LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 27.
MONDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1890.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (The Honourable FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.).
The Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, C.M.G.).
the Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD).
the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.). the Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).
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the Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-Innes). PHINEAS RYRIE.
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CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.
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THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.
ABSENT:
The Honourable JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 3rd November, 1890, were read and confirmed.
PAPERS.The Acting Colonial Secretary, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, laid on the table Reports respecting Public Works Estimates for 1890 and state- ments concerning the Government Loan of £200,000.
The Acting Colonial Secretary also laid on the table the Reports of the Finance Committee held respectively on the 3rd and 8th days of November, 1890, and moved that the following Vote referred to in the Report of the 3rd November be passed, viz. :-
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Gratuity to the Widow of Mr. ARTHUR WAGNER, late Assistant Marine Surveyor, and Assistant Superintendent and Engineer of the Fire Brigade, in considera- tion of her husband's service,
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
.$ 480.00
Honourable P. RYRIE gave notice that at the next Meeting he would move the following resolu-
That a special committee, consisting of the un-official members and the Colonial Secretary, be appointed to examine into the details of the Estimates for next year, mainly with a view to a full consideration of the salaries question, the public works, and the military contribution, with full powers to call for papers and information, and to furnish the Council with a report. Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next Meeting of Council he would ask the following question :-
Will the Government lay on the table a full report of the proceedings of the Law Revision Commission appointed on 12th August, 1882,-"to prepare and report upon Drafts for a "revised edition of the Ordinances, and for amendments of the same, incorporating the results of such recent Imperial legislation as appears applicable to the circumstances "of the Colony, and providing for improved procedure in the administration of Justice," and a statement shewing the total cost of the Commission since the date of its appointment until the present time, how and in what way the money has been spent, the work accomplished, and about the time when the edition of the Ordinances now being printed will be published, also the cost of the edition being printed.
BILL ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CATTLE DISEASES, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, AND MARKETS ORDINANCE, 1887."-The Acting Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.