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same at the rate of sixpence per acre, which payment
shall be returned to him if such special survey should
not be completed within the specified time.
15. A skeleton map of every block shall be
deposited for public information one fortnight before
such block is offered for first sale at the office of the
Secretary for Crown Lands, Wellington, and at the
Land Office, New Plymouth, and at such places as
the Colonial Secretary may direct in Auckland,
Wanganui, Patea, Napier, Nelson, Blenheim, Christ-
church, Hokitika, Dunedin, and Invercargill.
16. All powers conferred and all duties imposed
on the Colonial Secretary under these regulations
may be exercised and performed by the Minister for
the time being in charge of confiscated lands.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-fifth day of June, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS "The Provincial Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1866," it is enacted that Standing
Rules and Orders shall be prepared and adopted by
every Provincial Council, regulating the proceedings
on Bills authorizing the taking of land compulsorily,
but that the same shall have no force or effect until
they have been approved of by the Governor in
Council, and been published in the New Zealand
Gazette. And whereas the Standing Rules and
Orders contained in the Schedule hereto have been
prepared and adopted by the Provincial Council of
the Province of Southland, and it is expedient that
effect should be given to the same:
Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority vested in me by
the said Act, do hereby approve of the rules and
orders contained in the Schedule hereto, as adopted
by the said Provincial Council of Southland, for
regulating the proceedings in the said Council on
Bills authorizing the taking of land compulsorily.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

STANDING RULES AND ORDERS of the Provincial
Council of Southland for regulating proceedings
on Bills authorizing the taking of land compul-
sorily under "The Provincial Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1866."

Interpretation.

1. In the construction of these Rules and
   Standing Orders the words and phrases following
   shall, unless there be something in the context
   repugnant to or inconsistent with such meaning,
   have the meanings here attached to them.

Council.
The word "Council" shall mean the Pro-
vincial Council of the Province of South-
land.

Bill.
The word "Bill" shall mean any Bill for
authorizing the taking of land compulsorily
under "The Provincial Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1866," promoted by any person
or body politic or corporate whatsoever.

Land.
The word "land" shall have the same mean-
ing as in "The Provincial Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1866."

Arch.
The word "arch" shall mean any part of a
bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct, supporting
the roadway or waterway lying between
two successive piers or abutments, and
having an open space beneath it, whatever
be the form of such part, and whether flat
or curved in any manner.

Member.
The word "member," when used as meaning
"member of a committee," shall include
the chairman of the committee.

Number and Gender.
Words importing the singular and plural
number only, or the masculine or feminine
gender only, shall, unless there be some-
thing repugnant in the context, be con-
strued to include and import both the
singular and plural number, and both the
masculine and feminine gender as the case
may be.

I.—APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.
Committee on Standing Orders.
2. There shall be a committee to be called the
Committee on Standing Orders to consist of six
members, who shall be nominated by the Council
at the commencement of every session—of this
committee three shall be a quorum.

Committee of Selection.
3. There shall be nominated by the Council at
the commencement of every session a committee
to be called "the Committee of Selection," to
consist of five members, of whom three shall be a
quorum.

Committees on opposed Bills.
4. The committee on every opposed Bill shall
be composed of a chairman and four members not
locally or otherwise interested in the Bill referred
to them, to be appointed by the Committee of
Selection, who shall also nominate the chairman.

Committee on unopposed Bills.
5. The committee on every unopposed Bill
shall be composed of the Chairman of Committees,
who shall be ex officio chairman of every such
committee, together with two other members, of
whom one at least shall not be locally or other-
wise interested in the Bill.

Quorum.
6. The chairman and one other member of any
committee on any unopposed Bill shall be a
quorum.

Classes of Bills.
7. For the purposes of the Standing Orders all
Bills shall be divided into the following classes
according to the subjects to which they respect-
ively relate :--
First Class.—Burial Grounds—Making, main-
taining, or altering.
Churches or Chapels—Building, enlarging,
repairing or maintaining.
City or Town—Paving, lighting, cleansing,
or improving gaol or house of correction.