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the miners to get their stores and necessaries on to the ground at a low cost of carriage. All other public works and improvements for the time being must give way to the great necessity of attending to our gold-fields. I would strongly and persistently advocate the opening up of the country in every direction without 'any delay whatever. It may be asked from where is the money to be derived to accomplish this great work. My answer is this, that if the Colonial Government will not grant us a loan of, say £60,000 to £100,000, we will ask them to become security for us for the required sum. I am in favour of encouraging settlement on the lands, and to give all facilities to the agriculturist ; for when the goldfields are worked out we shall have a cultivated soil to fall back on. I am in favour of supplementing the main trunk roads with branch roads, leading into the centres of population ; and I am most desirous to co-operate with the Members of the County Council to induce the General Government to reduce the duty on gold. I am decidedly opposed to the sale of any lands in the vicinity of the goldfields, or when they are presumed to be auriferous, until a Bill is passed through the General Assembly legalising the miner to enter upon all ground known to contain auriferous wealth, compensation being given to the owners by arbitration in the manner proposed in the Bill thrown out by the Upper House at Wellington. Upon the subject of Education my views are very decided. I believe no question of greater importance can be brought before the Council than that of a proper system of education for the rising generation. I should be favourable to liberal money grauts to forward this most important cause. Without making more promises, I can only say that, if returned, I will do my utmost for the interests of the County as may seem meet to the best of my judgment. I am, Gentlemen, Yours respectfully, 3944 SAMUEL BOYLE. TO G. S. SALE, ESQ. SIR, — We, the undersigned electors, earnestly desiring that you should be one of our Representatives in the next County Council, respectfully request that you will allow yourself to be nominated as a candidate. We feel well assured that your long and intimate acquaintance with the requirements of our several districts, your strong principles, and your large ability, will ensure to us a valuable representative should you be n turned as one. In the event of your consenting to be paced in nomination, we promise you our warmest support to secure your election. We are, Sir, Yours obediently, Samuel Boyle M. H. Kittson Jno. Cosgrave and Co M. 11. Kelly George Findlay Tait Brothers J. M. Higgin . John M'Beath Wm. Gawne William Woodside H. J. Hansen Mace and Dixon Alfred Dyson Alexander Mcc Jumes Browne W. A. Williams W. M. Hare Wm. Cobb A. J. Mills Sinclair and Jack Joseph Ivess Walter Atkin W. Keller .James Blndier Michael Rouse John M'Namara John A. Roscow Thomas Collins W >r i. Smith John Dixon Julius Mattbies W. G. Johnston Joseph Alman P. B. Cameron H. Meyer B. Mendelsson J. P.* K iein J. R. Ryley, F.R.C.S. Wm. Swanson James Craig and Co James J. Bartlett J. Churches James Chesney Henry Elliott Jas. R. Anderson Charles Macduff William King Joh Crerar John Levy Walter Ramsay W. H. Cousins John Fletcher C. P. Egan Robert'Taylor Joseph Williams Richard Cooper Joseph Ross Benjamiu Walker F. L. Kortegast Benjamin Boddy F. Dermot J. A. M'Donald William Graham H. R. Turner J. Reany John Hiiichcliff Hugh Cassidy Dmald Potter Charles Kea9t John Haskell James Evans John Kennedy Robert Whale John Groves Thomas North Charles Bennett John Cross W. S. Lockhart John Angus Thomas Booth John Breeze Henry Hyams P. Solomon L. Cramer William Duncan Chr. Hansen Thos. Fitzpatrick P. Hansen George Connor Jno. Arkell Robert Wright W. D. Hyde Wm. W. Dunbar William Evans John Mulvihill Wm. J. Staite Wm. H. Clay Cullen Bio?. Gentlemen, — I return you „my best thanks for the honor which you have done me, in asking me to come forward as a candidate for the town of Hokitika. Until quits recently, I was under the impression that it was intended that I should remain in office as County Secretary ; and I could not, while holding that office, have sat in the Council as your representative. I find, however, upon a careful consideration of the County of Westland Act, that no such office as that of County Secretary exists. I shall, therefore, cease to act in that capacity on the 31st December. Ido not suppose that it was the intention of the General Assembly to confer such a reward for five years spent, not idly, in the public service Such, however, is. I believe, the real state of the case, and therefore I am now no longer a salaried officer, but a private citizen, and as a private citizen I willingly accept the invitation which you have given me to come forward as your candidate. I shall have no interests to serve except those of the Counry, and, should I be returned, all the abilities I possess will be used with that object. Moreover, the knowledge of the district which I have acquired during four years of official work in Westland, cannot fail, I believe, to give me a considerable advantage. I sh:ill, no doubt, have some opportunities of meeting and addressing you on various subjects before the election ; I need not, therefore, enter into any discussion of details for the present;' it is sufficient to say that my main object would be to do far more than has been done hitherto in making roads into the interior of the country. The prosperity of the County, I believe, , depends almost entirely upon it. You all know my fau ts, and I am not unconscious of them myself; you are also able to appreciate any good qualities which I may possess. Another man may serve your interests more ably; no man can do so more hon- stly than I shall, if I am returned. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours, faithfully, G. S. SALE. 27th Novembej, 1868. 4262