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means could, consistently with the provisions contained in the Constitution, be adopted for the practically relieving the Land Funds of the colony from the o » C T ) l4 I AT^ot Up r the ™ m favour of the New Zealand Company . y' lA fI m ° Ve I<>r f kaVe t0 b " ng iQ a BIU t0 a PP°»'t an agent in England to take certain steps for relieving the Colony of New Zealand from the NevvZealand Company's Debt. 3. MR. TR A VERS—To move that inasmuch as this House has been called upon to make provision by way of loan for the extinguishment of the Native title to lands in the Provinces of the Northern Island, and to charge the payment of the amount so to be provided upon the general revenues or the Colony it is just and expedient that the proportion of the Laud Fund now in course'of being retained by the Government in repayment of alleged overpayments to the Provinces of Canterbury and Nelson, should again be paid over to the Provincial Treasurers of these Provinces for the public uses thereof, according to the present system of advances to Provinces; and that the question of the repayment of such alleged over-payments should remain open until a final adjustment of the public accounts, and be subject to such arrangements for liquidation as may then be deemed necessary. That a respectful address be presented to His Excellency the Governor praying that instructions may be issueu to the proper officers to carry out the foregoing resolution. 4. MR. PORTE R—-To move that a respectful Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor showing that all the disputes and differences between the Government and the inhabitants of this Colony have originated in the Land Question, and that it has been the cause of the Native wars; and praying His Excellency to give that question his most serious consideration at the earliest possible period, with a view of doing substantial justice to the Natives and at the same time supplying a sufficient quantity of land for settlers of all classes, thereby preventing future dissatisfaction, preventing Native wars, and promoting the prosperity of this Colony. 5. MR. TAYLOR—To move that a respectful Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor requesting that a Supplementary Estimate be sent down to this House providing for the salaries of all Resident Magistrates in the Province of Auckland. 6. MR. O'NKILL—To move that a respectful Address be presented to His Excellency praying him to place on the Supplementary Estimates the amount of money necessary for defraying the expenses of erecting the new Government House at Auckland, 7. MR. SEVVELL—To move the following Resolutions, — That in providing supplies for the public service for the current year, this House has proceeded without having had before it the detailed particulars of the proposed expenditure of the civil list, and of the cost of collecting and management of the Customs and the Land Revenue, nor has it been furnished with complete detailed particulars of the expenditure of last year on those services. That this House attributes the omission of the Government to supply such particulars, to unavoidable circumstances, but nevertheless it feels itself bound to record its protest against such omission being drawn into precedent. That in the opinion of this House the public expenditure of the Colony is on a scale too large in proportion to its revenues. And this House earnestly trusts that bis Excellency the new Governor, amongst the first acts of his Government, will institute a searching enquiry into such expenditure with a view to its retrenchment. That although this House has voted supplies for the service of the full period of a year, yet looking to the financial state of the colony, and particularly to outstanding liabilities, for which it appears that no provision has been or is being made, this House considers it indispensably necessary that a new Session of the Assembly should be held at the earliest possible period after the intended dissolution. That this House reitirates its opinion that the cost of the Surveying Department does not foim part of the cost of collection and management of the I.and Revenue, and that this Department of the public service ought as far as possible to ]be placed under the control of the respective Provincial Governments.