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Ayes—6. Noes—23. Messrs. Mackay Messrs. Gray Cutten Monro Macandrew Clifford Moorhouse O'Neill Fitzgerald Brown E. J. Wakefield (teller). Kelham Revans Ludlam F eatherston Taylor Hart Picard Sewell Carleton Porter Forsaith Greenwood Bacot Crompton Gledhill Lee Rhodes King (teller). No. 23.—Clause 3. The surplus of the said Revenues shall be divided among the several Provinces, established in New Zealand, in the like proportion as the gross proceeds of the said Revenues shall have arisen therein respectively, and shall be paid over to the respective 'lreasurers of such Provinces by the Public Treasurer of the Colony, in pursuance of warrants under the hand of the said Governor, or Officer administering the Government, directed to him in that behalf. —Read. Motion made and question put—That the Clause be struck out of the Bill.—[Mr. Travers.) Committee divided. Ayes—7. Noes—l 3. Massrs. Sewell Messrs. Forsaith Mackay Kelham Monro Fitzgerald Macandrew Clifford Weld Ludlam Travers Revans Cutten (teller). Crompton Picard O'Neill Gledhill Hart Lee King (teller). W hereupon Clause as read agreed to as Clause 3 of the Bill. No. 24 Clause 4. The said Treasurer shall in his accounts from time to time be allowed credit for any sum or sums of money paid by him in pursuance of any such Warrant as aforesaid, and the receipt or receipts of the respective persons to whom the same shall be so paid, shall be a full and valid discharge to the said Treasurer, in passing his said accounts ior an)' such sum or sums as shall be therein mentioned. —Read. Question put—That the Clause as read stand as Clause 4 of the Bill. Committee divided.