HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TEBTEttDAT. Aktebnoon Sitting, questions. Mr. PRATT asked the Government whether it is their intention to leaso tlie seal fishery rights to one person only or to the public? Mr. LARNACH said it was the intention of tho Govornment during the session to bring in a short Bill dealing with tho ipicstion of leases of Beal fishery rights. Mr. SCOBIE MACKENZIE asked the Govornment whether they have considered the advisability of instructing tho AgentGoneral by cable to offer such inducements as may seem reasonable to a seismologist of eminence to visit the scone of the recent volcanic disturbances and report thereon ? Mr. LARNACH said when Dr. Hector returned to Wellington ho would consult with him on the whole subjoct. Replying to Mr. Seddon, Tho POSTMASTER-GENERAL said stops wero being- taken, to obtain new dies for stamps, and upon receipt of those, the stamps would bo printed in such a way that their character would bo distinguished at a glance. Mr. DARGAVILLE asked tho Premier whether, vow that the census returns aro available for tho purposo, the Government (For continuation see fourth page).
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Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 26, 17 June 1886, Page 2
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184HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 26, 17 June 1886, Page 2
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