FOURTH SESSION.

Southland Times, Issue 1031, 2 October 1868, Page 2

FOURTH SESSION.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, i ; -The House met this evening at # o'clock. Present -r- Messrs, Blacklock, Dairy mple, Howell, Johnston, Armstrong; Longuet, .Daniel, M'Clure, ClerTte, Hately, Calder, Basstain, Stuart, Swale, Pratt, Boss, Pearson, and Monckton. Proceedings were opened with, the usual prayers. • ■ i ' / MESSAGE PROM HIS HONOB THE STJPER- ! {-~*-~ -''~''^miM&EKT:^~ '~' j "■" ! Mr Speakee ""-•read the following iad- j dress from His Honor the Superintendent. ■ :' ■) ' '" r : I - ■' > ; : \ " Mb Spbaxbb and GtssiHsaa^i' o* ins Bbovdjoiui CovrsoxL. .. '. . ; ' A hope existed thai; the present ' session of the New Zealand Parliament would have ended before: this time, and enabled me to open the Provincial CoondL in person, but in this I Jam disappointed. It has,' t>eeh thought advisable that I should remain in Wellington whilst a possibility existed of being of service, as most important subjects concerning the Province and Colony generally have yet to come before the House. The Government has deemed it advisable to defer the consideration of Bills on some important subjects, until your next meetingv wKen you will be in a better position to judge "of the necessity of legislating in the direction contemplated, as the Colonial Legislature, before that time, will have completed -its labors, and the result will be known as affecting such matters, ' and Provincial legislation generally. Amendments, however, on some Ordinances' now in force are found to be requisite, and will be submitted to you. The financial position of the Province will, no doubt, during the present session of Parliament, be placed on a settled, and I trust, more satisfactory basis than hitherto. "• '" .', Since your last meeting I have entered into an agreement with Mr Thomas Patterson, - C.E., relative to testing, and procuring from Great Britain the requisite plant for finishing the Oreti Bailway. The. correspondence on this subject will be laid on the table. In anticipation of this meeting of the Council, I have called for tenders for labor, Jcc, required to complete the Railway, a3 you deluded by ; resolution that the acceptance of these tenders should be submitted for your approval. : I am unable to notify that the requisite means are at the present moment at the disposal of: the Provincial Government for proceeding with this work forthwith, yet if you decide on opening the 1 tenders and should think fit to recommend theacceptance of one of them conditionally, L trust that the Government will shortly be able, through arrangements pending with the General Government, tocarry out successfully a measure of Such general utility. More than one half of the time for which the Estimates are prepared will have expired before His Excellency the Governor's, assent can, be given to the " Appropriation Ordinance,", so that you will find but little alteration- in the .departmental expenditure for the- current period. My Government has, however, had the subject of retrenchment under ' consideration, and has taken such preliminary steps with regard to the abolition and amalgamation of offices, as will decrease the expenditure for the future under this head. . I expect that in the month of November next, a shipment of immigrants, under the resumed Assisted Immigration scheme, will arrive, and there is every probability that others will continue to follow periodically, thus, by the steady increase of the population, materially conducing to our permanent prosperity. lam confident that as heretofore all matters on which you are called to deliberate will receive your earnest attention, . - I have now to declare this Council open for .the transaction of public business. JOHN P. TAYLOR,. ■Superintendent. REPLY. - Mr M'Clttbe moved — that Messrs Ross, Pratt, Basstian, and the mover, be appointed a Committee to prepare a reply to the address to Be brought up at next sitting. The Pbovincial Tbeasttbeb seconded the motion, which was agreed to. NEW MEMBER. Mr Basstian then introduced Mr Stuart, the recently elected member for "Waiau. The minutes of last sitting were then read and confirmed. : RAILWAY TENDERS. The Pbottnciai. Tbeasubeb stated for the information of the Council, that the tenders for the railway works were in the possession of the Superintendent's clerk, and now on the table; He therefore moved the suspension of the standing orders j in order to move that the tenders now on the table be opened and remitted, to the. Engineer to report. ; ". r Mr Peabson called attention to the usual course of procedure, whibh was for the Speaker to ask for 'notices of motion.. The PBOViNciii Tbeasubeb said he was taking a course which he hoped would expedite the business before the House. Mr Abmstbong said it was necessary that this should be disposed of at once. It was the business of the session. The Speakeb — That may be, but, the question is, is there any fresh notices of motion, or petitions to present ? PROSPECTING. r Mr Peabson' gave notice that he would j ask the G-overnmeht whether they had placed on the Estimates any sum for testing the goldfields of the Province ? ■"■ :-;,i ■- .. INFECTED SHEEP. , , Mr Basstiait asked what steps had been taken to prevent infected sheep from cominginto the Province. 'Mr Abmstbpng replied' that from ihfdrmation received hie understood it was compulsory to dip sheep before crossing the boundary. ; ■ NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr JDaniel presented., a-, petition from certain settlers m Jacob's Biyer for improvements in that district ' Mr Hateey moved that it be read. .. Dr Monckton asked, if it- was a-peti r tiop for a sum. of < mpney^ if it wasi not ; competent for the CounciTf 6 entertain such a proposition. ! : Mr Daniel— lt is not so. _ " ) | TheJ. petition, "which was;.signed by 1 2k settlers' was then jread. .''"., " . Mr. Speakeb suggested that . the . Hon. should move that it be received and considered at a more convenient time. rMr -JDaniel agreed to the proposition. — -Mr - B ASsriApr- - presented-a - -petition from the inhabitants of, Eiverto^ for the making of a" street! „ .. r ; ,JTHE RAILWAY TE^NTJEaS.^ . The Pbotincial Tbeaslmieb move 4 the suspension of the stuiri ing: orders, so that hennightimoyevthai; the tenders fo^ constructing the JSTorthern line of railway! noFoh*l;hfe r f£ble, be remitted to Mr Patterson, for his inspection and report. The motion was agreed to.

The Pboyinciaa TseasVßSß said that after grave deliberation, the' ; Qi)yernineiit had come to the was t^^lri^poui^iv;lir.^%^^i|dlj the business 61! the seß|iopi';tbe^^t7 point. The (government proposed :ihat the tenders be opened Mid accepted conditionally i. tjs. before Ibh©^jiW ¥ L6T^|Bcember the contractor shoulcTproceed TOth the work. According to the present' arrangement the contractor was bound to stop working for two months at any time, without compensation, and now the Government, wished to -give the- option-oft proceeding at any. time. . The hon. member proceeded to give a reswnd .of the whole matter as: to. the jfailway. la the first instance he. said they were allowed to give 60,000 acres of land, or value; to that extent for the works, This included the plant. .It was then found, impossible to complete the works for land solely, [no, 1 contractor would take itj icdflsequedtly - the Government thought it much better to make arrangements with .-the General Government to get cash and remit home for. the 1 ,]ilant, , which had been done. They gave up their right to the 60,000-- acres in the hope that they would, be able to finish the railway &y cash. It was found, however, that from the policy of tne present colonial ministry the' consolidated revenue • was to be taken awalyv and a small amount from th~e * land fund, which would : be* ' given ( to make up any deficiency. Taking that, into consideration when he was in the 1 ' North a second time relative to this 1 matter, a proposal was -made that the Post-master-General, who. was ; the acting treasurer, should, to enable them to finish the : railway, give them the benefit of the £42,000, borrowed by mistake.on behalf of •the province. Matters ■tfere, however, so unsettled that ministers were not disposed to do anything in writing, and no amount of argument or .pressure >would : induce them to put pen to paper a second time. The' hon; member thought it better \to tell, the Council this plainly, that his colleagues, seeing that the land did not sell so rapidly as anticipated, had telegraphed North, asking whether it would be right to extend the time for receiving tenders,, but they, w.ere telegraphed back to let the tenders come in, and they were now on the table of the House. All along, however, the whole matter had, been in a state of great uncertainty with' the local Government. . This was to be regretted, as on liis journey from North, he had met ..-with a gentleman who had every desire to invest in the province, and if he did so, it would be;to a large and beneficial extent. Every information had been given him, including, a supply, of. maps,: &Q> . and: if he did invest; it would be to such an extent that there would be money not merely to complete the railway, but go on with roads also. With all this in view the hon. member thought the Government were quite justified in asking that the tenders be now opened. No doubt contractors wouldfeel it a hardship inletting their tenders be known, but when everything was looked at—the position of the Government and its relation to /the. General Government— it- would be seen that if tenders were not called for,. and one accepted now, the whole season would be lost. The reason for calling for ; them now was, that it put them in a position of going on with the works whenever the Government had. funds [whether, in. land or otherwise, which, no doubt, would be the case shortly. He called this a Very important work, considering the large amount that was proposed to be expended, and the beneficial results: that might reasonably be expected to follow., (Hear, hear.) If a new work, he would individually oppose/ f it. but in consideration of the large amount that had been already expended, he wished to see it • Completed> -He concluded by moving that 'the: tenders oA ¥ the table be opened and remitted to "Mr Patterson for his, advice;and report. , Mr M'Cittbe seconded the motion. Mr Basstiait asked if the Government were in a position to accept the tenders 'at all? ■■- ■■■■;- --• ''^J-'-li \ . Mr : ABMSTROirGf, in reply, said the Government were not in a position: to make either cash or land payments at present, but he asked that the tenders be, opened, in order that contractor^, might, go on if they chose, and if (jbyernmeut were , not _, in , a . position to, fulfil their ' part of the bargain within "six months,, then the contractor, or contractors should be held free. His own idea was, to invite the v contractors to a meeting, and' tell them this, so that "if any did .not agree, they would be at liberty to. withdraw their tender, but his colleagues -were of a different opinion. Jf it was refused to accept the.tender now, the season would inevitably be lost, and so he advised that they be now opened; "-■ - L ■ Mr Basstiajs; /said; : the/ great question was, would contractors agree to such: .terms?: Would they' allow their; offersto be opened on these conditions ? His " opinion -was" that they Should all withdraw their tenders on these propositions being . known. J 'He would propose that the? ..question be adjourned in ; order, that coni tractors might haye, the option withf drawing or allowing their tenders to rej main on/the table^,: ,; -r v v } , : "'Hri J>£lexmxi& rapprehendedi they were compelled to open them ; to-nightj (Cries of "no, no.") If they did not do so a claim mighj; be made upon them' •J" Mr Mj'Ci^d^^ointed out by^th^ adverßsemen?, the Government dm not bind themsßiye^^iicce^t any tender. — The PEOvrociix ; -TKEisTmEß~Baid that if the reporters-for^e press would with! draw he would read-a note Ke. had re-; * cmved from His Honor the Superlnten- * deht-orithe subject. -\ : ? -^ j.V" j ]^^ixßi^£ipi,E 6bj6cfi9d;to tKe,,rep(ciri - teira ie^ving.thejHouse.) ?;"^ ,:": { ; , The Speaker suggested. that therproJ j per course -would be" for the hon> ; menibe^ tb move that the representatives p^esi^nofe withdraw. •""■'•'} The" Psotdtcial Tbeasueee, on consideration, did not think it was material that they should withdraw.

the^representatiyeatof the preaa^o noifi Jea*i|foe Hou^r v r i t^hO --£■' H DrMoNbkTOK did not see why '"tli»y should withdraw. If they did ther^,^ a huudreii behind the bar of th* Ho« Jb£#W d m^p^M^^i done^ana -periuips spot roportiitfOifiuthfully "as the prSfefsional gentlemen. The Pbovinoial Tbeasureb then read -«oine extracts^from^ffis-Hdrior'i letter. They w/ere^to the effect that" there was nothing- wild enough for the Oppositionto^tTy^niihTßirtfes^^ of codfidenceemotion had qsnie to an e^rid and all -thinking nien were -pf— pjttiiioil that ff the pppoaition;did getjin tomorrow jihey- would, split .ainpagst ' next day.X :'|There Viere other remarks the Provincial Treasurer-said but these would 'sbow~ hbw^the (Government were influenced andnhe thought it~hia dujty^ to* P[et the Council - know ; hdw they; afcotkLiiTThe motion he hadr mad&was with the vie* of testing the House, and if it -wad »ai<J " don't open thqse.tenders now 4 ' he would be satisfied.' '!. . ,l. . r - ' ' Mr HllELt did' not "see how^they could" open: the n tenders when they were not in a position to accept them. The S^eakeb— That .depends on the amount of money asked for: Mr, HJLTEtT'-Xes, Sir, and it seemri the Government have mo nidriey\lt wL He did not think it proper. that Government should open, .the tenders unless they were in a position to accept some ;parti;cular one.- ; /;•;' %? i^y-'v; -- :i '' " ;: jir JomrsToK c6nsidered%it >>dvisable to ascertain from the contractors whether they would be inclined to have their tenders opened.- He could see no object tion to opening the tenders provided efficient steps were taken to conceal tH^ amounts until it was aacertained?wiether the lowest tenderer would the terms? Q-oyernment iwere » pupated to Offer. .-,..;,.. ..j.-,,-t,- t: ,^ The Speaker" suggested that as this w'as'quite; ih : postponement for another day would do away with the difficulty. That- w6uld give every tenderer an .opportunity of withdrawing his tender if so. disposed. >■ Dr MoiwcKToir thoughit j'the opening of the * ■ tender^ -^ should- be postponed : till the next -sitting, in order that -contractors— might -b^aver^n-joppor- ; tunity' of if y sb disposed. He wished very mudh "'to ; B^the^railway go a-head, but_before the tenders were opened, .contractors, should have the IqptiQniof=wJsb4rawaL1 qptiQn i of=wJsb4rawaL t ■ C- ;^ '.- ■ Mr Basstian moved an amendment tjbat , v the. ; J tenders on the be iteld^ dYer"'iail at noon,, ;in djrdelf that 'contractors iniglit haf^ "\ an. oppdri •'tanity- lot -talcing awaoii on the Subject. Mr Hately seconded this amendment. Mr Pbatt said it appeared to him that ther^ were two parties to thisbargain— the GJovernmerit' and the contractors. The Government .had advertised that till the 30th of September, t^ey would receive tenders : ftr ' the construction of this railway. That day had arrived, and the contractors had done H their portion of the bargain by sending in their tenden. '- They now had a. reasonable' Expectation that the.lowest,. or oneat least .would be accepted^ arid then r the' reSt ! could go away. There ~was no" Use in going on iri this way day^ after day;.; if; there iwert twenty tenders in, select one and let -the" nineteen go. The tenders had been advertised for by Q-ovemment, and contractors, were justified in believing that it had the means to carry -on jbhe_work. They' could - not : think otherwise, aii^ it nvas the business 0f the (JpTen^ttieikt to open the tenders, take the lowest, and if the tenderer could not go on -under the proposed conditions, pay the mlp for hia work and loss of time and pas^^i to the next. The hon. r ; menttw^^iild support the amendment* ";': Mr Peabson wonld also support .the amendments , He tb,Qugbt,Vstt would be unfair to. the pontractors not tq;;«[ve them the option of having their tentfen opened or returned." IBte would therefore suggest >to- -the that instead of opening -the tenders at present they request the-cbnfcractdra r tb moet— say on Thursday — and inform them feirly and honestly: of the state of matters, how" the G-overnmenti-is-situated, and give them thsr^^option-^f — withdrawing I,'-'or1 ,'- ' or opening \the tenders' at once. He'^ould warn the GRiyeniment to be i very careful, and in: any agreement which miglit be made with a contractor he Should 5 ?be made ;clearly'4ji^ f undeW^ hot"bnT[ding.on;;tb.e parji Gt>yemment until it hacl .been subniitted to, and approved of, by the Provincial GounciL : The PaorisrcrAL Tee4.BUbeb reminded the Hp.use that all the tendererp were fnbi; /p^sently in town, .One 'tender at least had come by post, and Mr Paterson had a note from another party in Melbourne, intimating that he would not be } hereV- v ;' : ' :j - ; : -' 1:I *. - ; - ; •' ;_^°; i;^'^ . Mx ._.^o^s^^/■Bayr ! I ;fn6 I '^"f^S|Bßla objection to, the.amena'mentf . HoV-«pnld they open the tenders without divulgnig who was lowest, *nd who the highest^ The Speaker— There is no necessity ! for^any^ecr«£^aft^lL ; ; ''r il r -''■'■■ '"" " 'Mr= i • Jokijstokj urgled the, $&i that a JbonaiJMei contractor might be outwitted unless the- amountr of each: tender~wa« concealed. But,-if the contractors were willing that.tb^^t^ersiihould be opened, he saw no reasonttbl<s objection. Mr asked' i£ the ineefing with jtl^e contactors LWjpuldrtake place j before the CouncUnipfc? ',v. ru / Mr BaSsliak said th^t waa his intention.. f■; • t . :<^;, .,.,., ...^ .:■;.. :-\' ( „...j% • : After! so'me further remarks by thehon. membera, -/.-..- "::-■- - •:>.;• ;.*:*•:. tr-^ y^ --.t Jtenderaibß now open^Tand the aqiendment, that the openuig be delayed ctill JFriday at noon, ,when the; latter wa^carriea^withoutja division. ? • ;; , -„-.-; lP ••■ ,. ( lIfiWA»D FOB, DISCOVEET OF GOLD. Mr Peabbof mdved-T-'fJnuKt^^iejß-f^ful address be, pr^ntod inor .the jSuperintejidleht. ;/r6qt^K(tinff the sum of £1000 to be placed on the [Estimates as a reward for the discovery of a payable goldfield within tlit

— Province of Southland, which shall withT ; rfiLsix months after disco very; yield not "less than 8000 ozs of gold, with power to the Government to apply the whole or part of the £1000. as a, reward for the dis.ccovery ,pf i. goldfieid -outside' the boundaries of the Province, from which it wi4 ; derive a direct and exclusive benefits' -, v fi .Inv supporting : the! n , the hon w |" }'■ |31udetf to the olfiicultie£ "diggers ' • t^i! .&<i|d>fo encounter in penetrating the bush. 7'i -3Jg believed that • the? sum asked for, >,i; IJBi^OOOi would be sufficient inducement for them doing so; '' .As- the re'fta.rd was idt to' be given till ft certain amount of ,:/-., -goidihad been found, the Province could i" ! dnot lose by v±he transaction.' The great ivH thing,- in his opinion, was to hold out -• "■ C&rafe^ inducement for Aggers to come ?^dm?a distance; :Th& latter part; of his w7^ resolution had referencep to thf discovery ; .T4 .'. of a goldfieid pri the "west bank of the Waiau, from which' this 1 Province would derive 'exclusive benefit; TKe Otago Go^ >•'^rtiternment wouid never make a road there. * : "ft" would demand the l \ .!^Us& Baisbir-- tQf. course they would ; t t-;^jrtiOtaiir':*re:- would have the commercial .. rfi) '^benefit, which would more than" "counter- _ : : baTanbe iKe loss of theduty.' Hebelieved ■-« : - {Kat ; payable goldfieid yetr "be 1 found on •Sunhyßide .Station. 01t^..: i long discussion, Mr Pearson '--'■ "^tbdltfew Jiis motion on the, undersfcand'"'r^^n^'t^t.inconjauction, with .... GovernJ O -'y."mejafejiat should be re-modelled. With x: of the JCouse^ the'matter was xi*r> postponed till TViday.Wening's sitting. &: If, ; T 3ir'^ • PEABaioir: /moved t-t. " That a -Mspec^^ address rbe to -His .Honor . the .^Superintendent, re"*r ' "questing iheVjsiim of £150 to be placed on the Estimates to cut , a track ws "the bush jon. the , '„ eastern K1 ~ At M®£ ■ M • "'•'■•■^& Longwood \ Range 1% Bay :to, Eaympnd's Gap." ; y>:i- The honV member r said he would not jsr»T i^tiwn^thdi House ,with any long statements on iiis subject. He had before suggested payment in land but the Go--eo^Ternment seemed ""to think this was the .riStr^estway of p'rocedurev. ; What he wanted ■ f :3 ; X%aB £6 'cut a track across' Colaic*s -Bay, "T^wfiiclt would take . eveiry track • in its way // :now: known. Gold had been found all -, ».^l6hg the whole linej and it was advisable, • iV^sjjfoJe plairticulafly at the [ present time, to -«.-^&f : ii goldfieid within 1 the Province. .,' ■' J '■" •Mr DaitceiiS seconded the motion. He. "• V) said that in looking' over the statistics of i - the goldfields he;found that £1,640 was to &c^3 the credit of 4foe Governments He coni l .tsidered''tnat no class was so .heavily 2 '■' ': take^fl a^ the digger and some coinpen- \. on ; ieiuni should be . given himV y'V:.i^ii.:fei6aßefl ; derived a froih his * •■•*•: labor, and a small sum only was asked to " n - to prosecute his work.. ' He V- i j^b^gjr':'-'to;'find.ihat the hon. member for Oteramika JMr Pearson) thought so ■' Egnly of' the goldfields in Southland. They might /seem small in the eyes of many, but he; pould assure them, none had turned out iso good as the Orepuki and Longwood Eanges on the whole. Not a man had gone there but was able to earn good \rages. ...... „. ..Mr. 'Abjistbofg thought the miners themselvea .should contribute to such a measure. -What was -t-th'e answer to the settler . when he asked for such a sum ? Higr'was told to raise so r 'tQtich,. and Goternment will do the. rest. That he thought was ; the answer that should be -■^sgiyett^to the diggers ; of the two classes they-conld best afford it^ as he had heard of diggers making £8 a- week, but he was iM^not aware of-- a' single instance where, a ,vL-jje#le]rdfilsp. :i f; " ■ f^j^rvMoKCETp^r was jper^ebtly ;ac^6i^Sainted: with " the i subject, and^. in : .- supporting the motion, he. said, no one -crying, out fpr. it, it was simply put forward as an inducement to miners to ; • more thoroughly "prospect the { country. "' : s Owi^g 'to t^;i^M,^^|a^^"-siS',''aiie' w6 7 uTd veniSife prospect^ and lie was for -wasytoo smalL^ M^-DAifßTiEpJtiE had -no objections to " the 'sunV asked for. *It vras not such a^ sum' as, was v^vanted for a railway^ That made himtremble, (laughter) and his verj bowels qiiiVer. (Laughter). ...-The «i iioif. member concluded a speech^of some '... length .by.waiiiing-jthe Government not '■■": to part with the money till they had bej&er roads., ; *■■;;; :'-".':.\\\ , > Vi \ : i ... Mr Hatelt was-of opinion that the \ f> gold:- diggers: were entitled to the- same rrriSGnaiderafcion asithose engaged in agriculoi tnral'pursuitß. r / :i >" '-^Mr Pbatt concurred with the remarks' of. tbje; Jiqn. .member. He had na. objecfions to T voting a sum of money, provided jrthat i^care was taken- it 'should be So judiciously/ expended, 'that no charge upthat it was; of no .t?j ... pE^gQif quite, sympathised with c the hon. 'members who were in favor of roads. He waia a road manMmself,- and he thought the best way to get them was to gefraonte gold in the province. For that/reason and. not because -he: wished anything particular for the -diggers he ..-wMj^fthe sum put on the Estimates.' ; : . - --^Tiieinotipn was then put , and' carried. Sl^Vlfeoi4i.<K>VßßNMßNa? SERVANTS. V y? Ufr ' JoHSTOK moved -4- "That there «*s^(B^^pd'!pn. the table" a return; , of : - :>-*t^-i ; pjfecera :I .in -the service, of the Government, stating their office, name, and date of appoinir -of salary^ amount of fees retained as perquisites of office y pfiicer be allowed a house s 1 residence, or what allowance, if any^ for honsc^reht or Quarters ;■ %hethef the office be beliinrCjpnjunction with any and • what_other appointment or tolace of profi^i^i 'tfifr df 5 tnie Provincial pr£<^nerai"Govetntii:ent; aJso-^-if known — the total annual rate of emolu - menjts p^yaj>le_for the, several pfiiceSj; and ?ne quantity and quality of the work done. Sriofc-wtnifofiK) be^in a tabular , .Ibrm/^^he.Eon^giember r^ : M ( yraa '■■ that he was antacipatnig^the ?sS«Bß^^^^Hb^cW^Su?exm»tent 1 &<y&m»hs£sii, and'^e : gratifie^ :^ x fnd that the Bubj«c^'naa lS been taken into consideration. He had entered into a

careful calculation! and taking mto consideration^ the value of money, price of labor, and cost of living, lie bad come to the conclusion that a considerable reduction, could be. effected .under that nead. ' * i i_« Mr LoNGTJET seconded the motion wititpleaguuei iltwa«. taking,*, move in j tha right direction. Mr-I)4iBYMPiJB was gratified to see such a motion Before the House. ; He,^ for one, was in favor of retrenchment, and had been for some time. |_ By retrenchment we could obtain Immigra-; tidn^yd : ros(d-ma^n ! g : pvntfeout retrenchment we could have neither. Mr ClebkE 1 supported the motion, which was then put and carried. The PapTOrci^L Baid the. d-overnment anticipating the result of the motion, now laid the documents on the table. ;•'..' Mr Peabson asked leave to postpone 'hiaonOtionl tnkt -a certain amount ; of land be reserved as an endowment for educationarpurppaes. >Hel wished to hear first the report of the Government on the reserves. Leave was granted; to postpone the motion till Saturday morning.