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must be given; and such Committee shall report
whether the Standing Orders have been complied
with, and if not, whether they ought or ought not to be
dispensed with, and generally on the merits of the Bill.
Chairman to have casting Vote only.
21. In every Select Committee three shall be a
quorum, and the Chairman shall only have a casting
vote.
Bill to be dealt with as a Public Bill. Stages prescribed.
22. Upon a private Bill being brought up and
reported by the Select Committee, such Bill shall be
proceeded with as in the case of public Bills, a
future day being appointed for the second reading:
Provided that there shall always be an interval of not
less than two days between such report and the
second reading, and not less than two days between
the second and third reading.
Standing Orders with regard to giving Notices not to be
dispensed with.
23. No motion shall be made to dispense with the
Standing Orders 1 to 14 inclusively, which refer to
the giving of notices.
Remaining Orders not to be dispensed with unless twenty-four
Members present.
24. No motion shall be made to dispense with any
of the remaining Standing Orders without due notice
thereof, and such motion shall not be considered by
the Council unless there be twenty-four members
present.

Scale of Fees.
25. The scale of fees to be paid by parties pro-
moting private Bills shall be as follows:-
On the first reading
£ s. d.
... 3 0 0
,, second do.
... 4 0 0
,, third and passing ... 3 0 0
And any Bill shall be stopped by the Speaker in any
stage of its progress, if any fee then due is unpaid.
Fees to be applied to the use of the Provincial Council Library
26. All fees payable under these Standing Orders
shall be paid to the Clerk of the Council, who shall
account for the same to the Speaker, and the same
fees shall be held by the Speaker in trust for the
purposes of the Provincial Council Library.
What Bills exempt from Fees.
27. Any Bill promoted by the Provincial Govern-
ment under "The Provincial Compulsory Land
Taking Act, 1866," shall be subject to the foregoing
Standing Orders, with the exception of those imposing
fees, from which they shall be exempt.
Agreed to by the Provincial Council, and
forwarded to the Superintendent for
transmission to the Governor, on the
2nd July, 1868.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Speaker.

APPENDIX A.

SIR, —We beg to inform you that application is
intended to be made to the Provincial Legislature, in
the ensuing session, for an Act [here insert the title of
the Act] and that the property mentioned in the
annexed Schedule or some part thereof, in which we
understand you are interested as therein stated, will
be required for the purposes of the said undertaking,
according to the line thereof as at present laid out,
or may be required to be taken under the usual
powers of deviation to the extent of yards
on either side of the said line, which will be applied
for in the said Act.

We also beg to inform you that a plan of the said
undertaking, with a book of reference thereto, has
been or will be deposited for public inspection in
the office of the Superintendent of the Province,
thirty days before the commencement of the next
session of the Auckland Provincial Council, on which
plan your property is designated by the numbers set
forth in the annexed Schedule.

As we are required to report to the Provincial
Council whether you assent to or dissent from the
proposed undertaking, or whether you are neuter in
respect thereto, you will oblige us by writing your
answer of assent, dissent, or neutrality, in the form
left herewith, and returning the same to us with your
signature on or before the day of next, and
if there should be any error or misdescription in the
annexed Schedule, we shall feel obliged by your
informing us thereof at your earliest convenience,
that we may correct the same without delay.
We are, Sir,

To
(See Rule 6.)

(See Rules 9 and 16.)

SCHEDULE.
PART of BOOK of REFERENCE referred to in the foregoing Notice, and which is intended to show the Property
therein alluded to.