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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1842.
Published hy Autbority.
VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1842. [No. 10.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
CHURCH EXTENSION BILL.
(Continued from the Supplement of 9th February, 1842.)
Saturday, February 12th, 1842,
penditure for religious purposes. Now the go-
vernment is bound to contribute, in certain pro-
portions, to the stipends of ministers. We put
down in the estimates simply what we imagined
we sh uld be called upon to pay. That amount
did not limit the sum we were prepared to
contribute to religious purposes, but was esti-
mated at what we supposed we might be
called upon to grant. I regret that the estimate,
small as it was, is much below the amount
called for.
The Colonial Secretary. The amount claimed
was less by one half than that which we had
estimated.
The Attorney-General. No wonder. The
laws of New South Wales were made applicable
to this colony by a mere stroke of the pen; and
it can create but little surprise that too much ig-
norance with regard to those laws, prevailed in
this colony, as a great proportion of the inha-
bitants had been onty accustomed to the law of
England.
The Governor. We are now making rapid
advances towards the establishment of our own
laws, more suited to the circumstances of the
settlers in this colony. As a proof that many
parties are ignorant of the law as it now stands, I
may mention, that when in Port Nicholson, I
referred Mr. M'Farlane, and a respectable depu-
tation of Presbyterians, who applied for informa-
tion, to the Church Act of New South Wales.
The motion that the blank in the seventh clause
be filled up with the words "one-seventh," as
regards the sum to be set apart for religious pur-
poses, from the estimated revenue of the year was
put, and carried unanimously.
On the motion of the Colonial Secretary, it
was ordered, that the Bill be read a third time on
Monday, January 31, 1842.
The "Licensing Bill" read a first time, and
ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday,
February 2, 1842.
The Governor laid on the table, the "Har-
bour Regulations' Bill," which was ordered to be
read a first time on Monday.
Council adjourned to Monday, January 31,
1842,
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Monday, January 31, 1842.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present-All the Members; His Excellency
the Governor in the Chair.
The Minutes of the previous meeting having
been read and confirmed,-
Mr. Porter presented a petition from certain
parties deeply interested in the settlement of the
question regarding Claims to Land, and which he
begged might now be received and laid on the
table,
The petition having been laid on the table
accordingly.-
Mr. Porter moved that it be read, prior to the
discussion on the second reading of "The Land
Claims' Bill."
The Attorney-General. I now move the order
of the day for the third reading of the "Church
Extension Bill."-The Bill was read accordingly
and passed.
The petition from certain inhabitants of Auck-
land, presented by Mr. Porter at the last sitting
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Legislative Council Proceedings on Church Extension Bill and other legislation.
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration9 March 1842
Legislative Council, Church Extension Bill, Licensing Bill, Harbour Regulations Bill, Land Claims Petition
- M'Farlane (Mr.), Applied for information on Church Act
- The Colonial Secretary
- The Attorney-General
- The Governor
- Mr. Porter