$U fo %ta I a n it. VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. m

SESSION 11.

Monday, September 4th, 1854. Present :—The Speaker and 30 members. The House met pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker read prayers. -The Speaker took the Chair. Minutes of last meeting read. A message from His Excellency the Officer administering the Government was announced. His Excellency's Private Secretary was introduced and delivered the following messages, which were read hy Mr, Speaker and ordered to be laid on the table. Message No. 1. His Excellency the Officer administering the Government forwards to the House of Representatives "A Return of all monies received as Rents of the Native Reserves in " the Province of Nelson, and showing the Expenditure of the same" prior to the Ist of July, 1853. R. H. Wynyard. Government House, Auckland, 30th August, 1854. Message No. 2. His Excellency the Officer administering the Government informs the House of Representatives, that there is no record in the Public Offices of any correspondence " connected Yrith Governor Grey's alleged communication with Natives on the occasion of his visit to the Bay of Islands, in September 1847." R. H. Wynyard, Government House, Auckland, 30th August, 1854. Message No. 3. His Excellency the Officer administering the Government, forwards to the House of Representatives, " a Return showing the names of all persons who have purchased land in ths Province of Nelson since the proclamation of his Excellency Sir George Grey, of the 4th of March, 1853, the number of acres purchased by each person, and the a ,c? its paid for same, and whether such payments were made in cash or in scrip." R, H. Wth aed. G ■ <nt House, Auckland, 30th August, 1854.