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APPENDIX.

Amendments proposed by the Standing Orders Committee in the StandingOrders of the House of Eepresentatives : — 15. If there be more than two Candidates for the Speakeiship, the votes shall be taken for each Candidate separately The Candidate who has the smallest number of votes shall retire, and the votes shall be taken for the remaining Candidates separately until the number of Candidates shall be reduced to two. The names of the two remaining Candidates shall be submitted in the order they were first proposed, and thereupon a separate vote of the Members then present shall be taken , and the one having the highest number of votes shall be declared elected, pgoyieted-tae—a«atto--e£-¥etoo givon eaaH-ke-aa-abßohito -majority of fee--Mombore-4feea-proaont. Members shall record their votes ivhile in their seats. The Clerk shad order the doors to be locked during the taking of each vote. The Member thus elected shall be conducted to the Chair 22, During tho remaining torm-e£-t&e-J2arfiaffleat-M-ft-&poakor holdo a-QeßH&ießiea-from tho Grovomor autberiei-ag-ym-te-ndminiotof-fee-eafe «p-afiwffiatie»4e-ißeftibe3?Sr 40. Otlior aad further prorogations of Parliament a*e can also be effected by Proclamations issued from time to time by the Governor in the New Zealand Gazette. 68. Unless the House shall otherwise direct, Orders of the Day for Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays are to be disposed of before the House will proceed upon any Motions of which notice shall have been given. [Standing Order No. 70 becomes No. 71, and Standing Order No. 71 becomes No. 70.] 73. For the first ten weeks of the Session there shall be no Questions on the Order Paper for Thursday and Local Bills shall have precedence on that day until they are disposed of, after which, for the first sis eight weeks only, Private Members' Public Bills shall be dealt with, and then Government Bills. At the expiration of sis eight weeks, if Local Bills are disposed of, Government business shall be dealt with. At the expiration of ten weeks Government business takes precedence on Thursdays. Neu' Standing Order 73a. If on any Wednesday or Thursday on which Private Members' Orders have precedence such Orders are postponed by Resolution of the House, then the Private Members' Orders so displaced shall be set down in the same order of precedence for the Wednesday or Thursday (as the case may be) next following the last Wednesday or Thursday on which Private Members' Orders have already been set down in priority. 77 When Private Members' Public Bills become dropped Orders they are to be set down upon the Order Paper after the Orders set down for the next day, and shall be arranged as follows, viz. (1) Bills for Third Beading , (S) Bills for Beport; (1) (3) Bills for Committal or for further consideration in Committee , (3) (4) Second Readings. New Standing Order 77a. Such displaced Orders are to be set down after the Orders specially appointed for any subsequent day in the sequence of their displacement those first postponed taking precedence of those subsequently postponed. 97 Motions will have precedence on each day according to the order in which the Notices for the same were given for that day Lapsed Motions will be placed beloio them.

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