclamation, gives the description of the districts forming this Province:—
Schedule A. PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND Description of Districts.
4. The City of Auckland, comprises the East Town Ward, the Middle Town Ward, and the West Town Ward, of the Borough of Auckland.
2. The Suburbs of Auckland, comprise the Suburban East Ward, the Suburban South Ward, and Suburban West Ward, of the Borough of Auckland.
5. The Pensioner Settlements District, comprises so much of Ihe sites of the several Villages of Onehunga, Panmurc, Otahuhu, and Howick, as are delineated on the Plans hereunto annexed coloured Blue.
4. The Northern Division, comprises so much of the Province of Auckland not included in the above-mentioned districts as is included between a line drawn through the centre of the entrance into Manakau Harbour, in an easterly direction to (he Southern extremity of the Epsom Road on (he beach at Onehunga, thence along the centre of the Epsom Hoad as far as (he Bridge in Mechanics’ Bay, thence in a North-east direction across the Harbour of Wailemata to Ihe East Point of (he North Head, thence to the South Point of the Island of Molutapu, thence to the North Point of Cape Colville, and thence in an Easterly direction and a straight finedrawn from (he month of the River Wariara, on the East Coast in a Westerly direction to the junction of (he Wairoa and Kaihou Rivers, and thence in a straight fine to the Manaho Point on (he West Coast, the Boundaries of the said district being particularly marked on the Plan hereunto annexed .
3. The Southern Division, comprises so much of the province of Auckland not included in Ihe above mentioned districts, or any of them, as lies between the Southern boundary of (he Nothcrn division, and the Southern boundary of (be Province, being particularly delineated on the Plan hereunto annexed.
0. The Bay of Islands, comprises so much of the Province of Auckland as lies to the Northward of the Nothcrn division, and as delineated on Ihe Plan hereunto annexed.
With respect to the other Provinces, wc mny briefly sum up the provisions. The Provincial Council of New Plymouth is to consist of nine members, viz., two for the Town, four for the Grey and Bell Districts, and three for the Omata District.
The Wellington Council is lo consist of eighteen members, viz., seven for the eitv, three for the Wellington Country District, four for the Hutt District, two for the Winrarapa and Hawke’s Day Districts, and two for the Wanganui and Uangitikei Districts.
The Nelson Council is to consist of fifteen members, viz., five for the Town, one for the Suburban Districts, five for the Waimea Districts, two for Molucka and Massacre Bay, and two for the Wairau. ’.t The Canterbury Council is to consist of twelve members, viz., three, for the Town of Christchurch, four for the Christchurch Country Districts, three for the Town of Lyttelton, and two for the Akaroa District. The Olarjo Council is to consist of nine members, viz., three for the Town of Dunedin, and six for the Dunedin Country District. The general Regulations for the registration of voters, the mode of conducting the elections, etc., are substantially similar to those adopted under the late Provincial Councils Ordinance. The claims to the right of voting must for this year be made between the 15th of April and the 15th of May. The place where the claims arc to be preferred in this Province is the Police-office, at Auckland, for the whole of the Districts, excepting the Bay of Islands, claims for which are to be delivered at Bussell. I or the details of the New Land Regulations we refer to the document itself, which will be found, in vcclemo , in our other columns, and will no doubt be read generally, and with the attention which its great importance demands. 1 he following remarks
from the Spectator bring into a brief compass a few of the leading features of the plan:—
“It will be seen from the regulations that their leading principle is to render Ihe land generally accessible to all comers ; that while the auction system is preserved and applied whenever Irom circumstances competition is likely to arise, so as to secure a fair price for the land ; in ordinary cases, in all proclaimed lands outside Hundreds, which are notified as open for sale, the land is offered at a fixed price of 40s. an acre in sections of not less than forty acres in extent; and where from its hilly and broken character the land shall he certified to he unavailable for agricultural purposes, it will he offered for auction in blocks from eighty to six hundred and forty acres at the upset [trice of 3s. an acre. And even in unproclaimed districts, under certain conditions, land may he purchased by those who may be attracted by any particular locality. Care is taken to prevent any undue advantage in selection by any attempt to 4 monopolise the wood or water in any particular locality.’ So far as the regulations can secure if, no undue preference will lie granted to any one—all will be placed on the same footing, all will enjoy their fair share of the advantages which the district in which they may settle may present.”
Having devoted all our available space to these matters of primary interest, we must postpone till our next further summaries or extracts from the Southern papers,—the additional contents of which, however, have no pressing importance.
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