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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4552, 22 October 1875, Page 3

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- It would be a pity if the notices of motion on the Parliamentary order paper which were relegated to obscurity on Wednesday were permitted to remain in an obscurity never contemplated by their authors. In order to prevent this, thererefore, it has been resolved to pubEsh that portion of Wednesday’s order paper which, having been discharged," would never but for the present kindness have received pubEcation:— Mr. Thomson to move,—That it is desirable that the General Assembly should meet next session not later than the first week of June ; and that it is also desirable, with the view of promoting the despatch of business, that all Government Bills should be ready for distribution when the House meets. Mr. Ward to move,—That the correspondence witli the provincial authorities at Marlborough, in reference to the erection of a temporary station on the north bank of the Opawai River, be printed. Mr. Carrington to move, —That this House having learnt that certain land orders, bearing date 19th February, 1875, were issued by the Governor, in fulfilment of .the award of a Commission appointed under the authority of ’ the Taranaki New Zealand Company’s Land Claims Act, 1872, by which land orders Edward John Sartoris and the estate of Edward Henry Downe and others were entitled to select land in tire province of Taranaki to the value of £17,060. And it'further appearing that on presentation of tho said land orders, the Crown Lands Commissioner made an endorsement thereon to the effect that there was no land available out of which a selection could be made, this House, while not expressing any approval of the award, is of opinion that the good faith of the colony is pledged to the fulfilment of the award, and that the land orders should immediately be satisfied, either by setting apart land out of which the selection may be made, or by the payment of the value named in the award ; hut that under no circumstances ought either the grant of land or the payment of money to be charged against the province of Taranaki, the liability being clearly a colonial one, to be made good by the colony. Mr. Murray to move,—That the Government should prepare, during the recess, an amended Patent Act, by which the cost of advertising to inventors would be reduced. Mr. Williams to move,—That this House will tomorrow resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider of a respectful address to his ExceUency the Governor, requesting him to cause to bo placed on the supplementary estimates the sum of £3OOO, for the purpose of extending the telegraph from the Black bridge, in the Bay of Islands district, to Whangaroa and Mangonui. „ , Mr. Von deb Hevde to move, —That this House will to-morrow resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider of a respectful address to the Governor, praying his ExceUency to recommend for appropriation by this House the sum of £35, for the purpose of carrying out the recommendation of the PubUc Petitions Committee, on the petition of Thomas Leigh White. . . Mr. Careinoton to move, —That this House is of opinion that steps should be immediately taken to satisfy the land orders issued to Sartoris, Downe, and others, under the Taranaki New Zealand Company’s Land Claims Act, 1872. , . Mr White to move,—That this House will tomorrow resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider of a respectful address to his ExceUency the Governor, requesting him to cause to be placed on the supplementary estimates the sum of £1450, for the purpose of giving effect to the report of the Commission of Inquiry appointed by the Government, to the recommendation of the Public Petitions Committee of each branch of the Legislature, in the matter of the petition of Hugh Cassidy Interrupted debate on the question,—That the reports of the Immigration and Public Works Committee on the question of tbe extension of the mam line of railway from Lawrence to Roxburgh, on petitions of the Mayors and Councillors of Roxburgh, Clyde, Cromwell, and Alexandra, be referred to the favorable consideration of the Government. Mr. W. Kelly to move,—That, in the opinion of this House, it is expedient that tho Government should carry into effect the recommendation of the Public Petitions Committee of this House of 1870 and 1871, on the petition of the Rev. Thomas Samuel Grace* . . , , Mr. \Y. Kelly to move,—That, in the opinion of this House, it is expedient that suitable public buildings should forthwith be erected at Gisborne; and that the following works should be commenced during the summer months of the present year:—(l.) Metalling of the main road from Gisborne to Ormond. (2.) Erecting bridges across the Waimata and Waipaura rivers. (3.) Laying off and forming a road from Ormond to the Oil Springs, and from the Oil Springs to Walapu, on the East Coast. Mr. Bunny to move,—That this House will, tomorrow, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider of an address to his Excellency the Governor, requesting him to cause to be placed on tho supplementary estimates the sum of .-6400, as an additional gratuity to the widow of the late second clerk assistant of the House of Representatives. Mr. Cuthbertson to move,—That this House will, to-morrow, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider of a respectful address to the Governor, praying his Excellency to place on the supplementary estimates a sum not exceeding £2OOO, for the purpose of subsidising the funds of the agricultural and pastoral associations throughout the colony, in proportion to tho amounts raised by voluntary subscriptions in each case, for the purposes of such associations.

Mr. Macandhew to move,—That a copy of the correspondence between the General Government and the Provincial Government of Otago, relative to the proclamation of now hundreds, as recommended by the Provincial Council of Otago at its late session, be laid on the table. Mri T. Kelly to move,—That In the opinion of this House it :1s desirable that a commissioner or commissioners be appointed to visit and report on the exhibition to bo held in Philadelphia in 1870. That such commissioner, or one of such commissioners, should be a mechanical expert, whose special duty shall bo to inquire into and ascertain what laborsaving machines, tools, or implements there exhibited may with advantage be introduced into Now Zealand, in order to develop its natural resources.

Mr. Sheehan to move, —That correspondence between the Secretary lor Crown Lands, and J. Sheehan, laid on the table in return to an order of the House, he printed. Mr. Andrew to move that the report of the Waste Lands Committee on the Wellington Special Settlements Act 1871 Amendment Act, 1875, be considered. Mr. Bradshaw to move for a return showing the amount of land revenue raised within the Waikaia electoral district since the year 1870 to present date. Mr. J. C. Brown to move for a return of all correspondence between the Colonial Government and the Provincial Government,' the Warden of ' Tuapeka, and the Waipori Channel Committee, relative to the construction and management of the drainage channel at Waipori. - Mr. Takamoana to move—That there he laid before this House, copies of all documents, including the original deeds of conveyance and any other deeds, os also of all accounts, reports, or correspondence relating to the Te Ante College estate since 1862, so far as the same are not already printed in the appendices to the Journals of this House. Interrupted debate on the question—,That the interim report of the Reporting Debates Committee, presented on the 14th ultimo, bo forthwith taken into consideration. \ ‘ Interrupted debate on the question,—That there be laid before this House all correspondence or memoranda between Mr. T. Russell, as representing the Shortland Sawmill Company, and the Government, relating to the timber licenses held by the company over the Opango and other blocks at the Thames. r Sir G. Grev to move for two opinions of the Solicitor-General on the power of the Governor’s deputy to take a block of land by proclamation out of the Tairua goldfields, together with all letters aad telegrams connected with such opinions.