Last Night's Sitting.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3641, 27 August 1880, Page 2

Last Night's Sitting.

After, considerable further discussion, the second reading of the Financial Arrangement Act Amendment Bill was carried by 43 to 23. The Customs Duties Bill was then read a second time and committed.

This day. Mr Lundon's proposal for an export duty on kauri gum was ruled out of order.

The Customs Duties Bill was read a third time and passed, and also the Public Bevenues Bill was read a third time and passed. In Committee on the Financial Arrange' ments Bill a division look place on clause 3 which proposed to takeaway the 20 per cent, of land fund from the local bodies.

Ayes, 34— Allwright, Atkinson, Beetbara, Brandon, Colbeck, Fox, George, Gibbs, Hall, Harris, Hurst, Hursthouse, Johnston, Kelly, Kenny, Levin, Lundon, Masters, McCuughan, Oliver, Pitt, Richmond, Rolloston, Saddon, Shephard,

Speight, Sutton, Swanson, Tawhai, Trimble, Wallis, Whitaker, Whyte, and Wood.

Noes 34—Andrews, Barr, Ballance, Barron. Bowen, Brown, DeLatour, Driver, Finn, Fisher, J. T. Fulton, Gisborne, Hirst, Hutchinson, Jones, Macandrew, McLean, Montgomery, Moorhouse, Murray, Ormond, Pyke, Beeves, Bussell, Saunders, Shanks, Shrimski, Stevens, Stewart, Studholme, Thomson, Turnbull, Wakefield and Wright.

The Chairman gave his casting vote in favor of the clause, which was passed, and the third reading carried by 41 to 30.

The House rose at 1.15.