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New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 6955, 6 September 1883, Page 2

The Bill to reform the Upper House, entitled “The Legislative Council Act, 1833,” was laid on (he table of the Leglislative Council last night. It provides for the re-constitu-tion of the Council after (he Ist January, 1835, by making it consist of 44 members to be appointed as hereinafter provided, and of not more than three Maori members to be appointed by the Governor. Of the 44 members, 22 are to be appointed from the existing members by the existing members themselves, no member hiving the right to vote for himself. Of the remaining 22 members, 11 are to be elected by the persons having a right to vote in the North Island, and 11 by the South Island ela .tors, the qualification of voters being the same as for the Lower House, The mode of election is to be by the system known as Hare's system, each Island forming one constituency, The members elected are to sit for ten years, and of the present members one-half of those other than Maori members are to retire in January, 1885, and the remainder in January, 1890, The Bill consists of 100 clauses and 14 schedules. It is not proposed to bring it before Parliament for discussion until next session.