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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1872.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1872.

THE following Standing Orders and Forms of Pro-
ceedings of the General Assembly relative to
Private Bills, are published for general information.
W. GISBORNE.

STANDING ORDERS AND FORMS OF PROCEEDINGS
RELATIVE TO PRIVATE BILLS.

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

The word "House" shall mean the Legislative
Council or the House of Representatives, as the case
may be, in which the Bill may be at the time; and
the expression "other House" shall signify the
House of the General Assembly in which the Bill
shall not be at the time.

The expressions "Speaker," "Chairman of Com-
mittees," and "Clerk," shall mean similarly the
"Speaker," "Chairman of Committees," and "Clerk"
of the Legislative Council or House of Representa-
tives.

2. Private Bills shall be understood to be Bills
   which are promoted for the private interest of indi-
   viduals or companies, or which, by their provisions,
   directly interfere with the private property of indi-
   viduals.

3. The scale of Fees to be paid by parties pro-
   moting Private Bills shall be as follows:-

On the first reading ... £ s. d.
5 0 0
On the second reading ... 10 0 0
On the third reading ... 10 0 0

The said Fees shall be paid to the Treasury, to the
credit of the Library Fund, at the respective stages
of the Bill in the House in which the Bill shall have
been introduced, and a certificate of the due pay-
ment of such Fees shall be produced to the Clerk of
such House at each stage of the Bill, and the Bill
shall be stopped by the Speaker of such House at
any stage if any Fee then due is unpaid.

4. Any Agent acting contrary to the Rules of the
   House, disobeying the orders of either of the
   Speakers, or of the Chairman of any Committee, or
   neglecting or refusing to pay any Fees due in respect
   of any Bill or other proceeding solicited by him, may
   be prohibited from acting by order of either of the
   Speakers.

5. Notices relative to Private Business are delivered
   by the Agent at the Examiner's Office, and must be
   handed in before 7 o'clock on the evening of the day
   on which the House shall sit, and before 2 o'clock on
   any day on which the House shall not sit.

6. The notices thus handed in relating to any pro-
   ceedings in the House are delivered by the Examiner
   to the Clerk of the House, and are printed in the
   Order Paper.

EXAMINER AND GENERAL COMMITTEES.

7. There shall be an Examiner of Standing Orders,
   to be appointed by the Speaker of the Legislative
   Council and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
   sentatives.

8. There shall be nominated at the commencement
   of each Session a Joint Committee of six, consisting
   of three Members chosen by the Legislative Council
   and three Members chosen by the House of Repre-
   sentatives. This Committee shall be named "The
   Joint Committee on Standing Orders," and three
   shall be a Quorum.

9. There shall be nominated for each House, at
   the commencement of each Session, a Committee to
   be designated "The Committee of Selection," to
   consist of five Members of each House respectively,
   of which Committees respectively three shall be a
   Quorum.

INITIATION OF PRIVATE BILLS.

10. Every Private Bill shall be initiated by a
    Petition, which shall be presented at the Examiner's
    Office either before the meeting of Parliament or
    within fourteen days after.

11. Every such Petition must be prepared in
    accordance with the Standing Orders, and, before its
    presentation to the House, shall be examined by the