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NOTICE OF RESOLUTION,-Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that, at the next meeting, he would move the following Resolution:-

That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the continuous rise in the market prices of most

necessaries of life such as meat, fish, and garden produce, and to report.

SALARIES OF SUBORDINATE OFFICIALS.-His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council, and announced that he had nominated Messrs. R. M. GRAY, D. GILLIES and R. SHEWAN to form a Committee to enquire into the subject of the Salaries of Subordinate Officers.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 5th April, 1900, at 3 p.m.

Read and confirmed, this 5th day of April, 1900.

R. F. JOHNSTON,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM J. GASCOIGNE, Officer Administering the Government.