Provincial Council.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 478, 3 June 1857, Page 7

Provincial Council.

"(CanUnu&ifrom ofr.-laft.-J \ The Hquse then-went ; into Goinixiitte^on, inwood's Mill Bill, w'hiciiVas',carried thipigh; 'ifo#'reportedi ;tthe chief airten'dmehi.being ■ .the: insertion; of a 'clause etnp. 6weritig'J;Goveniment! '■to' dwertthe water pf 'the;nvsr;i£tiecessar,y.ft>r: pubifc convenience. ■' ■■ ' ; •'; '■ \r ■--. •_ :-_' • ■ ■■The (-French Magazine Reserve BilH and the; AkaxGti Jetty ißill were rt?ad: a .thirdiime and ■passed. --.;-- .-....■■-•■.,.,■ ■■ ■• > ■_- . ' The House then adJQiii>Q : ed tiU#e next.day.! •■ I'The^owiicii-roigfcatill-3'-^7 ''■ '■''■''■-'''■'- ■■*'■. ; Ere?entc-rrfThe.'. Spealeerj f. \ Messrs.; Baric.er, fys#e#nfc p.amp.W, Moorhoiise, and B.fittap.;. ; ; ''>'.'■■■■■'.■ ;RO^IAJ!ir C4tTHOIiIG BiESEEVE;. ''i _ ; •" ; 'T-he Hiiuse went' into" Committee on Message S7;irefevrin^ to-the-above subject.; The fplloyrino" resolution was agreed to :™ - ';i ;■ -j'-^iTh'at ibis .Honor!;Ue-requestad •# reserve a section of land on foi^the; purpose ot~'a!: KomanGathoUc Ghap#l f con^am"i ; -•^ngth^ee acres." ■■■■' ■■'■ ■■■•■'■■ \ '-j •■ „■„';■.' ;,^, . ! '■' ■' A -.Mesakge, No: '38, • was veeewea ixom. the Supermten&Hijfc,! recbmmehding "the iGouncil k> ..accept a proposition -enclosed, -from Jklr.-White; . %)f. -Kaiapjoi^to a^idg^aecording, tp a plan! dwnby^he, PrayincnaVEngineer, oy;er t the 'sbutlr brafich of the riv-erWaimakariri'on the rbacl neUrthe seventh'1 mile from Christ-; chiircih • The wo!rt;toV'be! completed within, the fettm of £4,;®pO-6ne> katfto he taken in land. The bridge tor be free of tolls,.and:,the present'ferr^to^be'mainlained'till its' construcr ' tion. '•■■'"■'■r>" •'■■ .■■■::•!.■■;:■•: .-■..■.:•.' ;-;;■•'■■.■ : White's Kaiapoi Bridge > Bill was ; < then considered in rcqm:iAitt^e!;;;the.-several clauses were . agreed to with1 flight-amendments- md the bill was reported. '"y : ■'••■■ _ ; . Mr. Packbb moved -for leave to bring in p •bill to authorise the reserve and i disposal of a site for a mill andL-mill:race in-Hagle> Park. Leave-lwas refused on a division'by.ißito'2. Leave was then granted to Mr. Packer t ( o bring in a bill to provide -for; tlie diversion of roads and for giving compensationt6theowners•: of land required^ for'such roatls. The tbill was read a first time. •' >i;' ' .:• ■; . A -M-essiige,'No.I''2!), :ivvp.fi received:>from hjis

Honor the Superintendent, transmitting a.copy of a letter from the [€h.sef< Surveyor of the Proj yiiusej^e/iaesting an7increfas?» to fche^aterie^. of ' AsaSt&HT Surveyors: %he%u-peiWte^» 44----commended the Council Mi, raise the salaries in i question.' to £35$ s^-y^x.i ■? ; •• j ■■. i-\ \ \ ' > . The House, the.n, vent. jinto Cojnjntoee-, of S^^Blaia^^^^^- ' /:. The foiWmg vote was 'passed1 '•—-'L L '' V, ■•■' ' a--;;rini^tee&n;! V*; rtf2o,oooi. • r':': the comittl^ the dourer of the [ipWwßU resolutions;- "■>■"'.'■■ ?'fri accordance '%ith'tliell3i:<3!)cl#s^ of tlie 'amended' 'Land' Keg!ulaii»ns',: jBWa? 'Council; especially sanctions the "reservation "oTtlie amounts' Ojf laiiet' hereinafter' namedy|to1 ;be granted in'wholei or1in ;ipart; for'thfe conktruc- ' tion? "of ;itHj9" 'works severally set opposite tp each amount named, in addition-to(ordinary Reserves to the extent of one' thousand acres, whibli:'Bay' be;jmade byjthe Superintendent, under the authority of the said clause : — 400 acres for forming road and bridges irom Papanm-to ■Kaiappi. ,-f, r ';;?>?» 400 "'da do. the road !fi:om'the WaimataViri totlVe ASKfey^PbrtK Road.) 12^ r -do'- ' tio.the road ironic the 15thmile oa the North rqad^to.Rangior^ (Ashley and Rangiora road,) iOO&'^-'do: '■ <fo, rroad i^oin KaiapoLiD"sW-~':;!giora-(iireot.' U-•.:'.'■ >.; s.-f .-.> ■<■ ■ :■■,.<.-; _j:, -;_ . 50- 'do.- i'.doiroadftoßicfiar^p, bush.. ... 100 ;! <lo „:,, dg.^nd^UTpjy,!! bridge, a.^d ; -roa4. -,a '::, iirii ,. ft.j-,-1 ■■ -,-rii ■ ,-,, • ..,.:-'.. ' .d0.it. . ,.-.-. .do. Xpv?er Lincoln road'^ . ' idCfO do.''; ' do. Sumner! road.:!! : """'-; r4OO do.. i;,<36i.'lljat^a:: bt-idle ;' path' jatd ■' 'r other roads oritlie Peninsulaj^;; '-■.'...: r-nd-r v •: Tiie Chairman then reported progress )aJid -the Hou'se:adjourned;till Tuesday; -' i ; v . ' ( ; :■;■ -.

BEPO£T OF THE SEX'eGT c6JI>tITTI3E)'dN THE . '^"'■''•^'■''pj^TlTlpir 'O^'ir.' Ji'tesiDl^NlJ,^ • ■•'. j ■ :;'The'f()ilb\ving allegations^ (Contained <in #ie j petspn of Mxi'H: 3V OrMa fna,: were considered j 'by the ;Seli2ct'Committee, and are' referred to >by ; nuftiber in their report: — ■:■■■ 'i / ;■• j The Memorial of tihedKndersignedirespectMly j '-■!>! ';■ ■■■■'■ sheweth,- —"• ■;-''.,:;:;• ■■:■' •■;,' ;■■";■:? j X* Th.at your memorialist is; ono,of;.t}ie .^sl of 7 d«ie<i i sun4er.a i tee .settlement, made .by Capt. Haivey, of- pertain property' at „Hopn ELa^', ,in j i;t]us pi-ovitj,ee,'ijr favquf of .certain persons in [ "iliat 'deed ■■^ntioMd^ r\That;^mtf!i^ T Bilfch pro- j pe,rty there ar6 "IW: pre-e'roptije i-igh'ts &f -zSO j ■'■'acres etieK-'Sumbered respectively: 35!■ and 352 ; i'oh the Tiatid Wee' Register. ■; j--' ' ■ --f ■':■■•> J • ll.'Tl)at4n^he?yieiii;ißs3;.these: pre-empjave | ! rights were transferred conditionally and fpr: a! !• speci,al,pqrpq.se ;i to, : Mr. ;^ Tilliam,.Guise Brittan,; 14h>n'the,pqmmis^ioner pf^rowii Lands.rfor■this: ii'Prpviixee, and' were, laid dp\yn within a pastur-i t%& run of which'Mr! '.Bi^'ttan was the licensee. r^lit That W; JBritian then undertook 'that, ' ;1 Wliile tire'pre-eitiptive n'gtxls should -continue to; '■' ytaiid' in' his name/ under -the'arrangement, then: ■'inade;i:hie ;Wouia'!pay the j-ents regularly and; protect thelOWtfierfsi interest in the^. ■■■■■''■■> '„:' -'Wil -SHat, feoins^hat tiineto Sept.emb^ 185b, !''Mr. ; B"4ttan paidi,tuose, jffiijta year by .year .on, ,Capt.':Hai;v.ey;.s r b,eJ ? alf ? ;^nd;^ 'larly>e;fii^e^Jie suins,sp ;■&}<£,. „".'. _ ... ' V ''Tliat,. in ;';; 185;6; Mr:; Brittan bein^'tnen aCoTnWiissioii'er and the Tre'as.nrer of tlie Waste Lands' 'Board, 'a year's rent qf those! ; pre-emptive tights .be.came: payable,, which :pay-; inientMr-BritV": failed to: make. ->..- - ; -..■>•! •.. -VI. • That-Mr. .-'pritjian 4,id J>o,t lnfoa-m,.Oap>. ; (Harvey of b.is,- intension -to discontinue , the practice which,^he','liad hiiJaerto ..ibllowed and ;that"Capt':' Har^y. had .no intimation of the C' non-pay merits until after the expiration 'of; a nibnth; from r tlve time, it became" due,; within 'which period the land'^regulations require" pay- ' irient: to be nikde' un der pain of forfeiture. ■< ■ ,'t iVII -That Captain Harveyjleffc~.theseptJ.e- :- ---■ ment. in: October, a 85.6,, and his flgent. : w.as, for ( the^rst s time made,, aware of tl^e ; nQn T p^yment of thp^rent ,by an, application, p^d.e, to, the Waste Lands Board, when he. w.as accidentally, present, ' time in December, by Mr. Brittan to have "tlie pastuhige hitlierto covered ! by those preeniptive right's" '.included within his own; *un, r upbir the ground that the rent •- had not been . iaid within the period prescribed •;by the Waste •Lands Regulations, which application.the board •jjicceQilfld't^;,.. ,< .■-;. .. ; ■ .■■ , , VIII. That ail,application was mpde by • Capt. .Huryey's'liigent to the Waste Lands Board iii'JuiVuary,'lßs7, to show cause why the

hoard should xescind its decisioii in favour of ■ Mr. BritJ:an,>,nd" permit payment tq be made ot ithe reilf by^apt': Harvey/ That'the Waste ! Ltodaßoard.^ter feaiiing.G,apt.Hai:vey's agent;, '• d.frsjded jtfeat,' the ; ap-ange«ient ; bet>yeen Cap|. I Harvey and' Mr.' 'Brittan wa,s. one of personal;, conteact^in.^hich it had no jurisdiction, and that't'he- reason alleged for the non-payment ot ; rent idicijnoiJ constitute sjich a good and .sufficient cause as was contemplated by the 51at -section on fcho Waste Lftnds.Repl_atipH3,.an4 upon these grounds ;ther Bqard- dismissed- the application. IX—- 1 Ttiai ati-^'Keanngof that application Mr."Brittan 'admitted 'that he ""orTginatlv^ undeVtooir" to "pay the retit on Captain'tfafvey^s behalf regularly 7aJ itibepame.due. r; Ll'„ I r %. That he had .designedly, omitted to : ; 'rJ ■•'•r 'make We payment'due rin Septeixibep „:■».;■!■>«;,'. m^^ ■:<■ y.-'-: '■''■ '■'•"■ f> ■ -i' '-' % That he had designedly omitted to. .y.lLrT.infoJ-rniGaptain.Harvey of; his int,entiojn jaoti. t9, make^thajl;.paymenfc and that 'he nad /also pre'ventefl" Captain "■■■'' "'*j£alvx'o from ' 'Idiowjn^ -that tTip pay!!lileriti'h'adlhot ( been made 7 until rfc was . v " -''tod'late to'^iU^'it'acfiovAing %p the ''' iU' );|;' Ve^ylationsj;'and 'furiher.'th'at had ddnW rthis: for ifee'jpurpose of pvocurin g the f fprfeiture; bf; the pre-'ernptive ' ' ' 'ftg'hts in: question j and the extinction of Capt. Harvey's interest: iri the : pasturage which they_ coyered, in order' tliat lie? might himself obtain . possession of that pasturage; t THe"coinmiitee. consisted of 'J^frl is. Bealey, chairman, Gaptl Wes't'enra/; Messrs. Moorhcuse, Thomson, and Blalaston: Tie report, which | was brought up May.26th, was as follows :-—_ I —In-examining the petition of Mr. H. J. Grid-. '• la,nd, : your f committe.e have confined themselves '/ilief' matter contained in the alleg>V!ionC^an^ UTO:th'e;:evidence w|iicH bears'upon them. The,,deductions in _ih'e 'petition based upon J those "alienations they have held not to come within the range of-their enquiry, and have Accordingly abstained from considering them. ■ ''■■■ V; ■'■■" ': '- -">+*■ ■■ j In cpniing to ;theh';decision your, committee ' Say.e,careTu%",weigljed' the. evidence vyhich was_ ■b'rought''before' them, and, except in the case bf 1 the second g.llegation weye uu^riinious in their opinion; • - •/>The mitith allegation your committee considered as involving three distinot subjects, and, in consequence,; decided upon each of its three cjausts separatelyYour committee are of opinion . thatr— The first allegation is proved. ■..■» That,,the second1 allegation is not proved. That the third,allegation is not proved. • That the fourth allegation is proved to the extent that from 1853 ,to -gjeptember 1856 the rents of the pre-emptive rights Nos. 351 and 352 were paid by Capt. Harvey to Mr. Burke, andj with the balancejof rent^.du.e on pasturage license, No. 4, clas^ : 3i.:.went to,pay the rent of -Miv; ;ißrittan'sirwn in the, occupation of Mr. Burke. That the fifth allegation is proved. That the sixth allegation is, proved, being admitted in Mr. Brittan's reply, That the seventh allegation is proved. That the eighth;allegationi is proved. That of the ninth allegation,.clause I. is not proved, clause 11. :is proved,, and clause III! is not proved. ■••;■; ' ':•■■-.>:■: l ,'SAMUEL .BEAIiEY, Chaiininan.