No. 36. 12th) Sealant*.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SESSION 111.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 1555. The House met pursuant to adjournment. Present:—The Speaker and 16 Members. The Speaker read prayers and took the Chair. Mr. Travers, pursuant to notice, moved —that pending a final adjustment of the public accounts of the Colony, it is just and expedient that the proportion of the Land Fund, now in course of being retained by the General Government, in repayment of alleged overpayments to the Provinces of Canterbury and Nelson, should again be paid over to the Provincial Treasurers of those 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 overpayments, should remain open until such final adjustment, and be subject to such arrangements for liquidation as may then be deemed necessary ; and that a respectful address be presented to his Excellency the Governor, praying that instructions may be issued to the proper officers, to carry out the foregoing resolution. Debate ensued. On motion of Mr. Porter, debate adjourned until after consideration of the orders of the day.

MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OP THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.