THE HON. J. CARROLL AT ORMOND

Evening Star, Issue 12524, 7 June 1905, Page 6

THE HON. J. CARROLL AT ORMOND

. Thq Hon. J. Carroll last evening gd<iresßed the Ormond portion of his° constituency. Therowae alargo attendance, aad the speech was received with much enthusiasm. In addition' to giving ’ a state* meat of his own stewardship, the Minister outl ned the policy adopted and carried out by the Government, and quoted statis*aoß the progress made by the col«ay. One important point was the marked increase in. population, which last - year amounted to 26,028, including 1,751 immigranta, unth a capital of £172,631, sent out 1 by the Agr-nt-General at reduced rates, Ine speaker referred to the growth in exports aim nnports, the increase in land values, the improvement effected oqntribating to the general prosperitv of the ookmr, the large remission of duty, the concession m railway rates, the fr-e carriage of Hme. etc., to v promote agriculture, and all this hacked up with a surplus of £761 036 He pointed out that Poverty Bay had'pro’greased to an extent hardly equalled by any other district in the colony. Speaking of native lands, be showed that the area dealt wth from 1895 to 1906 by sale, lease, mortgage,'etc., amounted t0,420,946 acres.' A vote of thanks and confidence to Mr Carroll as the district's future representative and of confidence in the Government was unanimously, carried.