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It is my earnest hope and belief, that the several Constituencies of the Colony, duly appreciating their responsibility, and guided by an All-wise Providence, will exercise their important functions in the manner best calculated to secure the services of Representatives who will efficiently aid me in my endeavours to develope the resources of the country, to elevate the moral and social condition of its inhabitants, to preserve that perfect civil freedom and religious equality, which is now enjoyed by all classes of Her Majesty's subjects, and by these means to promote the happiness and increaso the prosperity of this favored Colony. 1 now prorogue this Assembly until the first day of October, 1855. THOMAS GORE BROWNE. Auckland New Zealand, 15th September, 1855, His Excelleney then retired, and the House stood prorogued to Monday, the first day of October, 1855. CHARLES CLIFFORD, Speaker.