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officers, it becomes incumbent upon the Representatives to affirm, with respect to the Council, a resolution which was passed in favour of the officers of this House during the second Session of the Assembly, namely,— " That it is of the greatest public importance that the services of officers of this Houite should be secured by the payment of their salaries, irrespective of any question arising cut of other duties or services.' Question put and passed. Moved by Mr. Merriman—that a respectful address be presented to his Excelency, embodying the foregoing resolution. Question put and passed. The first order of the day having been read, the Speaker left the Chair, and the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole for the further consideration of the Estimates. On the Speaker resuming the Chair, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Mackay, House adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock, until to-morrow at noon.

NOTICE OF MOTION. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 1855. 1. MR. PORTER—To move a resolution of tliis House declaring—that in all dealings with the Natives it is the duty of the Government to carry out the treaty of Waitangi faithfully, honestly, and liberally, in accordance with the sense ivhich they (the Natives) ur.deistocd it,and not according to any interpretation the Government may put upon it which they did not understand. And that the discussion take place in a Committee of the whole House. 2. MR. TRAVERS —To move a respectful Address to his Excellency the Officer administering the Government, praying him to inform the House whether any correspondence has taken place between the Government of this C olony and the Government of the Colony of New South Wales, on the subject of the exportation from New South Wales, of Gunpowder and other warlike stores to this Colony, and if so, to lay such correspondence on the table of the Honse. 3. 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 oa 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 new Governor, amongst the first acts of his Government, will institute a searching enquiry into such expenditure with a view to its retrenchment. That although this House has voted supplies for the service of the full period of a year, yet looking to the financial state of the colony, and particularly to butstanding liabilities, for which it appears that no provision has been or is being made, this House considers it indispensably necessary that a new Session et' the Assembly should be held at the earliest possible period after the intentlsd »: dissolution.