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NOTICES OF MOTION AND ORDER OF THE DAY. Monday, May 26, 1856. 1. Mr. Sewell to move for returns of the gross Customs Receipts for the Province of Auckland for the last three months, distinguishing the Receipts week by week. 2. Mr. Campbell to move, That the agitation of the question as to the removal of the Seat of Government from Auckland during the present session would be detrimental to the interest of the Colony. 3. Mb. Campbell to move, That it is the opinion of this House the next meeting of the General Assembly should beheld in Auckland. 4. Major Greenwood to ask the hon. member for Wanganui (the Attorney-General) whether it is the intention of the Government during this session to take any, and if any, what steps to adjust the representation of the various Provinces in this House, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution Act. 5. Mr. .Elliott to move, That the recommendations contained in the the Report of the House Committee be adopted by this House. 6. Mr. Stafford to ask the hon. member at the head of the Government, whether it is his intention to introduce a bill to declare that the Customs Revenue received under the existing Customs Ordinances, shall be deemed to be her Majesty's Revenue, to be subject to the provisions of the Constitution Act. , . Also, to define what Revenues, of those received under various existing laws of the late General Legislature, shall be her Majesty's Revenue, and what shall be Provincial Revenue7. Mr. Stafford to move, That not only with a view to economy, but from every motive of humanity, it is expedient that one general asylum be established for the reception and treatment of persons of unsound mind from every part of the Colony. 8. The Colonial Secretary to move, That the name of the Colonial Treasurer be added to the Committee on Land Claims. 9. Mr. Merriman to move, That the second reading of the Resident Magistrates Courts Amendment Bill stand as an order of the day for Wednesday next, the 28th inst.

ORDER OF THE DAY. 1. Supreme Court Law Procedure Bill—second reading. CHARLES CLIFFORD, Speaker*