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(by telegraph.) WBltL'iNoxpN 1 , This day. The list of questions is looking up again, the number on the order paper being 40, but owin^ to Supply oeing the first order on the paper no questions were asked. There was a short but sharp discussion upon the motion to .go into Committee of, Supply. When Mr Speaker put the question, li That Mr Speaker do now leave the chair in order that the House go into Committee of Supply," Mr W. D. Stowiirt, member for Dunedin West, moved as an amendment, th,£\\ ing regard to the m^&tjpjjs. whioh. have been the, estltn.ate^ and Rsafygwify mi w)wm bfkti wagea of t)jbfe fciVil' §eVvaiits v thAt -this House, in t^V 9l ttW fas tf further retr.ench-

I merit, resolved that the honorarium of members thereof be reduepd by £50 per session, and the Government be asked to introduce a bill this aesf\Qjirfii> give effect to this resolution." lAjtte'r a very short discussion the amendment was lost by 49 to 20. Yesterday afternoon Mr Smith presented a petition from Alfred W. Hurst, of Woodville, asking for a Government during the Maori war. JHsrW^e's .JElayKdistWjjfc of-*bcxocgra-M*C<Mnd!ei£ the SeWctorWlJaffd^Re"2s^un^TeT3e|e«e^iaj^enl Tnumber of revaluations,^oYlrea. 325jafices. lr. Bp. ; capital loßt to Government, £1204 agauunden .Deraetual lease— number > ;*a^ea, 1429 acres 2r. 14p. ; annual rental lost to GovernmjsH&tfT®gj ; to lease timber at revaluation, 14 : area, 1764 acres 2r. 22p. ; loss to Government. £224 12s 7d. The Waste Lands Committee met decided to summons further witnesses from all fflsfansisk% colony where allegations of aumrriywm have been made, with the view of the immediate prosecution of- all- persons who have made false declarations under the 1 ' - Mr* Smith for 4 V retlrl to %WmmU\jhWMiM s talerfiip She : village^ h(fitfeßteacT- f s%tlem, '.ihe^t^nbec^aotniki^^eocfep^r, %h 6 number of selections that have been forfeited, Mdotoijjft^iculars with refeiefo* ' {(TW^vffil&r settlement system. yj?he.ai?ihSer»ice>Biil;JHi«»wfcbeen distributed. The Minister of Justice informs me that the bWtWinf<grTO of land to all old soldiers entitled to the same iVPbfM* fa .toM^iiff ?«# ? S ext session, as the claimants haye still until the 21st December to forward their claims'.^r/n-) 1* A