In the second session of the Council the following reso lution was proposed :- — It was moved that "In the opinion pt" this House it is essen tial that the whole administration of the waste lands of this Province should be placed upon a distinct and permanent footing at the earliest possible date, and that such terms of purchase and pasturage with respect to such lands, as shall be most in accordance with the wants and wishes of the majority of the settlers, should be established." Sir. that sentiment, "As shall be most in accordance with the wishes of the majority of the settlers/ is one which I hope will he re-echoed by every member of this Council. — (Applause). That, sir, was the idea which ran in the ; minds of those who first attempted to ' legislate with regard to our waste lands. Unfortunately, however, the Executive that brought in-these* resolutions were not exempt from the'same troubles and diffi culties that Executives meet with at the present day. There Was a vote of want of confldenre proposed. "They" had to restgu, •and in tendering their resignation-— a ropy of which is on the minutes — I find there is a very formal document in which the reason is fully stated why the members of that Government resigned. With regard to the iiuesiiori of Wasre Land Regulations Mr Macandrew stated that " It wa? pro posed to ccnsult the deliberate wishes of the people by deferring its decision to a new and enlarged Council, representing the various districts throughout the Pro vince, and elrcted expressly with n view to its dealing with that subject, it was intended to take the most prompt} steps to gut this Council convened at rhe earliest possible date." Sir, the gentlemen who had to deal with^the land question at that, time considered ft was a mat er that should j not be determined without its being re- ! ferivd to the people, whose estates tb>» i waste lands were. 