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the hands of the Government, or if not, how the same funds have been expended, and when it is intended to complete the purchase. 9. MR. MACKAY—To move that a respectful Address be presented to his Excellency the Officer administering the Government requesting that a copy of the contract entered into between the Government and the agents of the steamer " Zingaii" for undertaking the inter-provincial steam communication of the Colony, be sent down to the House with the estimates. 10. AIR. TAYLOR—To move that an humble Address be presented to his Excellency the Officer administering the Government requesting a Return shewing the Expenditure on account of the Surveyor-General's Department for the past year, and that his Excellency will be pleased to transmit a statement of the proposed Expenditure for the ensuing year for the information of this House. CHARLES CLIFFORD, Speaker.