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Council & local affairs, 1855

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Council Paper. Sand Drifts. Report From Mr. Commissioner Pearce on the State of the Sand Hills. Blenheim House, Randwick, November 29, 1854

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 June 1855 · page 3

SIR,—In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 15th insant (No. 132), transmitting to me a copy of an Address which has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General by the Legislative…

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Council Paper. Sand Drifts. Report from Mr. Commissioner Pearce on the state of the Sand Hills. Blenheim House, Randwick, 29th November, 1854

Empire · Tuesday 26 June 1855 · page 2

SIR—In acnowledging the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, (No. 132,) transmitting to me a Copy of an Address which has been presented to his Excellency the Governor-General by the…

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Council Paper. Observatory Near Sydney

Empire · Wednesday 27 June 1855 · page 4

Proceedings of the Executive Council respecting the re-establishment of an Observatory. Minute No. 55-12. Dated 4th April, 1855. His Excellency the Governor-General lays…

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The Council—progress of Unofficial Business

Empire · Wednesday 27 June 1855 · page 4

WHILST his Excellency is sending down drafts of Bills to the House, with a profusion and a rapidity which promise that the session, if a brief, will be an active one,…

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Council Papers. Observatory Near Sydney. Proceedings of the Executive Council respecting the re-establishment of an Observatory, dated 4th April, 1855

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 June 1855 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor-General lays before the Council a memorandum explanatory of the advantages which would ensue on the re-establishment of an observatory in this colony…

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Legislative Council.—business for To-day

Empire · Tuesday 3 July 1855 · page 7

Mr. Parkers to move—I. That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into, and report upon, the state of Agriculture in the Colony, with special reference to the raising of wheaten grain, and to the causes of hindrance or failure in that great industrial…

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Legislative Council—business for To-day

Empire · Tuesday 3 July 1855 · page 4

Mr. PARKES to move—1. That a Select Committee be appointed to Inquire into, and report upon, the state of Agriculture in the Colony, with special reference to the raising of wheaten grain, and to the causes of binddrance or failure in that great industrial…

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Legislative Council. Business Proceedings for This Day. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1855 · page 4

Mr. PARKES to move, (1.) That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into, and report upon, the state of agriculture in the colony, with special reference to the raising of wheaten grain, and to the causes of hindrance or failure in that great…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 3

Empire · Wednesday 4 July 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. CEILING OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. The Speaker reported that he had received from the…

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Legislative Council—business for To-day. Orders of the Day

Empire · Wednesday 4 July 1855 · page 4

Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 19, with Steam Postal Communication Bill. Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 20, with Moreton Bay District Court Bill…

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Legislative Council. Business Proceedings for This Day. Orders of the Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1855 · page 8

Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 19, with Steam Postal Communication Bill. Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 20, with Moreton Bay District Court Bill…

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Waste Lands. the following Order in Council appears in Tuesday's Government Gazette, preceded by a proclamation of his Excellency the Governor General:—

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1855 · page 2

At the Court at Windsor, the 8th day of February, 1855. Present- The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord Chancellor, Lord President, Duke of…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty minutes' past three o'clock, in pursuance of an adjournment from last Friday week. Ceiling of the Chamber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1855 · page 4

The SPEAKER reported that ha had received the following letter from the Colonial Architect, relative to the repairs of the ceiling. Colonial Architect's Office, Sydney, 2nd July…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 4

Empire · Thursday 5 July 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock MESSAGES The following Messages from his Excellency the…

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Legislative Council—business for To-day

Empire · Thursday 5 July 1855 · page 4

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS—ORDERS OT THE DAY. Seamen's Lodging Houses Extension Bill; second reading. Hunter River Tonnage Duty Bill; second reading. Currency Regulation Bill Reported; adoption of the Report…

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Legislative Council. Business Proceedings for This Day. Government Business—orders of the Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1855 · page 8

Seamen's Lodging Houses Extention Bill; second reading. Hunter River Tonnage Duty Bill; second reading. Currency Regulation Bill reported; adoption of the report. Census Bill; to be further considered in Committee…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at half-past three o'clock. MESSAGES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1855 · page 4

The following Messages from his Excellency the Governor-General were received and read: 1. Government House, Parramatta:—The GovernorGeneral lays before the Council a Report from the…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1855 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table…

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Council Paper. Financial Minute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1855 · page 3

IN laying before the Council the Estimates of the Expenditure of the Colony, together with a statement of the means by which such Expenditure is to be provided for, the Governor-General has thought it…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, July 5

Empire · Friday 6 July 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. MESSAGES. The following Massages from his Excellency the…

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