PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 210, 26 August 1876, Page 2

PA RLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wellington, irL'ay. The House met at 2 30 to-day. After some unimportant business and a few questions the Building Societies Bill advanced a stage iv Committee. The KatiDg Bill was further considered inCommitte?. Clause 40 provides for exemption. A long discussion ensued upon an amendment fcbafc lands held unJer lease or licens-3 for ennieg purposes other than goMminiag shall bs ra-eable property, only to the extent of their surfr.ee raiue, whiuh was negatired by 29 to 24. The Be ,tiuo exempting lands occupied for pubh<! purposes by the Orowa or a ioc.il bud? of the dr-tri<a wai agreed to he stru;k uut- < hv-n Mr II mt.r cio ci an am ndiuent %b*\ $Ue exeaipuoa oulj apply to

such properties occupied by tho Crown as belonged to the Crown. Mr Rowe moved that churches and schools established by religious 'bodies should n)t be included in the list of exemptions. After a great discussion the amendment was carried by 41 agaiast 16. <. - The, House rosea* § 80, i Saturday. . The whole of the evening sitting was occupied in discussing the postponed and new clauses of the Bating Bill. A number of divisions were taken on the amendments proposed, but few of them were carried. - The re-committal of tha Bill was obtained in order to strike out from the exemption clause) the dwellings of officiating ministers of religion. An attempt was also made to exempt Libraries, Ataenmms, Musaam-, Masonic and Oddfellows', and Good T«mplar Halls, but it was defeated. On Mr Stouo's motion Colleges and Universities were exempted from rating. After tbe adjournment of the House at 1 a m , the Premier announced that he would on Tuesday announce to the House the course the Government proposed to adopt with regard to the appointment of the AgentGeneral.