Excerpt from The New Zealand Confederation: An Enquiry Into the Present State of Political Affairs Suggestions as to the Best Form of Government for the Colony
One result of the legislation attending the abolition of Provincial Institutions has been the material increase of the political power of the richer classes of the community, notably the runholders, in which term I include all persons occupying runs, whether as freeholders or as pastoral tenants of the Crown. It has consolidated the strength of the runholding party in the General Assembly by enabling it to act more effectively, since the land laws for the whole Colony will, for the future, be dealt with in a general measure whenever amendments are proposed; whereas, in the past, this party has frequently found itself embarrassed by having to deal with the land laws for each Province seriatim, and so been unable to check the progress of liberal principle?. An illustration of its augmented strength has already been furnished by the action of the Legislative Council, in excising the clauses of the Waste Lands Administration Bill, which provided for the extension of the deferred payment system throughout the Colony; and a further proof will be found in the attempt (which failed of success more by accident than anything else) made last session to renew the leases of the Canterbury pastoral tenants without public competition. The Waste Lands Boards have likewise been virtually placed under the control of the same party.
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