Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, December 11, 1855
The SPEAKER took the chair. MESSAGES. A message from the Governor was received in regard to the Colonial Architect's…
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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Saturday, December 15, 1855
The SPEAKER took the chair. ASSENT TO BILLS. The assent of the Governor was announced to the Moreton Bay Immigration Company Bill, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplement to the Maitland Mercury. Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, December 13, 1855
The SPEAKER took the chair. PETITIONS. Mr. DONALDSON presented a petition from several freeholders of Redfern against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Paper. Final Report From the Select Committee on the City Commissioners' Department. The select committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 12th June last, "to inquire into and report upon the proceedings of the Commissioners for the city of Sydney, from the period of their appointment," and who were instructed on the 29th August, "to inquire into and report upon the expediency of adopting a resolution to the effect following," viz.:— "That the Commissioners for the City of Sydney, appointed under the Act 17 Victoria, No. 33, shall and may levy a rate of fivepence in the pound, for the general purposes of the said city, for the half-year from the 1st July to the 31st December, 1855, and a rate of tenpence in the pound for the year 1856; and to whom were also referred several petitions"—have agreed lo the following report:—
The evidence which your committee have taken, in the course of their very protracted inquiry, is so extensive, and the questions involved in it are so numerous, that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, December 19, 1855
This being the day fixed for the prorogation of the Council, it was anticipated that considerable interest would have been felt, but there were few persons collected outside, the strangers' gallery was little more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplement to the Maitland Mercury. Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Monday, December 17, 1855
The SPEAKER took the chair. STATE OF AGRICULTURE. Mr. PARKES brought up the report of, and evidence taken before, the…
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