AUCKLAND BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6485, 30 August 1882, Page 5

AUCKLAND BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT

|BY TELEGRAPH, —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. 1

Wellington*, Tuesday. AUCKLAND RAILWAY STATION BILL. The Auckland Railway Station Bill was, on the motion of Mr. Johnston, read a second time in the House to-day. Mr. Johnston explained that the Bill was to give effect to an agreement between the Government and the Harbour Board of Auckland. The Bill was read a second time without opposition, and will be considered in committee to. morrow. AUCKLAND IMPROVEMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. Bryce, in moving the second reading of the Auckland Improvement Act Amendment Bill to-day, said it was intended to give effect to an agreement between the Government and tlie Corporation of Auckland. One part of the Bill referred to the Albert Barracks, situated in the park there, and the other part of the Bill referred to the drill-shed. The Auckland people lived in a beautiful district, and, naturally, they were sesthetic—(laughter)—and objected to the appearance of a great stone building in the middle of their park, and desired to remove it to another site quite as suitable for the purposes of the Government, and probably more so. The new site was to be transferred to the Government, and the old site to the corporation. The other portion of the Bill was to provide that the site of the drill-shed should belong to Her Majesty a3 long as it is required for volunteer purposes. The Bill 1 was then read a second time, and will be committed to-morrow. AUCKLAND MUSEUM ENDOWMENT BILL. The Auckland Museum Endowment Bill was read a second time in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Rolleston, in moving the second reading of the Bill, said that it endowed Auckland Museum in the same way as similar institutions were endowed in the principal cities of the South. The Auckland Museum was at the present time a very creditable institution, but it required funds to make it what it ought to be, and what, he thought, was the case in the Southern cities, Dunedin and Christchurch, namely, a central school of technical science, and generally for the promotion of scientific knowledge. The Bill provided that the laud set apart under this Act shonld be dealt with under the Land Act, aud he was iu hopes that the reserves referred to in this Bill would be leased under the Land Bill which had just passed the House. By that means the object of the endowment would be gained. He thought the Bill explained itself, and he hoped that there would be no difficulty in passing it through the House this session. He begged to move the second reading of the Bill. The Bill was read a second time without opposition or remark. Ths committal was fixed for to morrow.