LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 165, 3 May 1845, Page 35

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Saturday, March 29.

Present — All the members. The minutes of the last Council having been read and confirmed,

_ The Governor moved the following resolution :—": — " Resolved, that, in extreme cases of necessity, the Governor in Executive Council should be legally authorized (if he be not already so empowered) to open and examine any letter, packet, or other document, which may be in any post office in New Zealand, and which there may be grounds for believing to contain treasonable matter." Ordered to be entered on the minutes. The Colonial Secretary moved the further consideration of the Estimates.

On the motion for the sum of £310, for Registry of Deeds,

Mr. Heale observed that it was to his utter astonishment that this office was proposed with such a salary. There had been combined the office of sheriff (for which the person holding the situation had to find security for £1,000), the commissioner of the Court of Requests, and police magistrate, for which the salary was to be £200 ; and here was an office purely mechanical, the chief duty of which was to look at the clock to mark the time of receipt of deeds, and for which the enormous sum of £300 per annum was to be paid. He should move that the whole item be struck out.

The Governor would ask the honourable member how property was to be registered and transferred, if the office was abolished.

The Attorney-General thought the observation of the honourable member, that the office was purely mechanical, should not be allowed to go unanswered. By neglect of duty or improper registration, a person might lose his estate. In England, when it was contemplated some time since to establish a complete system of registration, of such importance was the office of the registrar conceived to be, that it was proposed to appoint the first conveyancer in the country, with a high salary, Mr. Duval, who is since dead, ou account of his legal knowledge as to deeds.

Mr. Whitaker entirely agreed with the remarks of his friend Mr. Heale on the anomaly between the three offices with £200 per annum, and this, with but little duty, at £300 per annum ; but he thought a mode might be adopted by which the salary might be saved and the duty combined with another office. By the recent changes, the business of the Supreme Court had considerably diminished, and the registrar could very well perform the duties of registrar of deeds in addition to his own. In New South Wales such offices were combined; and he saw no reason or difficulty why it should be different here.

The Colonial Secretary said that he understood very few persons now registered their deeds, excepting for mortgage or previously to sale. There were two copies of each deed in the possession of Government ; one in the Land Office, and another in the Colonial Secretary's office; and persons intending to keep possession of their own lands were satisfied without registration. This occasioned but little bus' ness for the registrar; and it was not likely to increase, as the district for registration was very limited — not extending to the Barrier Isles. The fees had been about £150 per annum ; and he thought the registrar of the Supreme Court might receive them, without addition to his present salary.

The Governor observed that within a month after his arrival in the colony, he had proposed the very same alteration ; but the Chief Justice aud Attorney-General had then told him it could not be done. But, as it was done in other colonies, perhaps the Attorney-General would explain the alteration in circumstances justifying such arrangement at the present time.

The Attorney-General said that at the time to which his Excellency alluded, the Supreme Court had much more business, and the registrar had quite enough to do. Besides, at that period, the registrar accompanied his honour the judge to Wellington and the southward, which rendered it impossible for him to perform both duties. Now, the case was quite different: the registrar of the Supreme Court was stationary, and his duties were small in comparison to what they were formerly.

Mr. Whitaker said he had a very great objection to fees being taken in any case. He thought an addition to the salary of the registrar of the Supreme Court, to provide a clerk when necessary, or a specific sum to be charged for a clerk, the better plan ; and he should propose that the sum of £50 be added to the salary of the registrar of the Supreme Court on the reconsideration of the item for Judicial Establishment.

The motion that for Registry of Deeds the sum of £310 be struck out was then agreed to.

The grant for Colonial Treasury was then reconsidered.

The Governor said that, since the grant had been originally passed, he had deeply considered, and thought be had done wrong in reducing the salary of the Colonial Treasurer the sum of £100. He then read the 13th article of the royal instructions, by which he is enjoined neither to increase nor to diminish the salary of any Government officer whose salary has been fixed by the Home Government, without first obtaining the sanction of her Majesty. In reducing the salary of the Colonial Treasurer, as well as that of the SurveyorGeneral, he certainly should be acting in direct opposition to her Majesty's instructions; and as the Home Government had lately supported him in an instance, viz., the issue of debentures, in which he had acted contrary to his instructions on account of the extreme emergency of the case, he was the more scrupulous to avoid the repetition of any such conduct. The Colonial Treasurer and Surveyor-General had come out with the express understanding that they were to receive certain salaries : and he was certain that, if the colonial revenue could not pay them, the Home Government would make good the difference. He therefore had brought this item again under^ the consideration of the Council, as he conceived he had acted wrong in the first instance; and he now proposed that that the sum of £95, which had been taken from the item of clerk to Attorney-General and appropriated to a junior clerk in the office of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Leech, junior, should be divided between him and the junior clerk in the Colonial Treasury, Mr. Churton ; and that the sum of £130, which had

been previously passed under that department for clerk and contingencies, should be otherwise applied, namely, the sum of £30 for contingencies ; and the sum of £100 to be added to the salary of Colonial Treasurer, making the sum of £630 for him. The total amount of £1,090 would remain the same as before.

Mr. Donnelly questioned the utility of passing an Appropriation Bill if the Council had not the power of controlling salaries that were to be paid from the colonial funds. The assertion of the principle that such instructions as had been read were absolute, was, in his opinion, most absurd; for the consequence would be, that the Home Government might nominate persons with salaries to such an amount as would absorb the whole colonial revenue, and still the Legislative Council was not to have the least control. The arguments of his Excellency on a previous occasion, when he himself reduced these salaries, were good and most rational, and he (Mr. Donnelly) could see nothing new to contradict them. Mr. Heals had anticipated that the reconsideration of this item would have effected a reduction instead of an increase. He should move that the sum of £530, as at first proposed and passed, should be the salary of the Colonial Treasurer.

The Council then divided on Mr. Heale's amendment. Ayes— 3. Noes — 4; the amendment being negatived by the officials.

The Attorney-General said he should support the original vote for £630 on principle. Looking to the good of the colony, what inducement to competent men would there be, if, when they arrived, they were to have their promised salaries reduced year after year ?

The motion was then agreed to, that the sum of £630 be the salary of the Colonial Treasurer.

For Judicial Establishments it was agreed to allow the sum of £2,660. The alteration under this item being the sum of £50 additional to the salary of the registrar of the Supreme Court, with £10 for contingencies, in consequence of the duties of registrar of deeds being combined with his office.

The Governor then moved the reconsideration of the vote for the Survey Department. He proposed the same course should be adopted towards the Surveyor-General as had been pursued in the case of the Colonial Treasurer, and that the original sum of £630 for his salary be allowed. He further proposed to strike out the marine surveyor £200, and from contingencies £100, making altogether £300; and thus, by adding £100 to the £530, the whole item would be reduced to £1,400.

Mr. Heale remarked that formerly they were told that the instructions from home were not to be considered ; now, they were declared to be peremptory. He still retained his opinion on the uselessness of the Survey Department to the present extent, and should move that the sum be reduced to £300.

Mr. Whitaker said that, by the 45th article of the royal instructions, not more than one-fifth of the whole land revenue should be applied to salaries and expenses of the Survey Department. He could not conceive, now that there was no land fund, the sum should be so large for the Survey Department.

The Governor said that there was much to be done in the Survey Department. He had been, during eleven years of his life, actively engaged in surveying, and was, he conceived, qualified to judge of the difficulties and duties of such service. When in England, the Earl of Haddington had offered to him the office of hydrographer to the Board of Admiralty, to induce him to remain in England ; but he thought there was a great duty to be done here. The Survey Department was essential to the progress of the colony. There had been recently surveyed, while the honourable member was absent from the colony, land to the value of £90,000 in exchange for scrip. A state of things existed in the colony that never were contemplated. He had received instructions from home to exchange the land and to settle the land claims as soon as possible. He had distinct authority for such measures ; and the consequence of such steps was the complete extinction of the land fund.

The Attorney-General thought that the non-official members were right, and that the official members were also right, each, in the. course they pursued. The Local Government must carry out the instructions of the Home Government ; and the Secretary of State had, in recent despatches, strongly urged that the land, claims should be wholly and speedily settled. In 1840, the instructions were that the claims were to be heard gradually ; in 1845, despatches were received that land claims were to be settled immediately. In 1840, the expense of the survey was not to exceed one-fifth of the land fund ; in 1845, the survey was still required to settle the claims, according to the instructions, but there was no land fund. It was not for him to suggest any line of conduct to honourable members ; but, if he had been a non-official member, he should not have attempted to reduce the efficiency of the Survey Department, but to protest, on the minutes, against the colony being burdened with the expense of that department.

Mr. Wbitaker said there were only two remarks with which he should trouble the Council in consequence of what had fallen from the Attorney- General. First, it was not the non-official members who proposed, in the first instance, this reduction from £630 to £530, for either the Colonial Treasurer or the Surveyor- General; secondly, he must act with such knowledge as he possessed. The official members had access to all the instructions of the Home Government; but, until the Attorney-General had risen, he (Mr. Whitaker) was not aware that any such despatches had been received.

The Governor said that even now large surveys were going on under contract. The land from Cape Rodney to Mauranghi had come into possession of Government, and was now being surveyed ; for there were applications for occupation licenses for depasturing flocks and herds. One person had gone to bring here large quantities of cattle, anxTlrihejcs had applied for the same obiwt. "^

The Council then divided.

For the motion — Mr. Heale and Mr. Donnelly. ; against it — the Governor, Colonial Secretary,

Attorney-General, Colonial Treasurer, and Mr. Whitaker.

On the motion that £630 be inserted instead of £530, Ayei— 4. Noes— 3. — Carried by the officials. The amount of £1,400 instead of £1,600 for Survey Department, was then agreed to. The grant for Public Works was then reconsidered.

The Governor stated that the superintendent, Mr. Thatcher, had offered to perform the duties for one year gratuitously, provided the sum of £80 was allowed to him for a clerk. He therefore proposed that the sum of £180 be struck out, and the sum of £80 for a clerk be inserted, making the total amount for Public Works £1,420 instead of £1,520. In the Harbour Establishments, on revision, reductions were made in the boats' crews, which, instead of being, as heretofore, permanent, are to be hired as occasion may require, with the exception of a coxswain and one seaman at each settlement.

The amount of £1,270, instead of the former vote of £1,670, was then agreed to. Mr. Whitaker then proposed the further consideration of the Department of Aborigines, and observed that as (according to the royal instructions which had been read by his Excellency in reference to the salaries of the Colonial Treasurer and Surveyor-General) the Governor could neither increase nor diminish the salary of any public officer that had been appointed by the Home Government, he thought the sum of £500 per annum, which had been appropriated to the chief protector, should be reduced to the original sum of £400. He was quite aware that the sum of £100 which had been added was instead of an allowance to natives ; but he objected to the manner of passing the £500 as salary only, without any remark as to the object for which the £100 was given. He therefore should propose that the original sum of £400 be the salary, and that the protector receive a further sum of £100 as commuted allowance for natives.

The Governor had no objection to the alteration, which must therefore be extended to the subprotector, of the salary being distinct from their commuted allowances. Agreed to. For General Contingencies, the sum of £1,393 was then agreed to. The total amount of £24,565 was then agreed to be inserted in the first clause of the Appropriation Bill.

On the reading of the 2d clause, the Colonial Secretary moved that the words " not exceeding in the whole " be struck out. He thought they were useless; for the Colonial Treasurer did pay sometimes more than was mentioned in the Estimates ; and it was a contradiction to keep the words in the clause.

Mr. Heals said he was perfectly astonished at the motion of the Colonial Secretary. He would ask for what had the non-official members been contending, but to reduce the various sums, knowing that this very clause, and those very words in that clause, were the guarantee that the Local Government should not exceed the various amounts ?

Mr. Whitaker remarked that the Colonial Secretary appeared not to understand the intent of the words. If the Colonial Treasurer exceeded such amounts, and paid more tinder the warrant of the Governor, it was on his and the 'Governor's responsibility.

The Attorney-General said that the words implied that the Colonial Treasurer under that ordinance could not pay more than the sunns specified under each head. It did not restrain the Colonial Treasurer from paying more by warrant of the Governor ; but then he would have to make such payments matter for supplementary estimates.

The Governor said that it was intended by the clause to restrict the payments to the amount specified; but, in cases of emergency, any further payments by the Colonial Treasurer were made on the Governor's responsibility to indemnify him in future estimates.

The Colonial Secretary said that, although that might be the meaning of the clause, it was practically iet aside by payments exceeding the sums specified. He then withdrew his motion, and the clause was passed in the original words.

The bill wai ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday, to which day the Council adjourned.

Tuesday, April 1.

Present — All the members. The minutes of the last meeting being read and confirmed,

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Disbursements of Expenditure of last year.

Ordered to be printed. ! The Governor then observed that, before entering on the business of the day, he wished to mention the real cause of alarm on the previous evening. There had been a death among the natives at Orakei, and, according to native custom, muskets were discharged at midnight. The sound had gone up the valley from Orakei to Mount Hobson, thence reverberating to Mount Eden and the adjacent valleys near the town ; and the echo continuing had caused the sentinels on the hills to think it was the report, from several quarters, of musketry. He would take that occasion, also, to state that all the accounts that he received from the natives were most satisfactory ; and, as far as he could rely on them, they were determined to support British authority rather than be led away by any native chief. He had persons in various quarters to watch their movements, so that he might have an intimation of hostile movements ; but they were all disposed to abide by the treaty of Waitangi — the Magna Charta of New Zealand. In the north, near the Bay of Islands, the natives had already begun to show their disapproval of the recent proceedings; for large bodies were now proceeding against Kowaiti and Held, and collisions must shortly take place. If war is to take place on the island, it had better be between the natives themselves than between us and the natives. These refractory natives must be put down sooner or later; audit might be done by these best tribes supporting the Government. Those which are opposed to Kowaiti and Held are the most numerous and best tribes in the north ; and some of them have hoisted the English flag.

Instead of thinking to come here, both Kowaiti and Heki had enough upon their hands to repel the tribes going against them. He had received a letter from Captain M'Keever, of the U. S. corvette St. Louis, which he would read :— (Copy.) " U. S. ship St. Louis, "Bay of Islands, March 24, 1845. " Dear Sir— l avail myself of the sailing of the brigantine I-don't-know, for Auckland, to inform you that the difficulties here assume no more serious features. It is rumoured that hostilities are on the eve of breaking out between the natives themselves ; and while they continue in the present excited and unsettled state, I should not consider the persons and property of the remaining Europeans at the Bay safe. " The brigantine having on board twenty small kegs of powder, from Sydney, upon her dropping anchor they were transferred to this ship for safe keeping from the natives. " I shall delay my departure for Valparaiso until the return of the brigantine, that your Excellency may have an opportunity of sending by me any despatches you may wish. I shall also be happy to carry any letters or mails for the inhabitants to that port, Rio de Janeiro, or the United States. " With assurances of great respect aud esteem, "Your obedient servant, (Signed) " M'Keever. " His Excellency Governor Fitzßoy, "Auckland, New Zealand." (Copy.) "Received from the brigantine I-don't-know, twenty kegs of powder. (Signed) "N.S.Nest, " Midshipman U.S.S. St. Louis." This letter was highly gratifying, showing the disposition of Captain M'Keever to assist us all in his power. The powder would be handed over to the North Star on her arrival ; what its ultimate destination would be was at present uncertain. The conduct of Captain M'Keever deserved the admiration and gratitude of our countrymen ; for he could have declined interfering, on account of compromising his nation. To him (the Governor) it was highly gratifying, as well as to relate the other satisfactory circumstances. Whether it would be now necessary to open the letter relative to the powder, in order to identify the ownership, would be for the Executive Council to determine.

The order of the day was then moved by the Colonial Secretary.

On the motion for the third reading of the Appropriation Bill, the Governor stated that he had received from Mr. Fitzgerald a memorial, to be laid before the Legislative Council, which he now proposed should be read by the clerk. The memorial stated that he (Mr. Fitzgerald) had been appointed, under the second clause of the Land Registration Ordinance, to the office of registrar, so long as he faithfully performed the duties, with a salary of £300 per annum, and that the ordinance, with his appointment inserted, had received the sanction of the Home Government. That in New South Wales the combined offices of registrar of the Supreme Court and registrar of land claims had been separated by petition from Sir J. Dowling and Sir G. Gipps to Lord Stanley, and were now distinct.

The memorial was then ordered to be consl dered when the item of Registry of Deeds was before the Council.

Mr. Heale gave notice that he should move that the sum of £800 be reconsidered for the Land Claims Commission.

The Appropriation Bill was then read a third time.

On the item for Land Claims Commission, £800, Mr. Hbale observed that, highly satisfisd as he was on the whole with the reductions that had been made in the Estimates, for acquiescence in which his Excellency deserved great credit, yet there was one item he thought had been passed too hurriedly, on account of the many interruptions recent occurrences had caused in their discussion on these Estimates. This was the item now before them ; and as very few claims remained now undisposed of, he should move without further remark that it be reconsidered.

The Governor observed that the state of the J Land Claims Commission at present was, that I there were about seventy claims not heard and reported upon ; of these, thirty would not come at all to be heard; the other forty were mostly to the southward, some few to the westward ; and they might be examined in a very short time, with much less machinery. In a very few months all might be heard that were necessary to settle at present. It would not be advisable to settle them all, and no injury would be done by the postponement, so that they obtained the land eventually. The plan was wrong from the first on which these land claims were decided, and one less complicated would be much better. They had hitherto been examined on certain principles, which were tedious and unnecessary. He was sorry to say that he had not yet received any report of the New Zealand Company's claims to the southward. The report for Taranaki only he had received from the commissioner, but to that he did not accede. He was very awkwardly situated ; the Home Government looked to him to have these claims settled and Crown grants issued. He had written for the reports ; they had been promised in all March ; and they were not yet received. He presumed they would be very long reports, but he thought a brief report would be the best. There had been great correspondence hitherto with the New Zealand Company, and a summary one of the documents was only necessary. The moment the report was received, the Crown grants would be issued. The agents of the New Zealand Company were ever anxious to find fault with the Government ; and they lay the whole blame on him for the delay in the settlement and issue of the Crown grants.

Some months had elapsed since the commissioner left that part of the' country, and his time was not otherwise occupied. He was bound to say that the delay was not justifiable. He had proposed the ram of £800, but, if objected to, it was not for him to justify it. It would be for the Council to decide. He honestly believed the duties could be accomplished by other officers without expense ; and he would be willing to bear his share of the trouble in assisting to decide the few remaining claims. Mr. Hkajjc observed that, after the full explanation of his Excellency respecting the few remaining claims, and bow the duty had been performed, he

should move that the item be altogether struck out.

Mr. Whitaker had himself been a land claimant, and, as his claims had been heard, he did not, when this item was previously before the Council, wish to disturb it, as there were other claims still to be heard, and he did not wish to throw the least obstacle in the way of their speedy settlement. However, as from the remarks that had been made it appeared there was no reason for keeping the item on the estimates, but every reason for taking it off, and as every sum should be saved that possibly could, he should vote for the reduction.

The Governor said that formerly the practice of the land commissioners was to secure as much land as possible for the Crown, at the expense of the buyer or claimant. The commissioners were so instructed by Sir George Gipps and the Government of New South Wales. Now the plan was merely to ascertain the validity of the claim, as a bargain between the native and purchaser, and whether the native allowed the purchase. Mr. Whitaker was happy to hear that, although late, such was now to be the practice. He bad been engaged for five years with land claims for himself and others, and he would assert that the land claimants had not been fairly dealt with. If they had been treated formerly as was now intended, many persons would nave been saved from poverty and [ruin, and the colony at the present time would Jiave been in a very different state.

The Governor said he would take the onus on himself of settling all outstanding claims. But there was another view of the case to be considered. Now that the establishment was abolished, what was to be done with the commissioner and his clerk?

Mr. Heale conceived that that was a question for his Excellency's consideration alone. In considering the estimates, the duty of the Council was to decide whether certain offices were necessary, and not what was to be done with persons who had hitherto filled them, but whose services were no longer required. If the office was useful, then it would be a question how far it was practicable to continue the salary for a short time. Mr. Whitaker would have been glad, in discussing these items, not to have known any officer by name. But to bring down the estimates to the lowest possible amount was the duty of the Council ; and if, in abolishing offices, it was considered some notice or compensation should be given, it ought to be general. Mr. Donnelly conceived it was their duty, however painful the task might be, first to consider whether an office was essential, and then the amount of salary in relation to the finances of the colony. The circumstances of the colony would certainly decline for two or three years, and he should therefore support the motion of Mr. Heale. With the persons whose situations were considered no longer necessary, or how they should be disposed of, he submitted the non-official members had nothing to do. If compensation was to __ be awarded it ought to be general, and that was impossible in the present state of the finances of the colony. The Attorney-General considered the Government ought not to send an officer adrift at once. As his Excellency had said the office could be done away with, no member could vote for its continuance ; but he thought some little notice should be given ; or some sum might be added to General Contingencies, to meet such emergencies. He quite agreed with the views of the non-official members; but between master and man some notice was generally expected and given, and he therefore thought that officers so discharged should be considered.

The motion that the sum of £800 for Land Claims Commission be struck out was then agreed to. On the motion that the item of £310 for the registry of deeds be reconsidered, the Governor remarked that the memorial of Mr. Fitzgerald, which had been read by the Clerk, mentioned that, by the second clause of the Registration Ordinance, he was still entitled to hold his office. But the salary was still under the control of the Legislative Council ; and if the registrar chose to do the duty without the salary, there could be no objection. The fees might go to him : they were only about £120 per annum. With reference to the union of the offices in New South Wales and their subsequent separation, that was quite a another question, and had nothing to do with this colony.

Mr. Heale had hoped the Council had done with this hydra-headed bill, but it appeared that they had no sooner overcome and settled one part of the estimates than another reappeared. He conceived the item was already settled. The Attorney-General considered that the Legislative Council was not the proper quarter to which the memorial should have been presented. The Executive Council should determine on the question whether Mr. Fitzgerald could be removed and his duty be transferred to another under certain circumstances ; or whether some arrangement should be made until communication could be had with the Secretary of State. He therefore thought the Legislative Council should not entertain the memorial.

Mr. Whitaker quite agreed withthe Attorney. General.

The sum of £1,500 was then agreed to for General Contingencies. The bill was then read a third time and passed, the total amount of the Estimates for 1845-1846 being £23,872. The Crown Grants Bill was read a second time, when it was agreed that it should come into opetion on the Ist of July instead of the Ist of April, and that instead of remaining two a grant shall remain three months in the office of the Colonial Secretary before being chargeable, and instead of being chargeable with a fee of one pound the sum of five shillings for every subsequent month. The two Naturalization Bills were read a second time.

The following bills were then ordered forThurs day, to which day the Council adjourned : — Crown Grants Bill, third reading. Naturalization Bills, ditto. « Highway Bill, second reading. Property Rate Amendment Bill, first reading. Licensing Dealers Bill, ditto.

Mr. O'Connell intends impeaching all who were concerned in the state prosecutions.

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