HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2977, 30 August 1878, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WELLINGTON.

Thursday. The House met at 2.30 p.m. THE EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENT.

The House, on the request of Mr Vincent Fyke, reinstated the Education Act Amendment on the Order Paper for next Wednesday week. '

HABBOB BILLS

A batch of ten Harbor Endowment Bills were read the first time, and notices to introduce seven or eight more were given. >

BEMINABIEB. Mr liees' motion for the establishment of seminaries for higher education in the chief towns of the Colony was withdrawn at the request of the Government.

HABBOB ENDOWMENTS.

A long discussion ensued upon the motion ,by Mr Bees that no harbor should be endowed with money or land until the opinion of a competent engineer was taken approving of the works. The Hon. Mr Stout, on behalf of the Government, said the Government could not endow those harbor boards, or they would have no land left for railways or anything else.

After further discussion .the debate was adjourned till that day fortnight. ' the Jackson's, bat settlement.

In reply to Mr Barff, whose allegations were seconded by Mr ileeves and Mr Gisborne, the Government promised to inquire into the working of the Jackson's Bay Settlement. • . THE MINES ACT.

i On the motion of Mr Manderi it was ordered that the Goldfields Committee be instructed to ascertain the practicability of amending the Mines Act.