Adjournment.

At 5.45 p.m. the Council adjourned until 11 a.m. next day.

Wednesday, February 3, 1886.

Notices of Motion—Consideration of Report Standing Orders Committee—Appointment of Finance Committee—Federal Council Interpretation Bill—Service of Civil Process Bill—Federal Council Evidence Bill—Australasian Corporations Bill—Australasian Judgments Bill—The New Guinea Question—Adjournment.

The President (Hon. James Service) took the chair at 11 o'clock.