VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SESSION IV. 1856, WITH THE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS ORDERED BY THE HOUSE TO BE PRINTED.

Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, 1856 Session I

NEW ZEALAND.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SESSION IV. 1856, WITH THE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS ORDERED BY THE HOUSE TO BE PRINTED.

Vol. 11.

3httftlan& t FHINTED BY WILLIAMSON AND WILSON, FOR THE NEW lEALAND COVBKSWKXT. 1856.

TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE OP THE HOUSE, NOT BEING RETURNS TO ADDRESSES. A.—No. 1. Finance. Assets and Liabilities of the General Government, returns of. A.—No. 1. Canterbury—Provincial Council—Land Fund. Letter from Speaker enclosing resolution of, respecting an alleged over-payment on account of the Land Fund. A. —No. 3. Constitution Act. Extract of Despatch from his Excellency to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated 25th September, 1855, relative to the power of the General Assembly to make alterations in the. A.—No. 4. Naval Officers, Allowance to. Correspondence respecting pecuniary allowance to, similar to that given to Military Officers in New Zealand. A..—No. 5. Natives, IVairarapa. Statement of 5 per. cent, due to them on proceeds of certain land sales. A.—No. 6. Bishop of New Zealand. Despatch from Secretary of State respecting salary of. (In continuation of papers laid on the table 21st August, 1855.) A.—No. 7. Natives, Education of. Correspondence relative to the distribution of money grants for the above object in the Northern Division, and report of the appropriation of the same, including report of the Church of England Board for Native Education in the Northern Division. A.—No. 7»- Ditto in continuation of foregoing, for the Wellington District. A.—No. 8. Government House, Auckland. Correspondence relative to cost of erection of. A.—No. 9. Electoral Rolls. Scrutiny of. A.—No. 10. Natives, Vaccination of. Report of Central Board of. A.—No. 11. Canterbury—Provincial Council. Supreme Court—Letter from Speaker enclosing resolution of, respecting the inconvenience sustained by the Province in not having a Session of the Supreme Court held there. A.—No. 12. Land Purchase Department. Return showing the probable amounts required for completing Native land purchases for the year ending 30th June, 1857. Return showing the detailed estimate of Expenditure on account of the Land Purchase Department for the year 1856-57. (Appendix to the foregoing). A.—No. 13. Ministerial Government. Minute of his Excellency as to the. relations between himself and his responsible advisers. MESSAGES FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, WITH ENCLOSURES. B.—No. 1. Use of Ardent Spirits by Natives. Copies of letters and petition from Waikato tribes, praying for a restriction of the sale of spirits to the Natives. B,—No. 2. Postal Steam Communication. Circular Despatch from Secretary of State, dated 30th November, 1855, upon the subject of Postal Steam Communication between Great Britain and the Australian Colonies. •s

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B.—No. 3. Native Affairs. Annexed tke ReP ° rt ° f ° f En<luir * into Natife affaire > with sundry papers B.—No. 4. Finance. Financial Statements, of Receipts and Expenditure for the periods include w Ist January, 1853, and 31st December, 1855. 'Memorandum of the Auditor General 1 reference to the above, dated 10th May, 1856, and laid on the table of the House bv th, p i Secretary 13th May, 1856, printed with it as an appendix. 7 ° Colomal B.—No. 5. Cvmmissio7is of his Excellency. Copies of Commission as Governor of New Zealand, with Roval Instruct!™* „i Commission as Vice-Admiral of the same. ' "°o*> also B.—No. 6.—Finance. Detailed accounts of Expenditure on account of the management and survey of Waste Lands of the Crown. Also cost of management and collection of the Customs' Revenue.

RETURNS TO ADDRESSES FROM THE HOUSE. C.— No. 1. Finance—Surveyor-General. acc ° U nt of the Surveyor.General's Department for the year 1855; also to 31st, C.—No. 1. Finance. Printing and Returns to the Houses of Assembly, cost of. C.—No. 3. Finance. Expenditure in comparative statements on account of each branch of the public service from Ist January, 1853. C.—No. 4. Land, Purchase Department. Return of all Lands purchased from the Natives between sth July, 1850, mid 3ist March, 1856. C. —No. o. Chatham Islands, British authority at. Correspondence relative to the establishment of ; and copies of all correspondence with Mr. Shand since his official appointment at. C.—No. 6. Duppa, George. Decision of Mr. Justice Stephen relative to a Land Claim in the matter of. C.—No. 7. Land Purchase Department. Return showing the Expenditure of Mr. McLean in the purchase of Lands. C. —No. 8. Immigration. Correspondence relative to proposed immigration from Canada and Nova Scotia. C. — No. 9. Immigration. Correspondence / relative to immigration from Victoria (Melbourne,); in continuation of foregoing p:ipers. # C.—No. 10. Lighthouses. Despatch from Secretary of State, with enclosures, relative to the erection of Colonial Light Houses. C.—No. 11. Magistrates, not Justices of the Peace. Opinion of Mr, Attorney-General as to the validity of such appointments. C.—No 12. Lands sold• Return of the number of acres of land sold in all the Provinces, in each quarter, from sth July IboO, to 31st March, 185(5. C.—No. 13.—Native Disturbances, New Plymouth. Reply of Secretary of State for the Colonies to a memorial of Superintendent and Provincial Council of New Plymouth, on this subject. C. —No. 14. Customs. Estimated Receipts and Expenditure on account of the Customs Department for the year ending 30th June, lBst>; also, return of probable Receipts from Duties of Customs at each ot the various Ports of the Colony during the same period.

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C.—No, 15, Customs -—Finance. Estimated Revenue for the year ending SOth Jane, 1857; under " Customs Duties Act, 1856," of sth August. Estimated Ordinary Revenue and Expenditure for 1856-7. Estimated Expenditure for 1856-7 chargeable on the Temporary Loan. Additional Estimates for 1856-7, chargeable on the Ordinary Revenue. C.—No. 16. Customs, Auckland. Return of all Spirits, &c., taken out of bond during four weeks ending 7th August, 185 6. Printed in Government Gazette with Mr. Rrodie's Return of August Bth, Votes and Proceedings fol. 260. C. —No. 17. Finance. (Comprised in C.—No. 15.) REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. D. —No. 1. Disputed elections. D.—No. 2. Bank of Issue. D.—No. 3. Petitien of Dr. Kingjon. D.—No. 4. Victories in the East. D. No. 5. Bank Charters and Private Paper Money Bills. D.—No. 6. Tidewaiters, Wellington, and E. Catchpool. D. —No. 7. Supreme Court Procedure Bill. D.—No. 8. Resident Magistrates' Courts. D.—No. 9. New Zealand Company's Debt. D.—No. 10. Lazarus Berlowitz, Petition. D.—No. 11. Einance, (Progress Report.) D.—No. 12. Alexander Browne, Petition. D.—No. 13. Staff Surgeon Bacot, Petition. D —No. 14. Inter-Provincial Steam Communieation. D.—No. 15. Thomas McDonnell, Commander, R.N., Petition! D.—No. 16. Land Scrip. D.—No. 17. Reporting debates. D.—No. 18. Seamen of H.M.S. "Buffalo," Petition. D,—No. 19. Sir George Grey's Land Regulations. D.—No. 20. Pensioned Officials. D.—No. 21. Land Claims. D.—No. 22. Library. D.—No. 23. Certain Pensioners, Petition. D. —No. 24. Officers of Surveyor General's Department, Petition. D- —No. 25. Standing Ordeis, Private Bills, &c. D.—No. 26. Mr. J. J. Piercy, Petition. D.—No. 27. Next Session of General Assembly. D.—No. 28. Constitution Act. D. —No. 29. Native Offenders Bill. D-—No. 30. Marriage Act, 1854. D. —No. 31. Reprinting Documents. D. —No. 32. Transfer of Government House. PETITIONS ORDERED TO BE PRINTED,. E.—No. 1. Lazarus Berlowitz. E.—No. 2. Thomas M'Donnell, Commander, R.N.

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E.—No. S. Alexander Browne, E.—No. 4. James Gilligan. E.—No. 5. John E. W. Bacot, Staff Surgeon. E.—No. 6. Margaret Forbes. E.—No. 7. Settlers at Kororareka. E.— No. 8. Riehard Chilman. STANDING ORDERS. F.—Standing Orders of the House of Representatives. Appendix to above, relative to Private Bills and other private business.