PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. Second Session of the Eleventh Parliament. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Seventy-third Volume. COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 31 TO AUGUST 25, 1891. WELLINGTON : BY AUTHORITY: G. DIDSBURY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. 1891. LEGISLATURE OF NEW ZEALAND. GOVERNOR. His Excellency the Right Honourable WILLIAM HILLIER, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. THE MINISTRY. Premier, Colonial Treasurer, Commissioner of The Hon. JOHN BALLANCE. Trade and Customs, and Commissioner of Attorney-General and Colonial Secretary The Hon. PATRICK ALPHONSUS BUCKLEY. Minister of Lands and Immigration, Minister of The Hon. JOHN MCKENZIE. Native Minister The Hon. ALFRED JEROME CADMAN. Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Com- The Hon. JOSEPH GEORGE Ward. missioner ROLL OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS. Acland, Hon. John Barton Arundel, Canter- Atkinson, Hon. Sir Harry Albert, K.C.M.G., Baillie, Hon. William Douglas Hall, Marl- Fulton, Hon. James, Otago. McLean, Hon. George, Otago. Grace, Hon. Morgan Stanislaus, C.M.G., Wel- Stevens, Hon. Edward Cephas John, Canter lington. Hart, Hon. Robert, Wellington. Holmes, Hon. Mathew, Otago. Johnson, Hon. George Randall, Wellington. Mantell, Hon. Walter Baldock Durant, Wel- Martin, Hon. John, Wellington. Morris, Hon. George Bentham, Auckland. bury. Swanson, Hon. William, Auckland. Auckland. Sir Frederick, K.C.M.G., Whitmore, Hon. Sir George Stoddart, K.C.M.G., Whyte, Hon. John Blair, Auckland. Wilson, Hon. John Nathaniel, Hawke's Bay. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ballance, Hon. John, Wanganui. Blake, Edwin, Avon. Bryce, Hon. John, Waikato. Buchanan, Walter Clarke, Wairarapa. Buckland, William Francis, Manukau. Carncross, Walter Charles Frederick, Taieri. Hall, Hon. Sir John, K.C.M.G., Ellesmere. Harkness, Joseph George, City of Nelson. Hutchison, William, City of Dunedin. Kapa, Eparaima te Mutu, Northern Maori. Macarthur, Douglas Hastings, Rangitikei. ton. Mackenzie, Mackay John Scobie, Mount Ida. Mackintosh, James, Wallace. McKenzie, Hon. John, Waitaki. Meredith, Richard, Ashley. Mills, Charles Houghton, Waimea-Picton. Newman, Alfred Kingcome, Hutt. Palmer, Jackson, Waitemata. Perceval, Westby Brook, City of Christchurch. Reeves, Richard Harman Jeffares, Inangahua. Reeves, Hon. William Pember, City of Christchurch. Rhodes, Arthur Edgar Gravenor, Geraldine. Seddon, Hon. Richard John, Westland. (Speaker). Hon. William Jukes, Waimate Swan, George Henry, Napier. Taipua, Hoani, Western Maori. Tanner, William Wilcox, Heathcote. Taylor, Richard Molesworth, City of Christchurch. Thompson, Robert, Marsden. Thompson, Thomas, City of Auckland. Int., Introduction of Bill.-1R., 2R., 3R., First, Second, and Third Reading.-Dis., Discharged.— h., House of Representatives.-l.c., Legislative Council.-Adj., Adjournment or Adjourned. -Amend., Amendment.-cl., Clause.-Com., Committee of the whole House or Committed. -Recom., Recommitted or Recommittal.-Sel. Com., Select Committee.-Conf., Conference. -Cons., Consideration. - Deb., Debate. - Expl., Explanation.- Instr., Instruction.-m., Motion. Obs., Observation.-q., Question.-m.q., Main Question.-p.q., Previous Question. -Rep., Report.-r.p., Report Progress.-Res., Resolution. |