The Finance Committee recommended that the dog registration fee for the year 1890 be tho sum of 10s per dog. Accounts amounting to £1743 13s 5d have been passed for payment aa under:—Municipal, £1122 14a 3d ; water, £105 17s; gas, £515 2s 2d.—The report was adopted. The Special Committee reported:—" Tho committee recommend that his Excellency the Governor ba received on his arrival in Duuedin by the council, and that a congratulatory address be presented to him, which the town clerk hs3 been instructed to draft. The committee have communicated with his Excellency's private secretary for information as to the timo of arrival, &c."—The report was adopted. The Water Supply Committee recommended that an additional inspector be appointed tem porarily to prevent waste of water duriugtho summer mouths. The committee had declined to allow the erection of a shed on the road line through the Woodhaugh Paper Mill property. They had agreed to the Governor's residenco beiDg supplied with water from the South Dun edin mains without any extra charge beyond the statutory price paid by the South Dunedin Council, so long as tho building is in the occu pation of his Excellency,

The Gas Committeo recommended that a sup ply of heating burners, at a coat not to exceed £30, bo ordered. Accounts amounting to £401 ICb Od had been passed for payment.—After a short discussion, the report was adopted.
