Clause 30, p. 3, line 20—Instead of ''person'' to insert "persons." Clause 30, lines 21, 22—To omit the words "under the provisions of this Act.", Clause 30, line 25—To omit the words " Registrar or." Clause3o, line 25—After the words "Officiating Minister" to insert "or Registrar, or Justice ofth® Peace." And in the remaining parts of the clause to make corresponding verbal alterations. Side Note of Clause 30—In place of the printed words, to insert "Marriages unduly solemnized, with the knowledge of both parties, to be void." Clanse 30, lines 27, 28—To omit all the words, "or in the absence of any other person whose presence is required by this Act." Clause 31, lines 30, 31—To omit the words "solemnized by license or by a certificate obtained from the Registrar." Clause 31—To omit all the words from "such party/' line 39, p. 8, to "banns," line 1, p. 9, both inclusive. Clause 31, p. 9—To omit all the words from "and ," line 5, to "required," line 7, both inclusive. Clause 31, p. 9—At the end of line 28, after the word "the," to insert "issue of the." To strike out the whole of clause 32. Clause 34, p. 10—After the word "after," line 12, to insert "such relator or relators hath or have known or discovered," and after the word "incurred," line 13, to strike out all the remaining words of the clause. Clause 42, p. 12—After the word "certificate," line 13, to introduce the words "declaring that he is known by them tt> be a recognized minister of religion." Clause 45, p. 12—After the word "Gazette," liae 43, to insert the following words, "And in case of any additional names of ministers being sent in to him, during any part of the year in the manner aforesaid,the Registrar-General shall cause such names to be published forthwith in the Government Gazette, and the persons so gazetted shall be deemed Ministers" for the purposes of this Act. Clause4s, p. 13—To omit the words "of such suspension or deprivation," lines 4, 5 ; to introduce after the word "Gazette,'' line 6, the words "that the name of such minister is withdrawn from the list of Officiating Minister, and such person;" and to omit the words "and the person so suspended or deprived," line 6. In Schedule A, to substitutes for the figures "25"and "20,'' the words "full age" and "minor." To add the Schedule containing the form of Registration referred to in clause 27. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Report of Public Debts Committee. 2. Report on Dower Bill. 3. Report on Registration Bill. 4. Second reading Representation Bill. 5. Marriage Bill in Committee. FRIDAY, September Bth, 1854. 1. Consideration of Interpretation Bill in Committee. AT A FUTURE DAY. 1- MR. SEWELL—To move the following resolutions— 1. That the charge of 268,000/. on the Land Fund of the Colony in favour of the New Zealand Company regarded as a compensation for losses, is excessive in amount, is founded on no grounds of justice, and ought not to *>e claimed from any part cf the colony. 2. I hat the charge in favour of the Company was in fact an equivalent for the surrender by that body, of certain suffered Land Claims, and is fixed on the entire Land Fuud of the colony. 3. I hat by sundry transactions of the Company, and by its dealings wilh the Parliamentary Grants since the charge was created, its amouut has been largely reduced if not altogether extinguished, and that vigorous steps ought to be taken by the Executive Government with the least possible' delay, (or obtaining from the Crown and the Imperial Parliament equitable relief. +. I hat looking to the separate interest which each Province has in the surplus of its own land fund the mode provided by the Constitution Act for satisfying the Company's Claim, out of the proceeds of the first accidental Land Sales, is neither just nor politic, and ought to be corrected with the least possible delay. 5. That, whatever may be eventually fixed as the amount of the Company's Claim, ought to be apportioned amongst the Provinces, according to some just rule; and that under alfthe circumstances, with a view to a general adjustment, the nearest approximation which can be made to such rule is a computation of the area of land in each Province over which the Native Title had
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