Mnnro, '1 That our member, Mr J. B. Whyte, be requested to forthwith de mand from the Government a commis sion of enquiry into the whole matter of the Waiorongomai tramway, the cttsfc of formation, expenditure of county funds, «iii(l #eiiora! nutters relating thereto/* Mr Munro «*nid he consi lereil there was good reason for asking for tins aiguiry. It appeared tiiat there was only o-ae m.m on the County Council th.it could an swer the questions that had been put to the round!, and he seemed to be the only oracle. With respect to the gutvge, Mr J. C. Firtfh was reported to have* said that Mr Adams, the battery roa-nagiy, was acting in the intetests of both the County a nd also the Battery Company, if he were erecting a gnage for detecting any over-filled trucks before emptfel into the battery hoppers. He (Mr Munro) would like to know, was this Mr Adams the same gentleman who ordered the engine, now lying neglected and decay ing outside the battery, for the tram way ? Also was this the same person who tendered for that ungine (which aaJ now cost the council some £800) the sum of £l t coupled with the unpaid £100 bonus voted him. by Mr J. C. Firth for his great knowledge of en gineering ? Mr Adams' tender for the engine, he believed, was £101. Was it not a fact that out 50 of ordinary navvies that might be consulted 49 wonld con demn that monument of incupuuity, the tunnel on the 1 ill, constructed by this gentleman ? Mr Ifrazer said he thought ft was Mr J. C. Firth who ordered the engine, not Mr Adams. Mr Munro replied " there appeared to be such an affinity of soul betweun Messrs A lams and Firth, that yoa could scarcely tell which was which." The resolution having been, seconded by Mr O'Keeffe, was carried unani mously. No. 