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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DIVISIONS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE. SESSION III. (Extracted from the Minutes.)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 1855. No. I.—Estimates op Expenditure fob 1855-56. (Post Office, Auckland.) Motion made and question put —That the salary of the Chief Clerk in the Post Office at Auckland, be 2501, per annum.— (Mr. Carle ton.) Committee divided. Ayes 9,. Noes 6. Messrs. Mackay, Messrs. Cliffoid, Taylor, Sewell, Bacot, Crompton, O'Neill, O'Brien, Brown, Travers, Forsaith, Hart, (Teller.) Carleton, Poiter, Gretnvvuo3, (Teller.) No. 2. Question proposed—That the salary of the second Clerk in the Post Office at Auckland, be £150 per annum.—(Mr. Mackay.) Amendment proposed —That the question be amended, by the omission of the figures " 150," with a view to insert 200 in lieu thereof.—(Major Greenwood.) Question put —That the figures proposed to be omitted, do stand part of the question. Committee divided, Ayes 6. Noes 9. Messrs. Travers, Messrs. Mackay, Sewell, Brown, Lee, Bacot, Crompton Porter, Clifford Taylor, Greenwood, (Teller.) O'Neill, Hart, Foisaith, Caileton., (Teller.) Wher.eupon amendment put and passed,