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New Zealand Mail, Issue 13, 22 April 1871, Page 19

TO THE ELECTOKS . OF THE PROVINCE OE WELLINGTON. VJ ENTLEMEN,—At the request of a large _' number of my fellow settlersl have consented to come iorward and contest the election for the Superintendent of the prois desirable that you should become . . . -.I i.:™„nfa nn f.hfl nrflsp.nr, position of affairs, I hasten to lay them before y °sou are aware that I have for the last ten l— „*o o a tn Provincialism, ana Tears uccu *#uiwi«'— - •tend pledged, if elected, to use my utmost exertions to abolish the system. Municipal Councils with extended powers, to carry out which special legislation would be necessary. I hold that the more you localise the governing power the greater the benefit derivable. I look on this principle as more conducive to the interests of the great mass of ,T i« i« tnurn «.nii nminfcrv. an van confer on them the power of managing their own local affairs on the spot, for which they must be infinitely more competent, as knowing the special and peculiar circumstances of each case as it arises, and from being located in the vicinity and interested as holders of property and bonajide settlers than persons in other parts of the province, legislating at a distance and not affected except in a general way The surveys are in a disgracefully backward gtate, some 550,000 acres having up to the present time been sold without the purchasers, many of whom have been in occupation for upwards of fifteen years, knowing whether tbey are improving their own property or that of other persons. This state of things should be remedied as soon as possible, to effect which I am of opinion that it would be more conducive to the interests of the settlers if the Survey Department were at once handed over to the General Government. lam in favor of setting aside large blocks of land to encourage the location of good settlers. To facilitate so desirable an Object the land should be given them on such a system of deferred payments as would enable them to at once turn it to account. lam persuaded that such a system would be far more beneficial to the country, to the industrious working classes, and tend more to increase the revenue than the present obnoxious •ysijem of selling land at uncertain intervals in large blocks and at a high upset price. In reference to immigration, my opinion is that with ordinary inducements good settlers could be obtained from the neighbouring colonies at little cost to the country, with some experience of colonial life, and with sufficient cash in hand to commence operations. Alter the land laws, apportion and survey some of the best of your land for settlement and selection, and your magnificent climate and the known fertility of the soil will bring to your shores hundreds of enterprising families. It s the small farmer and the sturdy agricultural settler we want to develop the resources of the country. On all other public questions my views are liberal and progressive. Everything tending to the advancement and prosperity of the country and the welfare of my fellow citizens shall have my most earnest support. I should be prepared to aid and assist all local industries and to encourage the projectors in a substantial manner by grants or subsidies as far as compatible with the interests and the limited means at the disposal of the province. If it is the wish (as I firmly believe it to be) of the great body of the electors of the province to abolish provincialism, reduce taxation, and generally to increase the prosperity of all classes, then I place myself in your hands, feeling assured that you have seen quite enough of provincial mismanagement, and that you are fully alive to the great issues at stake in the coming contest. W. FINNIMOKE. Wanganui, 31st March. 1871. BXEAKFAST. P P S ' S COCO. I Grateful and Comforting. The " Civil Service Gazette" remarks :- "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in \l.. Jib, and lib tin-lined packets, labelled. JAMES EPPS & CO, Feb. 12,26 Homoeopathic Chemists, London ELLINGTON SAVINGS BANE! Established, 1846. President—William Lyon, Esq., J.P. TEUBTEES * J. Burne, Esq. J. Bransfield, Esq., M.P.O. Hon. J. Johnston, M*G.A. W. W. Tayloi, Esq, J.P. J. Woodward, Esq, J.P. COMMITXBB: B. J. Duncan, Esq, J.P. jL. Moss, Esq. J. G. Holdsworth, Esq J. Plimmer, Esq. L. Levy, Esq. F. A. Ej-ull, Esq. E. W. Mills, Esq B. Smith, Esq. (Accountant.) Deposits will be received and payments made, at the Wellington Athenseum, on Monday ana Friday evenings, from 7 to 8 o clock. received from one shilling upwards. Interest will be allowed on deposits of one pound and upwards at the rate of five pounds P«» cent per annum. JOHN KNOWLES, Secretary and Accountant.