Parliamentary.

Bush Advocate, Issue 353, 14 August 1890, Page 3

Parliamentary.

HOOSK QF EEPEESENTATIVES. ■ Tuesday, August 12. I The House .met 'at ;2. r 3(L- ; ,V '• i Mr Hislop moved that the nianu- '> script report and the printed proof \ of the speech of the member forj Waitotara, made on the 2nd of I July last, and containing .accusa-: tions against the ' 'Gover^iirieiit 1 , ' be : referred to the Reporting Debates i Committee for comparison with the * Hansard repotii.. uHie said that a precedent for the motion he now made would be found in the reports of the Parliamentary proceedings: for 1877, when a similar course was ' adopted by Sir George Grey in respect of a speech delivered by Mr Ormond .;- "-on Ha>pkeV ! i f ßay land transactions. He (Mr Hislop) was informed by many menilsors who were present when- the speech was delivered that Mr HuWhin&on's speech as reported in Hansard was materially, altered ,frpm j that delivered by him in tne llouse, and it was only right for members to know whether that & -urse could be pursued. "> -After' .'several! 'tnomfc&rs ' had spoken,. Mr Hislop's motion was put a?io carried by 33 to 24, and the Ho;:jse rcc at 1.'40 p.m.

"Wednesday, August 1,3. The f Hou'de ihet : at'2.2o' p.m. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. After some .discussion a motion by Mr MitcHelson that for the remainder of the 3ession Government business should take precedence of all other "business ;on Thursdays was agreed to on the voices. me mahoney's claim. Mr Mitcholson said tho Cabinet i had agreed to put the amount of £325, as assessed to Daniel Manoney by the Public Petitions Committee, on the supplimentary estimates, "but that they would reserve to themselves the light of talcing what action they considered necessary when those estimates were before the £[puse. . , , Pi > .•,-.•■; NATIVE LANDS. 1 On the motion for going into Committee of supply, Mr Pratt moved as an amendment;" That irt ; order t© encourage settlement of Native lands it is expedient that the duty payable on Native land • should be reduced from ten per cent to five per cent, and made payable annually instead of in a lump sum." He pointed out that a committee of the House had recommended that relief should be granted in the direction asked for, and the Premier had promised last year that he would consider this matter during the- recess, but so far as he could learn, nothing whatever had. bepn done. The excessive duty retarded the settlement of- Native lands, both in the North and South Islands. Mr Ward seconded the amendment, and said that the duty weighed very heavijy on. those yeo-

pie who .^gaireid to. tak,e~up Nativ^ land leases. J Mr Arthur felt sure that if thi^ duty were/" reduced a, very inuoh larger ar^a;p£ S M^ative land would ,£e takon,up foV^et^pniwt.; ,^ I /'[^MvV^alW ty&K $& WH wbtnet' concui v ' wixn the Premier sj remarks to, the effect that this' duty was very politic in its present forpi. " n .. f , r , ... -, j 1 SeVe ! ral : . 'other ' meniVers having: spoken; Mi Mifctiklsori said that the Government could not accept the amendment, as"; they I 1 could noli afford to remit! a, large aiiiouiitj us 2 per cent bir'sctles of land, butj he would promise #o''brihg ; iri a bill this isesstoh to give as much relief as possible to thosfc natives who den sired to lease th'eii/larids 1 : , '•' '' ; The motion fot gbirig'irito Com-: m'ittee of Supply was lost 1 'by 35 to 27, and Mr Pratt's amendment was carried. >■ ■' ' - : | ■')'■•"■ THE. PROPERTY TAX. ', Mr Seddon moved a further amendment , <to the i effect • that machinery ; used in colonial industrieß, and in in mines, andagMculturai implements-, should be exempt from the property/ tax. : '■«'< "' • >\Mr • Marchant- said that only last' session the Government brought doiwxi la bill tol -give effect ''tb'^this principle, and' it was 1 most strenu-. ously' ojiposed t*by th© Opjjtfsition. The amendment was simply a'no.thqr deliberate'-, attompf ron'Hhe p^rtjpf cei'tiain tti '; waste; the time of the House.. ;ij iOv{ o? ' i . ! r^r.- l iE l ißfer J B]^o.?,gly • resentedAMr; ;reni.arkiß; uol)- ■ - <>iLt ] p , 0 $ fce . aDqendm^nt was - Jost cby •/ 39 ', ;to ;; 33,| and^ the House ytm%v into! o|' t Suppjj;> t ( fl .COO [ >.. I