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ОглавлениеTo the Members of the Legislative Council.
GENTLEMEN,
It is, I assure you, very gratifying to me, to receive at this moment, on the eve of my separation from you, this testimony of your sentiments and regard.
I thank you unfeignedly for the able assistance, which, on all occasions, you have so cordially afforded me in perfecting the various important measures, which it has been my duty to bring under your consideration. I have no claim to any merit for having abstained from endeavouring to control your discussions: I knew that the object of His Majesty's government—the true interests of the colony—would be best promoted by leaving you to the free exercise of your own judgment. As to one of the measures to which you more immediately allude, it was calculated to meet the exigency of the times, and the result is happily exemplified by the security which the inhabitants throughout the colony now enjoy in their persons and property.
It affords me, indeed, peculiar satisfaction, after the long continuance of disastrous seasons with which the colony has been visited, and the consequences resulting from such a calamity, to be enabled to transfer my charge in the improved and gratifying state which you have described. The character of my successor is the best promise, that the internal resources of the colony will be cultivated to the utmost; and that its agriculture and commerce will be fostered and extended by every possible means.
Feeling, gentlemen, as I sincerely do, an anxious desire for the prosperity of your adopted country, I cannot be indifferent to yours; and I beg you will believe, that individually, as well as in your collective capacity, forming the legislative body of this colony, I shall ever take a lively interest in your happiness and success; and I ardently hope, that the tranquillity which the colony now enjoys may meet with no interruption; that the bright prospects which the improved state of your commerce and the late seasons have opened to you, may be confirmed; and that your families may long continue to feel the benign influence of these great blessings.
With sentiments of sincere regard, I remain,
Gentlemen,
Your faithful friend and Servant,
(Signed) RA. DARLING.
Government House, }
14th October, 1831, }
