THURSDAY, 21ST JUNE.

Present—

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor
and all the Members, excepting the Hon.
F. Dillon Bell, and W. O. Cautley.

The Council met pursuant-to-adjournment.

The minutes of the last meeting read and
confirmed.

Mr. Ludlam moved, seconded by Dr.
Monro, that Country Road Bill be read a
first time.

Motion agreed to and bill read a first
time accordingly.

On the Motion of Mr. Indian standing
orders suspended, in order to the second
reading of this bill being moved.

On the motion of Mr. Ludlam, seconded
by Dr. Monro, the Country Road Bill read
a second time.

On the motion of Mr. Ludlam, seconded
by Dr. Monro, Council go into Committee on
this bill.

Mr. Ludlam moved: that the several
clauses in this bill be read throughout.

Motion seconded by Dr. Monro and
agreed to.

Bill read accordingly, when clauses 1 to
14 inclusive were considered, amended, and
agreed to.

On the motion of Mr. Ludlam, committee
adjourned.

Mr. Seymour presented the following re-
solutions of the sub-committee on compen-
sation claims, and moved that the same be
read—

Council Chamber, Wednesday, June 18th, 1849.

The Hon. Senior Military Officer, the Colo-
nial Treasurer, Messrs. Ludlam, Bannatyne,
Monro, and Seymour.

Resolved—That the claims of the indi-
viduals hereinafter inserted, occasioned from
the community cannot be admitted as a charge,
but that under the peculiar circumstances in
which they arose it is deemed desirable that
they should be recommended to the Lieuten-
ant-Governor for favorable consideration out of
such funds as may be at his Excellency's dispo-
sal.

Claims of—Wingfield, Cooper, Campbell,
Messrs. Samuel and John Charles Small, Craig,
Harrison, John Day, Dougherty, Lockett,
Oliver and the Hut—Mr. David McHardie.

Resolved—That, as the right to compensa-
tion by Messrs. Kilgour, Hickson & Co. has
been admitted by the Government, this com-
mittee recommend that their Excellencies the Lie-
utenant-Governor should be requested to adopt
such measure as shall equitably cancel their
claim with as little delay as possible.

Resolved—That the committee have re-
ceived no further recommendations in
respect of any of the claims which have been
brought under their notice.

(Signed) H. St. Hill, Chairman.

Motion agreed to, and resolutions read
accordingly.

Debate ensued.

Previously in the left column:

hitherto enjoyed is, in the opinion of this Coun-
cil, far more valuable to the colony than any
monetary or immediate physical benefits to
be conferred by convict labour.

With this Council are anxious to give to Earl
Grey full credit for being actuated solely by a
desire to benefit the colony by the
proposed measure, yet it cannot be denied that,
to move of the settlers of New Zealand, it
has been conceived in utter disregard of their
representations, upon the faith of which they emi-
grated, and the idea of the possibility of an inflic-
tion of which would have deterred many of
them from leaving England.

The original motion having been with-
drawn, the following was then proposed by the Colonial Secre-
tary substituted.

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor
laid on the table certain returns, &c.

Mr. Symonds having read, presented a
draft of a suggested bill to amend present
Education Ordinance, in which it was pro-
posed—

That the Lieutenant-Governor, with the ad-
vice and consent of the Executive Council,
should reserve and set apart the one-twentieth
part of the estimated Revenue of the Province,
as provided for in the aforesaid Ordinance or
amended form to be used and applied for the
purpose of contributing towards the promo-
tion of Education. That the sum so reserved
or set apart should be divided into moieties,
one to be appropriated for the exclusive benefit
of the Church of England, the other moiety to
be appropriated in aiding to maintain the
schools already established.

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor
expressed his regret that as an Education
Ordinance was already in existence it could
only consent to a sum being placed on the
estimates to be applied in accordance with
that Ordinance; for the Government already
considers this reply to the report of the sub-
committee on Education he did not consider
himself justified in introducing a bill to alter
the law during the present session.

Dr. Greenwood moved, consideration of
papers relating to claims to compensation,
and on the motion of the Colonial Secretary,
seconded by the Attorney-General, it was
resolved—

That a sub-committee be appointed to take
into consideration and report upon certain claims
to compensation for losses incurred during the
disturbances in this Province; and that the fol-
lowing members be requested to form the same:

John Eyre, Hon. the Senior Military Officer, the
Colonial Treasurer, W. M. Bannatyne, A. H. C.
Ludlam, F. J. Moore, and H. Seymour.

The Colonial Treasurer gave notice that
on Friday next he should move the third
reading of the Appropriation Ordinance.

Mr. Ludlam gave notice that on Thurs-
day next he should move the first reading of
Country Road Bill.

Dr. Monro gave notice that on Friday
next he should move the first reading of
Dog Nuisance Bill.

Ordered—That at 5 o'clock p.m., to
Thursday next, the 21st day of June, at 2
o'clock.