The Ministerial salaries, in com parison with similar salaries ruling in other countries, are, he thinks, very much too low. That opinion, he adds, he has heard very generally expressed in this country and in the House. The House, he intimates, when it has views on such questions, has a method of expressing them. Ministers do not intend to bring down any measure. They prefer to be guided by any expression of its views the House may give them. There is a question about traction engines in Canterbury, put without notice by Mr McLachlan. He has behind him 300 of these monsters. He pats them and fondles them in his rough way, Most useful! So useful that they do almost everything in the way of agri cultural work. But their enterprising owners. Ah ! It is different with them. They are re garded as criminals in some way by the Police Offences Act, which worries them a good deal. He wants this remedied. The Premier tries to pacify him with reference to the local bodies, but Mr McLachlan will have nothing to do with them. The Premier then offers a promise to enquire, and if he finds the grievance real, to provide for its remedy in some one Of the Bills in the hands of the Go vernment,

There is a flutter. The Premier is annex ing the Wednesdays after the Wednesday in this week. He urges that with one exception they have all been wasted this year, he de clares they must be taken if we want to finish the session before the first of October. It is either that or late sittings. Pa tea has a short protest in favour of a little JBill of his ; Waitaki tries to save the private members’ day, the promise given during the financial discussion hasn’t been kept, about two Wed nesdays. The Premier corrects—only one Wednesday, and the promise has been kept. Waitaki pleads for one more Wednesday. Several members join in the plea. The Premier deals gently with the whole question of private members’ legislation ; valuable privilege if kept wit inn bounds, sir ; very little time, however ; in fact, none. Go vernment has done its share of self-denial by keeping back some 30 or 40 Bills. Private members ought to do their part. 