PARLIAMENTARY. [The following was issued as an Extra from the Waikato Times office on Thursday evening:—] THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, This Afternoon.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1395, 11 June 1881, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY. [The following was issued as an Extra from the Waikato Times office on Thursday evening: — ] THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, This Afternoon.

Parliament was op mod to-day by His Excellency th& Governor, who was pleased to make the following speech :— Honorable Legislative Couxciulors am) Gentlemen of the House of REPHKSiEXTATIVES, — It affords me much satisfaction in meeting you for the fiist time to be able to congratulate yon upon the steady progress of the colony during the past year, the revival of its prosperity, and, the increased confidence in the future which animates all classes of the community. The course prescribed by Parliament to bring to a termination the unsatisfactoj' state of aflaus existing on part of the West Coast of tins island has been steadily pursued, and has up to the present time been attended with marked success. Effect is being given to the recommendations of the lloyal Commission appointed to enqmie into the grievances which were alleged to e\ibt among the natives of that locality, and the determination on the one hand to assert the supremacy of the Queen, and lepreas any lawless action, and on the other hand to redress all real grievance, will appaicntly effect a peaceful solution of questions which a short time ago woic a tlueatening aspect. The lands which have been appropriated for European occupation on the Waini.ite Plains have been for the most part bold, ami aie now being occupied by settleis. The prisoneis, whose detention up to the present tune lias been deemed necessary in the interest of botli natives and Europeans have been leleascd, and returned to their homes, with the exception of a small number, whom it is proposed to set fiee in a few days, Noi do my responsible adviseis .ippiehendthat it will bo necessaiy again to have lecour&e to extraordinary measures for the pieseivation of peace and good order in the distnct in question. Papejs will be read befoie you, containing the minutes of the proceedings of an intercolonial confcienoe held at Sydney in the month of January last, at which a member of my Government \v,as pre-ent ; you will learn from these papers that several measures of considerable interest to the Australian colonies' were considered by the confeienco and in accordance with one of ths COUCi 11 '•ions arrived at. a bill will be placed before you for the regulation and rotriction of the influx of Chinese into the colony The recognition of a community of interests and mutual independence among 1 the Australasian colonies evinced by this conference, may hereafter be attended by results of considerable importance. The railways and other public works authorised by you, have been proceeded with as rapidly as was expedient in the present circumstances of the colony. In view of the necessity for maintaining the progressive work of colonization, pioposals will come under your consideration for giving assistance to companies prepaied to construct or conti me mainlines of railway. The termination of existing leases of lands in the Middle Island held for pastoial purposes affords opportunity which has not been overlooked by my advisers for rendering' those lands more generally useful to the State. Carefully considered plans for effecting that object will be laid before you. The systematic laying- out of roads m anticipation of the sale of waste lauds has in a very marked manner promoted their occupation during the past year. You will be asked to sanction further expenditure to enable the Lands department to give effect to plans which if carried out will practically enlarge the area available for settlement and excite more extended employment of labor and capital. The revenue received from the sale of waste lands during the past year has exceeded the estimate, and the increasing demand for laud for actual occupation, together with statistical information lecently obtained, affoids convincing proofs that a f 1 esh impulse is being given to the whole work of settlement, while the expansion of local industiies promises to provide probable employment for a rapidly inoieasiiig population.

Gentlemen ot tug House of RdpreSKNTATIVI.S, — Real reductions havo already been made in tho cost of the Public Service without impaling its efficiency, and tho estimate* of r"cjipts and expendituio for the current year, which will bbortly be laid beforo you, have been prepared with strict repaid to the moat rigid economy. The revenue for tho past year must on the whole be considered satisfactory. The excess of leceiptsovei expenditure upon the railways amounts to a return of 3\ pci cent, upon the outlay incurred upon then- construction.

Honor \bm LsrasLATivE Councillors AND GKNTLKMT'-N OF THIS HoUtfh Of Ekprlskxtativt-s,— Bills -will be submitted to you for the redistribution oi the representation ot the people, and for the regulation of elections, which in view ot the approaching termination of the present Parliament, I recommend to your eai ly and most attentive consideration. The Commissioners appoint cd last year for the purpose of enquiring into the constitution, practice, and procedure of the Supreme Couils of the colony, and of ascertaining by what means the administration of justice tlierin may be rendered moiespeedy and efficacious, and at the same time le&s costly, have made an interim report, a copy of which will bo laid before you. I am glad to be able to inform you that the comissioners- have proceeded so far with the work entrusted them, as to enable them to anticipate the close of their labours, in the course of the month of July. The measures necessary to give effect to their recommendations, may therefore be submitted during the present session. A bill will be laid before you, which will have for its object the abolition of aestraints on the alienation of land, while guarding the interests which may arise out of any trusts to which it lias been made subject. Bills will also be laid before you for the regulation of the administration of charitable aid, for the consolidation amendment of the Licensing Laws,for the amendment of the existing law in respect of the administration of Native Eeserves, for the Crown lands, and for providing 1 for the grant of assistance to local Public Works. 1 have recently visited many different districts of the colony, and during these journeys I have had repeated opportunities of observing signs of increasing wealth, the spread of settlement, anil the energy actively engaged in industrial pursuits throughout the colony. The impressions which I have thus been led to form are strengthened by the results of the recent census, and by a perusal of reports and returns which will be placed before you showing the revival of trade, the growth of new and important local industries, and the satisfactory condition of the ordinary and territorial revenue for the past year. In the discharge of the high functions committed to me by the Queen it will always be my aim to manifest the same scrupulous and < local regard to constitutional practice

and usage, not only in the letter but in the spirit, which has ever distinguished th.6 Sovereign whom I represent among yot^^ Yon may rely with confidence on my hearty co-operation in giving effect to the deliberate decisions of the Legislature, and it is my earnest hope and desire that your labors may be so directed as, by God's blessing, not only to promote the material .welfare of the colony, but to secure the' stability '-of it» institutions, the development of its great resources and -the permanent happttMMKof all Her Majesty's subjects within its bounds.