Legislative Council
THE SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past three. OFFICIAL RETURNS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon…
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Council & local affairs, 1850
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Original Correspondence. To the Members of the Legislative Council. (Per favour of The Sydney Morning Herald.) Knowledge is power
GENTLEMEN,—The effect of the tax on newspapers remains no longer a matter of speculation—it is now a fact proven by the returns lately made to your honorable House, that…
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Mr. Martin's enquiry as to the negotiation between the Government and Archbishop Polding, with reference to the Liverpool Hospital, was answered by the Colonial Secretary, who stated the object of the Archbishop's…
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Mr. MURRAY was still in some hesitation as to whether he should bring forward this motion or not, after the disposition which had been evinced by the House, and even now it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Friday. the Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. Notices of Motion
Mr. MOOR gave notice of his intention on Friday next to move, That an address be presented to His Excellency the Governor, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to…
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COPY of Report from the Attorney and Solicitor General, on Dr. Lang's Land Order. We have considered the application of Messrs. Lyall, Scott, and Company, and the effect of…
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COPY of a Despatch from the Right Honorable Earl Grey, to Governor Sir Charles Fitz Roy. (No. 33.) Downing-street, 4th March, 1850…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. Official Returns
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table certain returns relating to pilotage, in reply to an address adopted by the House on the 19th ultimo, upon the motion of…
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Mr. Fitzgerald gave notice to move that there be placed on the supplementary estimates a sum for a substantial bridge over the South Creek, Windsor. Mr. Ebden made an inquiring as to the continuance or…
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THE order of the day having been called for the resumption of the debate on the motion of Mr. Murray, with respect to Dr. Lang, The SPEAKER, in pursuance of the…
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ON Tuesday, the 6th instant, the Legislative Council met in accordance with the summons issued to the members. His Excellency, attended by his private secretary and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Thursday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. Leave of Absence
Leave of absence for fourteen days was granted to Captain King, upon the application of Mr. PARKER. NOTICE OF MOTION…
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THE civic reign of Mr. George Hill is fast drawing to a close, but it has been a most bri[?] liant one. Full well has his Worship maintained throughout his reputation for liberality;…
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The Speaker took the Chair at the usual hour. The Colonial Secretary laid upon the table certain returns relative to pilotage, and lands on the Glebe Island, which were ordered to be printed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Friday the Speaker took the chair at half-past three. Protest Meeting of 1849
The COLONIAL-SECRETARY laid upon the table a copy of the Governor's despatch, relative to the above meeting. Ordered to be printed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Growth of Cotton and Sugar. To the Members of the Legislative Council, per favour of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN,—I am pleased to [?] that a premium has been voted for the encouragement of the growth of cotton, to which I drew public attention in a letter in the Sydney Morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Legislative Council. Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. POLICE
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, as Chairman of the Select Committee appointed to consider the question of Police, laid upon the table the Report of that Committee, and moved…
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Leave of fourteen days absence was granted to Captain King. Mr. Nichols gave notice of his intention to move that a sum of £73 be put on the Estimates for a letter carrier at East and West Maitland. The Sydney Public…
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The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 19th June, 1850, "to inquire into the state of the Police of the colony, and to suggest the best means of improving its constitution and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at half-past three. Rules of Court
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table, under the command of his Excellency the Governor, a return of the Rules of Court promulgated by the Judges…
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