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3. Mk. Williamson to move, in Committee of Supply, the following Resolution, That, with a view to encourage the preparation of New Zealand Flax as an article of export, a respectful address be presented to the Governor, authorising his Excellency to grant a bonus of £ to such person or persons as shall prove to the satisfaction of the Government that they have discovered a means whereby Flax can be prepared in such quantities as will render it an article of general export. 4. Mr. Hall to move, on the consideration of the Civil List, That the House, not seeking at present to disturb the existingrelations between the Governor and his Responsible Ministers, as to the management of Native affairs, (pending reference to the Home Government) is nevertheless of opinion, that it would greatly conduce to the peace and good government of the Colony, if all departments of Goverrimei.t were placed under the ordinary control of Responsible Ministers, subject to so much of the rule laid down in the second paragraph of the Governor's Memorandum of the 15th April, 1836, establishing the relations between the Governor and his responsible advisers, as declares, " That on matters affecting the Queen's prerogative and Imperial interests generally, the Governor will be happy to receive their advice, but when he differs from them in opinion, he will (if they desire it) submit their views to the consideration of Her Majesty's Secretary of State, adhering to his own until an answer is received." CHARLES CLIFFORD, Speaker.