DETAILED PLAN OF SEPARATION SCHEME.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 659, 10 August 1876, Page 3

D ETAILED PLAN OF SEPARATION SCHEME .

Mr Bnce continued the debate after Mr Woolcck spoke, anJ ia favour of the Government. Mr VVlutaker followed and oomuenoed by referring to his own long study af the s t jet,j ct, and consistent advocacy of Separation. It was right and proper, as the resolution affirmed, to reconsider the financial und constitutional arangement* of the colony. They had two ichemrs b< fore them. The question wa*. w bich should they adopt/* It was either two IVov ncui, or thirty Oountiea. Be thought the Countiea cumbersome and expensive. Greys' proposals were simple, cleur, and intelligible. They were now •rked to settle the pcimiple and after, vnid- l he detiiis corH be arranger). Ti u Eeiolnti .113 would p otnote unity and wire altogether antagonistic to Bepara'ion. Ue thtn proposed to sketch out corns details of the p"opo»al. The culoi y h<* said had never been more confuted nnH belter governed than wien prior to 1652 it was di'ileJ into two provinces lbe revenue woulJ i i the first instai c})n»sj into the hands of tho Fedi ral Government sutijecl to .he debt and other charg s, and tien the balance beyond thu c iv uld be returned to the p owineea in proportion as they had co i ributed. How could the publio creditors bar* bi fI sr security ? The exp-ni' s of the Gimu'Thl Go\er»meut would be reduced. Tho General Goven m nt need not meet 8') fr ijuemlj. If tiis two proTinrial ]< Ki-lntun s pasted a law in precis ly the r:,t> c tetms, it tbiglit brcome the Jaw of th" rolmy. lh« Norih would gr.t on ipi th be'ier if left to itself. The land it vt mil* vov£l nlwa.\* be a fest ring sore I' twmi Noith nndboutn. If the reso'uiii us bi fora th • Uou^ were not carried. ).<- no 14 next sc*sion ag-iin mow his 1 ii.<i io-oluiiod*. Ho should p opose that tli ■ woik of the Gi-neral Assembly ehou!d le L'liilhied lo dcuiine with Customs, >Sii|irt-n.e Courts, Lighthouse*, Marriage I. «s, Weight* aad Measures, t'mt womd \ c t.uite enough tor th* General Assembly lo (iejl wi.b. As to the form of «overDniiiit which should be inaugurated, that \s s initte<- for further consideration, but he sl.ould be in< lined to give each Itlund :\ similar to ihat which now existed for the whol* colt.njr — a responsible m i nisi rj and two houses, the Assembly hiviiig powers to deal with all matters ex.-ppt with those mentioned. The salaries v' Gorrrnor General, the judges of the Supreme Courts and the ciril hsU shcu'd alpo bo made a colonial charge, and duly piovided for. Ho interference in such znnttets by Provincial Assemblies being al owed. Be knew no better mode of ge* ting rid of the difficulties that surround thp GVoiy thtn by adopting the resolutu>i s befo c them. 'I he lion Mr Sowen replied to Mr V Intaker, congratulating the llou-o Ih it at length one gentleman on the other hdc hnd approached the real subj ct. lie contended (hit th»» resolutions even «s €> plumed by Mr Whitaker, proposed to f'eifroy the unity of tbe Colony, and f.uled to in-ke any provision for local admin, strnlion. If tbe land fund was to be counted nmot q the ns.ets of each Is4w>fK it would be far better to st or.co make it tl o property of the Colony as a whole He defended the Government from charges of extravagance, and tJluded (o i lie cottaluat prceaure, even now put fni Government by every member of the ])( use to increase departmental expenditure by opening ijew stamp offices, registry olliics, Po« offices, etc. Mr Bowen thm nbly and eloquently defended ths l'i.bl<c Work's scheo c, and tbe manner )u uhith it h d been carried out by the l'n niter. Be chsrsclerUed the resolutions lie ii moe blind, a transparent attempt to postpone Aloliticn in favour of Piovinc.al Ii stitutions. Mr Header Wood moved tht adjournment at 12 35. Tc-day, Wednesday, Mr Wood is now at enkinu in favour of the resolutions.

'I J » ENfcWZE a LiND DEBENTURES. !?ir .'uluu Vogel anrounced to the lloure that live remainder of the £1,250,010 deleulure* had been told *t par.