§ MR. MARSHsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the separation of Moreton Bay from New South Wales will be completed?
SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTONsaid, that the question of separation was under the consideration of the law officers of the Crown, and that if any delay had taken place on the subject, it was not the fault of the present Government.