This Day.

Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1876, Page 2

This Day.

Mr. Dignan asked the Secretary for Crown Lands whether the rewards of £10,000, offered by the General Government in 1878 for thef discovery of new gold fields, may be regarded as still in force ? If not, whether the Government intend to repeat the offer of rewards to the discoverers of new fields 1 Major Atkinson said the reward was not in force, and the Government did not propose to renew it. Mr Burns asked the Minister for Public Works if any inquiry is being made into the circumstances attending the fall of the Brunner Gorge railway bridge : who is conducting th 6 inquiry on behalf of the Government; when s report is likely to be forthcoming ; and if said report, with evidence, will be laid before this House? Mr. Richardson said inquiry was' being made by the Commissioners of Audit, and the report and inquiry would be presented to the House. Mr. Seaton asked the Government If they will lay before this House a retun showing the amount paid annually to the Wellington Gas Company since its commencement, specifying the respective buildings in respect df which such amount has been paid ? He (Mr.* Seaton) explained that he meant the Government Buildings and that House, where there was a very large amount of gas used, both night and day. (A laugh.) He also wanted the information because a new company was being started, and, if they knew the consumption, they might undersell the other. ' '