UOUI"'S ilessage No 17, proposed by Mr HMD—"That this Council, having con sidered his Honour's Message No 17, relative to the coustruction of a line of railway from Lawrence to Beaumont, concurs in the proposal therein contained, and respectfully requests that ills Honour will proceed with the construction.: of the same." " Message No 17.—The Super intendent submits for the consideration of the * 1 rovmcial Council the expediency of enabling the Government to proceed with the construe- • tio;i, out of revenue or loan, of the railway specified in the schedule transmitted herewith. —Schedule: Lawrence to Teviot—First Sections Lawrence to Beaumont, LC0,000.". ' ■ ; Mi- M'GI ASHAN, in a few remarks, moved = the following amendment:—"That whilst ad-'V mittmgthe necessity that may exist for all theW; railways proposed, and seeing the lai-ge amount *: of money already voted for roads and railways^ " &<x, is far in excess of revenue, resolved—That jio further votes for railways be introduced this bession." Mr M'Glashan's amendment was lost by IS votes to 9. Mr M'KENZIE moved an r.mendment, that the following words bo cukioi to the motions and also of the line, Wavnes to Waihemo."

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COMMERCIAL. Daily Times Office, Friday evening. a The amount of Customs Revonue received to-day on ooda entered for consumption was as follows: — _ £ s. d. £- 8. d. Brandy .. 173 14 4 Tobacco .. 159 12 6 Whisky .. 146 711 Tea .. .. 51 17 0 _ Col. do. ..253 13 7 Sugar .. ..172 0 0 Rum .. .. 93. 0 0 Drapery .. 20 1 7 1 Geneva .; S3 16 3 Opium .. .. 48 0 0 Wine.. ... 39 19 0 Sundries .. SOS 15 7 " 2 Total .. ..£1550.17 9 ============== 1- POST OFFICE NOTICE. J MAILS CLOSB — y "This Day (Saturday), Junk 19rn. For Southland, per Comerang, at 1.20 p.m. t For Southland, per Express, at 4.5 p.m. \_ For Timaru, Lyttelton, Christchurch, and Westland, per Beautiful Star, at 4 5 p.m. J MOKDAV, JI'XE 21ST. H For Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Wellington, <- at 1.50 p.m. *- N.B.—Residents at North Dunedin are reminded that Money Order aud Savings Bank business can be j trans-acted at the Albany street Branch Office. f (Signed) ARCH. 