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3. Mr. J. Cargill to ask the hon. member at the head of the Government, what is the amount of cash in the chest of the Bank of Issue, and what the Government are going to do with it. 4. Mb. Fox to move, That there be laid on the table of this House, any correspondence which may have occurred between the Government of this Colony, and any Government or individuals in Canada or other British possessions, relative to any proposed immigration into New Zealand from such Countries. 5. Mr. Fox to move, That the correspondence between Dr. Stratford and the Government, and between the Government and the Chief Nopara, respecting the purchase of the Victoria Valley in the district of Monganui, be laid on the table of the House. 6. The Colonial Treasurer to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the management of lands set apart for the benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand. 7. Mr. Travers to move for copies of all instructions transmitted to the Superintendents of Provinces for their guidance in assenting to, or witholding assent from Bills, or reserving the same for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon. 8. Mr. Hall to move, That a Select Committee be appointed for the purpose of considering what Acts, Ordinances and other public documents should be repiinted. That the Committee do consist of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Fox, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Domett, Mr. Bell, Mr. Carleton, and the mover. The report to be brought up on the 24th instant. 9. Mr Bell to move, That the Clerk of the House do in future forward to the Clerk of the Legislative Council, for distribution among the hon. members of that Council, copies of all papers printed for the House ; and that Mr. Speaker be requested to communicate with the Speaker of the Legislative Council, with a view to the Council papers being distributed to members of this House.

ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Provincial Waste Lands Bill—second reading. 2. Resident Magistrates Courts Amendment Bill—second reading. 3. Nelson Trust Funds Amendment Bill—second reading. 4. Supreme Court Practitioners Bill—second reading. 5. Bills of Sale Registration Bill—second reading. 6. Bribery and Treating Bill No. I—second reading. 7. Bribery and Treating Bill No 2—second reading. CHARLES CLIFFORD, Speaker.