CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Press, Issue XLI, 25 February 1885, Page 6

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

DUNEDIN, February 20. At the quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, Mr B. Gillies moved—"That the Government of New Zealand be respectfully urged to take such steps as it may deem necessary for extending to this colony the provisional agreement entered into between the representatives of Victoria and Tasmania for establishing a reciprocity of trade between those colonies, by which natural products and articles of a purely colonial manufac-. ture will be admitted into either colony free from Customs dutieß." During the discussion the Hen. T. Dick said he spoke at a conference of intercolonial representa- ■ tives in favor of exchanging our cereals for , some other articles. He suggested that we should take Victorian wines, but Mr Berry ! wanted a few boots and shoes thrown in. r [Laughter.} He was afraid we would find ourselves overmatched if we tried to make a bargain with Victoria at the present time, unless we could get New South Wales Australia along with us. It was eventually decided to adjourn the discussion for a month. A Bub-Committee oa the currency and banking question reported—"That the present internal circulation is not in a condition to conduce to the prosperity of the colony or aid in the development of its resourcea, and this Committee therefore recommends the Chamber to memorialise the Government in order that a Parliamentary Committee may be appointed to investigate the whole subject of the currency, and the practice of bauking-within the colony." Mr Bathgate wished this carried as a resolution, but the feeling of the meeting was against the first clause, and the motion was carried simply to memorialise the Government foi the .enquiry.