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1940. NEW ZEALAND.

LOCAL BILLS COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE). (Mr. J. W. Munro, Chairman.)

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives.

ORDERS OF REFERENCE. Extracts from the Journals of the, House of Representatives. Thursday, the ]Itu Day of July, 1940. Ordered, " That a Select Committee be appointed, consisting of ten members, to whom all Local Bills shall stand referred after the first reading; the Committee to report whether the rights and prerogatives of the Crown arc in any way affected by the provisions of the Bills, and to recommend such amendments as it may think proper, and to report, when necessary, on the merits of the Bills; the Committee to have power to confer with any Committee appointed for a similar object by the Legislative Council: the Committee to consist of Mr. Anderton, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Broadfoot, the Rev. Mr. Carr, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Jull, Mr. Massey, Mr. Macfarlane, Mr. Munro, and the Mover." —(Hon. Mr. Parry.) Ordered, " That during the present session all Select Committees appointed by the House have leave to sit on days on which the House is not sitting, provided that when it is proposed to sit on any such day at least three days' notice shall be given to each member of the Committee of the date of the sitting."—(Hon. Mr. Eraser.) Thursday, the 18th Day of July, 1940. Ordered, " That in reference to the Waitara Borough Empowering Bill, Standing Order 360 be suspended so far as it relates to the number of days from the commencement of the session within which Local Bills may be introduced, and that the Bill be allowed to be introduced and to proceed."—(Mr. Frost.) Wednesday, the 2nd Day of October, 1940. Ordered, " That with respect to the Waitara Harbour Bill, the Standing Orders relating to Local Bills be suspended in so far as to allow the Bill to be introduced and to be proceeded with as a Local Bill, notwithstanding that the requirements of Standing Orders 361, 364, and 366 have not been complied with and that the Bill is being introduced later than forty-two days after the commencement of the session."—(Mr. Frost.) Tuesday, the 26tii Day of November, 1940. Ordered, "That Standing Orders 361, 362, and 366 be suspended in order to allow the Mokau Harbour Bill to be introduced and to be allowed to proceed as a Local Bill, notwithstanding that the steps prescribed by those Standing Orders have not been fully taken."—(Right Hon. Mr. Fraser.) Wednesday, the 27th Day of November, 1940. Ordered, " That the Local Bills Committee have leave to sit during the present sitting of the House."— (Mr. Munro.)

REPORTS. Gricymodth Harbour Board Loan Bill. The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report that it is a Local Bill, that the Standing Orders have been complied with ; that the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are not affected ; and that the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with the amendments as shown oil the copv of the Bill annexed hereto. 25th July, 1940.