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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2041, 20 July 1875, Page 2

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D P EN IN 60 F PA RLI AM ENT

: Gp^ferhbys .Speech.

(fboji oub special cobbespoitdent.) ; :< - " ; - — This day. • The. Governor opened Parliament afc 2 to-day with the-usual - ceremonies. The following is his speech i—. r „ .- \ ! Hon. Legislative Cou»cill6s3 and Gentlemes of Thk House of Representatives — - •'r- • I Hive great pleasurcin.now for the first time meeting thejParlianvent of New Zealand, and I trust'th'at your deliberations during the present Session may £end to.' advance i .the .well being , and gaod Government of the ColonyV ■ „'. ,- ' j,.:Since ;,my assumption ofejho Goveu-ggpnt'.-l ctavo .vi^L«^'' f;<lipfour great", -centres' of population, and have .become personally acquainted -with some portions ' of the Middle Island ; and must congratulate you upon the great enterprise which has "been evidently displayed, and -the i rapid stridos which have been made" towards'the development •of this rich and fertile country. The reception which I liave" everywhere received as Her Majesty's representative, has been most cordial. *"' ' : I observed with the utmost satisfaction the progress which is being made in the construction of those great public works which-,-have- rbeen underfake'n -by" the Government under your authority, and I 'trust'the 1 time is not far distant'"when the industrypf the country will-receive a fresh impetus by their completion. The clebt incurred in the formation bf railways has'indeed, been.large, _but at the' same time''the returns'received from those sections'already "opened are. very "encou'rag--1 ing; and tend greatly to prove the wisdom 1 of the policy'adopted by you. "Our relations with that section-of the native people of the colony which,has been so long estranged from us continue to improve The recent infee'ting'-'of Tawhiaq "with' the' Ka'tive"- .'Minister —a meeting sought for -and arranged by Tawhiaa:Unmself — gives promiae ithat the isolation in which the immediate adherents of the Maori King have hitherto held towards us is about to terminate. The renewed desire of the Natives to provide an English education for their

children, as shown by the largo increase in the number/of t Ichools^in IS Tatire districts, and the genciul resumption of in- ] dustrial pursuits, give assurance of the { maintenance!-.of p^acc, *nd r of--» / de«re'sh j their part to "jTarticip'ate witiiHlie^ufo- ' pean colonist in thc~general prorpcrity. I \\ yA- ,<conimunication!hy; teUjgfaph-i»li»s been ; rccqiv-edojn^natjng>tU«it'a>4iew con,trac.fc, foi?. a_ mail steam -gerv^<;e£ tft f and ffbm Sa^i jFrancisc6 has been made By' Sir ' Daniel Gowper,, as/representative of the i Government' 'of' New SoutU Wales, and Mr.'JKusselli a* representative of the GoWfffmd&f- of 'New Zealandi ratification by the legi«latures of the respectife 6olbnic»f-Thd corifcractliifd paperi will be laid before you when received. ;^"Y6u^riir^V%MtrfieF^^liaFrlfilfa | contract has^jW; made^byHSir Julias i Vogel, acting' on' behalf of this Govorn- « ment, for the laying of a telegraph~"cab"le ; between^ew> Sputh: Y?4<s Mi »tf , , Zealand, upoEt>:teria»'jinuch more j yantageous,. /than.. irere . T .believed to ' be attainable^ f .when, was 'first authorised', J md' Ual'We Go- ! yernment'Jofr^mw-MSouth- Walcs":fi a s become a party to-tho contract and has agr'ced?.to x6ntribute :k>Tie:thir&>'\£%GOO)' i of-the annual subsrdy.(j£7,sOO). ' GjHXLBUBN .OF ; ,iaE r HoCTE f oF,^JßßPßEsektltives— ° !Ul-SVi'-'t< • The estimates of expenses for the car-" rent financial year will bo lai(Tbefore you. WrMj&*lsWM of the "public service, these! Estimates hate \ been so framed as ib secure-the utmost i economy found, to' be Consistent 'withtHe i complete efficfencyof^.the several-dfeparfc-j ments...r»Tho. immigration- and^'l» tt blic i Works ; by Act m the last session, has been sue i cessfully negotiated The papers relating jto tjie-ope'ration- wilKbe ikict i 6el6raX» ■ without delay. Jinnlij^ vi t „-/ ' _. Xt..vrill afford_you_satisfaction.to,be-Jn. ; tormed that the public revenue continues to ipcr,eaje,Ta«d thutlithfe aictftirftfeeiWii " ; lor the past fiqancial year have been cont

HoWOBABLBftEEGISEtfiv^OoTTWOIfctdBS ANI) ■ GEKTIESfEN"OP>HB 3'H6*SF''6i' •'"" EiPBESEKfAf tVES- 1^ f0 ''«■"«"* "A In accordance,,with,,the ,r,e,solntwn;» adopted.by t the .House of, Sepresentatwes in the last session, the .neees^arj Measure! for the abolitionn^ofi-s the^Tpnmiftial form of Govercfmont, and for 'the establishment p.fjaymore thorough form of local^GoTernmenfran North -?7 SW,' have been preparipll'and will be immediately laid before you. You will be invited to decide whether^ taking -the circumstances of the eojonv into con-' 1 sideration as' l well -as ; * W l present financial- condition^ and[r^fu,tui?e fproi* pec'ts "of| some_lof' the 'Trovincitl Governments in the Middle Jslaud, t&e operation of the proposed measures "may 1 not at once: with general'advantage be so i extended as to inciudo^the -whole ot the prbvince's 1. • . '-' ifc J **' -= - 'view of-the Constitutional' .changes.and o£..the approaching terminal tion of the existence of the present Parliament, a readjustment of the representation of the people.,to meet the altered circum«tancos.of. "electoral divisions has ~ become necessary.s-Bilb will accordingly be submitted for ;TOW,coitsideration for amending thelaw. relative+o;the qualifitions' of the- electar^iiDii^Rjr a readjustment of representatioß^ ■ A Bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to stamp dutiei, and a Bill to .amendethe;laws'lrelating^ to Insolvency will also be laid before you. & I confide.toyonr. earnest attention these and other measures to be brought before you, in;the.hope,.tbat;the Bij'm wisdom . will guide your efforts faithfully to disicharge your onerous 9aties.r(i:v r -i,i oybll