General Assembly.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 66, 14 October 1875, Page 3

General Assembly.

4th October. J Mr Thomsons the following questions i^hX^^ BT put down t page 8, of the "as expended" j ineladeVHie'cdunifor loss'in negotiations | pf4qans, anji $he, pa|d ?; ,or to be paid, "to "Messrs ? 6r whether these sums have k> be met' otit. | of li6ei;iSß;bf "as aVailabf %altinces T i (2.) Whether the promise made by Sir Julius V-ogel to Rothschild that tliej New Zealand Government would n n(j>t enter the money-market. for two_yearf ,•< •: means simplyi that ' the would not borrow under the new loans Acts j or w^yßfehesfifomeans that Government w6i^4P t 9*»^i n period/ enter the \ market to raise" the balances df'lean's" amounting to' lilffikW*.*:. .13.), When, jthe, iGovernment propose raising the said balances.----•0fL1,954,800: (4.) If he will state ' the amount by which the < liabilities of I the colony off the- 30th, >■ June;- amountring .to L3 i 349,457,have, .been reduced I tip.to the..3oth : (6) How .mucji of the L60Q0,-drawn.by jSjlc j, ulius Vogel is .chargeable on. loan ?,.'. \ Major Amin'son could 7 nofj reply with certainty as' : to" Whether the LBo,ooo' referred to was included in the amount mentioned, but if not; -it. included x.n the estimated .liabilities. Some expenditure had taken place of which they had nty. accurate knowledge; .The whole of the expenses of included either in the amount expended of in J the estimated liabilities, so' that they could not have to be met" out j of the .mailable The available balance set out was as far as Govern-- . nlent " could tell the exact available

balance. ■. 2.* ..The.: Treasurers saidr $ir Julius Vogel made no such promisd-tp Rothschild as. that New Zealand would not go,into' the market? to borrow fo? the next two yenrs.- ,3?ut he informed Rothschild he did not think Government would r&fuire to do so, but he positively refused to give -arty pledge on the matter, (3.) With "regard to..the balance of the ' loan, the Government proposed to raise by^dlonial'debentures, They intended' to; do so the first, favor-t able opportunity, but the guaranteed debentures would'not be parted with tihtii the last work was in hand. l (4.) The Treasurer said he would - have such a return made put if the House .desired; it, but he did, not think .it would be of much use to the honorable gentleman for the purposes for which he desired it. (5.) This: question could not be answered', until such, time as. the accounts, were* received from Sir Julius Vogel;' as these' were received; hfe would lay the particulars before the House. ■- It would be. impossible-to. say how much of th.at amount would have to be paid out "of. the loan, that would be a question for the House to decide for itself; -•' { -

The following bills were, introduced and. read a. first time :—Provincial A]> propriation Acts Countenance Bills, and Public 1 Revenue Act Amendment Bill (Major Atkinson.) A bill .'amending the Public Works , and. Immigration Act, 1870 (Mr Richardson.) Mr Reynolds moved that the House approves; of, and-ratifies, the Joint Contract entered into on the 23rd Julyi,----1875,,by Sir:Di Cooper, Bart, and Mr Thomas, Russell, on behalf of the Governments of New South Wales and ; New : Zealand r respectively, with the Pacific Mail ' Company of New -York {for whom Messrs Elder and Co., of Glasgow, and %x Macgregor, M.P. for Eeith, are for affour'r r ' Jfrancisco -and Sydney ( and Zealand' and San Francisco. !the hbijorable gentleman detailed at considerable length-the -history American mail .services from the inception of, $he Panama service.V t ' ;''

Mr Murray: strongly.;cp»demned the ' service altogether. It was not necessary or desirahleVand hadrbeen a i continuous ■ fiasco fromthe,;moment it, .was started. IJe.pipvecl as an,amendment that ( ,tjhe San'Franclsco'ma'ir'seryice being advantagkouW'tb as well as to the interest of-.theißiitish.Colonies of Australasia, affair-proportion pfrthe expenditufe'For' the service should' be paid by the "United 'States. : .Mr Stafford said the only thing the; House qoulfl now: dispuss would be,,the ; ! £5060 in excess of the amount menitibhed in the resolution last session. ' Whether it is prepared to accept the contract entered into by r the Minister, jor accept any modification of it. The ihon.' gentleman' quoted from Mr j Russell's letter : on the question, and jsaid he failed to see why. New ..Zealand fjand New . Sputh Wales, • shpuld. pay... i j .£15,000 extra, to call, at Kahdavu, and, j j lose what trade could be obtained at i;Honolulu. /

Mr Macandrewsaid,that if the contract was not to be affirmed as it stood, it might 6e possible for them to find a better route than that via San Francisco. After reading .the correspondence carefully, he considered the Colony pledged to tie. contract., r Mr Andrew said the House f woiild be perfectly and would'commit no breach of honor, if it would refuse to ratify the contrapt. The debate was adjourned. The Outram Telegraph Station Reserve.Bill was read a second time. The.lmprisonment For Debt Abolition Amendment Bill passed. ;v , The Fraudulent Debtors Bill wenf through Committee,

•^ debate 1 enWad x upon tie Representation UiH. . .i*iu>i; v- u.,■/.'■; ;;{[sth'October, j The Invercargill Public Office Site Bill an&jtbfl: ProyincjaJb Acts Continuance-Bill were read a firjst ;tim,e*7 /The [Uebtprs; and i Qrftdjto|g,sJßill and the Outram Telegraph Station Reserve Bill was passed. *"'"""'-'• ! """*■"' j *-' With'reference 'to the : answers'Jgrvep to Mr Thomson questions yesterday, by the Treasurer f Mr sa|d Sjir Julius'Vogel had Trio" righfr-to-- ? with the Credit of :J the Colony, or deal i privately Wsith, a,matter affected the.wholejGolony. wny>snouid the,rTr§asurerthavojl»jtakejtime toicon.sider Aetherthe, information c shquJpl, ije laid Hoi^se.;. v Mihistef private comfiiunicaTJipn s Wgara'tng ."such! important ' as the !i Colony's 'finance. About "tftat to be nd'privacyi'' if ! - :rj "■ \ Mr Stafford said there was a "question, recently Hra theHouse of Commons, regardingr;a;despatch to Earl Russell; from the French Ambassador. But the principle could not be impugned-that there 7 was a class ofcominunications that 1 should not be divulged.- Of gourde, as the Treasurer had already-given the substance of an,- .extract ( from one r of,, Sir Juliujs vomers s letters, l wh'ichconveyed all/the information really required, there'could be, very grave objection to submit that 'extract,'if the House required \ v Mr Thbmson .said )it .was pratty.apjparent that Sir. "Julius VogeLhad fyeen asked* by' Rothschild for a pledge thajt the colony would not go into themarket to borrow for. tw.o 4 years, .-., j Sir George Grey thought the House should- be informed that when Sir Julius Yogel was ' asked si to give a pledge, and upon declining to do so, jwould-ask ljhe opinion of his colleagues l upon the' point, the .-House shftujd be .acquainted with the nature of the .reply of the Ministry here v . r ~. ....... ' Major Atkinspn" said; they had been already informed the present Ministry declined to any pledge! ( Mr Sheehan moved, "That tb.o House regrets •. to ;hear df the scandalous and dishonest dealings of certain Euroi peans in the ■ of *< Native lands in the province of Hawkes and of the fact that high opicers of the Government have been either connected; therewith or were cognisant .jthereqfjj and considers that such a stain upon the name of the eblohy.'' He;said-the 'matter ?was oi ; such great importance, that it. would .be criminal in him. to .remain, silent. Some sixteen; years ago, Hawkes. Bay had beeni created under the New Provinces Act, and 'for the' next" eleven years the whole! control of the affairs of that province had been in the hands of a gentleman now not a Minister, and at present member fpr Ciiye. A.t that time, the, bulk of, land.'arOuhd Napier belonged to the Natives there, who from their previous isolation from civilising- influence were about the most ignorant of all the Natives in; the.colony, and they consequently never had that correct appreciation .of: .the 1 operation of the Native Lands Act until- it was too late. The result, f that-.the-rNative;title there was almost completely extinguished,'- and'theland-had passed away from them.to Europeans under circumstances which the House must'deplore. He was. (perfectly satisfied the' Native Lands Courts were to ; a great extent answerable for this, having done their duty. It was these Courts that were answerable for inflictipg great evili ;: upoh r: the ,, NJitjives J , and' giving Hawkes r ßay ; such ; an j noteriety; : -'Jt -was' of these Courts he wished to complain tto -the House. The honorable gentleman went into detail-to'show; parted with their lands, how. they had'first got int^o..debt u .tQ .the publican and. storekeeper, .and : how. the.; mortgaged cohk veyance- rapidly followed, and -the Natives ; became ;disppssessed ! of '..tfjeir; lands'.withoiit "efer once' having hapVa glimmering, idea. of. the incidents; of mortgages. state of things con tinuM [ frpnS *1867 to. tim£ being, one cpntinuous; drunkra'mpngst,'the Katives,;iwho could obtain stores andpoisondus liquor with fatal faciiitv. ,J The worst feature of

! these, transactions, ; •Was, that a ; '.'; great I rhany Natives, who were not parties to j giving these mortgages,, were, deprived jof their lands' for ever, through ;the '.machination of a:few designing Eurojpeans, who were known.as " ring." |There was one glaring 1 instance where, la Mr WilUams,_who_ outwardly was jsupposedto .be" acting, in the interests I of the Natives, in one of these transactions, and yet was secretly and personally interested in the; transaction, jlnstead of being an independent person; who was instructing the Maoris,'and looking after their interests, he was really making the bargain for. himself. The same Williams-—James WilliamsMr Ormond, the member for .Olive, Tanner, Russell, and he believed ah agent named Gordon, were all interested in the •- land speculation. In order to induce one of" the garntees to sign, and to get the other grantees to sign, he was secretly paid £500 as a bribe, to get,his co-grantees to sigh, which he did. . In about. 12. months after, an attempt was made to secjare. the freehold, though, it-had peen. agreed that none of the grantees' could sell without,the .cpnsent.of the others. The honorable' member then related at length the history of the cases of

[ Tareha and ojLlfc Parser;} < r of ; thetransactions between "* Mr "Sfowart l in his endeavors to purchase the freehold of the Heretaunga Block througS" Messrs Hamlin, Grindell, and Worgan. (H9 alsp re«td a letter; from Hamlin to the Native' Minister condemning tne doings of Worgan, and making grave charges against him, which fcatb never yet been investigated.) • The honorable. gentleman 1 referred to' : the'attempts' tor affect a purchase of the Heretaunga Block, and mentioned that £3500 had i been.ppai4.,Henry ,Tpm.oana arid ; Jusbrother^as; i: i to'foe r r est of the to cause the | sale 1- of 3 ihe r M6ek r; fd be' 3 effected fora ; suni- of: <£13 ; ,500 i for'"tebout ■a* sixteen! thousand block. To show whatddba : ; the purchaiiers of the block had of their own transacfidh> he : mentioned : that' only Xfl 500; remained alter debtjs, for ,were ; paid, two Natives who were dissatisfied at j receiving any of the money had to be siby, [being. paid hush money, He referred to other cases in Hawkes Bay where*signatures; to >deeds ..of;mort-;, gage or sale had been obtained from children or bedridden Natives;: who\wera quite incapable of understanding the natuwof the docuirienfr thpy' were suadedv. to ; sign.' ; Het;: animadverted strongly on the personal character of the four Native interpreters employed in these and r»milar.r;tr.a.ps^etipns >1 viz., the two 3amlms r .Hammon4, gan. He haa something against v eacn, and said thenv,Wtas(a. Mr ormonci, as Superintendent, Sir, Donald' as Native Minister, might powerful aids in ! an°brd- ; ing redress, but their.'arms" #ere palsied" by their own transactions in Native lands. They were in consquencerlrelps" less to protectee ...Natives from, tionV Tr The Naiive' Minister nad T a^uireoi ! sornd 20,000,1 acres, f lwhiPh ' should have bee.n publicpropjerty.,,,.,. :;,. f :, ; . w , : .. The Native Minister the assertion§'ma&e f by' Mr SBeehan"' were' nißst injurious to the ? .whole icolony *..:>.They would tend to teach the Natives to re-pudiate-allthßir- engagements -Moreover, there was no foundation whatever for Mr Sheehan's statements. The honorable gentleman referred to his pur-" chases of Native lands, as when Sir George Gdvernor. 1 With" regard to the" Heretaunga"pur-. chase,othe graivamon of Mr attack,the honorable gentleman quoted >the. repprt by 3 udges and Manning, the Commissioners.ap-j pointed to .enquire into,tiie:quesjtign,in which it was saiil they had no doubt asi to the perfect fairness*, of. thel transaction,; that the charges wnich' formeS the subj eqt. ~of enquiry,,, had : . either. t not been; 'proved or were entirely unfounded. The! report of the Commissioners, was,,the most complete answer to the imputations sought to .be- cast on those who; hadtaken; part in 'the- transactions Pn ; which it .was fpunded. ~ ; ..,.V : ; Sir George ' Grey" spPke stoutly in 1 favor d£Mr-Sheehan?s resolution.'' ■ ' ■■'■ •

Mr .OrmondTthety repliedfto Mr Shee-j hah, and commenced by saying this was ; the-first-timpjsuch; v aiivaTtemptasr the present' one 'had - been j made : €d damage the of. r political 7 tti was humiliating^'and* derogatory to the jectgcMp? -such; attaciss,; ,:The"position j assumed bj Mr ,Shephan, as p&ioNadvocate of the persons "whose claim he brought hew one for a member of that; Spuse, jtft. take up. >He reiterated-"-paid- advocate," for,- if necessary,"H# could'prove- that Shee- ' han received a yfearly -salary to conduct all the proceedings of -those people who are commonly Known as'the" Repudiation party." :i- ! i Mr Ormond referred to a transaction in : whic)i a/fstenjt/of/ftis prpJfexejd/airfeß to Mr Sheehan for certain legal advice, buVthatf'Mr Sheehan fo ; take it- hi* B. -R/ Rnssell-^whP'told hihi! that, the paid ; legal adviservpfrthe; rm'ust not take a ,01; give advice to, ' the other.sid.ef. \~.'-, ua ~. T r:/-; - n .-••- Mr* Sheefian'denied this , Mr 'continuing 1 his speech, referred'tP 'the-aotidn tion party" for some yea*rkj>aVt'in rakiing up'all'past T transactiohs : ihMand, of i which hitherto there, had. not; been the slightostfConaplainf, but,the ; re-opening I of. which wq»4p! necessarily junsettle the j minds of the Natives,, and. do infinite harni in tne 'district, tfhe Repudiation Omce in Hawkes Bay Was : a'regularly organised department. They had already brought a.gopd many, cases before the Court,but as yet they had not succeeded jin gaining a single one," They were j costing the Natives thousands a-year ifor lawyer's &c., which would surely result in the Natives "being regularly skinned:;by the Repudiation Office., The .Natives having: no money, current expenses had tp ; bemet out of the constant mortgages over their; land. The honorable ' gentleman gave the names of purchasers of the Heretaunga block, and submitted to the House whej ther they were the kind of men who, I for . consideration would be I likely to allow thenjsejves, tp.be dragged j through such.filth ashad, been spoken pf by Mr' Sheehan. The honorable gentleman history at ! ilengthgof the whole transactions . : :Mr, had saidjall .the for :! 17,0p|i: ; abresliad' been the sworn evidence taken betore tfye. Commissioners it appeared that the""'* Natives had received £21,000 in actual cash payments.

thought the resolution moved by fir oheehan was deserving of the gravest consideration. To prove Mr Stteehan's high character, he. said he had been offered a bribe of /£lQ§O by claim, but had indignantly reinsdh it. ■ . Major Atkinson said Mr Sheehants action In'raking-tip a'PnkrgVfthich hajd. .already beon thprpiighly anof disposed' of ''by athorougly compeitenti'iribunajyj swas Unjustifiable, and that the House would never have listened tp him known he 'had f np.jigw {r to bring forward. l.The ,de%te was.' continued by Messrs. Reid, W66d;Tfiottison, and Tokomoana In favor of iSfiShe'ehan's resolution, and "Mr M'Glashaa'iagfainst. ...Mr Rqlleston.said, the discussion had ; dislosed : -the 1 ud satisfactory nature of pur position';wjrtb the Natives in regard ;to land purchases.; r . The Hpuse |hen went into Committeiß when' '""me' iJ J v§i& for Militia and Volunteers was passed -without alteration.

i-Vu i;: ..V /:■ .:•■. t ,l •joii....«JFfith October. In reply to Mr Thomson, who asked that effect tp the recommendation of the Public 'Worfis &o T &ffltt%e ric m i 'H\ie subject of railway). Heviatio'n r at Waitepeka. Mr Richardsqn-Treplied that, to carry the line through that valley would lengthen the : linevanoVdnerease the costs about XlT^CJpO—almljst-enough to give the settlers a branch line from Balelutha, rowing to the gradient| andconstant extra; Charge upon every ton of freight carried along that line} had also stated it would be 5 It mistake to take the line| tnf6ugli i! tmis valley j besides the traffic would be very trifling. j

Mr Macandrew strongly supported the motion, and was so. confident of the desirabhty of acting upon it, that he would stmendmPritp before are thet Minister for' Public visit r i\i& loca^rty, a anid j of 'tfie j 'merits of the/ca'se-Mmselfc v.i Lamm Mr Reynolds opposed the amendment,; a as Palculatbdlb prWeriVthe'Wbrk being proceede4,with ftf ; would; be more beneficial to the settlers than 'faking the line through Waitepeka. -rThe amendment,##s, agreed to. ; _The Dunedin Corporation Borrowing Powers Extension "Bill"and" Debenturesi S 7 '&st tmiei' 10 -' j Sir the second; reading of the Certain Customs Duties; Repeal Bill. TFehoh. gentleman pro-i rceteded,to t ehp:^^gtbj.takiS^tJ>s J r dutieß; of tea, coffee, sugar, and flour the colbd'y: wcm!d T b6^ifeved^f^something'• like; IL2§AQQO a year;. , i; Anjajys^ ; ,qf the Estimates, he was confident that a, oobf b & fro f ni'- Ll <LQsW^ifo , £i}sp J),OpL made r 3witho r affect-. ing in any ! - : way^ ! the; jPuhlja.-.Service^_ lie hardly! picture tlie ral|eving! the country of such an JncubusL qf ex-j penditure. l£ &6ve#m'ent notj accept his measure, Jmjwould asE them; to meet.him^haj±, t ,waj - t and K jlmppse a! duty of.a halfrpenny. per pound upon; WOOI, fit;.a") Ut J t __Majpr the Rill,! ajid;aft»r..a.'.debate,'la; diyisionVwas called; for, and the Bill" was thrown out, by 41 against IS. ..'.-'- ■;.-.'// iK-ft.cT ~<?.- - j0 £$l?r£>ctQJ)er.

Upon the House 6 sider a message from the Legislative | Council Gpjdfields- Act Amendment (No. i) Bill, the Treasurer regretted they^.GonldonoJiftgreejclwiithlihe and Tie proposed the House would not agree with the Council. He wished that the bill should be allowed~To drop, and he would 'then ask: theja-jjermissio^iiQfothe Upnse,tQ .iPitrp^A^^rMlLtoti o ! l wit . h the one dropped, and after "passing it t^^p°an :i it to the other House. Theabilldrcaj of great importance to thej?olony, and he did not fo Upon the.mptipnto so into committee on ffie ft ßfttf<vJ#e\tf *dF o Femi& lo Act AmeWmetit'' protected s agnyiffc jfe§ t P#ft#le intro-duced.-.pf women r and children being to'worfe" early as 6;in.the an* hourbat which ~nipn wen| M>rk. He \ moved that the l>ili be read that day six months. .'"ivr?-: j Mr Reid supported th 9 bill. He j failed to see .wMt r injury Tcould result ;from children and.females having to go ;towork at fi-in.-thamorning. :;Ij , ..» • i | ...jAWer a!debate^a division,..was taken, ■ and °tiie bill I.wa,s 'ordered to be' commiitied by 25 "against; 22. £ "'■'■■'■' Several clauses were considered in :Committee. : : : "' • " " '• • ; - i --'^ The following Bills were ! Dunedin Borrowing Powers jandWestland Waste Lands Act Amendjment Bills. i The employment of Female Amend-; !ment.Bill-was read a third time. ;.; jMn j&pnt'sjresoluto irather than sale, of waste lands, waV postponed'until -Wednesdayv '•' ? - - J - - .1 On moving,that tho;f.am'enidmentsiby; the Legislative Council in the Otago Waste Lands'Abti"l^7Sy j An¥eh3ment [Bill, be disagreed to> JEr Reid said he objected to the { 'classificati6n clauses, 4, 6, and 8, as it wasipossible before surjvey to classify the waste Jands-,satisfac-prily. He did not thmk it desirable t0,5r r aislß?r : .arbitfarilsc :ssb price of iant& The Waste Lands Board had already the power to fix such upset prices as

to the deferred p&ymeirtsFth& honorable gentleman objected— to the restrictions )imppjsed,<wfeijsto te tend to make- the holders under that tenure l The l s extra f[ ls 6d per-dore; of annual * rent * which<: the Counci.lrbyintbeuv amendment, imffetted , Wjoulq\,bp t much, better, in,the 4 hands%£ the people, as it would'help them io make roads and other improvements in their respective districts/r "He also op,nos,ed jthfi,proposition 4tQ,selkthe rights by auction. The presenj„sysj;eia of the ballot better, t Mr T. Li' Shepherd moved ihat the House agreeW >fcmetanifents of the Council. He, thought '"t'hafj*, with fb 4 od"foads :f and > railways , through the country, I 'land "was Miter worfh now 40s an acre than it He considered 4s an acre for 10 years a provision...;. - r ~-, The House divided, ani with the.^.endmen^s,,j9 t foiJthem. The Speaker called to the' amendments by the Legislative Council in the tJplQifields Act Amendment Act, No. 1, by which all expensefmcidental to goldfields wewf charged on. goldfields revenue in place o? land irevenuel* i <£tt •rexplaine'd- by the Speaker .the. jH.ouse; could not merely agree to but that, if the House were favorible gto them, it would be to begin de novo. Sir George, Grey moved the second reading $ Districts hAct':|Amendmenf said it f would'have'ftlmVsfc exclusive Application \ tb-tfie -Auckland I BnldJSelds. Read a second time. ''" ;t i ( •'l'lie-Coroner's"' Amendmentl Bill was t ie&a% : 9%boM , iMei i! - wi | B ' l3 October. ! ■"■ -Mr l Thom"sWstv*e tfotice t|~ask leave to introduce a Bill providingihat anyI one purchasing the Natives : should pay in addition a certain amount .^^ Yx *- Tne following Bills were introduced and read a first time :—A Bill to Amend ttfe Interest Compensation Bill, anof Waiuku Native GranfoMlf> '»-H jr In the adjourned debate on" the San Erancisco servicepMrMoifoyjwithdrew his amendment in favor of one by Mr Stafford, vtfhoimotfed to the effect that that contracfc**hould be ratified, of the contract as first be agrjeed upon between the Governments .of Zealand and New°SouW J the contractors, wherajby {he annual jjharge imposed on New^Zeala'rid 1 snoijld not exceed L 40,000. . r x3 '' J Mr MacatfdFg^-saTd' ; ni9 Qshed to move a provision to the effect* that the terms of be so modified as to comply with the whole of the by the House last session, namely, the coastal service—a six ~at maximum cost of forty thousand. ': I TneTmmigra'tibh and Pubjic Works Amendment, Act, was read a second i tune. ""• , ■■■'•' -•■■ ( s

L^.tl^e v , Xegislaftye r r.fipuncil, Mr Wafefhouse gave notice that he would move an amendme.nt in. the. Licensing Hill, one clause being to impose a fine not exceeding LlO on publicans (who sell liquor to menalfeady intoxicated. The -foltowidg wgfe s real He- third time :—Bills of Sale r lmpiisonment for Debt. (Abpltf^rpji \ New Zealand Presbyierian Church, and Amendm Retjie .AJ^plitipn^of, mlVwliich had been previously' pass thrSugh '•-' without? amendment;..!.'! ilUto'i bxs ,yzv:;r. r :' , f:^: _ The fpllo.wing Bills were ordered to be read a fnird time on Tuesday next: Amehdment Bill, Works Site Recreation Reserves Bill, Evidence~"Further, Amendment, ftderfffig aTr -*' The Stamp IfaHeVAct was f: rep6rieß with amendments'*'-'' -- '»■-" •■'-■ u ™ it'uu^

Mr Wood brought up the report tof the -Publio-Accounts-Committeerwhich stated t}iafea ( jgjpaver,(chaxgerishad been made against eertajn o numbers of tha Legislature bymrTSridgfes, but beyond a certain point he~*efused to answer that the' House should inquire into th« matter, ■' Major Atkinson said the GevernmenJ considered f jthe matter,, of ~&reafc importance j£a t they .detOTminecJ to aW the'HoiiseworaerJsr .Bridges io attend at'the bar of ? 'tlie Ho r u*e L mi order that the inquiry *bp oonwas : the (government cou(d anew the fatter to rest where itSvasV : l '"'' i Xfa The Immigration Appropnation Billwas read a second time.

j Grej .moved,, two resoj lutiohs 16 the 1 efieefc* that n it :j was "cdn- [ traryijtOith&publiG interestflhatiNatiw should be allowed to purchase Native lands on their own account or , tKat r «bf W^s)dbirai)leCl^eiiapl|that jpurchased should become th ( e of the a Stale/ ? the purchasers■":' Wnlg 1 jreimburseH ) 3ftsos£ offj^sfiie? a l jlutions wMqh after : jtiyed by 86 to 22. ..-.■..■:■?..'.'■•> 3fr- : ;.-; ; \ Zealand Um>eriity?Jß6ißrf jves Bill Government Apprentices BillffMplf 1 A number of estimates was pasged? and .the House adjournecl^|^i;^|S^^