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Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 440, 13 March 1875, Page 3

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SIR, — Wm, the undei>ignetl, Electors of the IJV »\ itice A Auckland, h«i*oby requ Rt that you wjjl all^w yoursfelf to l>e nominated as a Oaudid.i.e t'-jv tlx» ottL-eo'f riujx*iintejident of the Province, '^.C!twt*by the de.itii d: Johii VV'illiauis.jn, Jtlsq., and 'w^jrellgo ourselves, .to use our^.best -exertions to secure your return. . ■ ♦ -■ . (Signatures,)

ro TUEGEVfLKME-V -IGttlNa iHi£ RE^W-^in |K.

("** ENTLEMEN,— In reply to your requi*jioi jfr" , I hay' the honor to state that it' eheei Sipt'iintmnlent of tlui Proviuo-- of Auckland ] M»ill accept fche offi **, un«l do my best to fulfil its dti.ies in such ft manner as to promote th& happiness and welfare' ol\the inhabi ants of the Province. I e'o'isiler the position of Superintendent of this Province as a most hon^ra >le one, and n& retl cting ci^it on any man who riuy hod it. Yrt, u lam elecfr^to the office great personal sacrifices will he eat tiled on me of nv.mv kinds. I sha 1, tbeiefore, noi f.-el invseif cilled on to make the. v eifoist» usual i 1 such cavses to secure my e'ection ; bu^Sif I am chosen Sii|Ksriutendent a sense of the d.ity I owe to yoursolves and to the people I have so long Htriven to serve will mi cmc f n # eg > all personal co'isiderativ) is, an I devote my whole time and energies to ful.il th«. duties the public call ou me to perform. I -hall strive to show that it is the desite to sprve on >'s c >untry ami fellow-men which gives dig lity to a public position, not the title by which that position nviy b- calle-l. Cx'Mi imll' , 1 would sta'e to the inhabitants of t' is Province that I consider the office of Superinte ido.it to be an Evocative and not a political one. j L'electel, I will, therefore, not use the position for-a-iv pjli ical purpose. I will faithfully administer the iaw*, and any means placd at my disposal, in the manner that'appears to me to be best for the q *nei\t! q »')d, and 1 will bv all^ becoming means sime to obtain their rights whether pecuniary or of any other nature for the people of the Province, :ml then see that they are allowed to exercise and enjoy those rights in the manner most. advantageous to them. Altho'ig'i Attached, and strongly attached to P *ovincial Institutions I well know that it is the duty of every m.m to yield to the views and wishes of the majority rf his fellow countrymen, when thore views and wis '.en are ascertained by Constitutional means and aie clothed with the authority of law. Whatever f>rnj of Government may be thus introduced into New Zealand, I shall at all times endeavour to make a success and conducive in all jresp"ctB to the peace, satisfaction, and prosperity of , the people of the, colony.- I believe that it is clearly -th* d.ity^f the" Go vtefn&eiit^o 'state in "detail the nature of the institut ions they propose to take the plac 5 of the existing Provincial ones, and to allow the people of N<.;w Zealand ample time to consider them, and to express their opinions upon the subject.' But if Provincial Institutions are to be swept a jv-iv in any p irt of the^cokmy, I should desire to see such a change madjra rcneral one, and to have such Institutions estaTwishred in the place of the existing Provinces as woulfl secy^e* to New Zealand generally at least thosy'ex^eiisiyo rights in regard to legislation, and g£w<sr matters' which the Provinces now possessfand to the various country districts a larger share of self-government, and a greater and more direct control over local revenues taan is now given to them. To derive full benefit from the system of immigration and public works now being carried on, which if judiciously conducted, such great advantages must flow to the country, 1 should consider it the duty of the Superintendent to assist, to the of his ability, the Colonial Government in bringing th«t policy to a successful issue. The Superintendent, upon his part, will have a right to expect from the General Government the exj>enditure within the province of that share of the moneys borrowed for public works, to which it is. jnstly entitUd, its dm |)w;>Ji*ao i of im ni^iw its brought out by public funds, the prompt payment of all revenues and other monies lawfully belonging to it, a rigid economy in the expenditure of the monies devoted to immigration and public works, a strict prevention of all extravagant personal expenditure from these funds, and theimmediate relinquishment to the Prov iiu-ial Gove rnment of all lancjs purchased from the natives in the Province, for the benefit of its people, for it is only by a rigorous attentions these details th:it the immigration and public works p>. . licy can attain to that success to which it is so justly entitled. The Superintendent should in my opinion, ke« that all requisite steps are taken to provide for the reception of inimigmntH for their comfort and well doing on their tirst arriva 1 , and that energetic measures .- re taken to secure the permanent location in th« country of the population now here, *nd of the imuvgrants.who may arrive, by holdi \g out inducements to take up lands in the b st p ositions which can be secured to them, and thus lead them to become permanent occupiers and cultivators of fie soil.Active steps should be taken to induce people possessing capital sufficient to enable them to underttk^ the cultivation of the soil and the employm iixt of 1 ibo ir to ag u>i resort to this province, and means might also be advantageously taken to enable children of established settlers to occupy farms of waste lands, and thus to contribute as' their fathers have before them to establish the prosperity of the colony on a lasting bams. X \ He ieving that the mining interest in this great Province is as yet only in its infancy, I think the Superintendent, should always remember how |mdd istri-jus a portion of the community the miners are : how largely they contribute to the permanent wealth arid to the revenue of the Province and colony : how trained they have been in the -habits a>id hardships of colonial life : and how important it therefore is to the colony to retain them here. • o attain this- desirable object measures should' be devis d by which they could occupy freeholds while Brill8 r ill eugiged in mining pursuits. Restrictions at pies nt -placed upon them should be 'modified and relaxed, and the unjust taxation to which they are no v subject should be re-adjii>.ted uuid- equitably distributed over the entire community. I do not think that, the principles which control and regulate general public education in this Pro \iuce, as they have now been settled, need tfei re opened by the Superintendent ; but Ido think thai the system of taxation fstablished" for educational purpose^ should, he re-ooiuri<tei«d All who dfa* wealth or revenue Crow this country are interested in seeing the rising generations grownup educa'ec and well-conducted members of the community b it it i 3 the duty of all to contribute with som< reference to th^ir wealth, -amf-it seems haid t< the, struggling, labourer to pay largely fron liii saaill ouatii far tiiis purpose,, whilst those wh< jlraw great incomes from N jw Zealand, pay but t trifle in proportion to their'ahiiity, or, if they b< ab.seiite.i, pay absolutely nothing. I origiually devised and introduced into thi: Province a system of Hundreds, presided "over lr "Wardens, Wiiicu h<*s since been elaborated into th Highway Board system. I am gad ti luio w that these local bodie.s havo well eaunex «Hid demrrveit each fresh* coneessioft" t!Tar*fias" feei'j