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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 333, 28 December 1860, Page 4

vt) Jantiary'7, for' / '.l\,,< Uf'"'Ji^^^^^^^B m ' ERECTING BRIDGES oii ihi maf^^^^^H of Richmond and Stoke'; near Mr, fioftt^^^^^^H cc J. Smith's. ' ~<v < n^^^^^^H Ed WIDENING the Bridge pppod^^^^^^H «• houses, near Mr. Jenkins'* Wimp; •8. Plans and Sp«cific*U<)nß may J«lr^t ftP^H ye HODOER and CO.'t, RichmomflKTat the>^^| ed Hotel. ' '.>**.< ' 9e The Lowest Tender not necessarily, accepted. <\^| »» T. J. THOMPSON, lfl ? e 1539 <• Secretary to the Waimea-Yoad Board. in . ' i i- fi '< ', -,y , c ! 'TENQjERS are required tp be tent in to \ ul -1- the!indereii;ned before the Ist January, 1861 * i. for the' IiRECTION of a CHURCH,- >t Blenheim* ' ig Maryborough.; ",' •''",.,','- t *, re Separate'Tenaen will be' received for the Work- | » maflship andfot the Material;' , " J( j Plans and Specifications may be seen on application^ y to Mr. J. White, School-house, Blenheim, ad «t the it office of the Ndim Examiner, 'Nelson.' " * ' . "' 'W: H. EYES, 6 ' Treaaurerdf the Missionary .Districtlof Blenheim. • % 26th November;lß6o."- v "" i486 >f . '- Ll '- • _'! J T° THB EGECTdBftOF T£E MSTJEUCT >f A ' ";'„.'. OF.MOTUEtfA.', ~( A c '"'JraTuaiM—The electoral district] which iTOta . . , had. the honor torepreaent in 'the' General Assembly „ for the last three sessions being now, divided, a Kpa- ■■ y rate member1 having ' been appointed Massacre >: c B«y, and the district of Waisea-west v added to those ' A < of Motueka.Riwika, and Montere, iinder the title, of ' a the Motueka District, I offer1 myself to-you for election . as your representathroinr the new Parliament. |( ~ The proceedings Of the House of' Representatives in g the; sessions > 1856,j 1858. and 1860, are before you, v and I believe you will give me credit1 for attention " . to the business of the House, and for supporting r the measui^ which;app^ared,to,me,;calculated to r promote the best interests -of, the: colony and of this r province, without reference to, any personal interests of Imy own. " '/ / v ". , ~ >/» r ' You are aware that the greater portion w the late session was occupied in discussion* upon the Native j War, and there can be no doubt that the same subject will receive! the first attention of the members now 3 I before the constituencies: " ' < ' '- The whole K of the members, for, this Province, firmly convinced of the justice and f necessity of this war, gave their warm support to the existing Ministr}'. Had they unfortunately been divided in their opinions, Mr. Fox and f Dr. I^eathei'ston would by this time have supplanted Mr. Stafford and Mr. Richmond; all hope of a satisfactory termination1 of thepresent contest with the hostilej tribes would:have been lost in humiliating and probably unsuccessful Attempts to patch up a hollow and temporary peace, to be followed by renewed outbreaks; and the progress and prospeperlty of the colony,, and the honor of our name, would thus have been sacrificed to, the, unwholesome ambition of two or three men ,of undoubted ability certainly, but of reckless' and unscrupulous political conduct. It was well understood in Auckland that the first result of the1 overthrow of ihe Stafford Ministry, would have'been the despatch! of a deputation to the ■ rebel. W. King, to sue for peace upon the best terms he'would condescend to grant. What measure of "justice or favor your Province would receive from their inevitable successors, should the present Ministry be displaced, I leave for your consideration.. < Notwithstanding the great waste of time occasioned by the factious opposition of the Wellington party, \ who, when foiled in their discreditable attempts on , the war question, went so far as to threaten to " talk against titoe," so as to prevent the passing of the estimates,'and ihrow the whole affairs of the colony into ' confusion, lam happy to say, that several valuable :, measures were passed during the session; amongst them was the Land Registry Bill, an act to simplify the transfer of landed property, which, I believe, will be found to remedy a grievance long felt and com- ' plained of. ' A bill to facilitate Compositions between Debtor and Creditor, which I am convinced would have ■? been most beneficial in its operation, was also passed by '' the House of Representatives, but rejected by the Legislative Council. I opposed the repeal of the New Provinces Act, because that measure secures to every district as it rises ' to sufficient importance, the right to manage its own - ] local affairs; it in fact, merely carries out the inten- ~J tion of the Constitution Act, which treated the estab- \i lishment of the six original provinces as a partial and A temporary subdivision of the colony, and expressly I contemplated and provided for the formation of new provinces. The opponents of the Act are, I conceive, equally the opponents of loci flelf-government, unless they understand the term to mean the management of their Own local affairs, and those of their neighbors as well. The separation of the Wairau from the Province of Nelson, I believe to have been affected against both letter and spirit of the New Provinces ■ Act; and expressed myself to that effect in the House of Representatives. The Tariff, although the Question was not brought prominently before the House in the late session, is a rubject which I know inteiests many of you, and it is one to which I have given very great attention. I be- ' lieve an impression prevails to some extent that the ' existing duties are imposed unduly upon articles of ' necessary consumption in comparison with those levied upon luxuries, and' I therefore submiUiVfew facts bearing upon the subject for your con^^pjftion. Of the total amount of Customs revenue for^nEffinamely, • £168,000, the sum of £103,000 was raisedupon wines and spirits, foreign beer, cigars and tobacco, all of which must undoubtedly be classed as luxuries. Of the remaining £65,000, probably one half? was raised upon what may be considered as semi-luxunes, sßeh M as sauces, pickles, and fine clothing, and the remaining ' £32.500, or one fifth of the whole revenue arising from the Customs duties, is all that can fairly be said to be derived from articles of necessary consumption, such as tea and sugar, blankets, slop clothing, &c., and 1 may remind you, that unless such Imports as these I bore a tolerable share of the burthen, the native population, who, on the northern island^ are very large coußumerß of them, would almost entirely escape their - fair share of taxation. Whether a little jewellery and other matters of small bulk in comparison with their value, a great portion of which1 we're' previously -\ smuggled,' still escape with a low* rate of duty, is, I think, a matter of very little'consequeßce, and is not - to be remedied Without an entire change iii the principle of this tariff, under which all kinds of agricultural implements and machines, from a spade to a si earn engine, corn sacks, and many other articles with I which you are familiar, are admitted free of any duty M whatever., r ,* ' , » M Should the part' 1 have, acted in the' last three '1 sessions'meet with your,approval, and determine you M to elect me'again one 'of the representatives of this *" province in the General Assembly, I shall feel honored ' by the trust confided to me. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, HERBERT EVELYN CURTIS. Nelson, November 30,1860. 1453 ' ,_ ft. 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