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view thanTfT nP? ■ Company's shareh.ldars will take a raor. reasonable Iffll Directors, when it is laid before them, that the saving of yearly office expenses and of a cont.uned dispute, might be so easily attained. I have high authority, and have no doubt that the clause in the Act of 1852 cannot be repealed, and covers all previous questions which cannot therefore be raised again with any practical effect. I am also sure that the Imperial Parliament will not undertake any part of the payment. 3 " I can only hope, and shall be happy to continue every effort, that the Company may see it to be their interest to make such terms as the Colony will be inclined and able to meet, with the aid of the imperial credit, that this vexed and troublesome question may be finally set at rest, and be put out of the way of the peace, prosperity, and good government of New Zealand. " I am, obediently, tc 'PL tt . i « i _ t Bi AdderleTi 1 he J ion. the Speaker of the House of Representatives." On motion of Mr. Travers, Mr. Adderley's letter ordered to be printed, and entered on the journals of the House. Moved by Mr. Mackay—that this House, at its rising, do adjourn until tomorrow at noon. Question put and passed. A message from his Excellency the Governor was announced. His Excellency s Private Secretary was introduced, who presented the following messages, which were read by the Speaker THOMAS GORE BROWNE, MESSiGE Xo - 2 * Governor. „ -njf' 1 ® ?°;f n , 0 1 r ,' r f ,1 f nit r , to * he , House of Representatives the accompanying; copy of - I n ' n om oae of Her Ma J e3t r' s principal Secretaries of State, notifying that the Queen in Council, had been pleased bv order to confirm the Provincial Waste Lands Act, 1854' paBsed by the General Assembly last Session, and reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure therein. . fi As the original IJespatch containing the Order referred to has not yet arrived, the notification in the New Zealand Government Gazette" of the Royal assent to this Act mustbe deferred until such order has been received. Government House, Auckland, 7th September, 1856. MESSAGE No. 3. THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Governor, The Governor transmits to the House, of Representatives the accompanying copy of a Despatch dated 14th April 1855, from one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, notifying that the "Marriage Act, 1854," passed last Session by the General Assembly, had been submitted to Her Majesty, and that the Act will beleft to its operation. Government House, Auckland, 7th September, 1855. MESSAGE No. 4. THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Governor. The Governor transmits to the House of Representatives the accompanying copy of a Despatch dated 4th May 1855, (together with its enclosures) from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, covering the copy of a letter from the Assistant Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, with a Minute of their Lordships upon that subject. Government House, Auckland, 7th September, 1855. On motion of Mr. Mackay, his Excellency's Messages Nos. 2, 3, and 4, with their enclosures, ordered to be printed. Mi. Travers, pursuant to notice, moved—that it be an instruction to the Committee on the New Zealand Company's debt to enquire and report to the Honse what means could, consistently with the provisions contained in the Constitution' Act, be adoption for the practically relieving the land funds of the Colony from the charge imposed upon them in favour of the New Zealand Company. Question put and passed.