PARLIAMENTARY.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1715, 9 June 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

+_ Wellington, 8. In the House in reply to Mr Menteath, the Minister for Public Works said that in 1884 the House decided by a lar<»H majority in favor of the Arthur's Pass ronte for the East and West Coast railway, and the Government officer? also recommended the same route, it beini; the shortest and easiest gradients. The Minister of Lands, in answer to Mr Moss, said the Government had received correspondence relative to a proposal by Great Britain to establish emigration to the colonies on a nvich larger scale than at present. It would be laid on the table in a few days. The Premier, in answer to Mr G. H. Richardson, said the reasm for charging Charitable Aid FWvdsforthe burial of persons who had met thpir death l>y accident was that the charge was always made against charitable aid. He slioild ask the House to place a small su:n on the supple. neu* tary estimates for that purpose. Mr Seddou carried a motion for a return showing the amounts received separately in each of the Warden's Court offices in the several provincial districts by way of stump f>'>'-? charged under the "Stamp Act, 1885," upon trar.sfer of properties lu-ld under miners ri^ht, business license-, !eis-. licenses, or certificates from tlu- IS>!i day of September, 1835, to the 30th day of April, I^B6 ; also i return show ing what the amount enarsjeAble upon the same transfers would have been it computed under "The Stamp Act 1882." Dr Newmans motion to set apart land for endowment lorCharita le Aid Boards and higher education was tallied out at half-past five. The Goldfiolds Committee met tin--, morning. On the motion of Mr Larnach the appointment of a chairman was postponed until the delinte on the no-con-fidence motion was concluded.