PARLIAMENTARY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 95, 30 July 1873, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE Ol BSPBE

A Bit,!, for constiating native ■ n w defining its functions, provides for v nil to b« permissive at the option of a majority of lias natives, where a majority or part of the inhabitants of any district are natives whose title to land Is not extinguished. The Governor may alter or extend the boundaries of districts. H© may also define a district affected by the regulations under the Act. A mixed population may resolve to be brought under the operation of the Act. Ail land over which the native title has been extinguished t o cease to be part of the district. The Council to consist of not lees than six members, and not t exceed 12. The t rm of office to be three years. The Governor may at any time prorogue or dissolve the Council. The resident magistrates to bo ex officio members. All native males who have attained their majority ‘» be qualified to vote. The rolls to I.) made up by ar. ident magist .M, and po ted up. Toe resident magistrate ' act aa returning office , bat the Governor may appoint others. The Council to ole ; a president, subject to the Governor's approval. He may be either a native or European. The majority to decide all matters- The Councillors to be entitled to remuneration be fixed by the Governor, the salary of the President being paid out of the consolidated funds. The Council to have power to inquire into petitions regarding land disputes, and to faciht ..to amicable settlement. Adjudication in such c it to be recognizable at Retire Lands Court. The Council to report to the Governor relative to © observance of native rights and customs. The Council may frame regulations for health, el'aning house , nuisances, drunkenness, public pror ,rty, prevention of fires, dogs, rtUo, branding c ttlo, trespass, ai d boundary fences. The pipers relative to the proposed mail service by MoMcokan and Blackwood are to the following effect i—Messrs McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co. will establish a service to and from Melbourne and Wellington, landing and receiving mads at the Bluff, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, and op aid down the cort, for three yeirs, at a subsidy of £SO per annum. The down malls were < j be delivered at Bluff harbour in seven days, and at Port Chalmers ia eight days, at Lyt* ;Itou in nine and a-balf days, at Wellington io ten and a-half days from the arrival of the P. and O. boat in Hobson's Bay. On the motion of Mr Reeve* a return of ship* chartered for the conveyance of Immigrants was calkd for. Mr Gillies said the Hew Zealand Shipping Company would, In six months, become as great a monopoly as Shaw, Savill, and Co. were.

In answer to a question by Mr Fox, the Premier criticised the Permissive Bill, and condemned 15. Ha said the Government favoured an improvemeat in exiatmg lavra, but would prole? to pin. vent adulteration, and vender licensee more difficult to obtain. The power of granting licenses should be taken away from unpaid Justices, ami vested in Commissioners, whose duty it won*d bo to inspect the houses, suspend licenses for bad conduct, issue transfers, and encourage workingtnon’e clubs. The Government would consider the question during the recess, and draft a bill. On the motion of Mr Buckle the correspondence between Mr Beckham and the Oolonhl Government relative to frontier defences waa ordered to be produced. Replying to Mr Williamson in the House of Representatives on the 16th Instant, Mr Vogel said that he was advised that the date for the return of the writs for the election of the present Provincial Council of Auckland was the 18th January, 1870, and the Council would therefore have to bo dissolved on some dav prior to the 18th January, 1874.