V.  Australien.  1423  259.  New  Zealand.

Council  to  be  chosen  by  the  said  Distriets  respectively,  or  altering  the  Number  of  the
Members  of  such  Council,  or  altering  the  Limits  of  any  Town  or  establishing  any
new  Town,  shall  be  reserved  as  aforesaid.

XXVIII.  Whenever  any  Bill  shall  have  been  assented  to  by  the  Superintendent
  as  aforesaid,  the  Superintendent  shall  forthwith  transmit  to  the  Governor  an
authentic  Copy  thereof.

XXIX.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Governor  at  any  Time  within  Three  Months
after  any  such  Bill  shall  have  been  received  by  him  to  declare  by  Proclamation  his
Disallowance  of  such  Bill,  and  such  Disollowance  shall  make  void  and  annual  the
same  from  and  after  the  Day  of  the  Date  of  such  Proclamation  or  any  subsequent
Day  to  be  named  therein.

XXX.  No  Bill  which  shall  be  reserved  for  the  Signification  of  the  Assent  of
the  Governor  shall  have  any  Force  or  Authority  within  the  Province  until  the  Superintendent
  shall  signify  either  by  Speech  or  Message  to  the  Provincial  Council,  or  by
Proclamation  in  the  Government  Gazette,  that  such  Bill  has  been  laid  before  the
Governor,  and  that  the  Governor  has  assented  to  the  same;  and  an  Entry  shall  be
made  in  the  Journals  of  the  Provincial  Council  of  every  such  Speech,  Message,  or
Proclamation,  and  a  Duplicate  thereof,  duly  attested,  shall  be  delivered  to  the
Registrar  of  the  Supreme  Court,  or  other  proper  Officer,  to  be  kept  among  the  Records
  of  the  Province;  and  no  Bill  which  shall  be  so  reserved  as  aforesaid  shall  have
any  Force  or  Authority  within  the  Province  unless  the  Assent  of  the  Governor  thereto
shall  have  been  so  signified  as  aforesaid  within  Three  Months  next  after  the  Day
on  which  such  Bill  shall  have  been  presented  to  the  Superintendent  for  the  Governor’s
  Assent.

XXXT.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Governor  from  Time  to  Time  to  transmit  to
the  Superintendent  of  any  Province,  for  his  Guidance  in  assenting  to  or  withholding
Assent  from  Bills,  or  reserving  the  same  for  the  Signification  of  the  Governor’s
Pleasure  thereon,  such  Instructions  as  to  the  Governor  shall  seem  fit,  and  it  shall
be  the  Duty  of  the  Superintendent  to  act  in  obedience  to  such  Instructions.

XXXII.  There  shall  be  within  the  Colony  of  New  Zealand  a  General  Assembly,
to  consist  of  the  Governor,  a  Legislative  Council,  and  House  of  Representatives.

XXXII.  For  constituting  the  Legislative  Council  of  New  Zealand  it  shall
be  lawful  for  Her  Majesty,  before  the  Time  to  be  appointed  for  the  First  Meeting
of  the  General  Assembly,  by  an  Instrument  under  Her  Royal  Sign  Manual,  to  authorize
  the  Governor  in  Her  Majesty’s  Name  to  summon  to  the  said  Legislative  Council
such  Persons,  being  not  less  in  Number  than  Ten,  as  Her  Majesty  shall  think  fit;
and  it  shall  also  be  lawful  for  Her  Majesty  from  Time  to  Time  in  like  Manner  to
authorize  the  Governor  to  summon  to  the  said  Legislative  Council  such  other  ‚Person
or  Persons  as  Her  Majesty  shall  think  fit,  either  for  supplying  any  Vacancy  or  Vacancies
  or  otherwise,  and  every  Person  who  shall  be  so  summoned  shall  thereby
become  a  Member  of  the  said  Legislative  Council:  Provided  always,  that  no  Person
shall  be  summoned  to  such  Legislative  Council  who  shall  not  be  of  the  full  Age  of
Twenty-one  Years,  and  a  natural  born  Subject  of  Her  Majesty,  or  a  Subject  of  Her