LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3133, 1 August 1867, Page 4

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

TUESDAY, JULY 18. The Speaker took the ohair at 2 p.m. The minutes of last sitting were rtad and oon« . finned. , The Seeaxxr read his Excellency the GoYexnor'g Teply to tntaddreßi in rerfy, which yrta ordered to be printed.

PAPIBB. , Papers were laid on the table by the Hon. Major Eichakdson, relating to the Marriage Act, Disallow* ance of Provincial Billi, Eeiolutiom of Otago Pro-nn-dial Council relatire to Goldfieldi ; and Arbitration Oourtf.

MELBOTTfcNE HAILS. The Hon. Mr. Mbkzhs uked the Government, " The reason on account of which the mail boat ' Otago failed to take the Southland mails on its last royage to Melbourne to meet the Sues mail boat." He did so< as much inconvenience had arisen from the vessel in ■ question sot hating called at the Bluff. So the people of Southland felt aggrieved at the Government hating - delayed the * Otago in Wellington after her date of . sailing. He wished the reply of the Government, placed on record: . ; " The Hon. Major RiOHABDSON thought the delay had been occasioned by serere weather on her south '" journey, but would give a detail at a future sitting. ' As it turned out the * Otago missed the mail steamer.; at Melbourne, so the people of Southland had notbeen inconvenienced. He must obwtr; however, - tihat if the authorities down South on seeing the mail steamer coming in bad sent off a boat with theirmafl, it would hare gone with the others. ' HOUSE OOKHIITn. ! The Hon. Dr.BtroHi3TANmoTed,"Thattwomembeni form a quorum of the House Committee." — Carried.

OORRXSPONDZHGB. On the motion of the Eon. Mr. Mantxll, there was ordered to be laid on the table, "All correspondence between the Superintendent of Auckland and the Colonial Secretary relative to the Native Lands Act, 1866, and the East Coast Land Titles Investigation Act, 1866 ; also, copies of correspondence between Mr. Surveyor Bnrslem and the Native Department relative to the latter of the above-named Act»."

' SOtJTHLIND. , The Hon. Mr. Menziis moved, " That all th© papers and correspondence connected with the payment of salaries daring the past twelve months to officers of the Waste Land and Survey Departments in the province of Southland, either with the concurrence or contrary to recommendations of the Provincial Council of that province, be laid upon the table."— Carried.

I -VTA3TH LAUDS BILL. Tie Hon. Mr. Menzus moved, " That a committee be appointed to consider all bills affecting wast* lands of the Crown that may, during this session, be introduced into this Parliament. The comtnifh tee to have poorer to confer with, to act as a joint committee with, and agree in a joint report with, any committee appointed for a similar purpose by the House of Representatives, and to consist of the. Hon. Mr. Domett, the Hon. Major Richardson, the •Hon. Colonel Peacocke, the Hon. Mr. Harris, the Hon. Mr. Acland, the Hon. Mr. Seymour, and the mover. " — Carried. ' The House then adjourned.