MAJOR RICHARDSON ON THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF NEW ZEALAND.
[by inteh-provinot.vti TiraaiiAPir..] Dunbdin, This Day, 1.10 pin.' At a public meeting at Balelutha on Wednesday, Major Richardson spoko for an hour and threo-quartera :i on' tho political aspect of Now Zealand, especially with reforenco to Provincial institutions. ; Ho advocated i— -tat, tbo abolition* of Provincial Legislatures; 2nd, nominated Superintendents, with an eloctivo council of twelve members, and quarterly meetings; 3rd, that a portion of tho consolidated revenue, 1 in proportion to tho population, be given to ench provinco; 4th, that the' land revenue be allocated in the pro* portion of one-third for immigration, onC'tirird for trunk roads, and onethird for tho, district Eoad Bbarda j oth, that Reparato accounts bo kept for the different funds ; Otli, that the provinces be divided iuto counties aud road districts. i, Ho considered tho sale of Waste JDaud at ten shillings an acre a wrong to tho settlers, and a gross depreciation of the value- of tho public estate. Tho Hundreds system was tho moat prominont feature of tho Otngo Land [Act of 18G0, and tho sale of land in blocks, without tho previous declaration 'of Hundreds, was simply a ruinous policy as rogardod Bettlomont.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 31, 18 June 1868, Page 3
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