AUCKLAND. Friday.

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AUCKLAND. Friday.

The Provunoia* Council wns re-onened to day. His Honor the .Supernil undent in nr lenythy ine«*ige referred to the ellbrt-itlmt Imd been mude by the Ctorrrninrnt to prepare landd fop fietHement. They pr >po>ed to throw lands at Wangurei open, for free 'election under the llonie<tend Act. During their vwit to Poverty IJij, the Gm eminent was j strongly impres^d with tiio nece->it\ of tuKmj; .i'>ti\e mea-j surei to direct the tmdi> to A-iu kluml. To M)<plv Mi« in- i creasing demanc* of lliot vich thptrict, u pilot -t-utiou will b« j established' the» ( also nt Taurnii^ii. J)ur.n,' liv m^ to Wellington, arrangement* were matte to tiiiinfi-r t lie foreshore at theThamei to the lVouucuil Ooveniment, nlno for an advance cfi £30,000 from, tin (n-noral G«yt;rninent to tho province, to bo repaid out of land sale*, it is proposed to iwhnnce £'(5000, to test the. dnej> lt\els at the Thames, pending the sanction of the loan of £50,(KX) by the General Assembly. A Highways Eill empowering lioarda to borrow will be introduced, also on Education Bill. Ho regretted that the (General Government had abandoned* Mie int«ntion to construct the Kaipara Extcmion Kailwav. The Council will be cilludiupon to-o©*mder whether the Province should do 60. He acknowledged the cordial co-operation of the General and Provincial Gfovernuianh Tho population of the Auckland province- by the last census id 08,500, exclusLre of Maoris.