PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 15 June 1868, Page 145

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

The Council ;met on Wednesday at the usualhbur; < All themembers were! present except Mr Carlyon. A raottonj by; that (gentleman that the: telegram received from Mr H. it. Russell should] not be iretieived, rlapsed througlr hisi absence! 11 / Two, jetiims; were ordered] by the Council. one ;on the motion-;of] air Buchanan, to; shew the; manner in which the Loan Appropriation -Act has been carried..outi; and the-other; on the motion of /Mr Wood, shewing important educational 'statistics. A motion by Mr ; Buchanan, to limit the allowance of country members to fifteen days, or r in - the event-of his Excellent cy’s visit, eighteen, found no seconder. In reply to a question byMr Buchan*; ani whether the Superintendent lin~ tended staking : :.the opinion !of the Council ithis. session on - the subject of the continuance :o£ Provincial iristitu tions, his Honor said’' that such was his; intention;' .On"; the: motion <ofiMajorj Lambert, a : Report).was< ordered,; ~to shew the-position, acreage, and rental ; of the educational within :the = Province; i On the motion/of the same member, a Return,' shewing: the ex tent andvalue . of - grants of; land for- :

feitied by persons who had : noc complied with-~the r --proYisfon's of—the Aujckland Waste- ‘Lands Act was also ordered. T ,T,\w> { . new7£tanding moved by. Mr Ferardji/to.ithec effect that all bills, after~diaving , passed their second "reading knd‘ through committee; should be subpaitted} r to>’ the Provincial Solicitor for his.'supervision and opinion, were adopted after a- tedious;! d&Qttssion. i ? A cm.otipno&y utbe same gentleman committee. -on; Buies,' and Orders ididinptr,meet; iWithjnuchlfayoij, nearly ail- the: r .member?, win* icomposed ; that com mitteeoxpressipg themselves unwilling to igo into.fche; matter again... - The .-debate, -j was; < ladjonrned untiiiafter, the ;, orders of the day rhad beehidisposedtof, ;K ,Mr Ormond intro, duced s ; aji biU-to; ramend-vthe, Loan-Apr prppriationi Acti ' la first, time, ordered.toj jbejprjinted. andjthesecond readingi for, i h .next; Mr : ;M‘Jjean brought >,up. ifche report of the Scomjnittee.'appointeil/to iframe>.an ana the Council^-nt afteriibeing; slighHy;>amehdedc pn dhe mptifinpfs’fo thouelfeett dmafc. ahbul&Mrepis Staddpipffer. tbeiGene'sb£ye EKstiffigs^EmiSrabiii

and as a more eligible site than the one at present intended ior the proposed Telegraph and Pjost Office; After < considerable 1 dis-** r cussion; the motion wasaffirmed oh theP foUo\Hhg;;'diVisibif^'^^''(B) J :'; ■ Messrs.. Locke , her,: Ferard, Buchanan, ’ atid„ Weston. ' Noes, (6.) : f!! Messrs.,- : Sutt<hi,. Dolbel, Whitmore, A ? Deane,vParsons* and. Lambert. motion dby.Mr A’Deane, requesting the Superintendent to 1 place on.the; estimates a suni' for the .payment of "a "special constable at Hampden; was deferred, to Comttii|-l tee of Supply. In, reply ]to a question > by the same member; ;why the sum-of-£2oo, .voted last sessiohfor improving the road to Hampdenphad not been r ßo expended; his Honor said that'the* simple reason, was, that . the Province; had not the necessary funds.,, Y *A"re* = turn : , moved; for by , Lieut.r,ColonelWhitmore, of the amount of Papakurai • received;* and the mahnerin whicb' thejr had been 'expended;; was. ordered Council andlprbjmspd’. by the Superintendent; The. subject,< pf; the; Gommitteeron the Standing Rulesabd-Orders ■ was restitned.-' An amendment , oh‘ Mr Ferard’s itio- ' tio;n,‘ by,,Liedt.:.Cpl. was. . agreed] rand > the 'Gouneil , adjourned* at about 9 ipmi. - - < ■Oh Thufsday,’.t;lib',pbuncil mejt at. 3 p.m; : , Mr, Ferard gayb-notic.e.for nextj. sitting day. of a< resolution* embodying * a:long series- of regulations; adopted *; by a Canterbury The Cpuhbil"wept i,ato ; ,pf., Supply, on the. motion, of Mr who then made his> financial* statement. It; showed not equailed expenditure had /exceeded; .the^receipts;* by the sum of £2,204r - He ! kid the ; estimates for the 1 table,' „ahd explained |bat;,ajt s<3 aajaf,» ries of ; officers. reduced* 20. per cent;, * and the expenses*' of; departments estimated so' low.'that; • i nojfurther'rediietions .could; ;be. mi d^; ! ’ without Though rthis had beendone theanargin > between* estimated* revenue'and-expeii- 71 diture wah still very slight; ahd.after paying all.necessary charges tfip wtoi®, amount available Tor public works and*j undertakings, during the - year Wv-uld„> be £828.; . On the motion of- Mrßu-'

chanan the estimates‘'were referred to ai'fihahee committee; A. motion, by, laeut.rCol.,,Whitmorethat. name. jbe removed from the standingvorderst committee,. and; Mr Buchanans sub- - stitutedi was carried on - a division. ; The second, reading of the' Education Act ; was moved-by; Mr. Abodes, after, much discussion,: -postponed;foE-a> ; - week. The'Gounciitheu adjourned ’ till, half-past 7- p.ih. . - ; ' ; ‘ ;i „ Thb Council resumed;, at half-past V, 7. - Mr- t Sutton- mo vecLtbe. second read-- '; rag; of the Tolbgatfe Aet-Ajmendmeht- ' billi, wds hegatived’/ph, sioh? ; Mr ,Tapper. move^fpj^ujtbdr:; information concerning vth| ; Telegraph Station, chiefly witkfacwish n>: ’ to;know whether the resolution -of Council, had been foryirarded 1 to >the' I General Go vemmpht. ; ; . The jSpeakei; - Msfpiained that iti. had- been sent,- 1 ancW freturnedjby the Governments for hisq; [signature •; that he had'sigpied it ' and [again ; forwarded and : had" not! been, ausyrerpd/ ;^‘‘Qruto^ :^ve. ; * bert moved for ia return showing why < I portions of 'the ron&bfetweenWaipawa ' and Waipukur&ii ijiad been out of contract;,' .'v T.iie -return wap ordered.,. •• . ; Lieut.-Col,: Whitmore; withdrew at ino-< Ition standing -in l his name Tor a returni iI showing whit parth of the , Tef Ante ;, . ‘ ioadlbad bgeprepaired put;d|;;the 1 Mr gave a notice.of: motion rest l; lllatihg-toreducation (which 1 , with Mr* will be fouad in-bur ►leertain i {ehouid...> be I referred,, to .the.offinaucen pommititee, . : •[which was .agreed the.'jGoiincil l ' fj adjourned ;to jtUe i t<^tj'day.*'^; i | ; -.~; j - ,; 1 " “ i oviOn"Friday,of tkhe‘Council stands eadjourned;tUlta-;> ■ morrow 7 at 3; pah*; -wfaeni -no doubt, ' tithe Question bf educatioh will be , very » fully considered. , --, \’.Y '■ B YY'Y V' Y i^ ., s £|r Tins ;I<trabet -says t^e-Bope{3s:.ouffering.... t l brnr of the 600,000,000 lefcters*p6sted in y *;rfengland per 3iOQO,OOp, fait 1 :. ; - tfian joneiiin 200. letters j half - per i»|cenfci : .. ‘ ";*»:••