GENERAL ASSEMBLE OF NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 147, 29 June 1870, Page 2

GENERAL ASSEMBLE OF NEW ZEALAND.

HOUSE OP EEPEESENTATIVES

Welnesday, 22nd June.

The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock,

PETITIONS,

Mr. Dion an presonted a petition from a Waikato settler, praying tbat his case be taken into consideration. '

The petition was received, BETITBN.

Mr. Gillies moved that a return be laid ou the table of this House, showing the costs and charges in detail of the administration of the confiscated and ceded lands in Waikato, Tauranga, and Bay of Plenty. He asked leave to amend the motion by omitting all the word s after the word " lands," and inserting the words, " the respective districts of the colony."

The motion-was agreed to,

LANDS AT BOVEETY BAY AND EAST COAST,

Mr. Gillies moved that a statement of all agreements or engagements between the Colonial Government and natives, military s«t-

I tiers, or other persons, in regard to lands at ' Poverty Bay and the East Coast, be laid on the table of this House, together with copies of all deeds and documents relative thereto. In Poverty Bay there was a quantity ot land supposed to be ceded, but it did not appear clearly in what position the confiscated lands in Poverty Bay were. He wished to gain some information on the point. .**■.; '■.--. **.. Mr. Beadeb Wood seconded the motion. AUCKLAND HABBOB. Mr. Gi_.MEß7'-hoved for leaVe to bring in a bill to provide for* the care and management' of the harbor of Auckland, together with'the wharves, piers, and improvements thereof. He .proposed that the management of Auckland harbor should be confided to the care of ■a local board. "\XCha Speakeb thought.the bill should be referred to a committee to decide whether it was a private bill. However, with the consent of the House, he would put the motion. The motion was then put and carried. Tho bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed ; to be read a second time on Thursday week. I AD.KLAND.WASTE LANDS. ; > Mr. Gillies moved for leave to.bring in a bill to amend the Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1867. The object of the bill was to provide that persons occupying and cultivating land should be .entitled to right of purchase. He stated the other Objects' of the bill. Mr. Beadeb Wood seconded the motion. The' bill was then read a,first time, and ordered to be' printed; the second reading to take place on Wednesday next. ■. •' .'. WINDING-Tn? COMPANIES. Mr. Gillies moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide an" ; easier and less expensive method of winding-up, companies formed under the Mining Companies Lim_tjed. Liability Act, 1865, and the Mining Coin panics Limited Liability Act, 1865, Amend-, ment Act, 1869. Members who knew what had taken place at the Thames would See the necessity for ■ the. bill he proposed to introduce.

The bill was read a first, time, and ordered to be printed ; the second reading to take place on Wednesday next. . ," .; 7 _ j

APrOINTMENT. .OE ATTOENEY-GENEEAL.

Mr. Gillies moved that copies of all documents and correspondence relative to the appointment of the present Attorney-General be laid on the table of the H-ouse. He said it would be in the recollection of the House that the Attorney-General was appointed as a h6npolitical officer at a salary of £1000 a-year. He • bad since heard that* the AttorneyGeneral's salary was considerably more, and that the next Judgeship had been' absolutely mortgaged to him. )

The motion was agreed to,