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Clause 5 read. Amendment proposed, In line 4to substitute the word "twenty" for the word " ten." (Mr. Stout.) Amendment agreed to. Clause as amended agreed to. Clause 6 read and agreed to. Clause 7 read. Amendment proposed, In line 5 to substitute the word " two " for the word " one." (Mr. Beetham.) Amendment agreed to. Clause as amended agreed to. Clause 8 read and agreed to. Clauses 9, 10, and Ll. read. And the question being put, That these clauses stand part of Appendix D, the Committee divided and the names were taken down as follows : — Ayes, 5. Noes, 7. Mr. Beetham, Mr. Ballance, Sir E. Douglas, Mr. Bastings, Mr. Harper, Mr. Lumsden, Hon D. Eeid, Mr. Bolleston, Mr. Thomson. Mr. Sharp, Mr. Stout, Mr. Teschemaker. So it passed in the negative. Appendix E. —Clause! read. Amendment proposed, In line 1, before the word " sections "to insert the words, " notwithstanding anything contained in Section 117 of this Act." (Hon. Mr. Eeid.) Amendment agreed to. Clause as amended agreed to. Clause 2 read and agreed to. Clause 3 read. Amendment proposed, In line Ito substitute the word " ten " for the word " five." (Mr. Stout.) Amendment argeed to. Clause as amended agreed to. Clauses 4 to 7 read and agreed to. Appendix F.—Clauses 1 and 2 read and agreed to. Clause 3 read. Amendment proposed, In line 1 after the word " rural "to insert the words " and pasture." (Mr. Stout.) Amendment agreed to. Clause as amended agreed to. Clause 4 read. Amendment proposed, In line 2 substitute the word " ten " for the word " five." (Mr. Stout.) Amendment agreed to. Clause as amended agreed to. Clauses 5 and 6 read and agreed to. Appendix G. —Clause 1 read. Amendment proposed, In line 1, before the word " all," to insert the words, "notwithstanding anything contained in section 117 of this Act." (Hon. Mr. Eeid). Amendment agreed to. Clause as amended agreed to. Clause 2 read. Amendment proposed, In line 12, after the word " Board," to omit the proviso. (Mr. Stout). Amendment negatived. Clause agreed to. Clause 3 read and agreed to. Notice of motion (S'o. 3) was given by Mr. Stout, To move, that the following words be added to the Bill, at clause 45 : —" Notwithstanding anything in the appendices of this Act contained, no confiscated land shall be sold or offered for sale at a less price than twenty shillings per acre." Notice of motion (No. 4) was given by Mr. Sharp, To move, that the following amendments be inserted in the Land Bill in Appendix E, page 40, Land District of Nelson, after paragraph 7 : —"Any applicant for a lease of Crown land may in his application request the Board to assess the land at its value to sell, in accordance with such regulations as may at the time be in force for the sale of Crown lands in the province, and in the event of such application for a lease being acceded to, shall be entitled to a lease thereof for a term of fourteen years at an annual rental of ten pounds per centum on auch assessed value for sale, payable in advance; and on the due and punctual payment of such rent for the term of fourteen years, and upon the due performance and observance of the covenants contained or implied in such lease, he shall be entitled to a Crown grant of such land. Provided always that no greater quantity of land than three hundred and twenty acres shall be so leased to any one person : Provided also that the minimum price of such land shall not be less than ten shillings per acre. " It shall be lawful for the lessee of any land assessed under the last preceding section, and at tke rental therein mentioned, to purchase the fee-simple of the laud comprised in such lease at any time before the expiration thereof, upon paying in one sum the balance of the total amount of the fourteen years' rental reserved in and by such lease. "It shall be lawful for the Board to grant to any person an occupation license for pastoral purposes of any waste lands, of such area and subject to such payment by the licensee, and upon such other terms as may be agreed upon by and between the Board and the licensee : Provided that any