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V. And whereas it is by the said recited Act further enacted that it shall be lawful for us, in and by any such Letters Patent to be issued as aforesaid, to constitute and establish a General Assembly in and for the said Islands of New Zealand, to be called the General Assembly of New Zealand, which said General Assembly shall consist of and be holden by the Governor-in-Chief of the said Islands, and a Legislative Council, and a House of Eepresentatives ; and that such Legislative Council shall consist of such persons as we shall for that purpose appoint; and that such House of Eepresentatives shall consist of members of the respective Houses of Eepresentatives of the several provinces into which the said Islands may be divided, which members so to serve in the said General Assembly shall be elected, nominated, and appointed by such persons, in such manner and form, and upon and subject to such rules and conditions as we by einj such Letters Patent as aforesaid shall direct: Now, therefore, in further pursuance of the said recited Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby in us vested, we do hereby constitute and establish a General Assembly in and for the Islands of New Zealand, to be called the General Assembly of New Zealand, and to consist of and be holden by the Governor-in-Chief of the said Islands, a Legislative Council, and a House of Eepresentatives ; and we do hereby grant, appoint, and ordain that the Legislative Council of the said General Assembly of New Zealand shall consist of such persons as are for that purpose appointed or designated by us in the said Instructions hereinbefore mentioned ; and that the House of Eepresentatives of the said General Assembly shall consist of members of the respective Houses of Eepresentatives of the said provinces, to be for that purpose elected, nominated, and appointed by the persons appointed or designated, and in the manner and form prescribed and provided for in and by the said Instructions hereinbefore mentioned. VI. And whereas it is by the said recited Act further enacted that it shall be lawful for us, by any such Letters Patent to be issued as first aforesaid, to make and prescribe all such rules as to us shall seem fit for ascertaining the qualifications of the members of any such assemblies or General Assembly as aforesaid, and for determining the length of time for which every such Assembly or General Assembly shall be holden from the time of the election of the members of the said Houses of Eepresentatives, and how and by what authority the same shall be dissolved or prorogued, and for prescribing the oaths to be taken, or the affirmation to be made by the members of the said Corporations, Assemblies, or General Assembly, or any of them, before entering on the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, and for prescribing the course of proceeding to be followed in the said respective assemblies and in the said General Assembly, in regard to the enactment of laws, statutes, and ordinances therein, and for determining in what cases the Governor-in-Chief for the time being of the said Islands of New Zealand, or the Governor for the time being of any separate province, shall in our name and on our behalf assent to any such laws, statutes, or ordinances, or reserve the signification of our pleasure thereon, together with all such rules as shall be necessary for determining the effect of the disallowance by us of any such law, statute, or ordinance, although not so reserved as aforesaid, together with all such other rules, not being repugnant to the said Act, as it may seem to us necessary to make and establish for carrying into full effect the purposes and objects thereof: Now, therefore, in further pursuance of the said Act, and in exercise of the powers so thereby vested in us as aforesaid, we do hereby declare our pleasure to be that upon and in respect to all and each of the matters and things last mentioned and referred to in the said recited Act, such rules shall be observed and followed as are for those several purposes prescribed or referred to in the said instructions hereinbefore mentioned. VII. And whereas it is by the said Act further enacted that it shall be lawful for us, by any such Letters Patent as first aforesaid, to appropriate and set apart from and out of the revenues of any such separate provinces as aforesaid, by way of Civil List, for the maintenance of the administration of justice and the principal officers of the civil Government or of such separate provinces as aforesaid, such sums of money as shall not exceed six thousand pounds by the year in any one of the said separate Governments : Now, therefore, in. pursuance of the said Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby vested in us, we do hereby appropriate and set apart from and out of the revenue of each of the said separate provinces respective^, by way of Civil List, for the purposes last aforesaid, the sum of six thousand pounds in each of the said Governments respectively, which said several sums of six thousand pounds shall, in each of the said Governments respectively, be appropriated and applied and accounted for in the manner and form for that purpose appointed and prescribed in and by the said Instructions hereinbefore mentioned. VIII. And whereas it is by the said recited Act among other things enacted that it shall be lawful for us, by such Letters Patent as first aforesaid, to prohibit the grant or appropriation of any public money by either of the said Assemblies, or by the said General Assembly, in any case in which such grant or appropriation shall not first have been recommended by us on our behalf, with a view to or in aid of some specific public service to be performed within the said provinces respectively, or within the said Islands of New Zealand collectively : Now, therefore, in further pursuance of the said recited Act, and in exercise of the powers thereby in us vested as aforesaid, we do hereby prohibit the grant or appropriation of any public money by either of the said Assemblies, or by the said General Assembly, in any case in which such grant or appropriation shall not first have been recommended by us or on our behalf, with a view to or in aid of some specific public service to be performed within the said provinces respectively, or within the said Islands of New Zealand collectively. IX. And whereas by the said Letters Patent of the 16th day of November, in the fourth year of our reign, we did reserve to us, our heirs and successors, full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter, or amend the same as to us or them shall seem meet. Now, therefore, in exercise and in pursuance of the powers so reserved to us, we do hereby revoke the said last-mentioned Letters Patent: Provided always, that all laws and ordinances made and all acts done under and in pursuance of the said last-mentioned Letters Patent, in so far as such laws, ordinances, and acts are not repugnant to these presents, and do not interfere with or prevent the operation thereof, shall be as valid and effectual as though these presents had not been made. X. And we do hereby require and enjoin that the said General Assembly of New Zealand, and that the said respective Assemblies of the said respective provinces shall, in pursuance of the said recited Act, make and enact all such laws, statutes, and ordinances as by the said recited Act they are