NOTICE OF MOTION.

Southland Times, Issue 1030, 30 September 1868, Page 2

NO T ICE OF M OTION.

. I MrPearspii ;to move at next ; sitting-- i u > Tjbat.a respieetfiil a^^w presented^ J to His Honor thje" ". Superintendent, ,. rfeq^stin^ tne i^ t^df^^UXitf to placed on tne Estimate* 'iii3 'a re#aW fof ; the discovery ? *of a payable r goldfield Within the. Province of Soathlana, whick i shall, within .six .months after, discovery yield notless than B(^pzs of gold, jrith., " to -the to apply tW;!', whole or part of the £1000 as a for . tKe discovery of a gpldfielif 6ut«ide "'' tiidi^ouiidaries : of the tProvincd,' Ifroitt which itwiiiaerivea direct add «xcltt«t»* benefit."

Mr Bl&cklook to move at next sitting •— " That Messrs Rosa, Basstian, and the mover form a select committee to enquire into and report upon the claim by Mr Oreo. Perry for compensation in connection with the forming of the Bluff Harbor.and Intercargill Eailway. I*,1 * , Mr Pearson to move at the evening sitting—" That a respectful address be presented to His Honor the Superintendent requesting the sum of. £150 .to be placed on the Estimates to cut a track through the bush on the eastern face of the Longwood Bange from Colac Bay to Esmond's, GFap. Mr Johnston to move at' the next sitting— " That there be laid on the table a. return 5 of the officers in the service of the Pfcovrncuii Government, stating tnefr office, name,- and date, of appointment, annual rate of salary, amount of fees retained as jjergtrisites^ of office ; wKether the officer be allowed a house , for his residence, or .what allowance, if; anr, for, house-rent or> quarters ; whether the office be held in conjunction with any and :whs(t other, appointment or place of profit on the . establishment 'of the Pro- . j vincial or <£eneKd Government; also— if known— the total annual rate of emolu merits pay able for the several oflicesr/and the quantity and quality of the work done. Such return to be in a tabular form." ... ■_ ■,-■- . Mr Pearson to move on Tuesday evefiing---" That a respectful address be pre- ; Bented to His Honor the! Superintendent, toreserve from sale tinder clause 16 of the if . Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865,' tHe seciaoins presently withdrawn from, sale under the 'Southland Waste Lands ', Act, 1865,'' as an endowment for educational purposes." Mr Pearson to move on WedriesdaY evening's sitting.— " That" in the opinion of this • Gouncilit is expedient to- make permanent pro-v^onfor-immigratioiiito this Province, by the creation of an inalienable fund of £|0,000, applicable solely to the purposes of Immigration, or by the reserve of a block or blocks of land, as an endowment for the same purpose. ■-.-■ ."That such fund should Jbe formed >y the -annual appropriation, of a -sum of £10,000 for the period of fiveiyears. ; j •'^That the administration of such fund arid such reserves of 'Mrtd should be Tested in a Board of Commissioners, to be styled Immigration Commissioners, one of whom to be chairman, should be appointed by the Government, and the other two being members of the Provincial Council, should be elected by it, and remain in office, during the continuance of the Provincial "■Council,, by which they shall have been elected. " That any member of the Board shall t>6 * etribvable by the Governor, on an atldr'ess Ojf the Provincial Council, agreed to by tW^thirds of the whole members of the Council. : "That the chairman should receive a salary,- to be appropriated by the Provincial Council. " That the Board should be capable of suing and of being sued, and be empowered to enter into contracts, and to do all other acts necessary for promoting and establishing a regular flow of Immigration. ■• < ■•:•:•■■ :■■ r " That periodical stccounts of its transactions should "be published by the Board and be laid before the Provincial Council every session; " That these resolutions be transmitted to his Honor the Superintendent and representatives in the General Assembly witn a request that they will cause them to be' embodied in a Bill to be laid before the General Assembly during the present session." , ; ' ; '; ,, r . ;MpPearsqnalßqtomove6n Wednesday evening's sittings.-r- . r " That in the opinion of this Council, it ia desirable that a special colonial scheme of immigration ■ independent of local efforts on the part of each province, should be at once undertaken by the General Government.-^ ..- "That such a scheme should partake of the nature of that proposed by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary in 1862, published in the appendix to the journals of the House of Bepresentatives 1863, viz: — the introduction of 'immigrants by the issue of deben£ures,-haying 10 years currency to be given to any firm contracting with the Government -to select and ship immigrants to If ew Zealand. " Tfiat Sections of land varying from 50 to 100 acres be given to such irrimigrants ori landing; to be repaid by them together witli $U3 c<?st of their passage in instalments .extending oyer a period of eight years. — "That for the purpose of carrying out these resolutions, an Act of the General Legislature : should be passed, enabling such -prpyinces as, desired to take advant-. age of the schemaJ j #-That the administration of all local arrangements connected' with the schema ; beHestedin the Board of Imnugaation established in each province, to which such immigrants be sent. " That a copy of the above resolutions be transmitted' fco "His Honor 'the SuperiDten^ent, ana 1 our^Eepresentafcives in the A&embly^ witK tlierequestthat they will use their utmost endeavors to obtain the, initiation of -such a scheme during the present session of the General AssemBi^ ; t<: x.: ::::::. :.,:y::\ - : : ;;:; :■■