Mr W. Hutchison is moving for the ap pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the expenditure and general adminis tration of the colonial gaols.
The Premier has given notice of the Dis tillation Act Amendment Bill.
Sir George Grey intends to move for the addition of Mr Shera'a name to the Native Affairs Committee.
Mr Seddon proposes to add the names of M. J. S. MacKenzie and Colonel Fraser to tbe Gol'dti-Ida Committee.
Mr Mitchelson is asking that Mount Rix Wharf shall be made available for use by the steamers trading on Kaipara waters.
Mr Taylor wants to know if it is true that to belong to the Railway Servants' Society prevents promotion.
Mr Buckland intends to ask the Govern ment whether their attention has been drawn to the effect of section 3 of the Animals Protection Acb Amendment Apt, 1389, whereby section 13 of the Animals Pro tection Acb, 1880, waa amended so as to make it illegal ior anyone to dispose of a dead hen pheasant,- but not for anyone to shoot one, and if so, whether the Govern menb will take steps to do away wibh this anomaly.
Mr Palmer objects to the Auckland Electric Lighting Bill proceeding with out the consent of the boroughs of Devonporb and Birkenhead first being obtained, as Mr Palmer has discovered in the schedule at the end of the Bill that the Act is to apply to so much of the counties of Ticirangi and Waitemata as lies within radius of 5 miles from Auckland City Market, and this would include North Shore, Northcote, Birkenhead, and Chelsea.
The Public Bodies' Powers Bill has passed its second reading in the Legislative Council.
