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House of Assembly: Vol17 - MONDAY 1ST AUGUST 1966

MONDAY, 1ST AUGUST, 1966 Prayers—2.20 p.m. FIRST READING OF BILLS

The following Bills were read a First Time:

South African Mint and Coinage Further Amendment Bill.

Constitution Amendment Bill.

State-aided Institutions Amendment Bill.

Perishable Agricultural Produce Sales Amendment Bill.

Agricultural Credit Bill.

Land Tenure Bill.

Emergency Planning Bill.

Mining Rights Bill.

Reservation of Separate Amenities Amendment Bill.

Industrial Conciliation Amendment Bill

Motor Vehicle Insurance Further Amendment Bill.

 AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NATIONAL CULTURAL HISTORY AND OPEN AIR MUSEUM *The MINISTER OF FINANCE:

I move—

That as it is in the public interest that the accounts of the Board of Trustees of the National Cultural History and Open Air Museum, a body which is not a statutory body, should be audited by the Controller and Auditor-General, this House in terms of Section 58 (2) of the Exchequer and Audit Act, 1956, hereby requires the Controller and Auditor-General to undertake the audit of such accounts with effect from 21st August, 1964.

Mr. Speaker, I want to furnish the following brief explanation. Previously the Transvaal Museum consisted of a Natural History Section and a Cultural History Section. On 21st August, 1964, the Cultural History Section was detached and, together with the new Open Air Museum, placed under the Control of a separate Board of Trustees and, in terms of Act No. 23 of 1931, declared a state-aided institution.

The accounts of the Transvaal Museum are audited by the Controller and Auditor-General, but in view of the fact that the Cultural History and Open Air Museum is now a separate institution with its own accounts, the Controller and Auditor-General cannot audit the accounts of the new institution unless authorized to do so by resolution of both Houses of Parliament in terms of the provisions of Section 58 (2) of the Exchequer and Audit Act, 1956.

As a considerable State subsidy is being paid to the museum (approximately R52,000 for the current financial year), the House is now being requested to adopt such a resolution.

Similar resolutions have been adopted in the past in respect of, for example, the accounts of the William Fehr collection, the Republic Festival Committee, the Union Festival Committee and the Relief Fund for Hungarian Refugees (1957).

Motion put and agreed to.

 SELECT COMMITTEES

The following Select Committees were appointed:

On Public Accounts.

On Railways and Harbours.

On Internal Arrangements.

On Library of Parliament.

On Pensions.

On State-owned Land.

On Irrigation Matters.

On Bantu Affairs.

 DEPUTY-SPEAKER AND CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES

The MINISTER OF TRANSPORT: I move—

That Mr. Petrus Cornelius Pelser be appointed Deputy-Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the whole House.

Agreed to.

 DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES

The MINISTER OF TRANSPORT: I move—

That Mr. Daniel Johannes Gertruida van den Heever be appointed Deputy-Chairman of Committees of the whole House.

Agreed to.

The House adjourned at 2.33 p.m.