POLITICAL LOCAL.
The? Session of the Provincial Council terminated on the 14th inst. His Honor the Superintendent, in proroguing the Council, made the following speech :— "Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of the Provincial Council " Having now arrived at the conclusion of a long and important Session, it becomes my duty to thank you lor the earuest attention which you have bestowed upon the various subjects which have bsen submitted lor your consideration i have also to thank you for the provision you have made for the conduct of the public service during the current financial half year. " In my address to you on the opening of the present session I gave much prominence to the financial position of the province—a position resulting solely from the non-sale of our loans; and I alluded to the possibility of the Government finding itself thereby placed hi circumstancfs of no ordinary difficulty. " Those circumstances of difficulty^ have occurred, and have been met—the critical point of our position has been reached, and I believe I may say, safely passed. " The experiences which have lately happened to the Government will, I feel assured, prove of permanent benefit to the country. We cap now see clearly the dan?3rou3 position from which we have nar owly escaped, and we can also distinctly recognise the source of our difficulties " With this knowledge, neither the Provincial Council nor the Government will in future be likely to fall into the error of sanctioning a large expenditure upon the basis of unnegotiated' loans.
(Here follows a list of the bills assented to.) "In now relieving you from your legislative duties, it only remains that I should express my earnest hope that the Divine blessing may follow your labours, and that this Province may continue to advance in all that is conducive to the welfare of its people. " I declare the Provincial Council of Ofago tj stand prorogued until Saturday, the l«t day of October next. '
"J. Hydb Harris, " Superintendent
14th June, 1864.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 784, 18 June 1864, Page 5
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329POLITICAL LOCAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 784, 18 June 1864, Page 5
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