SEPARATION.

Patea Mail, 20 August 1881, Page 4

SEPARATION.

MACANDREW’S PROGRAMME. ELECTION TACTICS. In the House on Thursday, Mr Macnndrew gave notice to mov>-, in going into Committee of Supply,— (1) That, with a view to greater efficiency and economy in the Government of New Zealand, it is expedient that the colony should bo divided into two distinct Provinces, separated by Cook Straits. (2) That each of the two Provinces shall have a Legislature, to be composed in the first instance of the members of the House of Itepresentatives in each Island who shall be elected to serve in the next Colonial Parliament, and of a President, to bo elected by the said members. (3) The President shall be the chief executive officer, and an integral part of the said Legislature. He shall posses the same functions in relation to the Provincial Council as does the Govenor towards the HouSe of Representatives, (4) That each of the Provincial Legis lat tires shall have full, independent, and constituent powers of legislation and administration as regards every matter or thing affecting the ponce, order, and good government of the Province, except in as hereinafter provided. It shall not be lawful for any Provincial Legislature to make or ordain any law or ordinance for any of the purposes hereinafter mentioned, that, is to say—(l) The imposition or regulation of duties of Customs to be imposed on the importation or exportation of any goods at any port or place imthe Province ; (2) The establishment or abolition of any Court of Judicature of civil or criminal jurisdiction except courts for trying and punishing such offences as by the law of New Zealand are or may be made punishable in a summary way, or altering the constitution, jurisdiction, or practice of any such court, except as aforesaid ; (3) Regulating any of the current coin or the issue of any bills, notes, or other paper currency ; (4) Regulating the weights and measures' to be used in the Province, or any part thereof ; (5) Regulating the post offices and the carriage of letters within the Province ; (6) Establishing, altering, or repealing laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency ; (7) The maintenance and erection of beacons and lighthouses on the coast ; (8) The imposition of any dues or other charges on shipping at any port or harbour in the Province ; (9) Regulating marriages ; (10) Inflicting any disabilities or restrictions upon persons of the Native race, to which persons of European birth would not also be subjected ; (11) Altering iu any way the criminal laws of New Zealand, except so far ns relates to the trial and punishment of such offences as are now, or may, by the criminal law of New Zealand, be punishable in a summary way as aforesaid ; (12) Regulating the course of inheritance of real or personal property, or affecting the law relative to wills. The General Assembly of New Zealand shall until otherwise determined, continue as at present constituted, and shall have exclusive power and authority to deal with those subjects hereinbefore mentioned as ultra vires of Provincial Legislatures, and with no others. The taxing functions of the General Assembty shall be limited to the raising of money for the following purposes, that is to say, payment of interest and sinking fund of the colonial debt heretofore incurred ; cost of the Colonial Legislature, ns also any deficiency whichraay arise in respect of the maintenance. • of the Supremo Court, Postal, Telegraphic, and Lighthouse Services. LEGISLATURE FOB EACH PROVINCE. With the exception of the Supreme Court, Postal, Telegraphic, and Lighthouse Services, the duty of providing for and and administering, all other departments of Government shall devolve upon the Provincial Legislatures within tlieir respective Provinces, and all Government Railways already constructed and in course of construction, all school buildings and buildings not required for Colonial -Government purposes, aralso the Waste Lands of the Crown, and the revenue derived therefrom under each Province, shall become the property of such Province, provided always that the Waste Lands shall be held ns subject to the due fulfilment of all existing contracts and engagements in respect thereof. That the Government be requested during the vecess to cause a Bill to be prepared to give effect to the foregoing proposals, such BilMo be submitted to the next Parliament within one week of the commencement of the session.