DISCUSSION ON NATIVE POLICY.
The Native question will be fairly before the* House next week. " A" The following resolutions, introducing the budget, were tb have been brought forward on Tuesday, but are postponed tb a later day. 1. That this Committee will make the ne-... cessary provision -. for defraying the cost, of A the system of Civil Government now in operation for the Native Inhabitants of New Zealand, to aiL amount not exeeeeing £50,000 per annum, for,aT period not exceeding five years A provided nomaterial reduction is made in the. Military force now in the colony during that period. 2. Th<*6 the expenditure on account of the Civil Government of the Natives, , after deducting tho Imperial contribution thereto, should be charged upon the ordinary revenue of the Colony. 3.* That it -is advisable" the - Executive /. Govern^ * ment of the colony should be empowered to raise a loan not exceeding £LOO.QQO, secured upon the General revenue of the Colony ,„for the purpose of constructing rb^ds in the ihixec| and^ativa districts of the Northern Island f of Nev*i,* ; s Zealand. The interest and sinking fund, on spcls-sums- as^ may from time to time' be exp^naedv^Va^o.iiM^ of the said loan to'be charged bcattyA^i^'^TOp^i*^ tiohately on the revenues of the ; provinces ii__ which. V such'expehditure shall take placeV A -"' '-' _'f , On. Wednesday - Maj or Richardson ,is to jmoir'e , the two following important resolutions .; the i discission on which will be looked forward to with interest. ... ..-.., ..... . . ;. ; , A,*-, ..-*.-,*• .-& 1. That this House should be informed, so far J as may be consistent with any: present or prospective Military arrangements, what measures Vfjlre proposed to be adopted towards the' TaranakiialSd Ngatiruanui tribes with reference to the murder of unarmed British European subjects, and also with reference to the destruction .of the homesteads and plunder of the property of the inhabitants of the Province of New Plymouth. . 3. That this House sh~6uld"be informed, so far as may.;be consistent 'with any -pteisfcat'or pip-spas* tive I . .Military, arrangements, -what measufl^^A iproposad j.tp-be adopted towards enabi^^^^^ ? owners* of -property in the *Taitaramaik«sßra§lrSl_* ■the Province of New Plymouth* to! return tto aftqir - s \ homes from which they are stiU debar-ted* hyjtheit unsatisfactory - iiature - 6f the ifelaiibn^iexi^tiEfg:.!; between the Government and He|- Maj^ty'fcJJativa,^ subjects i-esiding-southwferd* Bf thatvProvince.
DISCUSSION ON NATIVE POLICY.
Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1742, 19 July 1862, Page 2
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