HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVES.
I LOCAL BODIES LOAtr BILL. */ V The Hon. Mr Ballanee 'brought, rUjp^j •th 6 ,report>Aofh*he^(^namittee^ :)on/jlto» :y:iri moti on for searching the journals^ sfy ( 'i}. Leg slative Couucil, with, reference to the rejection' by : %h9h P^unciVi .9i:; ,tb* ■ .- 1 Gov jrnment r Loans; to, ; LpW Biwe» '"^ r Billj-— Sir Julius VogoL said |he ipould introduce the bill again to^moriov b^.'y mestogo, and he hoped the 1 itould pass it through. -. : ' - x .^v.v.- --! '^>.- MBRAKY BOOKS. .... .-, ' j', s : - Mr Macandrew moTod, That it "be ft : recommendation. to the joint librftrjr '' ' ' Couimittee that regulations Bhould W " franed whereby books may b» lent .toY ,v ; menlbers of the Legislature residing '<•■ out side Wellington during ti^ereoess. v —rThe motion was agreed to*. Tie House jnet a£&3o p^mi ( v^j ->ru: r | ANSWERS TO QUBBTIOHS; 0 Replying to questions} it was stated that! it had been Ja pradfice^ fersone time to obtain the consent ol the natives interested ; "in jresenre*. ff!n : on the West Coast eefore suoh leases
; Wj»re made;; There 1 were large. ;,«reas;.j of lind yet to be let-onihat coast.—That eopieartdf Ae^joc^^oa^S^- j ment would be circulated, to the various (Education and r Scho<4 .Oomjau^es in the colony,- and also copies of the Mines Statement: ;ito, t^.. r Scheol;,ol (r -Mines in' the colony. . \~." ;■-.£-".•:'""' '■>' ;.' ■'"I • ' ' z:Zr:::r v if's&jffi ** ■ I OOVEEMMBIfT JJ^BPBjUlci. \ v , Mr Mon^meiy critici^ th 6 a©i f tion's of the Board." He^said he agreed with the recommendatien of the! Committee to < take the {business
out! of the hands of the present Board,and intrust it tw -a reeonslitiuted^Btf ajrd.
There ought to be no question or, sus- ■* picion a« to the way , in .whicE. the J^ funds of such an institution were Kis^-' ' pased, and he intended-. -^©f wove that six i statutory officers be appointed to ' manage it.— -Mr W. 'Stewart- "also adversely criticised some or* tnVßfrard'a , purchases, but did not see any necessity for statutory" officers.— Mr 6r- s moid said 1 he tHought the Chairto*ttf\ of the Committee was not ,in f aygrvpf' .handing the burinoss back to the' GoW en^^w^ >l^fw i tp^^ >5 entrusted to rompers oresponsi&le t* the' funds invested without thesanctibp of Parliament by a;ia6ri»lk»r of the) Government, and said^ lher» was no < precision against it in vth* Bill. . All. purchases of town property hAdi'V. been made by the Minister at th» ; head of the Department.- Theyoughtr to guara agaißM any sucbpowerJMrajg given in future. r --,-«e .Christchurcb Surchue was absolutely : illegal.- — [j Sopbie McKeozie, disagreed with *~ the previous speakers as to the ralue I of Itjttf, purchases. He defended th*- — appdintment'of Mr Driver as^ea#ficlatto the Associatiori.rrMr lipvestani thought the Bill exactLy met the recommendatibnof ItReT C#mniitM«^ilsr Barron considered Driver's appointment injured the Assocatidii.— Sir J. Yogel replied v def 4 ending .Jhe. actionvot .the Board in making purchases. "He |debied;he had ever used his Ministerr . : lal position to :1 * Such an insinuatidn^had been direotly contradicted, by evidynoe. v JE[f . con- Itended that if statutery officers weri» il appointed it would relieve the Gevernthjought such a course open to graVi v y objection. The House went into v C^mit^eii hob i the jss; Atclausf3 progress was reporie^ and the QdnjMi '.:■: rose at 1.10 p!m. . ' ''* ; '' '" : '
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