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Mr. McNeill, Mr. Hankinson, Mr. Cox, Mr. Wood. Major Heaphy, V.C., Mr. Stevens in the Chair. Besolved, That the construction of a railway or horse tramway, from Invercargill to Mataura, is desirable, when tha finances of the Province will admit of its being safely undertaken. Besolved, That in the opinion of this Committee, before new railway works in Southland are undertaken, it is desirable to complete the Oreti line. Besolved, That the proposals for an extension at present of the Bluff and Winton Railway, and for the construction of a. railway between Invercargill and the Mataura, submitted to the Government during the recess, do not meet with the apjn-oval of this Committee. Adjourned to Thursday, 19th September, 1867. THURSDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER, 1867. Present : Mi-. Wood, Mr. Hankinson. Mr. Murison, Mr. McNeill in the Chair. A draft report was read and adopted. The Committee then adjourned sine die.

MONDAY, 16m SEPTEMBER, 1867. Present :