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Question put —Tliat the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question. Committee divided. Ayes—4. Noes—ls. Messrs. Revans Messrs. Brown Fitzgerald Featherston Ludlam Gray Sewell (teller.) O'Neill Wakefield Porter E. J. Wakefield Macandrew Greenwood Lee Gledhill Crompton Forsaith Maekay Travers (teller.) Whereupon amendment put and passed. No. 13—Question proposed—That the Salary of the Speaker of the Legislative Council be £400 per annum.—(Mr. Ludlam.) Amendment proposed—That all the words of Mr. Ludlam's motion be omitted with a view to insert the following :—That considering the desirable character of the office of the Speaker, in either House of the Legislature, as a highly honorable distinction, and the inadequacy of the Salaries of most of the inferior, but laborious, offices of the General Government, for which it behoves the House to afford a remedy by all available means, the Committee are of opinion that on the present occasion it is expedient that no Salary should be voted for either Speaker ; but that both should be on the same footing as other members, with regard to their expenses.—(Mr. Wakefield.') Question put—That the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question. Committee divided. Ayes—l 2. Noes—B. Messrs. Revans Messrs. Greenwood Featherston E. J. Wakefield Crompton Lee Picard Macandrew Brown Wakefield Ludlam Mackay Carle ton Forsaith Bacot O'Neill (teller). Monro Fitzgerald Sewell King (teller.) No. 14—On the original question being put—Committee divided. Ayes—4. Noes—lB. Messrs. Sewell Messrs. Featherston Fitzgerald Gray Picard Revans Monro (teller). Kelham Ludlam Brown O'Neill Carleton Lee Bacot Travers 4*