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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 431, 10 December 1861, Page 4

To the Electors of the District of Golden Bay. rUEJSTLEMEN—As you will shortly " have an opportunity of exercising your right to elect one person to serve as your representative in the Provincial Council of this province—if my past conduct as member for this very important district has been such as to induce you to honor me with a renewal of your confidence, I shall be most happy again to serve you, and promise to give diligent attention to all measures under consideration, doing my best to promote the welfare of the province, and of this district in particular. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, WM. GIBBS. Golden Bay, 2nd December, 1861. 502 To the Electors of the Province of Nelson. fJ-ENTLEMEN— You will probably have " m already learnt that I am a candidate for the Superintendentship of this province. My idea of the responsibilities, and ofthedutiei attaching to that office, may be partly gathered from the proceedings at the nomination ; but I trust to be able to meet the electors in the several home districts, and enter with more fulness on the subject. As however, I cannot hope to find time to visit the remote portions of the province, I avail myself of this means of briefly stating with what views I should, if elected, undertake that onerous office. Although not estimating so highly, as many are disposed to do, the influence of the Superintendent in creating or retarding Provincial progress, on the, other hand, I deem it a great mistake to suppose that; the functions of a Superintendent are unimportant or chiefly of a negative character. Many active duties devolve on the Executive of an! infant province, which have no parallel in those of the Government of an old settled country. It is justly required of a Government such as ours not only to remove obstructions from industrial progress, but also to initiate j measures of various kinds, directly tending to its development Among the duties of a Superintendent are the devising measures for the extension of the settlement; the creation of new centres of population; the origination of new lines Of communication; the suggestion of means whereby the vast national estates, the Waste lands of the country, whether agricultural, pastoral, or mineral, may be most readily made to promote the general prosperity. I should think it my chief duty, therefore, to visit, and, as far as possible, to arrive at an intimate acquaintance with, the whole territory within the limits of the province, so as to be enabled to organise plans for the extension of the settled portions, or for the improvement of the unsettled portions of the province; to form a just estimate of the various suggestions of others; to recommend a just division and expenditure of the Provincial funds, so far as they are devoted to that purpose, on the various public, works; to be enabled- to judge of the relative weight of the numberless claims on the public purse; and generally, how best to extend the population and revenues of the country, and how to turn the existing revenues to the justest and wisest account. . The various materials of wealth and prosperity lie in all directions around us; and we require capital and labor to develope them. The introduction of both rests in a large measure on the Executive; that of the first by giving every just facility to those willing to invest their capital among us, and of the second by the adoption and pursuance, as the needs of the settlement demand, of a judicious scheme of Immigration. The capitalist might thus be encouraged to look for a remunerative field for his capital, while the working man would still enjoy a field for his labors more abundant than the present and, at the least, equally remunerative. Now that the Gold -fields have been again brought, to some extent, under the Provincial management, 1 should make it a first duty, in the event of my election, to become acquainted with these most important and promising centres of industry and wealth. The duties above indicated, in connection with the ordinary routine of carrying into execution the will of the Legislature, evidently demands the whole thoughts and energies of whomsoever may fill £he office of Superintendent, as well as the whole of his time. If called on, I will undertake to devote myself honestly and heartily to the work before me. It was my resolve and hope that this election should have bees conducted as becomes reputable and rational men in the quiet and intelligent exercise of a grave political right. Since, however, it has already begun to be marked by some of those scandals which are usually the disgraceful concomitants of a popular election, the imputation of motives and opinions disavowed by, and perhaps utterly unworthy of him to whom they are attributed, I would claim as a right, that the test of probability should be applied to any disparaging report which may be put in circulation respecting myself, how far its truthfulness is borne •ut by my character and whole previous career, and how far the source from'which it comes is reliable and trustworthy. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your friend and fellow elector, 506 J. W. BARNICOAT. §otenment itatkes. THE following NOTICE is published for the information of the ELECTORS of the PROVINCE. JOHN SHARP, Returning Officer. To the Returning Officer of the Electoral District of the Province of Nelson. I, the undersigned, do hereby give notice that 1 withdraw my name as a Candidate at the Election, to be held on Monday, the 23rd December, 1861,- of a person to serve as Superintendent for the Province of Nelson. Dated this sth day of December, 1861. WILLIAM LONG WEBY, Nelson, Freeholder. Signed in the presence of 1 B. Walmsley, J.P. / 623 Education Rate. Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson, November Ist, 1861. PURSUANT to the provisions of the -^ •' Education Amendment Act, 1858," his Bonor the Superintendent directs it to be notified, that the ANNUAL RATE imposed by the said act upon all Householders residing within Educational Districts, will be LEVIED on THURSDAY, the 2nd day of January next; and that the same will be received at the following places, between the hours of ten, a.m., and four, p.m., viz:— Court House, Nelson, by the Serjeant Major of Police; School-house, Clifton-terrace, Suburban North, by Mr. Alexander Wragg; School-houße, Stoke, by Mr. E. Austin; School-house, Waimea East* by Mr. W. Stanton; School-house, Waimea West, by Mr, Georf Walker; School-house, Spring Grove, by Mr. Thomas Andrews; School-house, Wakefield, by Mr. R. Burbush ; School-house, Upper Moutsre, by Mr. George M. Taylor; School-house, Lower Moutere, by Mr. W. Guy ; School house, Motueka, by Mr. W. Andrews; School-house, Riwaka, by Mr. C. Pattie; School-house, Motupipi, t>y Mr. J. Baird; House of Mr. G. Taylor, Takaka, by Mr. G. Taylor; Police Station, Collingwood, by Mr. Robert Strange. Tne aforesaid Act requires that' every householder in each educational district shall pay, annually, twenty shillings, and a further Bum of five shillings for every child of such householder between the ages of five and fourteen years : Provided always, that no person shall be liable to pay for more than four childien, nor for any child residing more than three miles from any school established under this Act; nor for any child attending any school not established under this Act, in respect of whom such person shall produce to the Collector a certificate, signed by tho teacher ot such school, showing that such child has attended during the three months previous to the levying of the rate.' ALFRED DOMETT, 347 Provincial Secretary, ,