PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4581, 10 September 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

[Peb Pbess Association.]

Wellington, Saturday. Prorogation of Parliament The House met at 3, o'clock. Mr liamhu took, the chair as Acting-Speaker, and after prayers, read several messages from the Governor assenting to bills, etc., be also announced he had wailed on the toyernbr and presented the Appropriation isiJlß, to which his Excellency had been pleased to assent. Mr Hamlin then left the chair, when Sir G. Grey rose, and said he wished to giye notice of motion for the

first day of next session.—Mr Hamlin said he could not receive it, and he took the Chairman of Committees' seat.—Sir G. Grey said that according to all precedent he was quite in order; members could discuss matters up to the very moment of prorogation. He insisted on his right to give notice.—Major Atkinson said if he did so he would call attention to the state of the House; there was really no quorum. There had been an understanding with the leader of the Opposition that no business should be done.—Sir G. Grey said he was no party to any such agreement. The gentleman with whom it was made was not entitled tb represent a large section of the House. The very fact of the arrangement showed he was entitled to speak. They had already done business^ —Mr Macandrew said members were always entitled to speak on any matters until they were called to attend the prorogation. He himself wished to call the attention of the Government to a motion of considerable public importance.-—Mr J. Buchanan said he had seen business gone on with to the last moment, time afjter time, in other colonies.—Sir G. Grey said this was the most shameful proceeding he had ever known. He would address Major Campbell, and move that Mr Moss do take the chair.—Col. Trimble rose to a point of order.. The acting Speaker was quite in order in occupying either the Speaker's chair or his own, and no one was entitled to address the Clerk.—Mr J. Buchanan and one or two other members rose, and ail continued speaking as well as Col. Trimble. While the confusion of words was going,on the Sergeant-at-arms announced a message from the Legislative Council.—Duringthe temporary lull Sir G. Grey said I protest. -r-Mr Hamlia had then taken the chair, and the Clerk of the Legislative Council was admitted and requested the members of the House to attend the Commissioners for Prorogation.—Before Mr Hamlin could leave the chair Sir George again protested, and said he held authorities; to show he was right. The Acting-Speaker and thirteen members . then proceeded to the Council Chamber, preceded by the Sergeant-at* Arms with the mace. ;ln the Council Chamber the Commission to Sir Wm. Fitzherbert, Sir Geo. S. Whitniore, and the Hon. Mr Whitaker, was read, and they in his Excellency's name prorogued Parliament until Friday, the 20th December. The Acting Speaker laid on the table the following schedule of business of the House of Representatives, and of bills, etc., passed and lapsed in both Houses during the session:—Select Committee on public matters 10, and public bills 3, Standing Committees 11, ditto on private bills 3 ; public bills originated in the House which have received the Royal assent 58, reserved for signification of Her Majesty's pleasure 1, dropped or otherwise disposed of 6; private bills originated in the House which hare received the Eoyal assent 3, dropped or otherwise disposed of, 1; petitions presented from Europeans 469, from Maoris 74; divisions in the whole House 68, in Committee 10D; Acts passed in both Houses:—Public Acts Adulteration Prevention Act 1880 Amendment, Appropriation, Bankruptcy, Bills of Exchange, Charitable Gifts Duties Exemption, Chattel Securities Act 1880 Amendment, Companies Act 1882 Amendment (No. 2), Confederation and Annexation (Reserved), Counties Acts Amendment, Criminals Execution, Crown and Native Lands Rating Act 1882 Amendment, Crown Lands Grants, Destitute Persons Act 1877 Amendment, District Railways Act Amendment, Electric Telegraph Act 1875 Amendment, Fugitive Offenders Jurisdiction, . Gisborne Courts Proceedings Validation, Harbors Act 1878 Amendment, Immigration and Public Works Appropriation, Industrial Societies, Inspection of Machinery Extension, Justice of Peace Act 1870 Amendment, Law Practitioners Act 1882 Amendment (No. 3), Middle Island Half.caste Grants Mining Companies Act 1872 Amendment, Native Committees, Native Land Laws Amendment (No. 2), N.Z. University Act 1874 Amendment, Parliamentary Witnesses' Indemnity, Patents,; Prisons, Property Assessment Acts Amendment, Property Law Consolidation,, Property Tax, Public Works Acts 1882 Amendment, Railways Construction and Land Act 1881 Amendment, Rating Act 1882 Amendment, Roads and Bridges Construction Act 1882 Amendment, Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment, Sheriff, South Island Native Reserves, Thermal Springs District Act 1881 Amendment, Town Districts Act 1881 Amendment, Trustee, Volunteer Act 1881 Amendment. West Coast Peace Preservation Act 1882 Continuance, West Coast Settlement.—Private Acts: Guardian Trust and Executors Company, St. John's college (Auckland) Removal, Taiaroa Land.—Local Acts : Auckland Harbor Act 1874 Amendment, Auckland Hospital Reserve, Caversham, South Dunedin, and St. Kilda Streets Improvement, Christchurch Cathedral Sqa&re, City of Auckland Additional Loan, Dunedin Southern Market Reserve Leasing Act 1882 Amendment, Greymouth High School, Hokitika High School, Invercargill Reserves Exchange, Kawbia Township Sale, Massey's Frauds Indemnity, Masterton and Greytown Lands Management Acts Amendment, Murihiku Native Reserves Grants, New River Harbor Endowment, Otago Dock, Ofcago Harbor Board Special Powers and Contracts, St. Peter's Church (Caversbam), Taumalu Native Commonage, Timaru Mechanics InstituterAct 1877 Amendment, Timaru Racecourse Reserve, Waimate High School, Waitara Harbor Board Loan, Wanganui Bridge, Welling* ton College Land, Wellington Harbor Board Land and Reclamation, Westland Education District Subdivision. Sittings: Bays of meeting, 58; hours of sitting, 432; daily average, 7 hours 27 minutes. Votes and proceedings :—Questions asked of Ministers, 645; entries in journals, 1206; daily average, 39 } orders for papers, 92 ; papers laid on the table by command, 81; in return to orders, 68; in return to addresses, 9; by message, 1; by Acti 40; by leave, 26; papers ordered to be printed, 79; reports from the Select Committees and from the Public Petitions Committee, 167; from the Native Affairs' Committee, 80;, from the Waste Lands Committee, 48; from the Goldfields and Minejs Committee, 27; from other Committees, 87. Bills dropped or otherwise disposed of: i —In the Legislative Council—Affirmations and Declarations (No. 2), General Assembly Members expenses, Gold Puties Abolition, Gore-J£elso Railway Construction, and Authorisation Land Adts Amendment ; Mataura Reserve Vesting and Empowering; Otago Harbour Board Loans Consolidation; School Committees Election; Tenants Fixtures.—ln the House

of Representatives—Affirmations (No. 1), Abolition of Education Districts and Boards, Animals Protection Act 1880 Amendment, Auckland University College Repeal, Auctioneers, Canterbury College New Board of Governors, Civil Lists Acts Amendment, Companies Act 1882 Amendment (No. 1), Compulsory Vaccination' Abolition, Constitution Amending Act Repeal, Constitution Amendment (No. 1/, Constitution Amendment (No. 2), Contagious Diseases Act 1869 Repeal, Contempt of Court, Cook County Rivers, Coroners Act 1887 Amendment, Corrupt Practices Prevention Act 1881 Amendment, Disposal of Pastoral Lands, Drainage of Mines, Eight Hours, Election Petitions Act 1880 Amendment, Elective Land Boards, Evidence, Extension of H ours of Polling at Parliamentary Elections, Fire and Marine Insurance Companies, Fisheries, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1881 Amendment (No. 1), Gaming and Lotteries Act 1881 Amendment (No. 2), Geraldine County Waterworks, Hawke's Bay and Mariborough Rivers Act 1868 Amendment, Impounding, Juries Act 1880 Amendment, Law Practitioners (No. 1), Law Practitioners Act 1882 Amendment (No. 2), Leaseholders Qualification," Legislative Officers Salaries, Legislative Rights, Libel, Licensing Act Amendment 1881 (No. 1), Licensing Acts Amendment (No. 2), Licensing Act Amendment (No. 3), Licensing Committees Election, Local Courts, Local Option Extension, Maori Representation Act 1867 Amendment, Married Women's Property, Middle Island .Native Villages Control and Regulation, Moral Training in Public Schoolsi Mortgnge Release; Mount Ida Water-race Trust Act 1878 Amendment, Municipal Corporation, Native Land Act Amendment (No. 1), New Zealand Government Railway and other Employes Pension, Pharmacy Act 1880 Amendment, Plurality of Votes, Prevention of Frauds Against Insurance Companies, Railway Improved Lands, Registration of Electors Act 1879 Amendment. Regulation of the Hours of Shopkeepers and Others, Religious, Charitable and Educational Trusts Board Incorporation, Restrictions Extinguishment Invalidation, River Boards, Roads Through, Private Land, Russell Exchange of Laud, Sale of Goods by Retail, Savings Bank, School Inspection, Settled Land, Sheep Act 1878 Amendment, Taranaki Iron Smelting 'Works Land Act 1874 Amendment, Westport Colliery Reserve, Workmen's Lien. Private Bill,—New Zealand Native■> Land Settlement Company Limited' Empowering. ! The following is the notice of motion Sir G. Grey wished to give :—?" To move | for leave to introduce on the first day of i next session a bill entitled an Act to provide " for the equitable settlements of claims to land under any regulations to retired sailors of the ftoyal Navy, soldiers, or Volunteers for services performed in New Zealand ; or, in the event of any such claiments having to (provide for the ascertaining and adjustment of the rights which the widows or children of such ) deceased claiments may have to any such lands."