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that should be encouraged and must be observed if the character of the people is to be maintained and the country is to prosper as we hope and believe it will. We are now in a fairly good position. With proper management we should be able to retain our prosperity and keep development going for a long time to come. What we have to avoid is an era of extravagance, of which there are already indications; but I hope the good sense of the great mass of the people will be used to prevent any possibility of the earnings of the community being squandered for unnecessary purposes.