Wednesday Morning.

The National Council met at the Provincial Council Chambers at 10 a.m. Mrs Tasker was voted to the chair. The following ladies were present: Miss page 7 sherriff Bain, Mesdames Sheppard, Fleming, Tasker, Sievwright, Alley, Wells, Izett, Williamson, Daldy, Isherwood, Hatron, Schnackenberg, and Lady Stout. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed.

Mrs Blake read a paper on " Pauperisation," and the following resolution was passed. Proposed by Mrs Blake, seconded by Mrs Williamson, and carried unanimously: " That this Council expresses its dissatisfaction with the present system of charitable aid, on the grounds that its tendency is to encourage, rather than lessen, pauperism, and the Council is strongly of the opinion that women should take their seats on all local bodies having to do with the distribution of charitable aid funds."

Apologies were made for Mr O'Regan.

In place of Dr. Strong's paper on " Land Nationalisation," which had not come to hand, Mr O'Bryen Hoare addressed the meeting on this subject. The following resolution, proposed by Miss Sherriff Bain, seconded by Mrs Sievwright, was then passed: " That in the opinion of this Council the land of any country belongs to the people." The motion was carried.

On the motion of Mrs Wells, it was resolved that the time limit should be extended to consider this most important subject.

Mrs Tasker moved, Lady Stout seconded: "That in the opinion of this Council, the private ownership of large tracts of land, and these kept locked up by absentees, is a wrong inflicted on the people, and is detrimental to progress." carried unanimously.

In the afternoon, a garden party was held at the residence of Prof. Bickerton..