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1877. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTING DEBATES COMMITTEE (FURTHER REPORT OF THE).

The Committee have the honor to report that they have compared the proofs of the debate on the Hawke's Bay Land Transactions with Hansard, and they beg to submit to the House a copy of certain passages in the speeches of honorable members as printed in the original proofs, set forth in parallel columns with the same passages as reported in Hansard, showing the alterations made by honorable members. John Ballance, 16th October, 1877. Chairman.

Extracts feom the Speeches of Honobable Members in the Debate on the Hawke's Bat Land Tbansactions. Peoof Copt.* Hansard.t Mr. Sheehan.— * * * "When Mr. Sheehan.— * * * # When I tell the House that he has but 17,000 acres at * I tell the House that he has had but from 15,000 to * * * This was how it came about 17,000 acres at * * * * * This that they had to pay more. There was £3,000 or was how it came about that they had to pay more. £4,000 to be paid. * * * * There was the bribe of £3,000 or £4,000 to be paid. Whether or not that gentleman had done rightly or * * Whether or not that wrongly, I would say that, even so far as his actions gentleman had done rightly or wrongly, I would say bore the aspect of being wrong, it was because he that, even so far as his actions bore the aspect of followed too faithfully the counsels of the present being wrong, it was because he followed too faithfully Minister for Public Works. * * * the selfish and unprincipled counsels of the present Minister for Public Works. * * * Captain Bussell. — * * * The Captain Eussell.— * * * The honorable gentleman may be right; I will not dispute honorable gentleman may be right; I will not dispute it * * * * * * it, though Ido not think so. * * * Sir George Grey/.— * * * But Sir George Geet. — * * * But the first moment 1 entered this House, the honorable the first moment I entered this House, the honorable member for Clive, with a malice which I eaa well member for Clive, with a malice which I cannot well understand, directed his attacks at me. * * understand, directed his attacks at me. * * * * * I held, also, that if a man wanted • * I held, also, that if a man wanted his child his child to help—him at hio work, we should not to work, we should not deduct from that man's deduct from that man's weekly earnings the sum which weekly income the sum which his children would have he-weald have to pay ii-his-ebUd—?eally attended thooo earned by labour, and then still further reduce his oohoolft 3-held-tliat b}~ impooing thooo oonditiono you income hy forcing him to pay for the education of his iefoed r man to lay by a largo portion of hio mcome-JCT children, whilst you gave a free education to the children fee-pm^eso.of odaeating hio children, when they woro of his neighbour, in schools better wanned, ventilated, Bet-really being educated. * * * * furnished, and supplied with boohs and instruments — all at the public expense — than the schools could be which were supported by individuals themselves. * * Words struck out in proof shown by erased tjpe. t Words inserted and added shown-by italics.