Votes Nein Soutt No. 1. VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. WEDNESDAY, 27 JANUARY, 1875. • 1. OPENING op PARLIAMENT :—The House met at Twelve o'clock, at noon, pursuant to a Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of December, 1871, of which a copy was read by the Clerk, as follows :— " NEW SOUSE( WALES, I ProclamationLy His Excellency Sir HERCULES G-EORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, "to Wit Knight Commander of' the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Oovernor and Commander-in-Chief of the "HERCULES ROBINSON, Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Yi ce-Adnziral " Governor, of the same. "In pursuance of the power and authority vested in me as such Governor as aforesaid, by virtue " of the Act intituled ' An dot to confer a Constitution on New South TVales and to grant a Civil List to Her Majesty,' as assented to by Her Majesty, under the authority of the Act of " the Imperial Parliament, passed in the Session of the 18th and 19th years of the reign of Her " said Majesty, intituled 'An del to enable ller Majesty to assent to a Bill as amended of the " Legislature of New South Wales to confer a Constitution on New South Wales and to rant " a Civil List to Her Majesty,' I do hereby proclaim that a Session of the Legislative Council " and Legislative Assembly for the Colony of New South Wales, for the despatch of business, " shall commence and be holden on Wednesday, the twenty-seVenth day of January next, at 12 " o'clock, at noon, in the buildings known as the Legislative Council Chambers, in M.acquarie- " street, in the City of Sydney ; and the Members of the said Legislative Council and Legislative " Assembly, respectively, are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place "accordingly. " Given wider my Hand and Seal, at Government House, Sydney, this twenty-eighth . day of " December; in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and " in the thirty-eighth year of Her Majesty's Reign. " By Command, "HENRY PARKES "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !" 2. 2 2 2. WRITS OF EtECTION :—The Clerk announced that he had received, through the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, a List, certified by His Excellency the Governor, of the Names of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament, together with the respective Writs upon which they were so returned ; also copies of Proclamations by His Excellency declaring valid the Elections for the Electoral Districts of The Hawkesbury and Gold Fields South, notwithstanding the delay in taking the Poll at certain Polling-places. :Names of Members. Electoral Districts. Abbott, The Hon. Robert Palmer Tenterfield. Allan, The Hon, George Wigram The Glebe. Arnold, William Munn- lugs ... The Paterson. Baker, Ezekiel Alexander Gold Fields South. • Bawden, Thomas The Clarence. Bennett, Hanley ... Liverpool Plains. Booth, John - ... ... East Macquarie. Brown, Stephen Campbell Newtown. Brown, Thomas ... ... Hartley. Browne, William Charles Patrick's Plains. Buchanan, David . Gold Fields West. Burns, Solm Fitzgerald The Hunter. Butler, Edward ... ... Argyle. Byrne; Charles Joseph... Parramatta. Cameron, Angus... WeSt Sydney. • Charles, Samuel ... ... Kiama. Clarke, Henry ... ... Eden. Cohen, Henry Emanuel West Maitland. Cunneen, James Augustine ... Wollombi. Hangar, Thomas Gordon Gibbons The Gwydir. Hangar, Henry Carey ... West Sydney. Davies, John ... ... East Sydney. Day, George ... The Hume. Dibbs, George Richard ... West Sydney. Driver, Richard ... ... Windsor. •Parnell, The Hon. James Squire St. Leonards. Fitzpatrick, Michael ... ... Yass Plains. Forster, Robert Henry Mariner Gold Fields North. Forster, William The Murrumbidgee. Garrett, Thomas ... ... Camden. Gould, Stephen Stiles ... Mudgee. Gray, Samuel William ... Thawarra. G-reville, Edward ... Braidwood. Hay, William ... The Murray. Hill, Richard ... Canterbury. Hoskins, James ... The Tiunut. -Hurley, Sohn ...• ... Narellan. Jacob, Archibald Hamilton ... The Lower Hunter. • Lackey, John •.. ... ... • Central Cumberland. Lloyd, The Hon. George Alfred Newcastle. Era, George William ... The Hogan. Lucas, John ... ... Canterbury. Macintosh, John... ... East Sydney. Meyer, Solomon... ... Carcoar. Montague, Alexander ... Monaco. Moses, Henry ... ... The Hawkesbury. Nelson, Harris Levi ... Orange. Onslow, Captain Arthur Camden. Parkes, The Hon. Henry East Sydney. Phelps, Joseph James ... ... Balranald. Piddington, William Richman ... ... The Hawkesbury. Filcher, Charles Edward ... West Macquarie. Robertson, Sohn ... ... West Sydney. Scholey, Stephen ... ... East Maitland. Shepherd, Patrick Lindesay Crawford... The Nepeam . Smith, John Samuel ... ... ... Wellington. Smith, Robert Burdett ... ... The Hastings. Stevens, Charles James ... Northumberland. Stewart, Alexander ... East Sydney. Sutherland, The Hon. John ... Paddington. Suttor, Francis Bathurst ... Bathurst. Sutter, William Henry, junr. ... East Macquarie. Taylor, Hugh ... ... Parramatta. Teece, William, junr. ... • ... Goulburn. Terry, Samuel Henry ... New England. Warden, ;fames ... ... Shoalhaven. Watson, James ... ... The Lachlan. Watson, William The Williams. Wearne, Joseph... Central Cumberland. White, Francis ... The Upper Hunter. Wisdom, Robert. .. Morpeth. Wright, John James Queanbeyan. 3. 3 3 3. MEssAnt FROM THE COMMISSIONERS :—The Usher of the Black Rod being admitted, delivered a Message, that " The Commissioners request the immediate attendance of this Honorable House . "in the Legislative Council Chamber, to hear the Commission for opening Parliament read." The House went, and the President said :—" Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and " Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly—His Excellency the Governor not thinking fit to be " personally present here this day, has been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the " Great Seal of the Colony, constituting us Commissioners to do all things necessary to be " performed by the Governor, in the name or on the part of Her Majesty the Queen, or in " the name or on the part of his Excellency as Governor of this Colony, in order to the opening " and holding of this Parliament, as is set forth more fully in the Commission itself, which will " now be read." Whereupon the Clerk of the Parliaments read the said Commission, as follows " Victoria by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, " De/fender of the Faith, and so forth. " To all to whom these preSents shall come, " Greeting: " Whereas, by Proclamation made on the twenty-eighth day of December ultimo, His Excellency " Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Commander of our Most Distinguished Order of " Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our Colony of New • " South Wales, did, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him as Governor and "Commander-in-Chief of our said Colony, by virtue of the Act of the late Legislature thereof, " intituled 'An Act to confer a Constitution on New South. Wales and to grant a Civil Dist to " Her Majesty,' an assented to by us, proclaim that a Session of the Legislative Council and " Legislative Assembly, constituted under the said Act, and composing the Parliament of our said " Colony of New South Wales, should commence and be holden on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh " day of January instant : And whereas, for certain causes, our said Governor and Commander-in- " Chief cannot conveniently be present iu person at the opening of the said Session : Now know " ye, that we, trusting in the discretion, fidelity, and care of our truSty and well-beloved the " Honorable John Hay, President of the said Legislative Council, the Honorable Saul Samuel, " C.M.G., and the Honorable Sir George limes, Knight, Members of the said Legislative Council, " do, with the advice of our Executive Council of our said C2Iony, give and grant by the tenor " of these presents unto the said John Hay, Sard. Samuel, and Sir George Eines, so being such " President and Members of the said Legislative Council, or any two of them, full power in our " name, to open and hold the said Session of the said Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly " on the said twenty-seventh day of January, on our behalf, and to do all things necessary to be " done in our name or in the name of our Governor of our said Colony, in and about the " opening and holding of the said Parliament: Commanding also by the tenor of these pre- sents, all whom it concerns, to meet in the said Parliament, that to the said.John Hay, Saul " Samuel, and Sir George limes, or any two of them, they diligently attend in the premises in the " form aforesaid. " In testimony whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great " Seal of our said Colony to be hereunto affixed. " Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sin FIEncuries GEORGE Roma Roninsox, Knight " Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, (t.s.) " our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our Colony of New South .Wales, at " Government .House, Sydney, :in our said Colony, this twenty-third day of January, "in the thirty-eighth year of our Reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand " eight hundred and seventy-five. " IEERCULES ROBINSON. " By His Excellency's Command, " HENRY PARKES." The Members of both Houses being then seated, at the request of the President,— The President said- " Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,— " We have it in Command from