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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 59, 15 October 1864, Page 4

Election Notices, tho other southern provinces, is to be traced to this source. I am, therefore, an advocate for tho separation of fche two Islands, and the establishment of a General Government for each. I would abolish fche Provincial Governments, bufc allow each Province to retain and expend its own revenue, merely contributing its quota to the expense of maintaining the General Government. With reference to the questions moro particularly attracting public attention afc the presenfc moment, I will give a brief exposition of my opinions, although for the settlement of some of these questions the Provincial Council is almost; powerless. i I am altogether opposed to the presenfc system j of dealing with tho Waste Lands of the Crown, i and would in preference adopt, with certain modi- i fications, tho regulations in force in Canterbury. Doubtless much of the prosperity of that* Province is owing to superior rules for the manage* ment of its lands. Whilst the agriculturist can j buy land in any part of Canterbury, and ob- j tarn a grant without delay, tho squatter has the advantage of holding his run until ifc is actually purchased, whereas in Southland, on the proclamation of his run into Hundreds, he ceases to have any legal interest in ifc. With regard to railways, ifc is certain .that, ere long, there will be a line connecting this Province wifch Nelson. Ifc would be judicious for the General Government to initiate such a line, making .first thoso portions most urgently required, and gra- ! dually extending operations until the whole was ; completed. In contemplation of such a scheme being adopted, I should be in favor of handing . over to the General Gpyernmenfc the Bluff and Invercargill Railway, the Province receiving thej sums expended on its construction. | . The whole telegraph system should also be in ;, the hands of the General Government, and jthafc , portion of ifc already completed, viz.— the line j between Invercargill and the Bluff^hould be atj once handed over, the Province, as in the case of the railway, being reimbursed for its outlay. The present Education Ordinance is most unjust in its working. The assessment ia altogether on a; wrong basis, and individual cases of hardship under it are common.. The means of educating; his children should be placed within the reach of every man ; bufc I believe thafc the necessary funds for a general system of tuition should be apportioned from the ordinary revenue. Tho Roads Ordinance is defective in its provisions. Ifc appears to me that the Government 1 should, as afc presenfc, make and maintain trunk lines of road, and that bye-roads should be made and maintained by the settlers in the districts through which they pass, bufc roads merely leading to private estates should be made only by tho parties directly interested. The present state of the East Road retards the settlement and development of your district;, but in consequence of an empty exchequer there is little , hope of speedy improvement. I would, however, afc the earliest opportunity bring the subject under the notice of the Council, and be prepared to see justice done. I am not opposed to the theory of assisted immigration, but under the present circumstances ofthe Provinco, I should bo unwilling to see any public funds appropriated to such an object. I should, if elected, endeavor to keep the Provincial expenditure within the Provincial income. No Provinco should in future be allowed to borrow on its own security. The power of contracting a debt should be confined to fche General Government, which should borrow, and distribute to the Provinces according to the requirements of each, and the security which each was in a position to offer. Ifc isnecessary that fcho Provincial Council should possess control over tha Superintendent in his expenditure of Provincial moneys. The Council can place an efficient check on his actions by resolution, to the effect that they will recognise no unauthorised expenditure, thereby making tho Superintendent personally responsible. Thanking you for the honor you have done me, I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 57-te MATTHEW HOLMES. For Sale. TT<OR SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED;— Ex ARIMA, now at Bluff Harbor. 35,000 FEET li, 1, 1, *,■ and i-inch T. and G. Scotch Flooring Boards.. V 58 tC MORISON; LAW & CO , Esk-street. CtAMPBELLTOWN.— For SALE, a three* / roomed HOUSE, partly furnished, fronting fche Jetty. Ground rent moderato. Apply to T. R. Fordham. Bluff, 12th October, 1864. 58-tc f\ S A L E, by the undersigned : — Elour, Adelaide and Tasmanian Prime Seed Oats, ex Drover Guano do. Improved Ploughs, mado by Grant, Oi Melbourne. ANDERSON, MOWAT & CAMPBELL, 7-fce Dee-streefc, near the Post-Office - Seeds and Plants. l pRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS ON SALE * CLOVERS. 1 Wbite, Red, Scarlet, Yellow, Alsyke, anc Cow Grass. GRASSES. Perennial, Italian, Ryo California, Prairie, Meadow, Foxtail ; . Cocksfoot, Timothy, Bent, Sweet Vernal , • Rough Stidk, Meadow, Yellow Oat ' Crested Dogstail, Meadow Fescue, Tall do. > Hard do., Various Leaved do. , .Darnel Leaved do., and' Red do. ** f. Mixed' Grasses for Lawns, and permanent ' "Paßtureß, to'suit Soils. ;- •<-* *• - ftr . *A. l o ( - 1- AOIiBATJJpiWaiiLIAMS^-00., I 80 to Perctrwt,