The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 26, 30 January 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1874.

We must heartily congratulate the Government, the Council, and the people of the province upon the striking and unusual unanimity that prevailed in the Council last night upon the loan for public works resolution. Nothing could possibly have been more gratifying than the manner in which the speech of the mover was received, or the tone of the speakers who followed him. From east, west, north, and south of the province there was one unanimous expression of approval of the Government proposals, and the Superintendent in feoing to the Assembly to ask for power to raise the money vfill have the encouraging assurance that he has the whole of the people at his back. We feel that we owe an apology to the members of the Council who spoke after Mr Shephard for giving so abbreviated a report of their speeches, but we have felt that we are to-day reporting more for those outside the province than for our local readers, and have therefore thought it advisable to give a full report of the remarks that fell from the Provincial Treasurer than a brief abstract of each speech. We are also quite unable (o-day to report the remainder of last night's proceedings, as our readers will easily understand when we say that the Council was sittingjfor six hours during the whole of which time debates were proceeding. We must to-day give a mere sketch of the proceedings but shall endeavor to work off arrears in to-morrow,s and Monday's issues. Four resolutions referring to the important subject of water supply for the goldfields were introduced by Mr Corbett and agreed to; a resolution was brought forward by Mr Kelling to the effect that the Council should not meet again until November, but this after a lengthy discussion was negatived by 13 to 8. The Provincial Treasurer introduced a resolution authorising the introduction of 150 immigrants (inclusive of women and children) per month. An amendment by Mr Maclean to the effect that the number be reduced to 50 was negatived by 16 to 4, and the original resolution was carried. The Council then adjourned until this morning, when on the motion of Mr Fisher the schedule of public works proposed by the Government was adopted in its entirety without going into Committee on the details.