tlemen of the House of Assembly,_

I have much satisfaction in meeting the Legislature of
New-Brunswick--I am well persuaded that you will continue to
promote and support the Interests and Institutions of the Province
in a manner that will not fail to receive from me that ready and
cordial concurrence which it will be my greatest pleasure to bestow
upon all measures that may be calculated to advance the public
good.

It affords me great pleasure to have it in my power to congratulate
you on the very prosperous state of the Provincial Finances. The
Revenue of the last exceeds greatly that of any former year, and
yields a large surplus beyond the charges incurred, within the
corresponding period.

_Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,_

I shall direct the Treasurer's Accounts to be laid before you, I
rely upon your making the usual provisions for the Ordinary
Services of the Province; and I am happy to acquaint you that the
state of the Treasury is such as to enable you to provide for other
objects of public interest and utility, to which your bounty has
already been extended, and also to promote other important services
which I shall hereafter bring before you.

_Mr. President, and Gentlemen of His Majesty's Council,
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,_

Watching assiduously over the Public Interests, I shall have to
submit to you, by Message, various measures which it will be
necessary to bring under your consideration in the course of the
Session, but whilst I reserve matters of detail for that mode of
communication, important considerations and general views, which
require to be fully and forcibly put to the Country, and which
could not be properly treated in partial or very concise form,
render it expedient, on this particular occasion, to lay before you
such a statement of public affairs, as may embrace, generally, all
interests, and leave nothing in doubt as to our real situation, in
the more important branches of our well being.

I have great pleasure in stating to you that I find the affairs of
the Province to be generally in a very prosperous condition. It
will be useful however, to observe closely, how far this prosperity
depends upon adventitious circumstances and in what degree it rests
upon our own inherent means and