Sooth Walts Government bad determined to part with them ; besides, where would they be pot m hen they get them ?He anticipated they would be something like the deer recently imported, which had been let loose somewhere and had aot been teen since. Ho thought the Govern* .mem had no right to go into such a speculation, and therefore should not support the motion. Mr. Stokes in reply said bt bad by anticipa tion answered the objections of the hon. member for Wairarapa. The suggestion of tha member for the town (Mr. Carpenter) uigbt be consider ed superfluous, as there were pleuty of asses in the Province already, and such a motion might be deemed by some hau. members an undue in terference with the protection and encourage ment that ought to be given to local institutions. He (Mr. S.) waa only surprised the hon. mem ber had not bten rebuked by his colleague (Mr. Draoifield) in a tone of severe indignation for treating such serious subjects with levity. The motion was then agreed to.
