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On motion of Mr. Sewell the foregoing Standing Orders were considered seriatim and adopted ; and ordered to be transmitted for the approval of His Excellency the Officer administering the Government. Mr. Sewell with leave of the House, brought up the report of the Select Committee appointed to report upon the late Prorogation. Report read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ludlam, according to notice, moved No. 3 standing in his name on this days paper, which with the leave of the House he amended as follows : — ■' That this House having had under consideration the case of Mr. Grimstone, is of opinion that its circumstances justly entitle him to the consideration of the Government. Agreed to. Mr. Ludlam gave notice that, to-morrow, he would move an address to His Excellency, embodying the foregoing Resolution. Mr. Wortley, according to notice, moved No. 4 standing in his name on this day's paper. Agreed to. Mr. Wortley gave notice that, to-morrow, he would move that an humble Address be presented to his Excellency, praying him to send down to this House a recommendation for the Appropriation of a sum of money, by way of Colonial allowance, to the officers and men of H.M. Ship "Pandora," at the same rate as that recommended by the Government of New South Wales, for vessels on the Australian Station. Mr. Lee, according to notice, moved for leave to bring in a "Bill to authorize the General Assembly to empower the Provincil Councils to enact Laws for regulating the Sale, Letting, Disposal and Occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown."—Leave given. And on motion of Mr. Lee, Bill read a first time, and the second reading ordered to stand an order of the day for to-morrow. Mr. Mackay, previous to moving the second reading of the Duties of Customs Bill, moved that a Petition, presented from certain Merchants and Shipowners of Auckland during last Session, on this subject, be now read.—Agreed to.—Petition read. Mr. Mackay then moved, seconded by Mr. Macandrew, that the Bill be now read a second time. Debate ensued. House divided. Ayes—2o. Noes—4. Messrs. Forsaith Messrs. Weld Porter Revans Wakefield O'Neill Crompton Wortley (teller). Greenwood Cutten Taylor Sewell Lee Merriman Gledhill Fitzgerald Bacot E. J. Wakefield Mackay Rhodes Travers Picard Gray Ludlam King Brown Kelham Monro Carleton Macandrew (teller). Bill read a second time accordingly. And on motion of Mr. Mackay the consideration thereof in Committee, ordered to stand an order of the day for to-morrow. Mr. Sewell moved the suspension of the Standing Orders relating to the passing of Bills through more than one stage at a sitting.—Agreed to.