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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 713, 12 February 1853, Page 2 (Supplement)

any Act of the said Genera! Assembly shall be prescribed in that Behalf; and the Surplus of such Revenue which shall not he appropriated as aforesaid shall be divided among the several Provinces for the Time being established in New Zealand under or by virtue of this Act, in the like Proportions as the gross Proceeds of the said Revenue shall have arisen therein respectively, and shall be paid over to the respective Treasuries of such Provinces for the public Uses thereof, and shall be subject to the Appropriation of the respective Provincial Councils of such Provinces. Power to General Assembly to alter Electoral Districts and Number of Members of House of Representatives, &c. LXVII. It shall be lawful for the said General Assembly, by any Act or Acts, from Time to Time, to establish new Electoral Districts for the Purpose of Electing members of the said House of Representatives, to alter the Boundaries of Electoral Districts for the Time being existing for such Purposes, to alter and appoint the number of Members to be chosen for such Districts, to increase the whole Number of Members of the said House of Representatives, and to alter and regulate the Appointment of Returning Officers, and make Provision in such Manner as they may deem expedient for the Issue and Return of Writs for the Election of the Members of such House, and the Timeand Place of bolding such Elections, and for the Determination of contested Elections for such House. Power to General Assembly to make other Alterations in the Constitution of the House of Representatives. LXVIII. It shall be lawful for the said General Assembly, by any Act or Acts, to alter from Time to Time any Provisions of this Act and any Laws for the Time being in force concerning (he Election of Members of the said House of Representatives, and the Qualification of Electors and Members; provided that every Bill for any of such Purposes shall be reserved for the (Signification of Her Majesty’s Pleasure thereon, and a Copy of such Bill shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament for the Space ot Thirty Days at the least before Her Majesty’s Pleasure thereon shall be signified. Power to General Assembly to constitute Provinces , and alter the Provisions concerning Election of Members, dec. LXIX. It shall be lawful for the said General Assembly, by any Act or Acts from Time to Time, to constitute new Provinces in New Zealand, to direct and appoint the Number of Members of which the Provincial Councils thereof shall consist, and to alter the Boundaries of any Provinces for the Time being existing, and to alter the Provisions of this Act and any Laws for the Time being in force respecting the Election of Members of the Provincial Councils, the Powers of such Councils, and the Distribution of the said surplus Revenue between the several Provinces of 1 New Zealand ; Provided always, that any Bill for any of the said Purposes shall be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s Pleasure thereon. Her Majesty may establish Municipal Corporations. LXX. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, in and by any Letters Patent to be issued under the Great Beal of the United Kingdom, from Time to Time, to constitute and establish within any District or Districts of New Zealand One or more Municipal Corporation or Corporations, and to grant to any such Corporation all or any of the Powers which, in pursuance of the Statutes in that Behalf made and provided, it is competent to Her Majesty to grant to the Inhabitants of any Town or Borough in England and Wales incorporated in virtue of such Statutes or any of them, and to qualify and restrict the Exercise of any such Powers in such and the same Manner as, by the Statutes aforesaid or any of them, Her Majesty may qualify or restrict the Exercise of any such Powers as aforesaid in England ; Provided always, that all Provisions of any such Letters Patent, and all Dye laws or Regulations made by any such Corporation, shall be subject to Alteration or Repeal by any Ordinance or Act of the Provincial Council for the Province in which any such Corporation may be established, or uf the General Assembly, according to their respective Powers herein-before declared. Her Majesty may cause Laws of Aboriginal Native Inhabitants to be maintained. LXX I. And whereas it may be expedient that the Laws, Customs, and Usages of the aboriginal or native Inhabitants of New Zealand, so far as they are not repugnant to the general Principles of Humanity, should for the present, be maintained fo* the Government of themselves, in all their Relations to and Dealings with each other, and that particular Districts should beset apart within which such Laws, Customs, or Usages should be so observed ; It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Letters Patent to be issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, from Time to