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Pàgina 370 - That plenary powers of legislation should be conferred upon and exercised by the Colonial Legislature for the time being, and that no Bills should be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, unless they affect the prerogatives of the Crown, or the general interests of the Empire.
Pàgina 313 - Present, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Report from the...
Pàgina 468 - HER MAJESTY having taken the said Report into consideration was pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to approve thereof and to order as it is hereby ordered that the same be punctually observed obeyed and carried into execution.
Pàgina 119 - With these characteristics of courage and warlike vagrancy, the Maories present however other remarkable traits of character. Nearly the whole nation has now been converted to Christianity. They are fond of agriculture, take great pleasure in cattle and horses ; like the sea, and form good sailors ; are attached to Europeans, admire their customs and manners; are extremely ambitious of rising in civilization, and of becoming skilled in European arts...
Pàgina 365 - MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, WE, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the members of the Legislative Council of New South Wales in...
Pàgina 342 - If the duties were uniform, it is obvious that there need be no restrictions whatever imposed upon the import or export of goods between the respective Colonies, and no motive for importing into one goods liable to duty, which were destined for consumption in another ; and it may safely be calculated that each would receive the proportion of revenue to which it would be justly entitled, or, at all events, that there would be no departure from this to an extent of any practical importance.
Pàgina 375 - The waste lands of the vast Colonial possessions of the British Empire are held by the Crown as Trustee for the inhabitants of that Empire at large...
Pàgina 130 - They mostly avail themselves of the natural fastnesses afforded by the country, and large armed bodies of them pass rapidly from place to place, subsisting where European troops cannot live. Won by the teaching of their missionaries, the natives have almost as an entire race embraced Christianity, and have abandoned the most revolting of their former customs. Instructed by their teachers, a great proportion of the native population are able to read and write...
Pàgina 356 - Revenue beyond that which is necessary in order to ensure its being expended on the objects to which it is legitimately applicable, and in a manner consistent with justice towards those from whom it is raised.
Pàgina 369 - ... are not allowed to exercise the most ordinary legislation which is not subject to the veto of the colonial minister. " Thus circumstanced, we feel that, on the eve of the dissolution of this council, and as the closing act of our legislative existence, no other course is open to us but to enter on our...