HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7195, 22 June 1885, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

" Friday,; June i 9. f v -;\£OM The House met at- 2.30 p.m. f . i t^^f • ' ■ QUESTIONS.- .■"•' vM*^M||v Replying to questions it was. Bt^d*t|U 1. That it was not proposed [to *eßtasjJt|f lisb an * agricultural . department^|hwf§| session, but the matter would Wfqoo^#| eidered during the recess. \ :'T'*---s ! v-.|^fstt| 2. That, the reason why the"Kaii:Qtira#| was not quarantined was beoaus^- :; th'em| matter was not known to the'aiithorities]p| till it appeared in the riewspapprs;;sp'^|sf 3. That no petition had as'yet ':been ; p| received from Fiji praying f or , ariii|Bxa%|| tion. . . ' • . .•i;;;'.' v . i ;;f.JM^ That, Mr John White's manugdripjigM| had been received by the Goyernmejtttpfi bat in suoh a conf used state that time must elapse before they were readyWll for publication. . • \ •■.]^l^^iip 5. That copies of bills and pap>ris|| oould be supplied to members . for ibe^Jp purpose of forwarding them to locjal^lll parliamentary unions. ■ . v 7"/r ! l| 6. That copies of bills introduced thislS session affeoling local bodies would fee'llf forwarded to those bodies. ■■ ■.'■( "\''-r^ NBW BILLS. ■■,"■■' ' -^^M$ The following bills were intrbda^&^jp and read a first time:— Evidenoe' %^ Amendment Bill (Stewart), a bal|i»vsj amend the Armed Oonstabularyv ? JLpiy';'4s 1867 (Guinness),. Counties Aofc ,AroenS;§£| ment Bill (Stout), a bill to amend vth> v^ Licensing Acts (Steward), Hospitals and Si Charitable Aid Bill (Yogel), Looal^i Bodies General and Powers Bill (Vogelj^p? bill to abolish the duty on gold (Yogel), * : fi bill to amend. the law of distresj, for . rent (Garriok). •>•'•' '7-S*J3 SECOND HEADINGS. ;.;•'■■ •'-' ; f^%j Mr BaUance moved the second rea4<i ing of the Tuakttoto and Kaitangattf !-' j J Lakes Bill. — Agreed to. , : v v : J'-T"3 Sir Julius Yogel moved the gecbnd.*|jj reading of the Fire and Marine "in* :^ aurauce Companies Bill.— 'Agreed to. ft ?1; ; -| The House adjourned at 4.45 p.m. ' i ;&,