PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 177, 28 July 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

: j &OUSE OF REPRESENTA^iVES. A , .j 1.--:J, WBttiwGTON, 1 FSday : ; " j Replying to questions the Government said they would - not r "deal;, thia i session' with the; law relating to lunatics, butTiext session a comprehensive measure fronld be' intrb- ' duced; nor did they intend taking! steps to provide a Deaf and Dumb \_aylum>. __e<7 question" of dealing" -with Crown -lands- was : bnder their consideration.-^ The engagehient" with Sir ; Julius Vogel -would' -terminate? twelve months after he 'reached' England, \7hich was in December. A return- war promised of the value of unsatisfied-land scrip in the colony. Nothing would be '» done: tpwairds the defence of the colony nntil the arrival of Sir: William JervoiaandrColonel Scratchley. The survey of railway line between Grahamstown and Waikato is- nearly completed. : 'J •<•* • .-v -vo n-- ' The Imprest Supply Bill of . £1,250,000 was passedl ! • ; The second reading of the Mines Bill elicited opposition, but waa carried by 45 against 18. The rest of the sitting was occupied discussing the Charitable Institutions Bill, the main principle of which is that the Government shall contribute out of the consolidated revenue the same amount as that raised locally. Mr Rolleston strongly condemned the bill a3 leaving provision for charity a voluntary thing instead of a national one. The debate was interrupted by 5*30. Mr Rees obtained leave to introduce a Bill to validate certain action of Highway Boards, and in respect to which a decision adverse to the Boards was recently given -by Judge Gillies. Without such a measure they would •. be unable to exist. The Mines Bill is mainly a consolidating measure, but contains several new features. Very large powers are placed in the hands of tho Governor with regard to mining leases. There is power to issue miners' rights from one to fifteen years, and also to consolidate miners' rights for a company instead of issuing them singly; to limit mining leases to 220 acres instead of 640, as in Victoria, from the legislation of which these innovations were obtained. Miners' rights also confer the right to mine all other metals than gold. In reply to a question, Mr Reid said the bill would not interfere with mining regulations in Auckland. Mr Barff strongly opposed the second reading, saying the bill was merely one of scissors and paste, made out of the rejected measures of the last ten years by some person who knew nothing of mining legislation. ;Mr Manders thought there was little to object to in the bill. It was good in principle and could be amended in committee. '

Mr Button also supported the second reads ing,sasnohafc.wh&| refected tetbe Gold- ; field! Cdb^^/aapNwoifld^Mfoi^^nm : further, iti ijietailsf cduld bo \ f:ff = Mr Curjslgi pointedlout the enorbious power* the brfl plaebd in thi hands Cof fh| GorernflW | ofirchuth j&ileprived-th^^alljtejMnd Boar^ \is %gra_^ig mfffefai h&fgk ■ -iSobh irapgfg:*-, ant changes ought to prevent the bill being v on. " \ Messrs Gisborne and Rowe objected to the bill being read a second time. It should be circulated where it interested people, and rtimerbe given to^becoma acquainted with its. ; &etafo. \r % I ly- , | | Mr "Woolcock "said tls measure' 'wouldr simplify the mining lawa, though he wished . J^rcfrj^d fco » select committee before doing -anything furtfieiT witK_fc;:!"'*"~ "--^y^^-^^-^ The bill is to be referred to tbe Goldfields Committee before its details are discussed in committee. " -Ax. •„ ■ ■ .--'-.-•-•■ -. —-a-. . ..- Saturday,.; . ■ ihe House resumed the debate on the Charitable Institutions BiU at 7*SO last rnight. A"&(pher o^s^_^sfcoMepmaral thegill 66 tia* gronnd\sk& WaMjoM p-jciple^n casting the support M cforit&fci - mstituttona tfpon private" bebevoTeW-; thit tha machinery prodded by tbe Bill would •neve? a^iayps the obiecti in ,/rieip-j tbat the f _°f _ B W§ 9° «nd«ton by tfia'state, dtfa. e$ $? tPV s P ( s i could^ot bewjrift' -then &&« l^l^M??^ land &&. -The fio'eakeraloir -posing' .he Ml were £Mes«_ .Wa#«, Stef «S (who moved that it be wad that day six • -a^ths^^iy-.SeeTesj.-Teawirf^rWak^eld,^ Lusk, Shrimski, and Fiiher. The merab«rs iistt*||orfag*rQiej s«and^eading- tfer^lTh*, T-remieriMeisrs GisborrieißallMc^LuWidan, They-urged < lha. tne principle i" was sound, < i 5K S^lHP^edr^elt- ia _t|ior*piEFtf sfiSmti Zealand^ as well as in other iolbriieMfisrt it would Stimhlss£[ tba ;f|JfeQeTotefc||s&d^ssM- , reliance jtha people; "tha6"th6*»ystii_ of providing, jEo.i? th'Ss.Cl'pMi^twfis authority "waa fraught with~ fatal "cbW- • rLa-fcy-was^mptfe demoralising. At 12*15 the (-jbveramirit , rgsiste&t^adjournment of tha.dehsite. and [ g^i^irthoiripdineby3l;igain«t2s'l MftM | c;ptt|f|e moro speakers, #[#. Honse adjcMriied 3 aUL2t4sjtbe GbVerkmfidtitQt QppdlinglLV X