PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 84, 9 November 1865, Page 5

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. The Parliament was prorogued on Monday, the 30th October, when His Excellency read the Speech as follows : — Honourable Legislative Councillors and Gentlemen of the House of. Representatives — . lam happy to be able to release you from your further attendance in Parliament. ' The zeal and diligence which the Legislature has displayed in the performance of the duties which have devolved upon it during the present session, cannot iail to be attended with permanent advantage to the country. ' The measures you have passed affecting her Majesty's .subjects 4 of the native race, are evidence of your earnest desire to extend to them, to the full, nil the rights and privileges enjoyed and prized by Rritish subjects. By such measures, wisely administered, there is every reason to believe that they will become steadfastly assured that their interests will be zealously guarded by the legislature, pn whom they can rely to secure by every means in its .power, • happiness and prosperity to those amongst them who are peaceably inclined, while those who may uniortunately be led into crime, will assuredly- discover that a.. certain punishment awaits them, . It affords me much gratification to express my sense of the energy and gallantry of her - Majesty's Colonial and Native J Forces so signally displayed in the eminentsuccesses recently achieved by them on" tne' East Coast. " Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, — • ; •■. , . I thank you for the supplies you have voted for the public service. You may rest assured that they will be administered with a regard for that strict economy which is imperatively required in the expenditure of the public monies, and which will mainly tend to preserve the unity ot the colony. The measures you have passed for improving the character of New Zealand securities, and for relieving' the embarassments which has for some time affected the Province of Southland, will maintain and improve the financial credit of the country. ...... _ I have gladly assented to the Bill for effectually preventing the expenditure oi the public monies without the authoritv'oi law. , '""'.• lam happy- to be able to congratulate you on-the steady increase in the revenue, i which is. likely to be still further augmented by the rapid development of the gold fields on the West Coast. Honorable Gentlemen and Gentlemen — The Bill for increasing the representation of the people in: Parliament will ensure the means of a fuller expression of public opinion to the districts to which it relates. ' .. - - ■ ■ » ■ . '•' • It is my intention to dissolve this Parliament, and to call another without unnecessary delay. I earnestly trust that th e exe'qcise by the several* Constituencies of the high functions which will devolve upon them will result in promoting the welfare and' happiness of all classes of her Majesty's subjects in the Colony. I now, in her Majesty's name. arid on her Majesty's behalf; declare this Parliament to stand prorogued to Tuesday, the 26th day of December next. And it is hereby prorogued. .