V.  Australien.  1420  252.  New  Zealand.

the  said  Treasurer  shall  account  to  Her  Majesty  for  the  same  through  the  Commissioners
  of  Her  Majesty’s  Treasury  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and
Ireland,  in  such  Manner  and  Form  as  Her  Majesty  shall  be  graciously  pleased  to
direct.

LXV.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  General  Assembly  of  New  Zealand,  by  any
Act  or  Acts,  to  alter  all  or  any  of  the  Sums  mentioned  in  the  said  Schedule,  and  the
Appropriation  of  such  Sums  to  the  Services  and  Purposes  therein  mentioned;  but
every  Bill  which  shall  be  passed  by  the  said  Legislative  Council  and  House  of
Representatives  altering  the  Salary  of  the  Governor,  or  altering  the  Sum  described
as  for  native  Purposes,  shall  be  reserved  for  the  Signification  of  Her  Majesty’s
Pleasure  thereon,  and  until  and  subject  to  such  Alteration  by  Act  or  Acts  as  aforesaid
the  Salaries  of  the  Governor  and  Judges  shall  be  those  respectively  set  against  their
several  Offices  in  the  said  Schedule;  and  Accounts  in  detail  of  the  Expenditure  of
the  several  Sums  for  the  Time  being  appropriated  under  this  Act,  or  such  Act  or
Acts  as  aforesaid  of  the  said  General  Assembly,  to  the  several  Services  and  Purposes
mentioned  in  the  said  Schedule,  shall  be  laid  before  the  said  Legislative  Council
and  House  of  Representatives  within  Thirty  Days  next  after  the  Beginning  of  the
Session  after  such  Expenditure  shall  have  been  made:  Provided  always,  that  it
shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  said  General  Assembly,  by  any  such  Act  as  aforesaid,  to
make  any  Diminution  in  the  Salary  of  any  Judge  to  take  effect  during  the  Continuance
in  Office  of  any  Person  being  such  Judge  at  the  Time  of  the  passing  of  such  Act.

LXVI.  After  and  subject  to  the  Payments  to  be  made  under  the  Provisions
herein-before  contained,  all  the  Revenue  arising  from  Taxes,  Duties,  Rates,  and
Imposts  levied  in  virtue  of  any  Act  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  from  the  Disposal
of  Waste  Lands  of  the  Crown,  under  any  such  Act  made  in  pursuance  of  the  Authority
herein  contained,  shall  be  subject  to  be  appropriated  to  such  specific  Purposes  as
by  any  Act  of  the  said  General  Assembly  shall  be  prescribed  in  that  Behalf;  and
the  Surplus  of  such  Revenue  which  shall  not  be  appropriated  as  aforesaid  shall  be
divided  among  the  several  Provinces  for  the  Time  being  established  in  New  Zealand
under  or  by  virtue  of  this  Act,  in  the  like  Proportions  as  the  gross  Proceeds  of  the
said  Revenue  shall  have  arisen  therein  respectively,  and  shall  be  paid  over  to  the
respective  Treasuries  of  such  Provinces  for  the  Public  Uses  thereof,  and  shall  be
subject  to  the  Appropriation  of  the  respective  Provincial  Councils  of  such  Provinces.

LXVII.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  General  Assembly,  by  any  Act  or  Acts,
from  Time  to  Time,  to  establish  new  Electoral  Districts  for  the  Purpose  of  electing
Members  of  the  said  House  of  Representatives,  to  alter  the  Boundaries  of  Electoral
Districts  for  the  Time  being  existing  for  such  Purposes,  to  alter  and  appoint  the
Number  of  Members  to  be  chosen  for  such  Districts,  to  increase  the  whole  Number
of  Members  of  the  said  House  of  Representatives,  and  to  alter  and  regulate  the
Appointment  of  Returning  Officers,  and  make  Provision  in  such  Manner  as  they
may  deem  expedient  for  the  Issue  and  Return  of  Writs  for  the  Election  of  the
Members  of  such  House,  and  the  Time  and  Place  of  holding  such  Elections,  and  for
the  Determination  of  contested  Elections  for  such  House.