ADDRESS TO THE GOVERNOR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2118, 4 October 1867, Page 7 (Supplement)

ADDRESS TO THE GOVERNOR.

In terms of n resolution passed by the Lc gislative Council on September 0, the Hon T. Bartley, tipeaker of the Council, aocom panied by nearly all the members, proceeds to Government House, on the morning o September 7, ami presented the followin; address ,

To His Excellency Sir George Grey, Kuigl Commander of the Most Honorable Ordt of the Hath, &c, &c, &c. May it pm-iase Your Excellency,—

We, the Legislative Council of New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, desire to express to your Excellency our sincere regret at the intimation which you have received from the Right Honorable the Secretary of! State for the Colonies, that your successor in the Government of this colony will be immediately appointed, and to convey to your Excellency the assurance of our regard and esteem.

Your Excellency's administration of the Government of New Zealand has been distinguished by circumstances of no ordinary character. Twice summoned by our Sovereign to that Government in times of difficulty and danger, as being; especially qualified to meet an emergency, your Excellency has for fourteen years in all, more than half the age of the colony, administered its affairs. During that time your Excellency has used every exertion of mind and body in the conscientious discharge of your duties, and in the promotion of the welfare of both races of Her Majesty's subjects in these islands, Conversant with the customs and language of the natives, and conspicuous for your influence with them, your' Excellency has shewn unwearied industry and activity in their improvement, and has cheerfully encountered peril, privation, and fatigue, wherever you considered your presence among them conducive to their peaceful union with European settlers, and to their advancement in civilization. We respectfully beg to tender our appreciation of the earnest desire evinced by your Excellency to co-operate at all times with the two Houses of the Legislature, and of the confidence reposed by your Excellency in their desire to promote the interests of both races.

We consider that the Imperial authorities have listened too credulously to accusations of the gravest kind, communicated by nonofficial informants against your Excellency, your Government, and the colonists gene-

rally, and by acting on such information before ascertaining the truth or falsehood, they have been led to reiterate against the colonists most unfounded calumnies, and have produced unfortunate results. We have therefore to express our gratitude for the efforts made by your Excellency during the last three years to protect the constitutional rights of New Zealand, and to defend its character. We lament that the important constitutional questions connected with the Government of New Zealand, raised by your Excellency, should he passed over in silence by the Imperial Government. In asserting the honour of the Crown, and maintaining the

position of the Governor as representative of the Crown, and the constitutional rights of the co'ony, as well as in vindicating its

character from unjust aspersion, your Excellency has put aside all personal considerations, and has not been dismayed by menace or misrepresentation. This spirit of selfsacrifice has well earned for your Excellency the gratitude of the colony, and we feel sure that when the passions of the moment have passed away and personal feeling and prejudice no longer obscure the perception of the distinction between right and wrong, it will be universally admitted that your Excellency has, in the interests of honour and justice,, fulfilled a duty to the Crown which you represented and to the colony which you governed. We cannot conclude this address without recording our high sense of the services rendered in your private capacity to New Zealand. The love of science for which your Excellency is distinguished, has especially induced you to support and interest yourself in the creation and developement of institutions calculated to encourage intellectual pursuits. A'our Excellency has also imported at your own cost, valuable animals and plants, for the purpose of acclimatization in this country. Charity has never appealed to you in vain, and your sympathy has always been witl) the industrious setller in his huniMtst efforts to aid the progress of colonization. The history of New Zealand is so closely identified with yourself, that the retrospect of its progress must, we are assured, be ever associated in your mind with pleasurable recollections. The few isolated settlements, which, on your first arrival, were struggling into life, have n.ullip'ied, throughout the length and breadth of the land, into numerous thriving communities. Roads, farms, villages, towns, churches, schools, and all the conditions of civilized life, now occupy the then untraversi'd wilderness, ami, above all, the people animated by loyalty to tho Queen, desire to exercise the constitutional liberty they possess in a manner not unworthy of the traditions of the great Empire to which it is their pride to belong. We trust that on the termination of your Excellency's second administration, the great services which you have rendered to the Crown and to the people of this colony, may be rewarded by Her Most Gracious Majesty by some signal mark of her favour, and we respectfully beg you to accept our hearty wishes for your future happiness and welfare.

NEW ZEALAND FINANCE. The following table exhibits the imports, exports, ordinary revenue, territorial revenue, and ordinary and territorial revenue united of the North and Middle Islands respectively, for the financial year 18KI5-7 : Middle Island. North Island. € .fj Imports ... 3,990,379 1,874,230 Htp'Tt" ... 4,585,553 003,270 Ordinary revenue ... 71-H.ii 1-5 3112,717 Territorial revenue ... 555,-172 55',995 Ordinary and territorial revenue ... 1,301,117 121,712 Totals ...CI 1,178,100 €3,;!85,9:!d The following table exhibits the total imports, exports, ordinary revenue, territorial revenue, and ordinary and territorial revenue united, of the North and Middle Islands, for the financial period, from 185!) 4 to 1600-7, both inclusive : Middle Island. North Island. .€ € Imports 20,712/10!) ... 111,283,380 Exports 20,37:), Id I- ... 4,017,511 Ordinary revenue... 3,581,003 ... 2,510,757 Territorial revenue 3,021,71)2 ... 827,001Ordinary and territorial'revenuo ... 7,503,795 ... 3,30?;301 Totals ... £62,093,0!):} ... ,€27,007,018 The following table exhibits the amount distributed nut of the ordinary revenue of the colony as surplus revenue to the credit of each province during the financial year 186G-7 :- .C s. d. Auckland 53,955 0 11 Taranaki 5,110 11 7 Hawke's Bay 0,101 11 10 Wellington ' 38,710 10 1 Nelson 25,471 1 0 Marlborough 2,070 12 5 Canterbury 101,433 15 (1 Otugo ... 87,551 8 'i Southland 14,013 0 0 Total .€338,721 18 0 The following table exhibits the amount distributed out of the ordinary revenue of the colony as surplus revenue to each province for the financial period from 1853-9 tc 1868-7, both inclusive : .€ s. d. Auckland 391,913 8 2 Taranaki 35,772 10 11 ; Hawke's Iky 42.550 5 7 Wellington 190.295 12 4 ; Nelson 103,780 12 11 Marlborough 7,01-7 12 8 Canterbury 351,593 8 11 Olngo 501,522 5 7 [ Southland 81,1-10 18 2 ; €1,781,531 1 3 The amount actually distributable to th provinces for the same period—lßsß-9 t lS!il')-7 conclusive—was £1,507,842 lis Oil = The difference, £183,683 9s 3d, is the sun which the ("olonial Treasurer has proposed t wipe out in the case of some of the pre vinces. The following table shews the increase t '"_ the Customs revenue by the new Cnston J Act of 1864:

The following table exhibits the quantity and value of gold exported from the province of Canterbury from ISG3-4 to 18GG-7, both inclusive. Prior to IS6-2-3 the produce of the several goldfiekls is not shewn separately. Quantity. Yidue. Years Oz. £. 18(134 ... 23 ~. 01 ISGLS ... 57,025 ... 2211,573 1865-8 ... 390,233 ... 1,512,01)3 18GG-7 ... 337,837 ... 1,309,120 Totals... 785,123 ... 3,017,780 The quantity of gold exported from Otago, fro'ii ISO 2-3 to 18ii6-7, both inclusive, was 1,697,902 oz, of the value of £6,579,373.

Articles, 18G5 1800 |(.V) ISOTi Totat,. I £ ! £ 1 £ Spirits ...1 81,332 0O.1O0 '14,301! 215,823 Ci<ifiirs aiftl Snufi] 4,415 •1,2!) li 2,710 11,152 Tobacco ... 33,630 42,231| 20,451 90.321 Wine .,. 14,630: 11,0S0 : 4,832| 31,418 Ale, Beer, &C...I 17,4T8| 1C,8(K) 8,00? j 42,114 Tea ... 1 10,700; 23,205; 0,800! 52.777 Coffee, &e. ... 3,052j 2,fl03' 2,iii; 8,1)70 Sugar, &c. .,. 31,005 37,770i 10,001 83,43!) Totals ... 20S.204 220,41S 109,0-Hl 510,753