PARLIAMENT.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 40, 18 September 1890, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF BEPBESENTATIVES. [ PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I W b dli ngton, Sep« em ber 17. Beplying to Mr Browne, Mr Bichardson said the amount of public money paid to the Natives of the North Island • last year as bonuses for Babbit skins was £1254 8s 9d, and the number of skins supplied by the Natives 100,350. In replying to Mr Seddon, Mr Mitohelson said the purchase of the Union Company's fleet of steamers by the Government was a very important question. The Government could not take it into consideration at all. Beplying to Dr Newman, as to whether the Government would, during the recess buy the balance of the land necessary to form a national park at Mts. Buapehtt and Tongariro, Mr Mitchelson said that ! every endeavour had been made in this | direction towards buying Tip the interests ,of the Natives. The Appropriation Bill for " and the Public Works Appropriation Bill W»e introduced, read and committed. On the motion for the third reading of the Appropriation Bill Mr Ballance, r«viewing the work of the session, referred to the failure- of the Government to pass several bills promised last session,- especially, the Civil Service Bill; Bankruptcy Bill, and Charitable Aid Bill. Ho believed much of the evils of the present session might have been avoided if the Government had dissolved Parliament even during the present session.