THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 49

House, unless a printed copy of the proposed
Clauses be annexed thereto.

Petition for additional provision and Estate Bills.
121. All Petitions for additional provision
in Private Bills, with the proposed Clauses
annexed, and all Bills introduced by leave of
the House in lieu of other Bills which shall
have been withdrawn, shall, after having
been read a first time, be referred to the
Joint Committee on Standing Orders.

Petitions for dispensation, &c., to be referred to Committee on
Standing Orders.
122. All Petitions praying that any Ses-
sional or Standing Orders relating to Private
Bills may be dispensed with, and all Petitions
for Private Bills in the General List of
Petitions, and all Petitions opposing the
same, shall be presented to the House by
depositing the same in the Private Bill
Office; and every such Petition so deposited
shall stand referred to the Joint Committee
on Standing Orders.

Printed Bill to be presented.
123. Every Private Bill printed on paper
shall be presented to the House with a cover
of parchment attached to it, upon which the
Title of the Bill is to be written; and the Short
Title of the Bill as entered upon the Votes
shall correspond with that at the head of the
advertisement.

Bills to be printed.
124. Every Private Bill shall be printed,
and printed copies thereof delivered to the
Clerk for the use of the Members before the
first reading.

Time before second reading.
125. There shall not be less than three
clear days, nor more than seven, between the
first and second reading of any Private Bill,
unless any such Bill shall have been specially
referred to the Joint Committee on Standing
Orders, in which case the Bill shall not be
read a second time later than seven clear
days after their Report.

Name of Bill to be endorsed on every Petition.
126. Every Petition in favour of or against
any Private Bill, or otherwise relating thereto
(not being a Petition for additional provision),
shall be presented by depositing the same in
the Private Bill Office, and there shall be
endorsed thereon the name or Short Title by
which such Bill is entered in the Votes,
and a statement that such Petition is in
favour of or against the Bill, or otherwise, as
the case may be, together with the name of
the Member, party, or agent, depositing the
same.

Petition or Memorial may be withdrawn.
127. Any Petitioner or Memorialist may
withdraw his Petition or Memorial on a
requisition to that effect being deposited in
the Private Bill Office, signed by him or the
Agent who deposited such Petition or
Memorial; and where any such Petition or
Memorial is signed by more than one person,
any person signing such Petition or Memorial
may withdraw his opposition by a similar
requisition, signed and deposited as aforesaid.

When second or third reading opposed.
128. In cases where the second or third
reading of a Private Bill, or the considera-
tion of a Bill as amended by the Committee,
or any proposed clause or amendment is opр-
osed, the same shall be postponed until the
day on which the House shall next sit.

Opposition in House to Bills promoted by Superintendent.
129. If any Bill, promoted wholly or in
part by the Superintendent of a Province, au-
thorised by the Provincial Council thereof, is
opposed in the House, the discussion thereon
shall take place on the consideration of the
report of the Committee, and the division
thereon shall be adjourned until at least
the next sitting after such discussion shall
have commenced.

Bills to be referred to Committees.
130. Every Private Bill, after having been
read a second time and committed, shall stand
referred to the Committee of Selection.

When unopposed Bills treated as opposed.
131. When the House shall have been in-
formed by the Chairman of Committees that
in his opinion, any unopposed Private Bill
should be treated as an opposed Bill, such
Bill shall be again referred to the Committee
of Selection.

Petition against Bill to stand referred to Committee of
Selection.
132. Every petition against a Private Bill,
which shall have been duly deposited in the
Private Bill Office, or which shall have been
likewise deposited under the provisions of
Standing Order 91, shall stand referred to
the Committee on such Bill, and subject to
the rules and orders of the House, such pe-
titioners as shall have prayed to be heard by
themselves, their counsel, or agents, shall be
heard upon their petition accordingly, if they
think fit, and counsel heard in favour of the
Bill against such petition.

Time between the second reading and sitting of Committee.
133. There shall be eight clear days be-
tween the second reading of every Private
Bill, and the sitting of the Committee there-
upon, except in the case of Estate Bills (not
being Bills relating to Crown, ecclesiastical,
or corporation property, or property held in
trust for public or charitable purposes) in re-
spect of which there shall be three clear days
between the second reading and the Com-
mittee.

Reports of Public Departments.
134. All reports made under the authority
of any Public Department upon a Private
Bill or the objects thereof, laid before the
House, shall stand referred to the Committee
on the Bill.

Report upon Bills.
135. The Report upon every Private Bill
shall lie upon the Table; and every Bill
promoted wholly or in part by a Superinten-
dent, authorised as aforesaid, shall, when
reported, be ordered to lie upon the Table;
and every other Bill, when reported, shall be
ordered to be read a third time.