HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1714, 13 August 1862, Page 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

BUSINESS ON THE NOTICE PAPERS. Friday, July 25th. notices of motion. 1. The Hon. Mr. Fox to move the adoption of the following resolution: —"That while this Hou6e disclaims, on the part of the colony, the exclusive responsibility of the cost of educating, civilizing, and governing the Native Race; while it equally disclaims liability for the principal share of the cost of suppressing insurrections of a people over whom the Imperial Government has never practically established authority; it will at all times cheerfully recognize its duty to co-operate to the extent of its ability and means with Great Britain for the attainment of these objects, so essential to the welfare of the colony; and in conformity with these views it is of opinion that the interests of the Imperial Government and of the Natives themselves, as well as of the colony, require that (reserving to the Governor both the initiation and the decision of questions where Imperial interests are concerned,) the ordinary conduct of Native affairs should be placed under the administration of Responsible Ministers." 2. Mr. Domett to move, That the petitions of George Robertson be referred to the Select Committee on Private Grievances. 3. Mr. Gillies to move, For leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the remedies on Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Cheques. 4. Mr. Gillies to move, That Mr. Stafford and Mr. Russell be added to the Select Committee on the administration of Justice. 5. Mr. Weld to move, For copies of any correspondence that may not yet have been laid on the table of this House relating to the establishment of a Court to adjudicate on questions arising out of Native Land Titles, together with a Memorandum by Mr. Weld when Minister for Native Affairs on the most advisable mode of constituting a Court. Also, the copy of a Memorandum by Mr. Weld when Minister for Native Affairs,recommending that the next General Native Conference should be elective, with the Minutes of the Acting Native Secretary and Chief Commissioner of the Land Purchase Department npon that reeommendation, and the assent of Governor Gore Browne thereto. 6. Mr. O'Rorke to move, That the Return which has been laid on the table, of the number of electors ou the several electoral rolls of the districts returning members to the Houso of Representatives be printed. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Native Lands Bill—second reading, 2. Crown Grants Bill—to be reported. 3. Steam Navigation Bi'l—to be further considered in Committee. Petitions and Papers presented, July 24<A, 18G2.

Two Petitions from George Robertson, late Sergeant of the llutt Militia (Mr. Domett.) 1. Copies of Correspondence between His Excellency's Government and the Provincial Governments of Southland and Otago on the subject of Lights in Fovcaux Straits. (Partial return to an Order of the 18th July inst.) 2. Copy of his Excellency's Despatch to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, No. 27, of the 26th November, 1861, relative to the appointment of Mr. Gresson as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. (Partial return to an address of the 22nd July inst.) Monday, July 28th, 1862. notice of motige. Mr. Jollie to move, For a return of all Europeans known to be in occupation of Native land in each Province of the North Island, specifying as minutely as may be practicable, the year when each occupation began, the quantity of land held by each individual, the tribe it belongs to, the character of the tenure (whether by sufferance or by positive lease or agreement), the amount of rent or other consideration given, the value of the stock or other property possessed by each occupant, the number of his family, and his trade or profession,—together with a statement of all prosecutions instituted by Government under the provisions of the Native Land Purchase Ordinance. OKDEIt OF TUE DAY. Adjourned Debate on the question of Ministerial responsibility in Native affa'rs. Papers presented, the 25</» July, 1862. 1. Papers respecting proposed Light-houses at Port Chalmers in the Provinco of Otago. 2. Papers respecting the appointment of a Clerk assistant to the House of Representatives. 3. Further papers respecting tho appointment of a Clerk assistant to the House of Representatives.