NEW ZEALAND. PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. Second Session of the Thirteenth Parliament. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ninety-eighth Volume. COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 23 TO OCTOBER 19, 1897. WELLINGTON. BY AUTHORITY: JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. 1897. LEGISLATURE OF NEW ZEALAND. GOVERNOR. His Excellency the Right Honourable UCHTER JOHN MARK, Earl of RANFURLY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. THE MINISTRY. Premier, Colonial Treasurer, Postmaster-General, The Right Hon. RICHARD JOHN SEDDON, P.C. Electric Telegraph Commissioner, Commis sioner of Trade and Customs, Minister of Labour, and Minister of Native Affairs Minister of Lands, Minister for Agriculture, and The Hon. JOHN MCKENZIE. The Hon. ALFRED JEROME CADMAN. Colonial Secretary, Commissioner of Stamp Minister of Education and Minister of Immi- The Hon. WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER, gration Minister for Public Works and Minister of Marine The Hon. WILLIAM HALL-JONES. ROLL OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS. Acland, Hon. John Barton Arundel, Canterbury. Arkwright, Hon. Francis, Wellington. Miller, Hon. Henry John, Otago (Speaker). Baillie, Hon. William Douglas Hall, Marl- Oliver, Hon. Richard, Otago. borough (Chairman of Committees). Grace, Hon. Morgan Stanislaus, C.M.G., Wel- Harris, Hon. Benjamin, Auckland. Jenkinson, Hon. John Edward, Canterbury. Kelly, Hon. Thomas, Taranaki. Kelly, Hon. William, Auckland. Ormond, Hon. John Davies, Hawke's Bay. Reeves, Hon. Richard Harman Jeffares, Nelson. Shrimski, Hon. Samuel Edward, Otago. Smith, Hon. William Cowper, Hawke's Bay. Stewart, Hon. William Downie, Otago. Taiaroa, Hon. Hori Kerei, Otago. Kenny, Hon. Courtney William Aylmer Thomas, Walker, Hon. Lancelot, Canterbury. Marlborough. Kerr, Hon. James, Westland. MacGregor, Hon. John, Otago. McCullough, Hon. William, Auckland. McLean, Hon. George, Otago. Walker, Hon. William Campbell, Canterbury. Whyte, Hon. John Blair, Auckland. Williams, Hon. Henry, Auckland. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. McGuire, Felix, Hawera. McKenzie, Hon. John, Waihemo. McLean, Robert Donald Douglas, Napier. Millar, John Andrew, City of Dunedin. Mills, Charles Houghton, Wairau. Monk, Richard, Waitemata. Montgomery, William Hugh, Ellesmere. Morrison, Arthur, Caversham. O'Meara, John, Pahiatua. O'Regan, Patrick Joseph, Buller. O'Rorke, Hon. Sir George Maurice, Kt., Manukau (Speaker). Parata, Tame, Southern Maori. Guinness, Arthur Robert, Grey (Chairman of Pere, Wi, Eastern Maori. Committees). Hall-Jones, Hon. William, Timaru. Herries, William Herbert, Bay of Plenty. Hutcheson, John, City of Wellington. Kaihau, Henare, Western Maori. Kelly, James White, Invercargill. Lang, Frederic William, Waikato. Larnach, Hon. W. J. M., C.M.G., Tuapeka. Lethbridge, Frank Yates, Rangitikei. McGowan, James, Thames. Pirani, Frederick, Palmerston. Richardson, Hon. George Frederick, Mataura. Smith, George John, City of Christchurch. Steward, Hon. William Jukes, Waitaki. Stout, Hon. Sir Robert, K.C.M.G., City of Symes, Walter, Egmont. Tanner, William Wilcox, Avon. Taylor, Thomas Edward, City of Christchurch. Thomson, James William, Clutha. of Wason, John Cathcart, Selwyn. Wilson, Charles, Suburbs of Wellington. Int., Introduction of Bill.-1R., 2R., 3R., First, Second, and Third Reading.-Dis., Discharged.- |