PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1238, 5 June 1880, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

Immigration and the Unemployed. Mr Hall, on the IBih Febuwry offers Mr Heriy t2i»o as payment in full of all demand-*, thequeition o f further lectures beiug left to the Agent- General. "*• Mr Rollc-ton on the 26th February a'-kecl an explanation fiom the AgentGeneial of pei^ons sent home from the colony receiving commission per head from .shipowners and broker^ for passages procuied, by which a number of unsuitable persons, without means, were introduced. He also informed Sir Julius Vogel that the unemployed are increasing-. Thcieare 1500 unemployed in the colony atroad work. He reque-ted ISir Juhus Vogel to discontinue nominations. Iv auother dispatch Mr Rollesfcon. complains of Mr Berry' •, exaggerations, and requires him to accept r.he alternative of jesigning the agency for Imd&peculations or emigiatiou.

Mr G. M. Reed's Lectures. Mr CI. 31 Heed bencU a long ieport of his leotuie> and ti.ivcls in the tanning di-tiieto of Ireland whore lie distributed between 7000 and 8000 pamphlets. In the Immii> ration Papers, Mr Rollaston, on the 19Ji of November List, asks the Aurent-Cieueial to expliin why £370 wore p. ud to the ll'jv Mr Berry between Fcbi'iiuy uad August, when tlie Govern-in-nfc only <i,,reed to pty 1300 for eighty 1' j ((ulv&, < xtrndiug over eight month-. On the 3rd of January, Mr 11' ilk'-ton .tyain writer th it Mr Berry 'iska payment of afiuthcr -urn of £100 in addition to that paid him. Mr R-olles-toii <il«-o ticprcc iLeb omi^iaufc^ buina; sent f. cc ii'id -idv incc-j mn,lo them on the seem lty of pio'nis-ory not.s, the chances ot payment \v m^ unc-rL mi.

Electric Telegraph Act Amendment Ad. TMi. B'll, which Mr Hall introduced, jui)po-'j> to give the (Jr jvenimeut power to contract with any per ou or poisons or body (jorpoiated or ltie.nporatcd for the exc'n-j'iV' use of a s ; ilu,il wne or wires, and lor lining 1 t l ie tcuns. conditions, lates, .aid eh n^e^ to be paid foi the u*«e of such uu'i' or uiies. This is in c m-^equcnce of the special wire conn act being deemed illegal.