NEW ZEALAND.

TUESDAY JULY, 18TH, 1854. —Vfxttjs Lands Bill. Clause 2. Provided also that it shall not be lawful for the said Gosernor to make or issue any terms of purchase or pasturage and regulations whereby any mch lands shall be made subject to be sold or disposed of gratuitously, or for any leis consideration than the sum of five shillings per acre, to be paid in full on or previous to the completion of such sale or disposition, except in the case of leases or licenses of land to be occupied for purposes of pasturage only, for terms not exceeding fourteen years, and, except in the case of licenses to cut timber and bush for any term not exceeding one year.—Read. Question proposed—That the clause as read stand part of the Bill.'—(3/r. Jl'itzgerald.) Motion made and question put—That the following be added at the end of the clause as read, — " Provided also that it shall not be lawful for any terms of purchase, pasturage, or regulations to be made or issued by which any such lands shall be sold or disposed of at any less price than ten shillings an acre, except by way of public auction, in blocks not exceeding 320 acres in any one block."—(Mr. Picard.) Committee divided. Ayes, 16. Noes, 10. Messrs. Kelham Messrs. Forsaith Fitzgerald Revans Cargill n Bacot Sewell Rhodes E. J. Wakefield Porter O'Brien F, ee Carleton W eld Mack ay Hart Cutten Taylor J King Trarers (teller) Ludlam Gledhill Crorapton E. G. Wakefield Macandrew Picard (teller)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. No. 4. WEEKLY REPORT OF DIVISIONS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE. (Extracted from the Minutes.) SESSION 1, OF 1854.