PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 175, 26 July 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE, OJj REPRESENTATIVES. ■ ■J-ih,.. v WKLLiNffT.oi*T f .WjsaE(eaaay. I IheHouqe met at 2-30 p.m. t .yj^SWtiW » full order p_tps_,.b_._ thebasi- i ness was aot of general interest. The correspondence relating to the dale-' gation of- Superintendents! poweri duringftie; transition period of Abolition was ordered to ; be Iwd before ..the.. Bouse. Mr Gisborne: sought to make it appear that the Govern- 1 i^wit exceeded their powers. . - j Mr Bowen', in reply to a question, said a! -commission would enquire into the juri-dic-tion of the Law Courts of New Zealand so as to fix their relative jurisdiction without clashing with the Supreme Court. A sharp discussion took place on the motion to put Mr Sheeh&n'a nanje on the I Native Affairs Committee,, tha Government arguing that one so mixed up in native disputes as paid advocate ought scarcely to be on the committee. Tha motion was carried against the Government on the roicea. .On the motion of Mr Gisborne, a return was ordered for the last three financial: years, so as to obtain the necessary inform*.tion. to enable .the House to discuss the • propriety of> retaining the ad valorem dritiea, | which be c6n_id__ed a premium on fraud. A return was ordered showing how much money had -been paid last year to steam compaoies, with the working expenses of the '. btella and Hinemoa at ,the same time, the ' Government not objecting, as there were many erroneous rumors about the matter. . mv -•- Thursday. ; - i hßr J? wa3 ver y ,itfc l e business upon the ! Order Paper when the House resumed last There was a good deal of talk upon the unfair constitution of the Waste rands Committee, Auckland having only one re- . preventive and Otago two. Mr Reid said ! what they should chiefly look at was the quantity of land to bo administered in the different divisions of ths colony. The motion was carried, ard tha House adjourned at ', B*4o p.m. !