PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ITEMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 120, 16 June 1871, Page 5

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ITEMS.

FHE GOLD DUTY. Mb Bastings moved—" That in the opinion of this Council the present duty upon gold is oppressive upon the mining community of the. Province, and ought to be repealed. That his Honor the Superintendent be requested to forward this resolution to the General Government, requesting them to give effect to the same." Me. Armstrong seconded the motion.

Mil. Bradshaw moved as an amendment —" That ttie motion be amended to the extent of substituting the word " reduced" for the word "repealed." Mb. Bastings intimated his willing.

ness to accept the amendment of the Treasurer. Amendment carried by 23 to L 3. GOLDFIELDS REVENUE. Mh. Mervyn moved, and Mr. Armstrong seconded—" That there be laid on the table a return of the amount of revenue from the various (-Joldfields of the Province for a period of throe years, terminating on the 31st March, 1871; such return to show in detail the amount collected under the following head a : Miners' rights, business licenses, rents or fees from water races, sluices, &c., gold mining leases, rents, and royalties, registration fees, miscellaneous receipts, fees und fines in Wardens' Courts, and gold duty." Carried. EXPENDITURE ON GOLDFIELDS. Mr. Mervyn moved—"That there be laid on the table a return of the amount of revenue expended on the various (r.ildfields of the Province for a period of three years ending 31st March, 1871; such return to show the amount spent upon the construction of roads, subsidising hospitals, schools, municipalities,athenaeums, prospecting, &c., and also the departmental expenditure." Seconded by Mr. Armstrong. HOSPITAL FOR NASEBY. "When in Committee of Supply, Mr. Mervyn to move —" That an address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent requesting, that he will be pleased to cause the sum of £SOO to be placed on the Supplementary Estimates, for the purpose of establishing an hospital at Naseby. 1 '