PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 855, 19 January 1861, Page 5

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Tuesday, 15th Jakitahy, 1801. „, -i uu <Wion of tho Provincial Council tcr.Thid 1 ?«g at 7 o'clock, after a sitting of minated tnib eu. » . ambers were present, Messrs: Alport, Bishop, MakisZ' * Dune*., Hannan Harston, Latter, !" « Thomson, Wosteura, aud Wyatt, B<ffi Si presented a petition signed by. 31 I™ s of Lyttelton and Christchurch, proving rrtt emtioii of tho Signal Station to .position f on Pleasant visible from berth towns, and Sol. vessel, in tiio offing could be seen and 6iffi llBLiKi3TOK having obtained leave to introa „ the Appropriation Bill, moved a suspension oi Sfn/W, which being agreed to, he took 5 M through its various stages and it was finally tdtlu-d time and passed. On the considera- !• of t c schedule in Committee an animated r°" inn iroseon the item of tho Superintendents df which Xi t had been placed as heretofore at 6 ' I hon. members' insisting that it had f voted at £750 and £250 for residental allowance by the Committee of Supply, and in accordance S that vote ought so to have been placed in the V Ito the Appropriation Act. Some confusion £750 was put again and tun division by 5 to 4 when the sum in the chedale,:£7oo, was put and agreed to as was also « JoKO for »" official residence. The discussion ™ these items, together with one or two omissions ?" "he schedule and one or two more erroneously puuessed therein, somewhat protracted what is enenllv looked upon merely as a matter of form, and occupies but a few minutes. Mr Thomson, after the passing of the bill, drew the attention of the Government to the state of the Sainage on the Riccarton road and also to the tolability of taking some steps for the establishi„£ of the Electric Telegraph between Lyttelton aud Christchurch. -la*. After which, His Honor the Superintendent entered the Council Chamber and prorogued the house with the following ADDRESS : —

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Provincial Council,

On behalf of His Excellency the Governor, I have assented to The Gorse Ordinance, The Cattle Trespass Ordinance, and The Appropriation Ordinance. I have reserved the Municipal Councils Ordinance for the signification of his Excellency the Governor's assent thereto,. ... . Gentlemen, 1 have to thank you for the liberal suppliesJbr the public service. ..-^' Your labours being for the present ended, I have now to declare that this Council is prorogued until Tuesday, the 3rd day of September next. W. S. Mooehouse, Superintendent of Canterbury.