Hawke's Bay Times. MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1868. PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 590, 29 June 1868, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times.

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1868. PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

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On t Thurs lay the Council met at 3 p.m. The only important notice on the paper was o;;.e by bis Honor, requesting tl;o opinion oi' the Council as t . wheth.r t-c Provincial system c-ju!»i not lie (•xcnadif-’il f.-r a loss expensive : form ui local g ivcmniv-nC The moturn was withdrawn in favor of a series of 5. veu "os dm ions of a ..k-tinite character 1-y Mr Cuchauau, consideration' |ot veaml;. as iuv.dviug new matter, j was lU’i-'i’i’e-i i’ul Saturday. A ftcr ar ranging that, Saturday a;], i to-day should the sit!! ;;:-.lays, the Lh-uacil adjourned. On ; ri-lay the Council met at the usu.il hour. A commit tea to frame an education bill was appointed. Mr , APkean, as chairman, brought up llie j progress report of the finance commit - hoc, wiiioii was read. The Council alien wont into commit ice of supply, land the estimates, with the exception ad'one or two items, were 0 niCJered and passed. Sev-nal reductions were made in the 110 lice, as well as other 1 , 17 any ;rt,rents. Cue boatman was struck

ATI the harbor estimates, and one prijvate elt tiie p. Lee, while similar realactions tvere made in other particulars. The Superintendent's ami other salaries were reduced by twenty per cent., in conformity with the original 'prep sals of the Government, G'n Saturday, a Lee some minor business had been disposal of, tho Conned, on flie motion of Air Buchanan : ’•vent imo committee on Ins resolutions, j Llie first was carried on a division,

after considerable discussion: the se-j Jcoud was negatived, also on a division.| ,Ou tiio Litter half of the third being) - ruck out on the motion of Mr Forard, i !|Mr Buchanan abandoned tiio resolutions, as being practically useless. Mr ,|i\ rurd, in a speech if great length, j moved a Ling senes oi resolutions, c Mr Iducbaaan moved the previous ;<uiesi.iui!, winch was negatived, and tie resolutions were accordingly ielved. Mr Carlyon moved that the ; Council had uo coulidence in a ministry wined comprised the member for ’ i’ofangahau. This was negatived, ■ and the Council soon after adjourned.