AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 59, 21 January 1864, Page 4

AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Tuesday, .1 aniaisv 19th. kvi:\i\'f; xn-rixci. Coixcii, resumed and proceeded with tin; estimates. .Streets, branch loads, &i\, to lneel contributions JLiid rates, .£OOOO. Mr. A. O'Xi'ill moved that it Ik- ,C4OOO. Question put; original sum carried. Mon:,'anui, £2">o. Mr. liall moved ail amendment of .£3OO. Amendment lost. liav of Islands, .£2OO. Mr. A. O'Xeill moved that it be £;5.30. Amendment lost. Kaip.iru, £000; Wangarci, £100; Wainu, £100; Manga',vai, £100. Carried. Matakana, 50. Mr. Sheehan moved that it be £100. Amendment lost. £50.—Carried. < ieneral contingencies, £100.—Carried. lioad repairs, £1000.—Carried. Koad and bridges at Kaukapakan i, additionil £10(1. Repairs to wharf at Om;hun!>a, £100.—f a -ricil. (ieneral Assembly accommodation, £.";00. Improvements ut Slippery Creek, £700.

Police station at Otahiilm, .EoOO. _ I Surveying lino of tramway between tlio Waitcmula and Kaipara, -C7O. —Carried. Board of education, .£3OOO. Mr. King moved that it bo £3100. Mr. O'Neill moved £2000. (tJ tn'stioji put ; sum of ,{3OOO carried. Printing and stationery, £300. Crown prosecutions, £(>oo. Relief of sick and destitute and maintenance of orphans, £1800. Expense under Thistle Act, .£'loo. Kent and insurance of public buildings, C 27-). Repairs of public buildings, £f)00. Rent of tank in Ollicial l!ay, .CIO. Auckland Dispensary, .£IOO. Expense of publishing provincial laws, £2.)0.— Carried. Progress reported. Council adjourned at a quarter past 10.

WKI>NKM»AY, Jani AUY *JO. The .Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. Mr. .1. ()*Xeill presi •nted a petition from re.-idents in Albert-street asking for compensation, and that sueh compensation be handed over to the City I'oard in lieu of rates. Petition received and read. Messages were here received from his Honor. Xo. oG contained the letter (already published) from the Colonial Secretary relative to the patriotic fund. Xo. ">7 with amendments on the South and Onehunija Koad Amendment Act, which was ordered to be considered to-morrow, Xo. *>K contained the City J)oard Act with amendments, which was also made an order of the day for to-morrow (Thursday). Mr. Hiurop then moved, "That a respectful address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent, requesting him 1o place a suliieicnt sum on the supplementary estimates so as to ( liable * the Clerks oi' Committee of this Council 1 to receive, the same allowance as was allinncd by the Council during the last session." Messrs. and (.'adman supported the motion. Mr. Sheehan thought, that a man's time was his money, and that h<» should le paid whether his time was fully employed or not. Mr. Kinir would support the motion on the ground ! that the service was a temporary one. I Mr. Foley thought it should be 101 l to the uovernment. They were the best judges ill the matter. ' Mr. Dahiy trusted the Council would not alio'. this motion to pass ; the last session was an e.vcptional one. Mr. Howe said that lie did not believe that th; l work was so heavy this session as during the last • u ' l ; but would approve of 12s. (id. per day. a division heinir taken tlie motion was lest by } \v[c. the numbers 1m i> and 10. Mr. Jlarrop moved, " That a respectful add less be pre.-ented t" bis I lonor the Superintendent reipiestinu 1 him to infoini this Couuci ; M-hat st ,'ps have ben 1 taken 'lor closimr the prest nt buriai grounds, and providing a public cemetery lor Arekland and iie surrounding districts.' " The mover spoke eloquently on the necessity of passing this motion, and was followed bv Mr. iiowe. who thought some positive action should hi? taken in the matter. He should be sorry that any violence should be dene to tlie feelings of relatives, but the hi alth ol t J;e city ini]ieratively demanded that the ei !iieteiie> should be n mt'Ved. Mr. lkddy stated th.at a circular letter had been sent by the government to the ministers of different denominations requesting their opinion on the whereabouts of a new ci mi terv. !Mr. Sheehan said that the religions b< dy to which lie belong il were o]i]>ost d to ;i lvniOViil or shuttillir up of their present cemetery. Mr. Koli y opposed tlie motion. Mr. Wynn explained that the Provincial Council had no power to interfere with the cemeteries : it was a matter for the (o-neial (Jovernmenl to legislate ujion. .Air. Swanson wanted <<» know what was j;oinir to be done with the Liit'imd if the cimeterics wcie rcmo\ed. Mr. AVynn replied that the ground would be put lo )!" use. The A»'t t/ial would eh'.-i' tin in up would provide lor the lutUie eaie oi them. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Allan O'Xeill's m..lion, " That a comniitiee be i]i]iointi d, io consist, oi' Messrs. Cadmau, Paldy, Hari'op, rr, i\inu - , Xewuian, Wynn, and tin move]-, to ei quire into and r» port to this Council upon the administration of' the Survey IVpaitnieut of this pro\inee. Tlie report, to be brought up en Friday neNt," was also agreed to. Mr. Kinir niov« il, "'['hat an address be presented (o }.iv Uoticr the Supcrintenduit requesting liim t" forwaul t<i tliis ('(.uncil with as little di lay as possibh copies of all ceminunieations having reference to a]»}ili« ati' iis jbr supjdies for the ]>ilot establishment at the Mannkae. foiwai'ded by (_'a] t. Winu: to tlie late Sialerinti ndent. Alm«. a copy of tin- evidence ta];< n at the in«iues{, with the n-Milt of such enipiiiy, together with any I'm ther communications n lative to the wreck of 11.M.5. 'Orpheus.* " Mr. Paldy was willing that the matter should he u r one into on Friday. Mr. Wynn that before into so im]>ortant a quotion every docuuient hiarinu: upon it should he brought before tlie ( Vaineil. Mr. having r» ]ilied, the motion w;... ca:v:

Mr. Kingthui moved, "That ihis Conieil ■ - el opinion that, in order to mak'- due provision forth* Pilot Kstabii-hment in the Harbour of Manukau, the <>tliee ; ; of Signalman Mild Assistant Pilot should not be held by the s;ii)i>.' ]>< i>oii: and that an addles he ' prcsentt d to his I fon< r the Superintendent. request- j ing lam to make provisi< n on the Supplenu nfary lv-tiuiMes lor the salaries of t wo otliccrs;" and stated j Ihat with an » ilieient pilot the * < >rj>lirus would not !i;:ve hi en wi'i --ked. M r. l hillaii'jlu r seconded tin- motion. Mr. May thought thai the chief "boatman should he a.v-i:-lant pilot. Mr. May thought that Capt. Wing was not to he blamed hr the loss of the k (hplieus.' Mr. Cadman was opposed to making a chief boatman assistant ; if a chief boatman was required, it was plan he could not do other duties at out 1 and the same time. The true economy would lie to provide separMe men to do distinct duties. Mr. Wynn stated that however wrong Captain Wind's conduct was with respect to Kvans. the action of the then .Provincial Covernnunt was far more gro^s. 'f'he motion was then agiced to. On the motion of Mr. Wynn the interim report No. of tin* Crievanee Committee was read and considered seriatim. The refusal of Mr. William Tisscman's petition was adopted. The acquiescence of the committee in the petitions of Mr. Isaac Carey, Mr. Kxuperius < iriiliths. and Mr. C. Kunis was adopted, and the debate on the other items of the report adjourned until this day. OIIDKKS Ol' THK HAY. The now Thistle liill was n ad a second time, and the Council went into committee upon it. The Kailwav Commissioners' I'ill was read a third time and passed. Council adjourned for an hour. lIVKNINO SITTINCi. Council resumed. t*nt, into committee on the estimates, ami proceeded to discuss the items under i (arbour Trust. Wharfinger, also harbor master, .Cl 7*3. Mr. Kowe moved an addition of £'25. Amendment lost. Assistant.and clerk, CI 32. Labourers, .19(5. Kxpense oflight, CSO. ('ontingencies, £25. Interest of debt to the province, £7-0. Interest and sinking fund on £25,000 at 9 per cent., .€2250. Two new T's to wharf, £21112. Repairs of wharf and Wynvard pior, .C7lO. City Trusts—lnterest and sinking fund on £15,000 at ID pel* cent., £1500. Balance less cost of collection payable to City Board, £299 If,s. College and Grammar school—Payable to Trust Fund, £037. Hospital Trust Kxpenses, £359 19s. ('arricd. Postponed items wen; then considered. I'j.xpenses ot members.—After much discussion it was carried that the sum of £1100 stand. Mr. -May gave notice that he would move a resolution to the etluct that no member be paid without he had given his attendance tor at least one-third time of the session. Provincial Solicitor, £350; amendment that it be £-100. Carried. Deputy "Waste Land Commissioner, £350. ; Provincial Solicitor, £300 ; amendment that it be ; £350. j Smaller sum put and lost. It was then moved that it be £3*2.5. Question put and lost. Tlie sum of £350 was then carried. Chiiiiman reported pi-ogrcM, ;mdCounciliidjounicd,