PROROGATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2125, 12 October 1867, Page 3

PROROGATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The Second Session of the Fourth Parliament of Sew Zealand was prorogued by tire Governor on October 10, when His Excellency was pleased to make the following SEEE CH. HON'OCIUBLE LEGISLATIVE CoUXCILLORSj Gentlemex op the Hodse op Representatives, I aiu happy, at the. close of a Session unusuallv arduous, to release you from further attendance in Parliament, Tour zeal and diligence have resulted in a number of valuable enactments for consolidating the Civil and Criniiual law, which cannot but be of great benefit tolth'e country. The liberality of the, 'measure, you ■ have passed for granting special : ; represehthtiou to thellaoripppulatipn will commend itself to that race,and tend to confirm the. peaceful, and friendly, disposition ■wliicri. is everywhere spreadjngthrougbout'the.'tribes.. recently in rebellion. The endowment/for. :%qri education will contribute to'the same gbbd.purppse,, and assistithe.Natiyes to. .rju'alify themseiv(!s : for the position of .citizens.. '■'■ Gentlemen.of:ihe'/:Hodse. of Represen- ';: ,TATIVES,-r > ■■ I thank you: fori the supplies: -you, have, granted fprjhe public serrice.. It will be.:the duty of my.Goyerrinie'nt, to'administer, these, supplies with'that ieconpniy >vhiclr is.impera-: lively The measures.ybu/havepa'ssed fbr.improving the.;, character.: of■, the.. -public" Kecurities TTill|l.tr!is.t,:maintaih.:the credit and character of the Colony, .not only in-th¥.money-market, but wherever the c developmentVbf popular; government {is. watched with interest;; Tlie.Act. 'for.perfecting. the'..-machinery of the- Revenue... Departments'/-will effectually secure to the .Legislature, those constitutional powers over, the public. purse ; .which have hitherto bwed.theirintegrity to.the character, of our public men j.rather.than to'anypositivelegal ehactments. : ;!S-V-: : -. : :-' : . ■■ '■.'■ : The adjustment'of' the^urpius .Revenue: Accounts,, and'the reliefof the Northern-..Pror.-vinces from 'the.'portion 'of the- War; ioan which had-.been ■ specially charged against them, will remove causes. ;6f irritation which, tended to ahenate;.;imp6rtant portions of theColony frpm:'the idea ! otnationalunity/';' HOXdI'RABLE;GENTLEM^ Altheughypu haye ; l)een;;;un : able : : to provide a general {measure for'.: establishing; local self-government, the claims .of : :.outlying districts to powers.; so : .essential, .to:; nourish the;-, spirit of liberty "arid, self-reliance .-.'have' 'not: been neglected.j;atid.. : l,,have gk to the bills for. {conferring: Bucti privilege's, ; with a fair share .of the local, revenues, on the districts of VVestlani and of Timaru and Gladstone. The elaborate. Act for organizing; Municipal Corporations furnishes.' to-townpopula-: tions a very complete.machinery for'.their, local wants, and frees them, in the tration of their affairs, from the doubts, which, under existing Provincial, laws, attached to some, of. their proceedings; There is eVery reason to believe, that the depression under which .several important parts of the. Colony have, for some time laboured has reached its,"lowest point;, and that with the re-establishment of peaceWtlie opening of the N6rthern;,dißtricts f or'-settle-ment—the continued{andancreasing: 'development of rich; gold fields in botlv island s, a fresh tide of prosperity wiilaet/in, and that, when. J'ou next are called,together, it will be found: that these favoured islands have entered:oria, career of perhianentprogress, which internal; troubles will riot.again interrupt. In releasing.' ypu from your legislative: duties, 1 would reiiiihd,yo.u of,the importance; of using the influehce which the.corifideice of. 'he people ■rohfers'..uppn joji,to ..facilitate {the, administration of the ■ measures :; you-. : have: passed, I trust' Jthat\{by' the; -blessing of God, the result of your labours will be the', increased happiness and prosperity of the Ptople of New Zealand;