Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald.) Thursday, July 15, 1852
The SPEAKER took the chair at half past three. AUCTION DUTIES AND SHIPPING DUES BILL. On the motion of the COLONIAL SECRETARY…
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Council & local affairs, 1852
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Council Paper. Progress Report From the Select Committee on Internal Communication. Road From Wollombi to Maitland
The select committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 11th June, 1852, "to consider and report upon the best means of facilitating internal communication throughout…
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A meeting of the Council was held in their rooms, pursuant to adjournment, on Monday. Present—the Warden, Messrs. Green, Cathrow, and Kingsmill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald.) Tuesday, July 20, 1852
The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THE SURYEVOR GENERAL. In answer to Mr. MARTIN, the COLONIAL…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 25, 1852. (From our Correspondent.)
A message was sent down to the house from his Excellency the Governor General, with a copy of a despatch from the Secretary of State, recommending an addition to the salary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald.) Tuesday, July 27, 1852
The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. NEW MEMBER. Mr. W. H Suttor, member for Roxburgh and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Papers. Liverpool Plains Gold Field. Copy of a letter from John H. Durbin, Esq., to the Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands, Sydney. Crown Lands' Office, Liverpool Plains, 7th July, 1852
SIR—With reference to my previous communication relative to the "Hanging Rock" and "Peel River gold field," I have the honor to inform you, that during the last month but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Bingera Gold Field. Copy of a letter from Mr. Commissioner Bligh, to the Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Offi[?], Gwydir, 19th July, 1852
SIR—I have the honor to report, that I have just returned from a renewed examination of the Bingera gold field in this district, and I now feel justified in stating that a gold field has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Her[?]d.) Wednesday, July 28, 1852. [In Saturday's' Mercury we published our correspondent's report of Wednesday's proceedings, confined by him, in order to be in time for the steamer, to a brief notice of the earlier proceedings, and the decisions of the house in committee o[?] the Tariff Bill. We now supply the omissions by abridgment from the Herald.] Council Papers
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the undermentioned papers: 1. The Annual Statistical Returns. Ordered to be printed. 2. Letter from the Crown Commissioner, Gwyd[?],…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald.) Tuesday, August 3, 1852
The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual [?]hour. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Proposed Increase to Colonial Secretary's Salary. Copy of a Despatch from the Right Hon. Earl Grey to Governor Sir C. A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, 22nd January, 1852
Sir—It would have given me great pleasure to feel myself able to ac[?]ede to the application conveyed by your despatch, No. 102, of the 16th June last, that the salary of Mr[?] Edward…
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This body met on Monday last, at their rooms, pursuant to adjournment. Present, the Warden, Messrs. Wilkinson, Kingsmill, and Cathrow. The minutes ot the last meeting were read,…
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Fouth Report of the Commissionsers of National Education in New South Wales (for the year 1851.) To his Excellency Sir Charles Augustus Filz…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. [The Sydney papers of Thursday and Friday not having arrived at Maitland by the mail up to Monday in consequence of the Clarence steamer putting back on Saturday, we take the report of the Council proceedings of Wednesday from the People's Advo[?]ate, and abridge those of Thursday and Friday from the Empire and Herald.] Wednesday, Auguust 4, 1852
The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. POLICE. The bill for the regulation of the police and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, August 10, 1852
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the following returns:—1. The return to the address relative…
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The following is the Financial Message from his Excellency the Governor General, laid before the Legislative Council on Wednesday last:- The Governor-General transmits to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Thursday, August 12, 1852. [We resume by abridgment from the Herald, the report of Thursday's proceedings, from the point at which our correspondent's report closed, as published in Saturday's Mercury] Colonial Spirits Duty Bill
The house went into committee on this bill, on the motion of the COLONIAL SECRETARY, and took evidence at the bar of the house. The evidence of Mr. Stirling, Chief Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Report from the Select Committee appointed to prepare a Reply to Earl Grey's Answer to the Council's Declaration and Remonstrance
The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 3rd instant, "to prepare an answer to Earl Grey's Despatch of the 23rd January, 1852, in answer to the Declaration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney papers.) Wednesday, August 18, 1852
The Speaker took the chair. BRAIDWOOD ROAD. A message from his Excellency was introdu?ed stating that the Government had already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Paper. Mail Roads in New South Wales. Letter from the Surveyor General, to the Colonial Secretary. Surveyor General's Office. Sydney, 31st July, 1852
SIR—The preparation of road mans for the Post Office, as required by your letter No. 51-619, has led to my obtaining some statistical information about the roads, which, as it may…
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