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such steps, as in your wisdom, you may think fit to give effect to the said Resolutions, and to relieve this Colony, in whole or in part, from the burden of a debt which we venture to submit to your Honorable House is oxcessive and unjust. To His Excellency the Officer administering the Government of New Zealand. We, the Commons of New Zealand, assembled in their House of Representatives, beg leave respectfully to submit to your Excellency the accompanying Resolutions passed by this House. And we respectfully pray that your Excellency will be pleased to take active and immediate steps for giving effect to the foregoing Resolutions. . Addresses adopted. Mr. Carleton, with leave of the House, moved that an Address be presented to His Excellency the Officer administering the Government, recommending for favourable consideration, certain clerks in the Customs Department at Auckland, for compiling returns ordered by the House. —Agreed to. Mr. Merriman, with leave of the House, moved that an Address be presented to His Excellency the Officer administering the Government, requesting him to obtain, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 200 copies of "Jarvis' Acts" to accompany the Acts already applied for, named in the Schedule to the English Acts Act. Mr. Sewell, pursuant to notice, moved the adoption of the following address, to accompany the Resolutions moved by him last night. To His Excellency the Officer administering the Government. We, the Commons of New Zealand, assembled in their House of Representatives, beg leave respectfully to submit to your Excellency the accompanying Resolutions adopted by this House, to which we pray your Excellency's favourable consideration. Address Adopted. Mr. Fitzgerald, pursuant to notice, moved that it is desirable that an agent be appointed in England to carry into effect the object of the Resolutions adopted by the House, on the subject of the New Zealand Company's Debt.—Agreed to. A deputation from the Legislative Council, on being introduced, announced to Mr. Speaker that the Council had appointed Managers to meet Managers on the part of the House of Representatives, with the view to the appointment of an agent in Englaud, for the purpose of procuring a re-consideration, by the Imperial Authorities, of the New Zealand Company's Debt. The Deputation withdrew. Mr. Fitzgerald moved that Mr. Porter, Dr. Monro, Mr. E. G. Wakefield, Mr. Hart, and the .over, be appointed a Select Committee, to conduct a Conference with the Legislative Council a the subject of appointing an agent to carry into effect the objects of the Resolutions of the louse on the subject of the New Zealand Company's Debt.—Agreed to. On the return of the Managers Mr. Fitzgerald reported that the Committees of Conference ad agreed to the following Resolutions :— That it is desirable that some agent should be appoiuted, without salary, but with authority to employ legal assistance, if necessary, to carry into effect the object of the Resolutions of the two Houses. That it is desirable that Mr. Adderly should be recommended to the two Houses as such an agent. That His Excellency be requested to communicate the Resolutions of the two Houses to Mr. Adderly, and to acquaint him that he is authorized to expend a sum not exceeding £500 in legal expenses, should he find it desirable to do so in accomplishing the object of the Houses. Resolutions adopted. On motion of Mr. Fitzgerald the following Address, to accompany the above Resolutions, was adopted. 1o His Excellency the Officer administering the Government, &c., &c. We, the Commons of New Zealand, in their House of Representatives assembled, humbly beg to lay before your Excellency, the accompanying Resolutions, and pray that your Excellency will be pleased to take such steps as may carry into effect the wishes of this House. A Deputation from the Legislative Council was announced. The Honorable F. Dillon Bell, Esq., announced to Mr. Speaker that the Council had adopted the Resolutions agreed to by the Committee of Conference. The Deputation withdrew.