PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 37, 13 March 1862, Page 2

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Monday, March 10. Pursuant to adjournment, the Provincial Council met on Monday last at 3 o’clock. The following members were present —Capt. Carter, Messrs. Colenso, Hitch ings, Triphook, Dolbel, Wood, M. Fitzgerald, and Tiffen. Mr. Tucker having resigned bis office as Speaker, Capt. Carter moved, and Mr. Wood seconded the motion that Mr. M. Fitzgerald take the chair. Mr. Colenso thought that the most correct way of proceeding would be to read the late Speaker’s resignation, and elect a Speaker without a chairman. Capt. Carter moved that Dr. Hitchings be Speaker, which was seconded by Mr. Wood. Dr. Hitchings, before taking the Speak-

•> l-V .1. J ,±7, J? „ *1 er S CliclH', uuscrvcu iutt h il uui tile piGCaVlOu3 nature of his profession, be could not hold the office permanently; but, to save any further trouble, he would accept it pro. tem. on the distinct understanding that he should resign it the first sitting day. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, The Superintendent laid on the table the following papers :

Superintendent’s Office, Napier, Feb. 12, 1862. Oentxjssieh,— A Resolution passed at tho last Sitting of the Provincial Council requesting that I should communicate with you to ascertain on what terms the Road opposite the Catholic Chapel in this Town, could be restored to a width suitable for the traffic at that place ; and that would lessen or avoid the danger to horsemen or wheeled vehicles by collision from want of room, now so imminent there. I have the honor to request you will have the goodness to inform me for the information ot the Provincial Council, what your terms will bo for giving up to the Provincial Government such portion of Town Section No 430, tinted red on the plan in the margin hereof, as will enable the Government to make a more easy and uniform curve in Shakspeare-road. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most Obedient Servant, (Signed) J. C. Lambtoh Caetee, Superintendent. Messrs. Stuart, Kinross, & Co., &c., &c., &c. Napier, Napier, 6th March, 1862. Sie, —We have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 13th ultimo, enquiring our terms for sale of a portion of our Town Section No. 430. After full consideration, we find that, in giving up the level part of the section, we should injure its market value to an extent which, if we sought it from the Government, wouldjbe thought excessive, while it will be very difficult to calculate the cost of excavation and removal of the soil, to make the land suitable for building sites. We regret, therefore, we must decline selling the narrow strip of land laid down on the margin of your honor’s letter, but we shall be happy to sell the frontage sections of our property, as laid down in a plan fon view at the office of Messrs. Triphook <£ Wright who have the disposal of our land ; and as the possession of the frontage sections would give to the Government the easiest gradient for a road to the Hospital, it may possibly suit you to purchase them. We have the honor to be, Sir, Your most Obedient Servants, (Signed) Stuaet, His Honor J. C. Lambton Carter, Esq., Superintendent of Hawke’s Bay. Napier, 7th March, 1863. Sin, —In answer to your enquiry as to the price of Town Sections 428, 429, & 430, Napier, wo have the honor to inform you that the price at which we are authorized to sell is £6 per foot, and is based on a valuation made by the Chief Surveyor in 1860; but Messrs. Stuart, Kinross, & Co. will sell the above in one lot at £5 per foot, at which price the cost of these [three [sections would be £2,145. (Two Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-five Pounds.) We have the honor to be. Sir, Your most Obedient Servants, (Signed) Teiphook. & Weight. T ° . A His ,, j€, the Superintendent, Napier.

Mr. Triphooic, understanding that the Council would be adjourned for a week, moved that all notices of motion for the day be postponed until Monday, the 17th. Mr. M. Fitzgerald seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Notices of motion were then given as under. By Mr. Wood —To move as an amendment upon the motion of going into Committee upon the Estimate of Expenditure, that the Council do resolve itself into a Committee of Ways and Means for the consideration of the Estimate of Revenue. By Mr. Wood —To move on next sitting day, —That His Honor the Superintendent be requested to lay on the table an approximate statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the Province. By Mr. Fitzgerald—For a select committee,

to consist of Messrs. T. H. Fitz Gerald, Alexander, Ormond, Curling, and the mover, for the purpose of reporting upon the Estimates generally—what salaries, if any, can be reduced, and what offices, if any, can be amalgamated. Capt. Carter moved that the Council adjourn until Monday, the 17th instant. Seconded by Mr. Tiffen. Mr. Colenso would offer a few remarks before the question was put. The Council had been already adjourned for the convenience of the country members, and now it was,.to be adjourned again. The country members were paid <£l a day ; there might be some of them on their way here now, who might arrive during the night, and would consider themselves entitled to this pay. The Speaker observed that the question before the Council was that it be adjourned for a week. Mr. Colekso maintained that he was speaking to the question, and .if he chose to speak until six o’clock the next morning he (the Speaker) was bound to sit and hear him. He (Mr. C.) had been working hard last week, and the Superintendent had done the same, to be ready for business to-day, and he thought it a very hard case that the country members should not have arrived ; and he considered it only due to the Province that attention be drawn to the circumstance.

Mr. M. Fitzgerald explained that the late floods had been the cause of the nonarrival of the country members. The Council then adjourned.

RETURN OF APPLICATIONS for 5s. Land Certificates, made during the Year 1861. Date of Receipt of Application. Name of Applicant. No. of Acres. Locality. Date of Certificate Certificates refused, and grounds of refusal. 1861 1861 March 1 William Lyon 7,000 Otaranga March 1 22 William Rich 5,110 Porangahau 22 22 Geo. Hunter 4,260 Porangahau 22 28 T. E. Leadham 9,772 Mangaone Granted for 2,560 acres 7,212 refused, there being 10s. land within the boundaries. May 29 R. D. Wallace 4,000 Tautane Refused, there being 10s. land within the boundaries given. June 11 M. Hill 0,336 Ohatu Sept. 21. July 19 T. Tanner 1,600 Ruataniwha Part of this 10s. land, therefore certif. refused. Oct. 1 C. Lambert 340 Ruataniwha Oct. 7 Oct. 1 T. Tanner 8S6 Ruataniwha Oct. 1 Oct. 1 J. Uenton 3,600 Puketapu Oct. 1 Oct. 1 D. Gollan 6,560 fMang'tarata') (.Tarawera J Oct. 7 Oct. 2 G. G. Carlyon 5,000 Gwavas Oct. 2 Nov. 28 W. Couper. seu. 5,990 Kauranaki Not inspected during 1861 Dec. 4 E. Collins 7.880 Tamurau Dec. 11 Dec. 7 S. Begg 10,000 Tutaekuri Not inspected • 11. S. TIFFEN, Napier, Feb. 14,1862. Com. Crown Lands.