THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN WELLINGTON.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 68, 4 December 1880, Page 3

THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN WELLINGTON.

On His Excellency Sir A. Gordon landing in Wellington, an address was presented, •fco Utirn by the Mayor, to "wllicb His Excellency replied as follows : — " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,— l thank you for your kindly greeting, and recognise with pleasure your assurances of that loyal devotion to Her Majesty's person and Throne which I rejoice to believe is felt by all classes of her subjects in New Zealand. Th&tHhv peace, order, and good government now happily prevailing in this great colony may be maintained, unimpaired, during the term of my administration, is my earnest hope, and I am well assured that your efforts will not be wanting to secure the accomplishment of that result."

The reception accorded to him was very hearty. The Wellington papers report that several thousands spectators welcomed him on hi 6 arrival. We have already expressed our belief that Sir A. Gordon's appointment to the governorship may "prove of infinite service to the colony, arid especially to this portion of New Zealand. He has shown a most exceptional and remarkable aptitude in dealing with other native races in these seas, and the reforms he introduced in Fiji have secured him much praise from the highest authorities in the old country. He was able to introduce and enforce a sort of land-tax upon the natives in Fiji, which added enormously to the revenue without increasing the administrative expenditure of that colony. This was accomplished by enlisting the services of the native chiefs, and hy respecting and conforming to the native laws and customs. If he should be able to "devise a scheme of the same description, and secure its adoption by the Ministr for the solution of the native question in New Zealand, he would confer a great boon upon the colony. In any case, we can depend upon it that, during his term of office, we shall have a wise and intelligent representative of the Queen at the head of affairs to advise, and, in some measure, control the Government in any emergency which may arise.

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