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REPORT OE SELECT COMMITTEE

Tuesday, 17th August, 1869. PbeseNT: Mr. Brandon, Mr. Macffarlane, Mr. Clark, Mr. Ormond, Mr. Creighton, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Howorth, Mr. Eolleston. Mr\ Carleton in tho Chair. Minutes of former meeting read and confirmed. Subsection 4 of clause 10 agreed to. Clause agreed to. Clause 11 read. Mr. Eolleston moved, That the Hon. Mr. Eenton bo requested to attend the Committee. Mr. Fenton attended as requested. Mr. Ormond moved the following amendment in clause 11 : —That the word " all," and the words " or their successors purporting to have been appointed under ' The Native Lands Act, 1865,'" be struck out, and to insert in liea thereof, " or the survivors of them." On the amendment being put it was agreed to, Mr. Brandon only dissenting. Tho clause as amended was then agreed to —Mr. Brandon dissenting. Clause 12. Agreed to —Mr. Brandon dissenting. Clause 13 read. Mr. Ormond moved : —That the words " whether heretofore granted or hereafter to be granted," be inserted after the word " grantees " in the first line of clause 13. And that the following words, " Provided always that this provision shall not apply to shares estates or interests already purchased from any such grantees which for the purposes of such transactions shall be deemed to have been equal" be added to the clause. On the amendment being put, it was agreed to —Mr. Brandon dissenting. Clause 13, as amended, agreed to—Mr. Brandon dissenting. Clause 14 read. Mr. Ormond moved. That all the words in clause 14 down to the word " Provided " bo struck out, and the following words be inserted in lieu thereof, viz., " It shall not be lawful for less than a majority in value of the grantees of any land under the said Acts or their successors as aforesaid to make any contract lease mortgage or conveyance of their estate or interest in such land or in any part thereof." On the amendment being put it was agreed to —Mr. Brandon dissenting. Clause 14, as amended, agreed to —Mr. Brandon dissenting. Clause 15 read. Moved by Mr. Ormond, That, after the word " thereof," the words " at the time of the first transaction" be added. On the amendment being put, it was agreed to —Mr. Brandon dissenting. Clause 16 read and agreed to. Clause 17 read and agreed to. Clauses 2 to 8 agreed to. Clause 9. Moved by Mr. Eolleston, That all the words after the word " whenever" be struck out, and the following words inserted instead, viz., ' : in any case before the Court any question shall incidentally arise affecting land tho subject of any dealing with the Natives prior to the 14th January 1840 it shall be lawful for the Judge of the Court to hear and determine the question which it is the immediate object of the proceedings to determine notwithstanding such land may be affected thereby and the determination thereof shall be final and conclusive between the parties to such proceedings and shall be binding on tho Crown." On the amendment being put, it was agreed to. Clause 9 as amended agreed to. The following new clause was then proposed and agreed to: — No penalty shall be incurred by reason of the non-payment of duty within the time prescribed for payment thereof under the said Acts provided the instrument on which the duty shall be payable shall have been presented for assessment within the time prescribed for payment and the duty payable thereon shall have been paid at the Treasury within seven days after the issue of the Ecgistrar's certificate of assessment. The following new clause was then proposed and agreed to ; — The limit of the time within which an Order in Council for a rehearing under the 8th section of " The Native Lands Act 1865 " may be made shall hereafter be three months instead of six months. The following new clause was then proposed and agreed to : — All Crown Grants and copies of Crown Grants authorized and required under the said Acts shall henceforth be prepared in the office of the Native Lands Court and shall be forwarded to the Secretary for Crown Lands for examination and execution. Eesolved, That Mr. James Home and Mr. Macgregor Hay be requested to attend the next meeting of the Committee. The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday, the 18th August, 1809, at 11 a.m.