V.  Australien.  1425  252.  New  Zealand.

Members,  not  more  than  Forty-two  nor  less  than  Twenty-four,  as  the  Governor
shall  by  Proclamation  in  that  Behalf  direct  and  appoint;  and  every  such  House  of
Representatives  shall,  unless  the  General  Assembly  shall  be  sooner  dissolved,  continue
for  the  Period  of  Five  Years  from  the  Day  of  the  Return  of  the  Writs  for  choosing;
such  House,  and  no  longer.

XLI.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Governor  by  Proclamation  to  constitute  within
New  Zealand  convenient  Electoral  Distriets  for  the  Election  of  Members  of  the  said
House  of  Representatives,  and  to  appoint  and  declare  the  Number  öf  such  Members
to  be  elected  for  each  such  District,  and  to  make  Provision  (so  far  a3  may  be  neces-'sary
  beyond  the  Provision  which  may  be  made  for  the  like  Purpose  in  relation  to
Elections  for  Provincial  Councils)  for  the  Registration  and  Revision  of  Lists  of  all
Persons  qualified  to  vote  at  the  Elections  to  be  holden  within  such  Districts,  and
also  Provision  for  the  appointing  of  Returning  Officers,  and  for  issuing,  executing,
and  returning  the  necessary  Writs  for  Elections  of  Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives,
  and  for  taking  the  Poll  thereat,  and  otherwise  for  ensuring  the  orderly,
effective,  and  impartial  Conduct  of  such  Elections;  and  in  determining  the  Number
and  Extent  of  such  Electoral  Districts,  and  the  Number  of  Members  to  be  elected
for  each  District,  regard  shall  be  had  to  the  Number  of  Electors  within  the  same,
so  that  the  Number  of  Members  to  be  assigned  to  any  One  District  may  bear  to  tlıe
whole  Number  of  the  Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  as  nearly  as  may
be,  the  same  Proportion  as  the  Number  of  Electors  within  such  District  shall  bear
to  the  whole  Number  of  Electors  in  New  Zealand.

XLII.  The  Members  of  the  said  House  of  Representatives  to  be  chosen  in  every
Electoral  District  appointed  for  that  Purpose  shall  be  chosen  by  the  Votes  of  the
Inhabitants  of  New  Zealand  who  shall  possess  within  such  District  the  like  Qualifications
  which,  when  possessed  within  an  Electoral  District  appointed  for  the  Election
of  Members  of  a  Provincial  Council,  would  entitle  Inhabitants  of  the  Province  to
vote  in  the  Election  of  Members  of  the  Provincial  Council  thereof,  and  who  shall
be  duly  registered  as  Electors;  and  every  Person  legally  qualified  as  such  Elector
shall  be  qualified  to  be  elected  a  Member  of  the  said  House.

XLIII.  The  Governor  shall  cause  the  First  Write  for  the  Election  of  Members
:of  the  said  House  of  Representatives  to  be  issued  at  some  Time  not  later  than  Six
Calendar  Months  next  after  the  Proclamation  of  this  Act  in  New  Zealand;  and  upon
the  Expiration  of  the  said  Period  of  the  Continunace  of  the  House  of  Representatives,
or  upon  the  previous  Determination  of  such  House  by  the  Dissolution  of  the  General
‚Assembly,  the  Governor  shall  cause  Writs  to  be  issued  for  the  Election  of  Members
of  the  ensuing  House  of  Representatives.

XLIV.  The  General  Assembly  of  New  Zealand  shall  be  holden  at  any  Place
and  Time  within  New  Zealand  which  the  Governor  shall  from  Time  to  Time  by
Proclamation  for  that  Purpose  appoint;  and  the  Time  so  to  be  appointed  for  the
first  holding  of  such  General  Assembly  shall  be  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be  after
the  Return  of  the  First  Writs  of  the  Election  of  Members  of  the  said  House  of  Re-179

