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Other papers are translated only by order of the House upon Motion.

Aids and supplies not to be altered by the Legislative Council.

Penalties, forfeitures, and fees.

Tolls and charges in Private Bills.

Motion for grant of money.

Grant of money.

Motions not to be presently entered on.

Address for money.

405. All other papers are translated into and printed in Maori only by Order of the House upon Motion.

XXXll.—Supply, and Ways and Means. 406. All aids and supplies, and aids to Her Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the House of Representatives; 'and all Bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies are to begin with the House of Representatives; and it is the undoubted and sole right of the House of Representatives to direct, limit, and appoint in such Bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants; which may not be changed or altered by the Legislative Council. 407. By Standing Order of the 4th October, 1860, with respect to any Bill brought to this House from the Legislative Council, or returned by the Legislative Council to this House, with Amendments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, or fee shall be authorised, imposed, appropriated, regulated, varied, or extinguished, this House will not insist on its undoubted privileges in the following cases : — (1.) When the object of such pecuniary penalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the Act or the punishment or prevention of offences : (2.) Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the Act, and in order to the execution of the Act, and are not made payable into the Treasury or Exchequer, or in aid of the public revenue, and do not form the ground of public accounting by the parties receiving the same, either in respect of deficit or surplus : (3.) When such Bill shall be a Private Bill for a Local or Personal Act. 408. This House will not insist on its privileges with regard to any clauses in Private Bills sent down from the Legislative Council which refer to tolls and charges for services performed, and are not in the nature of a tax. 409. This House will not proceed upon any Motion for granting any money but what is recommended from the Crown. 410. This House will not proceed upon any Petition, Motion, or Bill for granting any money, or for releasing or compounding any sum of money owing to the Crown, but in a Committee of the whole House. 411. If any Motion he made in the House for any public aid or charge upon the people the consideration and debate thereof may not be presently entered upon, but is to be adjourned till such further day as the House shall think fit to appoint, and then it is to be referred to a Committee of the whole House before any Resolution or Vote of the House do pass therein. 412. The House will not proceed upon any Motion for an Address to the Governor,

praying that any money may be issued or that any expense may be incurred, except in a Committee of the whole House. 413. The House appoints the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means at the commencement of every . Session, so soon as. an Address has been agreed to in answer to the Governor's Speech. 414. Whenever the Committee of Supply stands as an Order of the Day for Tuesday, Mr. Speaker shall leave the Chair without putting any question, except on the first occasion of going into Committee of Supply after the Financial Statement. 415. The Order of the Day being read for the Committee of Supply, Accounts and Estimates are referred, and the House resolves itself into the Committee, and the Committee proceeds to consider the matters to them referred. 416. When a formal Motion for going into Committee of Supply is made, and an Amendis moved thereto, the Debate is confined tc the subject-matter of the Amendment (unless it be accepted as a vote of want of confidence) until it is disposed of; but, if the Minister make a speech in moving the House into Committee, that speech may immediately be commented on, although an amendment should intervene. 417. An Amendment on Supply cannot be moved to debate a matter on which notice of motion has been given by the same member. 418. When a Motion is made, in Committee of Supply, to remit or reduce any item of a Vote a Question shall be proposed from the Chair for omitting or reducing such item accordingly ; and Members shall speak to such Question only until it has been disposed of. 419. When several Motions are offered they shall be taken in the order in which the items to which they relate appear in the printed Estimates. 420. After a Question has been proposed from the Chair for omitting or reducing any item, no Motion shall be made or Debate allowed upon any preceding item. 421. Where it has been proposed to omit or reduce items in a Vote, the Question shall be afterwards put upon the original Vote, or upon the reduced Vote, as the case may be, without Amendment. 422. The Chairman acquaints the House that he was directed to move that the Committee may have leave to sit again ; and the House appoints a day accordingly. 423. The Chairman of Committees takes the Chair of the Committee of Supply and of the Committee of Ways and Means. In case of his absence, the Committee elect their Chairman. 424. In case any difference should arise in electing a Chairman, Mr. Speaker resumes the Chair, and the House appoints a Member to take the Chair of the Committee. 425. Any Report of Resolutions from the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means is ordered to be received on a future day except in relation to Imprest Supply and Ap-

Appointment of Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means.

No amendment on Supply on Tuesday.

Accounts and Estimates referred to Committee of Supply.

Debate on Amendment on Supply.

Amendment cannot be moved to debate notice of motion on Order Paper.

Questions for , omitting or reducing items.

Proposed in order of printed Estimates.

No motion to be made relating to any prior item.

Question put upon the original or reduced Tote.

Leave to sit again.

Chairman of Committee of Supply, aud Ways and Meacs.

If difference arises.

Reports from Committees of Supply, and Ways aud Means.

Exceptions.