The second reading and debate are on pages 28-32.

The first object of this Bill is the removal of 'quadroons, octoroons, and their descendants from the atmosphere of the aboriginal camps' (page 1560). There is a second amendment in the bill altering the provisions of the original Act with regard to reserves. The speech notes that there was 'hope that the operation of the amendment suggested in this bill will tend towards reducing this expenditure very considerably, and that in years to come the expenditure in respect of the aborigines will reach vanishing point' (page 1560).