HUNDREDS COMMITTEE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 78, 7 August 1869, Page 3

HUNDREDS COMMITTEE.

(To the Editor of the Tuapeka Times.) 'Sib, — In your paper of the 2-lth inst., which I received by the mail this evening, I observe a report of the proceedings of the Mount Benger Petition Committee, in which it is stated that the resolutions moved by me lapsed for want of a seconder.

This statement is untrue. The resolutions were passed, ordered to bo reported to the House the same evening, and the report of them was drawn up by the Clerk and placed in Mr. J. 0. Brown's hands. .In the evening, I was asked by several members to speak to Mr. Brown and request him not to present the report till the whole proceedings of the committee were complete. I assented to this reasonable request, asked Mi*. Brown not to present the report, and he seemed glad that this course was adopted. You will find in the final report of the committee special reference to my resolutions as having been passed. I intend, as soon as I return to Dunedin, to ascertain what is the state of the official minutes of the committee. The circumstances are perfectly known to several^ members ; and I shall, if any I error in the minutes has occurred, take good care that a strict investigation be made as soon as the Council meets. — I am, &c, F. Dillon Bell. House of Representatives. Wellington, July 30th, 1869. ; [In the printed report the resolutions are stated to have been moved by Mr. Bell, but nothing more is added. We naturally inferred that they lapsed for want of a seconder. We apologise to Mr. Bell for the misstatement, and feel glad that he proposes to enquire minutely into the circumstances of the case. — Ed. "T. T."