OEDEES OE EEFEEENCE. Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Pkiday, the 17th day op June, 1870. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the subject of connecting New Zealand by Submarine Electric Cable with other countries, and to report I hereon ; four to be a quorum ; to report on or before the 15th July ; the said Committee to consist of Mr. Clark, Mr. Edwards, the Hon. Mr. Hall, Mr. Macandrew, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Reader Wood. A true extract, (On motion of tho Hon. Mr. Vogel.) P. E. Campbell, Clerk, House of Representatives. Fpjday, the 24th day op June, 1870. Ordered, That the name of tho Hon. the Postmaster-General be added to the Committee appointed to consider the subject of Submarine Telegraphs. A true extract, (On motion of Mr. Header Wood.) P. E. Campbell, Clerk, House of Representatives. Thursday, the £Ist day op July, 1870. Ordered, That the Correspondence between the Government and the Telegraph Construction Company, concerning a proposal to lay a Submarine Cable between New Zealand and Tasmania, laid on the table this day, be referred to the Telegraph Cable Committee, with an instruction to print such portions thereof as they may think fit. A true extract, (On motion of tho Hon. Mr. Vogel.) P. E. Campbell, Clerk, House of Representatives. Tuesday, the 2Gth day op July, 1870. Ordered, That the correspondence between the Hon. the Postmaster-General and J. W. Blackett, Esq., Manager of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, concerning a proposal to lay a Submarine Cable between New Zealand and Tasmania, laid on the table this day, be referred to the Submarine Cable Committee. A true extract, (On motion of tho Hon. Mr. Vogel.) P. E. Campbell, Clerk, House of Representatives.