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And the question being put, that the clause as amended stand part of the 'Bill, the Committee divided, and the names were taken down as follows :— Ayes, 8. Noes, 5. Mi'. Bastings, Mr. Ballanee, Sir R. Douglas, Mr. Lumsden, Mr. Hamlin, Hon. D. Reid, Mr. Harper, Mr. Stout, Mr. Pyke, Mr. Thomson. Mr. Rolleston, Mr. Sharp, Mr. Teschemaker. So it passed in the affirmative. Resolved, on the motion of Mr. Pyke, That the Committee do consider, without notice, an amendment to Appendix H. Moved by Mr. Pyke In Appendix H, clause 1, lines 3 and i, to omit the words, "Or included or comprised within any license to depasture stock." And the question being put, that the words proposed to be omitted, stand part of the clause, the Committee divided, and the names were taken down as follows :— Ayes, 5. JYoes, (i. Mr. Ballanee, Mr. Bastings, Mr. Lumsden, Sir li. Douglas, Hon. D. Reid, . Mr. Harper, Mr. Stout, Mr. Pyke, Mr. Thomson. Mr. Rolleston, Mr. Teschemaker. So it passed in the affirmative. Mr. Hamlin declined to vote. Clause as amended agreed to. Schedule read. Amendment proposed, That the words " 1872 No. 39, The Otago Waste Land, Act, 1872," be omitted. (Mr. Stout.) Amendment negatived. Schedule agreed to. Besolved, (on motion of the Chairman) That the Bill intituled " rlhe Land Act, 1877,'' be reported as amended to the House, if Mr. Speaker decide against the consideration of Mr. Thomson's amendment by the Committee ; together with the Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence. Resolved, (on motion of Mr. Stout) That the Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence be printed. The Committee then adjourned.