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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

I. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES
ON PRIVATE BILLS.

Joint Committee on Private Bills.
3. There shall be a Joint Committee of both
Houses, to consist of the Chairman of Com-
mittees of the House of Representatives, and
two members of the House of Representatives,
and two members of the Legislative Council,
to be nominated by the respective Houses, at
the commencement of each Session, of whom
three shall be a quorum, whose duty shall be
to consider and report respecting every Bill
that may be referred to them by the House
upon the question, whether it is a Private
Bill or not.

Joint Committee on Standing Orders.
4. There shall be a Joint Committee of
both Houses, to be designated "The Joint
Committee on Standing Orders," to consist
of six members, of whom three shall be nomi-
nated by the Legislative Council and three by
the House of Representatives, at the com-
mencement of every Session, of whom three
shall be a quorum.

Committee of Selection.
5. There shall be nominated for each House
at the commencement of each Session, a Com-
mittee, to be designated "The Committee of
Selection," to consist of five members of each
House respectively, of which Committees re-
spectively three shall be a quorum.

Committees on Opposed Private Bills.
6. The Committee on every opposed Pri-
vate Bill, or group of Bills, shall be composed
of a Chairman and four members, not locally
or otherwise interested in the Bill or Bills
referred to them, to be appointed by the Com-
mittee of Selection, who shall also nominate
the Chairman.

Committees on unopposed Private Bills.
7. The Committee on every unopposed
Private Bill shall, if the same shall have
originated in the House, be composed of the
Chairman of Committees, who shall be ex-
officio Chairman of every such Committee,
together with one of the members ordered to
prepare and bring in the Bill, and one other
member not locally or otherwise interested
therein, such members to be appointed by
the Committee of Selection, and shall, if such
Bill shall have been brought from the other
House, be composed of three members, to be
appointed by the Committee of Selection, of
whom two at least shall not be locally or
otherwise interested in the Bill.

Quorum.
8. The Chairman and one other member of
any such Committee shall be the quorum
thereof.

Ministers not eligible.
9. No member of the Executive Council
of the Colony shall be a member of a Com-
mittee on a Private Bill.

II. CLASSES OF PRIVATE BILLS.

Private Bills divided into Classes.
10. For the purposes of the Standing
Orders, all Private Bills shall be divided
into the following classes, according to the
subjects to which they respectively relate.
1st Class.—Burial Grounds: making,
maintaining, or altering.
Charters and Corporations: enlarging or
altering powers of.
Church or Chapels: building, enlarging,
repairing, or maintaining.
City or Town: paving, lighting, watching,
cleansing, or improving.
Company: incorporating or giving powers
to.
Crown, Church, or Corporation Property,
or Property held in trust for public or
charitable purposes.
Ferry.
Fishery: making, maintaining, or improv-
ing.
Gaol, or House of Correction.
Land: draining or improving.
Letters Patent: confirming, prolonging,
or transferring the term of.
Market, or Market Place: erecting, im-
proving, repairing, maintaining, or regu-
lating.
Powers to Sue and be Sued: conferring.
Continuing or Amending an Act passed
for any of the purposes included in this
or the Second Class, where no further
work than such as was authorised by a
former Act is proposed to be made.
And relating to any subject not comprised
within any of the classes hereafter men-
tioned.
2nd Class.—Making, maintaining, vary-
ing, extending, or enlarging any
Aqueduct,
Archway,
Bridge,
Canal,
Cut,
Dock,
Drainage: making and maintaining any cut
for drainage, being a new work, where
it is not provided in the bill that the
same shall not be more than eleven feet
in width at the bottom.
Embankment, for reclaiming land from the
sea, or any tidal river.
Ferry, where any work is to be executed.
Harbour.
Navigation.
Pier,
Port.
Railway.
Reservoir.
Sewer.
Street.
Tunnel,
Public Carriage Road.
Waterwork.
3rd Class.—Enlarging, altering, or con-
ferring powers relative to estates in land,
selling or exchanging land, and other