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14 offered seat in the Legislative Council, but he declined the distinction, preferring to devote himself to farming and trading pursuits. He was, however, one of the moving spirits in the agitation for responsible government which finally won for the young colony the Constitution Act under which it still enjoys its wide political freedom. He was elected Superintendent of Wellington in 1871, and remained in office till, the abolition of the provinces in 1875. Previously he had been elected to the House of Representatives, and filled the office of Colonial Treasurer (now designated Minister of Finance). He took a very active part in the removal of the seat of Government from Auckland to Wellington, and again his efforts were crowned with success. He was elected Speaker of the House of Representations in 1876, and on retiring from that branch of the Legislature in 1879, was appointed Speaker of the Legislative Council. It was in recognition of his many valuable services to New Zealand, which often affected the Coast in an intimate way, that his name was given to a street in Hokitika.

Bealey Street.—Mr Samuel Bealey was born in Lancashire, in 1821, and took his degree of B.A. at Cambridge in 1851, and sailed for New Zealand the same year. With his brother John he acquired considerable tracts of land in Canterbury, and his name is familiar in connection with a well-known part of the road between the Coast and Christchurch. On the passing of the Constitution Act, Mr Bealey was elected to the Provincial Council, and continued a member of that body till he was elected Superintendent of the Province in 1863. His great aim in private life and in the various public offices he filled, was to hasten the young colony towards the great goal to progress and prosperity which he believed to be its ultimate destiny. He did much to promote public works in Canterbury, and expended much by his thought and energy in developing the country on this side of the Range.

Hall Street.—Sir John Hall was born in Yorkshire in 1824, and after receiving a generous education in Germany, Switzerland, and Paris, and some office experience as Secretary to the Secretary of the General Post Office in London, he came to New Zealand in 1852 in the last of the Canterbury Association’s chartered ships. After visiting several parts of the Colony he finally settled in Canterbury. He was a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council through the whole period in which the provincial form of government existed, and held several responsible offices. Among other positions he held were the Chairmanship of the Westland and Selwyn County Councils, and after to the first Christchurch Municipal Council. He was elected to the House of Representations as Member for Christchurch in 1858. In the following year he became Colonial Secretary under the leadership of Sir William Fox. In 1862 he was nominated to the Legislative Council, but at the end of the year he resigned his seat in the Upper House to contest the Heathcote seat in the Lower. Having won the election, he became Postmaster-General in the Stafford Ministry, and in the rapid changes of Ministers that took place during the next ten years he filled many positions, but in 1879 he resigned for the fourth time a seat in the Council to lead the opponents of Sir George Grey at the polls. After the election he became Premier, and was at the head of the Government till the general election, when the Stout-Vogel coalition came into force. Sir John