OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 33, 20 December 1878, Page 3

OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

Tho fact that the Marquis . f N T .ir tnanby, Oovoi-jnr of iNow Zealand, i3tosucceel tho present Gnurn.r of Victoria is n.'t surprisi 1 -*-.-, as t is the second transU ion of a( i >\v. n n from Now Zoabm I to that w ul hifi and moi'o^ >mulou- c A my. Yicfr-riii is tho third oo'ony in point < f t > population, eraolu;nent, am.>::g ih lil'r.ynino (h>ver:vjvihii>s anl l.ttii tenant G jvenvn-sliips in th > »i t •<! the Crown Bri ish India ranks firs* , end tho salaryof the Govoruoi -G 3nera of than vast dppeivlency is £2 4,000. The Governor - Generalship of Canada cime? next, with a salary of £10,000; then Victoria, also with a salary of £10,000 Jamaica, Coylon, Cane Colony, New South Wales, each with a salary of £7000 from the British Exchequer. ihon comes Mauritius, with a salary of £GOOO, and then come a group of eight cobnies, New Zealand, South Australia, Queensland, Fiji, Strails Settlement, Hongkong, British Guiana, Mal:a, all n-ith a salary of £5000 attached to each. It would appear as if New Zealand was to bo ma«ie the next step to the highest prize in the Australasian group. £ir Goorgo Bowen and the M arquis of Normanby both left Queensland for New Zea land, an:) both will have enjoyed translation from New Zealand to Victoria. Probably that may hereafter be the fortune of Sir Hercules Kobinson, who now leaves NonSouth Wales, and will succeed the Marquis of Normanby ia Now Zealand, i Sir Hercaile3 George Robert Robm- j eon, G.C.M.G , is tho second son ot , Captain Ilflrcules Robinson. He; was born in 1824, and was educated , ! at the Royal Military College of! Sandhurst. lie served some yeaisl in the 87fch Fusiliers, but returned j from the army in 1846, and from the ! time of his his retirement ho was i actively engaged in 1846-49 du-ing the Irish famine, under tho Commis- j sioners of Public Works and the Irish j Poor Law Hoard. In 185-1 ho was appointed Prosidont of Montserrat, , was Lieu' en ant - Governor of St | Christopher's from 1855 till 1859, when ho succeeded £ir John Kowring as Governor of Hongkong, whoro he ,; received lmightliood. In 1865 he j was appointed Uovornor of Ceylon, i and of New South Wales in 1872. j " In 1874," says Men of the Time, i 11 he proceeded to the Fiji Islands for i the puipoj-e of settling matters be-j tween the British Government and j the native power. On October 15, j he accepted the unconditional cession j of the islands, annexed them to the j British Empire, and hoisted the: British flag. For some time he re- | tamed in his own handa the general j supervision of the Provincial povern- i ment which ho established. In Jan i vary, 1875, ho was created a Grand Cross of the Ord3i- of SS. Michael and George, in recognition of his ! services in connection with the cession j of the Fiji Islands." Sir Hercules j Robinson has been a most popular ; Governor in New South Wa'.os. He- 1 is a statesman of wide experience and : vigor, an original thinker, an able I speaker, and he combines political j sagacity with a lova of sporting and i an affection for the turf, which, be- : cause of the high principle- ho seeks : to inculcate, l.olps to make him more j aflfectionately regarded by tho people : of New South Wales. -Post. ! ■ i