Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES.

Fourth Session of the Eleventh Parliament.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Eighty-second Volume.

COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM

SEPTEMBER 6 TO OCTOBER 6, 1893.

WELLINGTON.

BY AUTHORITY: S. COSTALL, GOVERNMENT PRINTER.

1893.

LEGISLATURE OF NEW ZEALAND.

GOVERNOR.

His Excellency the Right Honourable DAVID, Earl of GLASGOw, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.

THE MINISTRY.

Premier, Minister for Public Works, Minister of The Hon. RICHARD JOHN SEDDON.
Defence, and Minister of Native Affairs
Attorney-General, Colonial Secretary, and Minis-
ter of Marine

Minister of Education, Commissioner of Stamp
Duties, and Minister of Labour

Minister of Lands and Immigration, Minister of
Agriculture, and Commissioner of Forests
Colonial Treasurer, Postmaster-General, Electric
Telegraph Commissioner, and Commissioner of
Customs

Minister of Mines and Minister of Justice
Representing Native Race (without Portfolio)
Member of Executive Council

The Hon. Sir PATRICK ALPHONSUS BUCKLEY,
K.C.M.G.

The Hon. WILLIAM PEMBER REEVES.

The Hon. JOHN MCKENZIE.

The Hon. JOSEPH GEORGE WARD.

The Hon. ALFRED JEROME CADMAN.
The Hon. JAMES CARROLL.
The Hon. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY,

ROLL OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS.

Acland, Hon. John Barton Arundel, Canter- | Montgomery, Hon. William, Canterbury.
bury.

Baillie, Hon. William Douglas Hall, Marl-
borough (Chairman of Committees).
Barnicoat, Hon. John Wallis, Nelson.
Bolt, Hon. William Mouat, Otago.
Bonar, Hon. James Alexander, Westland.
Bowen, Hon. Charles Christopher, Canterbury.
Buckley, Hon. Sir Patrick Alphonsus, K.C.M.G.,
Wellington.

Dignan, Hon. Patrick, Auckland.
Feldwick, Hon. Henry, Otago.

Morris, Hon. George Bentham, Auckland.
McCullough, Hon. William, Auckland.
McLean, Hon. George, Otago.
Oliver, Hon. Richard, Otago.
Ormond, Hon. John Davies, Napier.
Peacock, Hon. John Thomas, Canterbury.
Pharazyn, Hon. Robert, Wellington.
Pollen, Hon. Daniel, Auckland.

Reynolds, Hon. William Hunter, Otago.
Richardson, Hon. Edward, C.M.G., Wellington.
Rigg, Hon. John, Wellington.

Grace, Hon. Morgan Stanislaus, C.M.G., Wel- Scotland, Hon. Henry, Taranaki.

lington.

Hart, Hon. Robert, Wellington.

Hoimes, Hon. Mathew, Otago.

Jenkinson, Hon. John Edward, Canterbury.
Jennings, Hon. William Thomas, Auckland.
Johnston, Hon. Charles John, Wellington.
Kelly, Hon. Thomas, Taranaki.

Kenny, Hon. Courtney William Aylmer Thomas,
Marlborough.

Kerr, Hon. James, Westland.
MacGregor, Hon. John, Otago.

Mantell, Hon. Walter Baldock Durant, Wel-
lington.

Miller, Hon. Henry John, Otago (Speaker).

Shephard, Hon. Joseph, Nelson.

Shrimski, Hon. Samuel Edward, Otago.
Stevens, Hon. Edward Cephas John, Canter-
bury.

Stewart, Hon. William Downie, Otago.
Swanson, Hon. William, Auckland.
Taiaroa, Hon. Hori Kerei, Otago.
Wahawaha, Hon. Ropata, N.Z.C., Auckland.
Walker, Hon. Lancelot, Canterbury.
Walker, Hon. William Campbell, Canterbury.
Whitmore, Hon. Sir George Stoddart, K.C.M.G.,
Hawke's Bay.

Whyte, Hon. John Blair, Auckland.
Williams, Hon. Henry, Auckland.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Allen, James, Bruce.

Blake, Edwin, Avon.

Bruce, Robert Cunningham, Rangitikei.

Buchanan, Walter Clarke, Wairarapa.
Buckland, William Francis, Manukau.
Buick, Thomas Lindsay, Wairau.

Cadman, Hon. Alfred Jerome, City of Auck-
land.

Carncross, Walter Charles Frederick, Taieri.
Carroll, Hon. James, Eastern Maori.
Dawson, William, Dunedin Suburbs.

Duncan, Thomas, Oamaru.

Duthie, John, City of Wellington.

Earnshaw, William, Peninsula.

Fergus, Hon. Thomas, Wakatipu.

Fisher, George, City of Wellington.

Fish, Henry Smith, City of Dunedin.

Fraser, William, Te Aroha.

Grey, Sir George, K.C.B., Newton.

McKenzie, Hon. John, Waitaki.

McLean, William, City of Wellington.
Meredith, Richard, Ashley.

Mills, Charles Houghton, Waimea-Picton.
Mills, James, Port Chalmers.
Mitchelson, Hon. Edwin, Eden.
Moore, Richard, Kaiapoi.

Newman, Alfred Kingcome, Hutt.
O'Conor, Eugene Joseph, Buller.
Palmer, Jackson, Waitemata.

Parata, Tame, Southern Maori.

Pinkerton, David, City of Dunedin.

Reeves, Hon. William Pember, City of Christchurch.

Rhodes, Arthur Edgar Gravenor, Geraldine.

Richardson, Hon. George Frederick, Mataura.
Rolleston, Hon. William, Halswell.

Russell, William Russell, Hawke's Bay.
Sandford, Ebenezer, City of Christchurch.

Guinness, Arthur Robert, Grey (Chairman of Saunders, Alfred, Selwyn.
Committees).

Hall, Hon. Sir John, K.C.M.G., Ellesmere.
Hall-Jones, William, Timaru.
Hamlin, Ebenezer, Franklin.

Harkness, Joseph George, City of Nelson.
Hogg, Alexander Wilson, Masterton.
Houston, Robert Morrow, Bay of Islands.
Hutchison, George, Waitotara.
Hutchison, William, City of Dunedin.
Joyce, John, Akaroa.

Kapa, Eparaima te Mutu, Northern Maori.
Kelly, James, Invercargill.
Kelly, William, East Coast.
Lake, Edward, Waikato.
Lawry, Frank, Parnell.

Mackenzie, Mackay John Scobie, Mount Ida.
Mackenzie, Thomas, Clutha.

Mackintosh, James, Wallace.

McGowan, James, Thames.

McGuire, Felix, Egmont.

Seddon, Hon. Richard John, Westland.
Shera, John McEffer, City of Auckland.
Smith, Edward Metcalf, New Plymouth.
Smith, William Cowper, Waipawa.
Steward, Hon.
(Speaker).

William Jukes, Waimate

Stout, Hon. Sir Robert, K.C.M.G., Inangahua.

Swan, George Henry, Napier.

Taipua, Hoani, Western Maori.
Tanner, William Wilcox, Heathcote.

Taylor, Richard Molesworth, City of Christ-
church.

Thompson, Robert, Marsden.

Thompson, Thomas, City of Auckland.
Valentine, Hugh Sutherland, Tuapeka.
Ward, Hon. Joseph George, Awarua.

Willis, Archibald Duddingston, Wanganui.
Wilson, James Glenny, Palmerston.
Wright, Edward George, Ashburton.

INDEX

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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES.

VOLUME LXXXII.

SEPTEMBER 6 TO OCTOBER 6, 1893.

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS.

Int., Introduction of Bill.-1R., 2R., 3R., First, Second, and Third Reading.-Dis., Discharged.h., House of Representatives.-l.c., Legislative Council.-Adj., Adjournment or Adjourned. -Amend., Amendment.-cl., Clause.-Com., Committee of the whole House or Committed. -Recom., Recommitted or Recommittal.-Sel. Com., Select Committee.-Conf., Conference. -Cons., Consideration. Deb., Debate. -Expl., Explanation.- Instr., Instruction.-m., Motion. Obs., Observation. q., Question.-m.q., Main Question.-p.q., Previous Question. -Rep., Report.-r.p., Report Progress.-Res., Resolution.

ACLAND, Hon. J. B. A., Canterbury,

Electoral Law Amendment Bill, 2R. 798
Local Authorities By-laws Bill, 2R. 1049

Adjournment,

k., m. (Mr. T. Mackenzie), 94; m. (Mr. E. M.
Smith), 204; m. (Mr. Fish), 464; m. (Mr.
Tanner), 475; m. 490; m. (Mr. Seddon),
601; m. (Colonel Fraser), 775; m. (Mr.
Palmer), 801; m. 1046; 1054, 1062
L.c., m. (Hon. Sir P. A. Buckley), 1054

Agricultural, Pastoral, and Live-stock Com-
mittee,

k., Rep. Sel. Com. 500