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leave it for you to consider whether the amount to be repaid to any one of them should exceed Fifty Pounds;

Mr. Colin Allan, Port Chalmers,
Mr. Alex. Allan, North-east Valley,
Mr. John Hislop, East Taieri,
Mr. Alex. Ayson, Tokomairiro.

W. Cargill,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

ENDOWMENT OF TOWNS.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

That an Address be presented to His Honor the Superintendent, representing—

1. THAT in the opinion of the Provincial Council it is advisable that measures should be taken for the Endowment of the Principal Towns of the Province (with the exception of Dunedin, already endowed) out of Lands to be reserved or purchased for the purpose of such Endowment, with a view to an Annual Revenue being in course of time established for promoting objects of public utility within, or in connection with, such Towns.

2. That towards such an Endowment for the Towns of Port Chalmers and Invercargill respectively, not less than Ten Sections of Land within, or a corresponding number of Suburban Sections adjacent to, the said Towns respectively, should be reserved or purchased; and for the purchase of them if requisite, the Provincial Council pledges itself to vote the necessary funds.

3. That an Ordinance, granting Municipal Privileges to each of the said Towns, and regulating the trust and management of the Endowments thereof, ought to be prepared and brought in, with a view to its being passed during the next session of the Provincial Council.

James Macandrew, Speaker.
Robt. Chapman, Clerk of Council.

PUBLIC WORKS.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL—

1. THAT it will tend to ensure the proper construction of Public Works, and the economical application of the Public Funds to their construction, if such Works be executed in a systematic and skilful manner.

2. That for this end all Public Works shall be executed in conformity with plans to be prepared by the Chief Surveyor and Civil Engineer, and approved by the Government, and also in conformity with such principles or recommendations as may be stated or given by him, and so approved, before Works are commenced, or during their progress.

3. That all sums appropriated for Public Works by the Provincial Council shall be held to have been appropriated upon the terms of the foregoing Resolutions, to which it shall be the duty of the Government to see that due effect is given in all cases.

James Macandrew, Speaker.
Robt. Chapman, Clerk of Council.

IMMIGRATION.

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL—

THAT it is essential to the progress and prosperity of the Province that there be a continuous flow of Immigration into it. That the Provincial Council will view with regret any interruption to the Immigration so auspiciously begun, the more especially, as all the labour hitherto imported has found a market, so that there is reason to fear that presently there will be experienced as great a dearth of labour as ever, to the inconvenience and loss of individuals, and the detriment of the best public interests of the community.

That an Address communicating the foregoing Resolution be presented to His Honor the Superintendent, respectfully requesting that he will, without loss of a single post, instruct the Home Agents to resume the exercise of their functions in selecting and sending suitable Immigrants.

James Macandrew, Speaker.
Robt. Chapman, Clerk of Council.

EDUCATION.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL—

1. THAT the principle laid down in the existing Education Ordinance for providing for the establishment of Public Schools throughout the Province—viz., that the Government provide sites and the necessary building...