(By Telegraph.) Wellington, Sept. 12, HOUSE OF, REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2.30. After the first readings oi a num ber of Bills the House resumed in Committee on the Electoral Bill. A provision was inserte" making it an offence for any person to dis play cards or importune persons to rote for a certain candidate. Some minor amendments wero made, and clause l'J5 'ad been dis posed of at the 5.30 adjournment. In Committee on the Electoral Bill, a prqiosa, to hold the Maori elections on the same day as the election of European members was lost by 37 to 16. A motion that the Maori elec tions be conducted on the lines oi European elections was lost by 33 to 23. A new subsection was added to pro vide that if, through a mistako oi the Government or a Government official the successful candidate is petitioned - against the Mter shall wot te re j quired to pay legal expenses incurred [ The oifencc of 1 treating " electors was limited to polling day. The end of the Bill was reached at 11 p.m., and tfa npw clauses were then considered. p2!),IOdDJ sa Miff [BJo')33|J[ 31|X fl'oim the ICopinutlefe, and! after, a brief debate, passed its iiSal stages an the voices! on the voices. The House rose at 12-.-10. ,

POLITICAL NOTES. Jfy Telegraph. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington;, Sept 12. INSPECTION OF OATS.' That portion of the report o£ Urn Secretary, ot the Departm,nt ot Indus tries and Commerce dealing with the grading of oats is ot more than ordint ary interest. The Secretary says the services of the Department have been used very extensively by the Imperial authorities to inspect and pass al] oats purchased in New Zea land for Ore supply of the troops in South Africa. The magnitujc of the opcrat ons in this re-'pect may, be gtifcejl by the tet ttat from the |be* ginning of last year ut) fa date tno cargoes af thirty steamers, covering an aggregate quantity of 115,907 tons of oats, have been iiisp.cted and graded. The remuneraMott received

fro ! m the. Imperial authorities lor these services covers the outljay the Department is put to. 