1856.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

REPORTS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO WHICH WERE REFERRED THE PETITIONS OF CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS AT WELLINGTON.

EXTRACTS FROM THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Votes, No. 8, Thursday, May 1, 1856. 5. Petitions of Custom-house Officers at "Wellington:—Mr. Fitzherbert, pursuant to (amended) notice, moved, That the Petition of the Tidewaiters at the Port of Wellington, and also that of Edward Catchpool, be referred to' a Select Committee, to consist of Mr. Daldy, Mr. Macandrew, Mr. Cuff, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Domett, Mr. Ludlam, Mr. Hall, and the mover ; Report to be brought up on the 10th instant. Question put and passed. Votes, No. 18, Thursday, May 15, 1856. 5. Postponements: (6) Report of the Committee on the Petitions of Custom-house Officers at Wellington postponed, on motion of Mr. Fitzherbert, to this day week. Votes, No. 19, Friday, May 16, 1856. C. Custom-house Officers at Wellington:—Mr. Fitzherbert, pursuant to notice, moved, That copies of all correspondence and documents relative to the dismissal of the tidewaiters at Wellington, on or about the 17th of September last, be laid on the table of this House. Question put and passed. Votes, No. 23, Thursday, May 22, 1856. 9. Custom-house Officers at Wellington:—Mr. Fitzherbert. Chairman of the Committee to which the Petitions of Tidewaiters at Wellington, and also the Petition of Edward Catchpool, had been referred, brought up the Reports of the Committee, which were read, and ordered to be printed

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