Crown Lands Bill. On the motion of the Colonial Secretary^ the further consideration of the bill was post poned until Saturday. Colonel Hulme rose to move that a sum of money be voted for the re-erection of Govern ment House, and said he was absent from the colony when the former Government House was burnt down, but be believed that his Ex cellency had suffered many hardships on that occasion and subsequently, by being so in stantaneously deprived of a home. The house he now occupied was not convenient and by no mean* suited to the dignity of his office ; besides, in the event of his Excellency being promoted to another government, his succes sor, if he should have a family, would be much nconvenienced on his arrival by the want of a suitable house for his reception. Major Matson seconded the motion. The Governor thought that if such a sum were voted by the Council for the purpose oF providing a residence for the Governor, the amount would soon be saved to the colony in lodging money. His own thoughts upon the subject were, that the present hospital might be made to answer, with a little expense, the purposes of a Government house for some time, that was, if the sum of say £1000 were voted for the erection of a new hospital on a more convenient site ; and when the colony should be in a better condition to erect a per manent Government house, the present hos pital buildings would be well suited (or a high school, which it would be most desirable to establish at no distant date. The Colonial Secretary and Mr. Merriman expressed themselves in favour of his Excel lency's plan. The Attorney-General said it appeared to him that it would be desirable that a plau and estimate of converting the hospital in the do main into a Government house, and also a plan and estimate for building a new house on the old site should be laid before the Coun cil, in order that they might have an oppor tunity of forming an opinion as to the best mode of carrying into effect the object on which they all agreed. Further consideration of the proposal was postponed until the miscellaneous Estimates were before the committee. Mr. Merriman moved the following returns. 