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On the Speaker resuming the Chair, the Chairman -eported that the Commttee recommended the followiug resolution for adoption by th» House :— " That this House is not in a position to offi-r any suggestion as to the necessity or mode of completing the arrangements entered into with Te Hapuku ; and that a respectful address be presented to his Excellency the Governor, embodying the foregoing resolution." Question —that the foregoing resolution be adopted by the House—put aud passed. On motion of Mr. Travers, House adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock, until to-mor-row at noon.

NOTICES OF MOTION. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1855. 1. MAJOR GREENWOOD —To move that his Excellency the Governor be requested to place the sum of 300/. on the supplementary estimates in aid of the erection of a Pier at Onehunga to accommodate passengers proceeding by steam to and from that port and the Southern Settlements. 2. MR. HART—To move that a respectful Address be presented to his Excellency the Governor, praying that the sum of 8001, be placed upon the estimates for the erection of a Pier at Wellington for the accommodation of passengers arriving from other settlements in New Zealand. 3. MR. CARLETON —To move that the supplementary estimates be recommitted, for the purpose of reconsidering the following item, namely, " Bishop of New Zealand 600 Z." 4. MR. TR A VERS—To move that in case his Excellency the Governor should consider it desirable to visit the various Provinces of the Colony previous to the next Session of the General Assembly, this House would authorize the expenditure of a sufficient sum of money to enable an arrangement to be made with the " Zingari," steamer, lor that purpose. 5. MR. SEWELL —To move that the report of the Committee on the Pensioners, Petition be considered ; and then to move the following resolution— That in cases in which Pensioners may have been deprivtd of their cottages and land for alledged breaches of military discipline, such as non-attendance at parade, it would, in the opinion of this House, be dangerous to re-open questions of this nature decided by the proper military authorities, even were it competent to this House to do so. 6. MR. TRAVERS—To move for leave to bring in a Bill to appoint an agent iti England to take certain steps for relieving the Colony of New Zealand from the New Zealand Company's Debt. 7. MR. SEWELL —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 his Excellency the ntw Governor, amongst the first acts of his Government, will institute a searching enquiry into such expenditure with a view to its retrenchment.