ANNO DECIMO OCTAVO & DECIMO NONO	

13 & 14 Vict.
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VICTORÆ REGINÆ.
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C A P. LV.

An Act to enable Her Majesty to assent to a Bill, as amended, of the 	Legislature of Victoria, to establish a Constitution in and for the Colony 	of Victoria.. [16th July 1855.]

WHEREAS the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the Authority of an Act of Parliament passed in the Fourteenth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Fifty-nine, intituled An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies, did, in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, pass a Bill, intituled An Act to establish a Constitution in and for the Colony of Victoria:  And whereas the said Bill was presented for Her Majesty’s Assent to the then Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, and the said Lieutenant Governor did thereupon declare that he reserved the said Bill for the Signification of Her Majesty’s Pleasure thereon: And whereas it is by the said reserved Bill provided, that the Provisions thereof shall have no Force or Effect until so much and such Parts of certain Acts of Parliament in the said Bill specified as severally relate to the said Colony, and are repugnant to the said reserved Bill shall have Have been repealed, and the entire Management and Control of the Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in the said Colony, and of the Proceeds thereof, including all Royalties, Mines and Minerals, shall be vested in the Legislature of the said Colony: And whereas it is not competent to Her Majesty to assent to 
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Power to Her Majesty to assent to the Bills in Schedule to this Act.

So much of the Acts in Schedule (2.) to this Act as relates to the Colony of Victoria repealed.	the said reserved Bill without the Authority of Parliament for that Purpose: And whereas it is expedient that Her Majesty should be authorized to assent to the said reserved Bill, amended by the Omission of certain Provisions thereof, respecting the Assent of the Governor to the Bills which may be passed by the Legislative Councils and Assemblies of the said Colony, and Her Majesty’s Power to disallow the same, and respecting the Boundaries of the Australian Colonies, and that so much and such Parts as aforesaid of the said specified Acts of Parliament, and of certain other Acts of Parliament herein-after mentioned, should thereupon be repealed, and that the entire Management and Control of the said Waste Lands and Proceeds should be vested in the Legislature of the said Colony: And whereas a Copy of the said Bill, as amended as aforesaid, is set forth in the Schedule (1.) to this Act:  Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

	I. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to assent to the said reserved Bill, so amended as aforesaid, and contained in the Schedule to this Act annexed, anything in the said specified Acts of Parliament, or any other Act, Law, or Usage, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

	II. From the Day of Proclamation of this Act in the said Colony of Victoria (the said reserved Bill, amended as aforesaid, having been previously assented to by Her Majesty in Council as aforesaid,) so much and such Parts of the several Acts of Parliament mentioned in the Schedule (2.) to this Act as severally relate to the said Colony of Victoria, and are repugnant to the said reserved Bill, amended as aforesaid, shall be repealed, and the entire Management and Control of the Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in the said Colony of Victoria, and of the Proceeds thereof, including all Royalties, Mines, and Minerals, shall be vested in the Legislature of the said Colony: Provided, that so much of the Act of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of Her Majesty, mentioned in the said Schedules, as relates to the Constitution, Appointment, and Powers of the Legislative Council of the said Colony of Victoria, shall continue in force until the First Writs shall have issued for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in pursuance to the Provisions of the said reserved Bill, amended and assented to as aforesaid, but no longer: Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent or be construed to prevent the Fulfilment of any Contract, Promise, or Engagement made by or on behalf of Her Majesty with respect to any Lands situate within the said Colony in any Cases where such 
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Contract, Promise, or Engagement shall have been lawfully made before the Time at which this Act shall take effect within the said Colony.

	III. The Provisions of the said Act of the Fourteenth Year of Her Majesty, Chapter Fifty-nine, and of the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-six, “for the Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land,” which relate to the giving and withholding of Her Majesty’s Assent to Bills, and the Reservation of Bills for the Signification of Her Majesty’s Pleasure thereon, and the Instructions to be conveyed to Governors for their Guidance in relation to the Matters aforesaid, and the Disallowance of Bills by Her Majesty, shall apply to Bills to be passed by the Legislative Council and Assembly constituted under the said reserved Bill and this Act, and by any other Legislative Body or Bodies which may at any Time hereafter be substituted for the present Legislative Council and Assembly.

	IV. It shall be lawful for the Legislature of Victoria to make Laws altering or repealing all or any of the Provisions of the said reserved Bill, in the same Manner as any other Laws for the good Government of the said Colony, subject, however, to the Conditions imposed by the said reserved Bill on the Alteration of the Provisions thereof in certain Particulars until and unless the said Conditions shall be repealed or altered by the Authority of the said Legislature.

	V. This Act shall be proclaimed in Victoria by the Governor thereof within One Month after a Copy thereof shall have been received by such Governor, and this Act and the said reserved Bill, as amended as aforesaid, (such Bill being first assented to by Her Majesty in Council,) shall take effect in the said Colony from the Day of such Proclamation.

	VI. In the Construction of this Act the Term “Governor” shall mean the Person for the Time being lawfully administering the Government, and the Word “Legislature” shall include as well the Legislature to be constituted under the said reserved Bill and this Act, as any future Legislature which may be established in the said Colony under the Powers in the said reserved Bill and this Act contained.
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Provisions former Acts respecting the Allowance and Disallowance of Bills preserved.

Power to repeal and alter the Provisions of the reserved Bill.

Commencement of the Act.

Interpretation of Terms.

	

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Preamble.

Separate Legislative House established.

Legislative Council constituted	
SCHEDULES to which this Act refers.

SCHEDULE (1.)
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An Act to establish a Constitution in and for the Colony of Victoria.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the Session holden in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled “An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies,” it was amongst other things enacted, that, notwithstanding anything therein-before contained, it should be lawful for the Governor and Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria, after the Establishment therein of a Legislative Council under the said Act, from Time to Time, by any Act or Acts, to alter the Provisions or Laws for the Time being in force under the said Act, or otherwise concerning the Election of the Elective Members of such Legislative Council, the Qualification of Electors and Elective Members, or to establish in the said Colony, instead of the Legislative Council, a Council and a House of Representatives, or other separate Legislative Houses, to consist respectively of such Members to be appointed or elected respectively by such Persons and in such Manner as by such Act or Acts should be determined, and to vest in such Council and House of Representatives, or other separate Legislative Houses, the Powers and Functions of the Legislative Council for which the same might be substituted: And whereas it is expedient to establish in the said Colony separate Legislative Houses, and to vest in them as well the Powers and Functions of the Legislative Council now subsisting as the other and additional Powers and Functions herein-after mentioned: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of the said Colony of Victoria, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

	I. There shall be established in Victoria, instead of the Legislative Council now subsisting, One Legislative Council and One Legislative Assembly, to be severally constituted in the Manner herein-after provided; and Her Majesty shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the said Council and Assembly, to make Laws in and for Victoria, in all Cases whatsoever.

	II. The Legislative Council of Victoria shall consist of Thirty Members, to be elected as herein-after provided ; and for the Purpose of returning such Members the said Colony shall be divided into Six Electoral Provinces, the Boundaries whereof, for the Purposes of this Act, shall be taken to be those set forth in the Schedule marked E. hereunto annexed, and each such Province shall return an equal Number of Members.
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	III. At the First Election of the Members of the said Council held after this Act shall have come into operation, each Province shall return the Number of Members assigned thereto in the said Schedule, and at the Expiration of Two Years from the Date of such First Election, and thenceforward at the Expiration of every succeeding Period of Two Years, One of the Members returned for each of the said Electoral Provinces respectively shall retire from the said Council, and those shall so retire who shall have been for the longest Time Members thereof without Re-election: Provided that any Member elected in the Place of a Member dying, resigning, or retiring, otherwise than by Rotation, shall hold his Seat only so long as the Member in whose Place he has been elected would have been entitled to have held the same ; provided further, that of Members elected for any Province at the First Election as aforesaid, the Member who may at his Election have received the least Number of Votes shall first so retire,  and in case of an Equality of Votes, or of no Polling having taken place at such Election, it shall be decided by Lot which Member shall so retire ; provided also, that any Member so retiring shall, if otherwise qualified, be capable of being re-elected.
	
     IV. No Person shall be capable of being elected a Member of the Legislative Council who shall not be of the full Age of Thirty Years, and a natural-born Subject of the Queen, and who shall not for One Year previous to such Election have been legally or equitably seised of or entitled to an Estate of Freehold in possession, for his own Use and Benefit, in Lands and Tenements in the said Colony of Victoria of the Value of Five thousand Pounds Sterling Money, or of the annual Value of Five hundred Pounds Sterling Money, above all Charges and Incumbrances affecting the same respectively : Provided that no Judge of any Court of the said Colony appointed during good Behaviour, nor any Minister of any Religious Denomination, whatever may be his Title, Rank, or Designation, shall be capable of being elected a Member of the Legislative Council ; provided further, that no Person who shall have been attainted of any Treason, or convicted of any Felony or infamous Offence, within any Part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, shall be capable of being elected a Member of the Legislative Council.

	V. Every Man of the Age of Twenty-one Years, being a natural-born Subject of Her Majesty, or being a naturalized Subject, or a legally-made Denizen of Victoria (such Naturalization or Denization having been made Three Years previous to the Date of the last Registration of Electors made in pursuance of the Provisions hereof,) and having resided in Victoria for any One Year previous to such Registration, who shall have a Freehold Estate in possession, for his own Use and Benefit, in Lands and Tenements, situate within the Electoral Province for which his Vote is to be given of the clear Value of One thousand Pounds Sterling Money, or of the clear annual Value of One hundred Pounds Sterling Money, above all Charges and Incumbrances affecting the same respectively, or shall have a Leasehold Estate in possession, situated as aforesaid, held upon a Lease whereby a Rent of One hundred Pounds or upwards shall be reserved, or of the clear annual Value of One hundred Pounds above all Charges and Outgoings, every such Lease having been granted for a Period of not less than Five Years, or who shall be resident within the Electoral Province for which his Vote is to be given, and be a Graduate of any University in the British Dominions, or a Barrister or Solicitor on the Roll of the Supreme Court of Victoria, or a legally qualified Medical Practitioner, or on officiating
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	Retirement of Members in rotation.

Qualification of Members.

Qualification of Electors.

	

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Election of President.

Declaration by Members.

Resignation of Members.

Quorum of Legislative Council.

	Minister, or an Officer or retired Officer of Her Majesty’s Land or Sea Forces, except on actual Service, shall, being duly registered, be entitled to vote at the Election of a Member or Members of the Legislative Council : Provided, that no Person shall be entitled to be registered as such Elector for any Province in respect of any such Estate, Occupation, or Qualification as aforesaid, unless he shall have been seised or possessed of or occupied or held the same respectively for the Period of Twelve Calender Months at least previous to such Registration as aforesaid ; provided also, that no Person shall be entitled to be registered as aforesaid who shall have been attainted or convicted of Treason, Felony, or other infamous Offence, in any Part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, unless he shall have received a free Pardon, or have undergone the Sentence passed on him for such Offence ; provided also, that no Man shall be entitled to be registered in respect of any such Estate or Occupation as aforesaid unless at the Time of such Registration of Electors he shall have paid up all Rates and Taxes which shall have become payable by him as Owner or Leaseholder in respect of such Estate, or as Occupier in respect of such Occupation, except such as shall have become payable during Three Calender Months next before such Registration ; provided further, that no Person who shall attain the Age of Twenty-one Years after the Expiration of Two Years from the passing hereof shall be entitled to be registered as aforesaid unless he shall be able to read and write.

	VI. The Legislative Council shall, at its First Meeting, and before proceeding to the Despatch of any other Business, elect One Member of the said Council to be the President thereof; and as often as the Place of the said President shall become vacant by Death, Resignation, or Removal by a Vote of the Council or by Disallowance as herein-after mentioned, or otherwise, shall forthwith proceed to elect some other Member to be the President thereof, and the President so elected shall preside at the Meetings of the Council: Provided, that it shall be lawful for the Governor to disallow the Choice of any such President, and upon such Disallowance being signified by the Governor to the Council the Place of such President shall become vacant.

	VII. Every Member of the Legislative Council, before he shall sit or vote in the Council, after the Election of a President, shall make and subscribe a Declaration in Writing under his Hand, and deliver the same to the Clerk of the Council at the Place where and while the Council is sitting, with the President in the Chair, which Declaration shall be in the Form set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed marked A; and the said Declaration shall be filed and kept by the Clerk with the other Records of the Office; and every Member who shall sit or vote in the Council, after the Election of a President, before making such Declaration as aforesaid, shall be liable for every Day on which he shall so offend to pay the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, to be recovered by any Person who shall sue for the same in any Court of competent Jurisdiction.

	VIII. It shall be lawful for any Member to resign his Seat, in the Legislative Council by a Letter addressed to the Governor, and from the Time when the same shall have been received by the Governor the Seat of such Member shall become vacant.
	IX. The Legislative Council shall not be competent to the Despatch of Business unless there be present, exclusive of the President, One Third at least of the Members of the said Council, or if the whole Number of Members there
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shall not be exactly divisible by Three, then such integral Number as is next greater than One Third of the Members of the said Council ; and all Questions, save as herein excepted, which shall arise in the Council, shall be decided by a Majority of the Members present, other than the President, and when the Votes shall be equal the President shall have the Casting Vote.

	X. The Legislative Assembly of Victoria shall consist of Sixty Members, to be elected as herein-after provided ; and for the Purpose of returning such Members the said Colony shall be divided into Thirty-seven Electoral Districts, the Boundaries whereof shall for the Purposes of this Act be those set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed marked F., each of which Districts shall return the Number of Members assigned thereto in the said Schedule.
	
	XI. No Person shall be capable of being elected a Member of the Assembly who shall not be of the full Age of Twenty-one Years, or who shall not be a natural-born Subject of the Queen, or have been naturalized by Law for the Space of Five Years, and been resident in Victoria for the Space of Two Years previous to such Election, and who shall not be legally or equitably seised of or entitled to an Estate of Freehold in possession, for his own Use and Benefit, in Lands and Tenements in Victoria of the Value of Two thousand Pounds Sterling Money, or of the annual Value of Two hundred Pounds Sterling Money above all Charges and Incumbrances affecting the same: Provided, that no Person shall be capable of being elected a Member to serve in the Assembly who shall be a Judge of any Court of the said Colony appointed during good Behaviour, or a Minister of any Religious Denomination, whatever may be his Title, Rank, or Designation ; provided further, that no Person who shall have been attainted of any Treason, or convicted of any Felony or infamous Crime, in any Part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, shall be capable of being elected a Member of the said Assembly.

	XII. Every Man of the Age of Twenty-one Years, being a natural-born Subject of Her Majesty, or being a naturalized Subject or a legally-made Denizen of Victoria, and having resided in the said Colony for any One Year previous to the Date of the last Registration of Electors, who shall have a Freehold Estate in possession, situate within the Electoral District for which his Vote is to be given, of the clear Value of Fifty Pounds Sterling Money, or of the clear annual Value of Five Pounds Sterling Money above all Charges and Incumbrances in any way affecting the same, or shall have a Leasehold Estate in possession, situate as aforesaid, of the annual Value of Ten Pounds Sterling Money above all Charges and Incumbrances affecting the same or shall be a Householder within such District occupying any House, Warehouse, Counting-house, Office, Shop, or other Building or Premises of the clear annual Value of Ten Pounds Sterling Money, or shall, in consideration of any Payment to the Public Revenue, be entitled, under any Law now or hereafter to be in force, to occupy, for the Space of Twelve Months or upwards, any Portion of the Waste Lands of the Crown situate as aforesaid, or shall, being resident within the Electoral District for which his Vote is to be given, be in receipt of an annual Salary of One hundred Pounds Sterling Money, shall, being duly registered, be entitled to vote at the Election of a Member or Members of the Legislative Assembly : Provided, that no Person shall be entitled to be registered as an Elector upon the Electoral Roll of any Electoral District unless he shall have been seised or possessed of, or occupied, used, enjoyed, held, or been in receipt of the Qualifi-
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Legislative Assembly, how constituted.

Qualification of Members.

Qualification of Electors.

	

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Joint Interests.

Provision as to Trustees and Mortgagees.

What to be a Charge or Incumbrance.

Members of Council incapable of being Members of Assembly, and vice versâ.

Persons becoming incapable.

Who are to be responsible Officers.

Duration of Assembly.

	cation in respect whereof he shall claim to be registered for the Period of Six Calendar Months at least previous to such Registration ; provided also, that no Person shall be entitled to be registered as aforesaid who shall have been attainted or convicted of Treason, Felony, or other infamous Offence, in any Part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, unless he shall have received a free Pardon, or undergone the Sentence passed on him for such Offence ; provided further, that no Man shall be entitled to be registered as aforesaid in respect of such Estate or Occupation unless at the Time of such Registration he shall have paid up all Rates and Taxes which shall have become payable by him as Owner or Leaseholder in respect of such Estate, or as Occupier in respect of such Occupation, except such as shall have become payable during Three Calendar Months next before such Registration ; provided lastly, that no Person who shall attain the Age of Twenty-one Years after the Expiration of Two Years from the passing hereof shall be entitled to be registered unless he shall be able to read and write.

	XIII. Where any Premises are jointly owned or occupied or held upon Lease by more Persons than One, each of such Joint Owners, Occupiers, or Leaseholders shall be entitled to be registered as an Elector, and to vote at the Election of Members to serve in the Council or Assembly, as the Case may be, provided the Value of his individual Share or Interest in the said Premises would under the Provisions of this Act entitle such Owner, Occupier, or Leaseholder to be registered as such Elector, and to vote as aforesaid.

	XIV. No Person shall be allowed to have any Vote in the Election of a Member of the Council or Assembly for or by reason of any Trust Estate or Mortgage, unless such Trustee or Mortgagee be in actual Possession or Receipt of the Rents and Profits of the same Estate, but the Mortgagor or Cestuique Trust in possession shall and may vote for the same Estate, notwithstanding such Mortgage or Trust.

	XV. No public Tax, Rate, or Charge shall be deemed to be any Charge or Incumbrance on Lands within the Meaning of this Act.

	XVI. No Person, being a Member of the Council, shall be capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the Assembly, nor shall any Person being a Member of the said Assembly be capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the said Council.

	XVII. If any Member of the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly shall accept of any Office of Profit under the Crown during Pleasure, his Seat shall thereupon become vacant, but such Person shall, if otherwise duly qualified, be capable of being re-elected.

	XVIII. Of the following Officers of Government for the Time being, that is to say, the Colonial Secretary or Chief Secretary, Attorney General, Colonial Treasurer or Treasurer Commissioner of Public Works, Collector of Customs or Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Surveyor General or Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, and Solicitor General, or the Persons for the Time being holding those Offices, Four at least shall be Members of the Council or Assembly.

	XIX. Every Assembly hereafter to be summoned and chosen shall continue for Five Years from the Day of the Return of the Writs for choosing the same, and no longer, subject nevertheless to be sooner dissolved by the Governor.
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	XX. The Legislative Assembly of Victoria shall, at its First Meeting after every General Election, and before proceeding to the Despatch of any other Business, elect a Member of such Assembly to be Speaker, and in case of his Death, Resignation, or Removal by a Vote of the Assembly, shall forthwith proceed to elect some other Member to be Speaker ; and the Speaker so elected shall preside at the Meetings of the Assembly, except as may be provided by the Standing Rules and Orders hereby authorized to be made.

	XXI. The Legislative Assembly shall not be competent to the Despatch of Business unless there be present, exclusive of the Speaker, Twenty Members thereof ; and all Questions, save as herein excepted, which shall arise in the Assembly, shall be decided by the Majority of Members present, other than the Speaker, and when the Votes shall be equal the Speaker shall have the Casting Vote.

	XXII. No Omission or Failure to elect a Member or Members in or for any Electoral Province or District, nor the vacating the Seat or avoiding the Election of any such Member or Members, shall be deemed or taken to make either the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly, as the Case may be, incomplete, or to invalidate any Proceedings thereof, or to prevent such Council or Assembly from meeting, and despatching Business, so long as there shall be a Quorum of Members present.

	XXIII. It shall be lawful for any Member to resign his Seat in the Legislative Assembly by Writing under his Hand addressed to the Speaker, and from the Time when the same shall have been received by the Speaker the Seat of such Member shall become vacant.

	XXIV. If any Member of the Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly shall, for One entire Session thereof, without the Permission of the said Council or Assembly, as the Case may be, fail to give his Attendance in such Council or Assembly, or shall take any Oath or make any Declaration or Acknowledgment of Allegiance, Obedience, or Adherence to any Foreign Prince or Power, or adopt any Act whereby he may become a Subject or Citizen of any Foreign State or Power, or shall become bankrupt or an Insolvent Debtor, within the Meaning of the Laws in force within Victoria relating to Bankrupts or Insolvent Debtors, or shall become a Public Defaulter, or be attainted of Treason, or be convicted of Felony or any infamous Crime, or become non compos mentis, his Seat in the said Council or Assembly, as the Case may be, shall thereby become vacant.

	XXV. Any Person who shall, directly or indirectly, himself, or by any Person whosoever in trust for him or for his Use or Benefit or on his Account, undertake, execute, hold, or enjoy, in the whole or in part, any Contract or Agreement for or on account of the Public Service, shall be incapable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the Council or Assembly during the Time he shall execute, hold, or enjoy any such Contract, or any Part or Share thereof, or any Benefit or Emolument arising for the same : Provided, that nothing herein contained shall extend to any Contract or Agreement made, entered into, or accepted by any Company or Association consisting of more than Twelve Persons, where such Contract or Agreement shall be made, 
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Election of Speaker.

Quorum of Assembly.

Quorum of Houses may act, though Election may have failed.

Resignation of Members.

Seat, how vacated.

Public Contractors incapable.

	

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Effects of Incapacity.

Power for existing Legislature to make Provision for regulating Elections, &c.

Convocation, Prorogation, and Dissolution.

Sessions of Council and Assembly.

Time of First Election.

Declaration by Members.

	entered into, or accepted for the general Benefit of such Company or Association ; provided also, that if any Member of the Council or Assembly shall enter into such Contract or Agreement his Seat shall be declared by the said Council or Assembly respectively to be and shall thereupon become void.

	XXVI. If any Person by this Act disabled or declared to be incapable to sit or vote in the Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly be elected and returned as a Member to serve in the said Council or Assembly, such Election and Return may be declared by the said Council or Assembly, as the Case may be, to be void, and thereupon the same shall become void to all Intents and Purposes ; and if any Person so elected and returned contrary to the Provisions of this Act shall sit or vote as Member of the said Council or Assembly, he shall be liable to pay the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, to be recovered by any Person who shall sue for the same in any Court of the said Colony having competent Jurisdiction.

	XXVII. The Legislature of Victoria in existence at the Time of the Proclamation of this Act, as herein-after mentioned, shall, by an Act or Acts to be for that Purpose made and passed in the Manner and subject to the Conditions required in respect of any Act or Acts made or passed by such Legislature, make all necessary Provision for the Compilation and Revision of Lists of all Persons qualified to vote at the Elections of Members to serve in the said Council and Assembly respectively, and for the Registration of such Persons, and for the appointing of Returning Officers at such Elections, and for the issuing, executing, and returning the necessary Writs for the same, and generally for declaring and filling up all Vacancies in such Council and Assembly respectively, and for regulating the Proceedings and taking the Poll at all such Elections, and for determining the Validity of all disputed Returns and Elections, and otherwise for ensuring the orderly, effective, and impartial Conduct of all such Elections.

	XXVIII. It shall be lawful for the Governor to fix such Places within Victoria, and, subject to the Limitation herein contained, such Times for holding the First and every other Session of the Council and Assembly, and to vary and alter the same respectively in such Manner as he may think fit, and also from Time to Time to prorogue the said Council and Assembly, and to dissolve the said Assembly, by Proclamation or otherwise, whenever he shall deem it expedient : Provided, that nothing herein contained shall empower the Governor to dissolve the Council.

	XXIX. There shall be a Session of the Council and Assembly of Victoria once at least in every Year, so that a Period of Twelve Calendar Months shall not intervene between the last Sitting of the Council and Assembly in one Session and the First Sitting of the Council and Assembly in the next Session.

	XXX. The First Writs for the Election of Members of the Council and Assembly respectively shall issue at some Period not later than Twelve Calendar Months after the Proclamation of this Act within Victoria.

	XXXI. Every Member of the Legislative Assembly shall, after the Election of the Speaker, before he shall sit or vote in such Assembly, make and sub-
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scribe a Declaration in Writing under his Hand, and deliver the same to the Clerk of the Assembly at the Place where and while the House is sitting, with the Speaker in the Chair, which Declaration shall be in the Form set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed marked B., and the said Declaration shall be filed and kept by the Clerk with the other Records of the Office; and every Member who shall sit or vote in the said Assembly after the Election of a Speaker, , before making such Declaration as aforesaid, shall be liable for every Day on which he shall so offend to a Penalty of Two hundred Pounds.

	XXXII. No Member either of the Council or of the Assembly shall be permitted to sit or vote therein respectively until he shall have taken and subscribed before the Governor, or before some Person authorized by the Governor in that Behalf, the Oath set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed
marked C.; and every Person authorized by Law to make an Affirmation instead of making an Oath may make such Affirmation in every Case in which an Oath is herein required to be taken.

	XXXIII. If any Member either of the Council or Assembly shall knowingly and wilfully make a false Declaration respecting his Qualification as aforesaid, such Person shall be deemed to be guilty of a Misdemeanour, and, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer the like Pains and Penalties as by Law are incurred by Persons guilty of wilful and corrupt Perjury.

	XXXIV. The Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly, in the First Session of each respectively, and from Time to Time afterwards as there shall be Occasion, shall prepare and adopt Standing Rules and Orders for providing for the Manner in which such Council and Assembly shall be presided over in case of the Absence of the President or Speaker respectively, and for the Mode in which such Council and Assembly shall communicate, and for the proper passing, intituling, and numbering of the Bills to be introduced into and passed by the said Council and Assembly, and for the proper Presentation of the same to the Governor for Her Majesty’s Assent, and for the Consideration of all Amendments proposed to be made by the Governor, as herein mentioned, and for the due Publication of all proposed Proceedings in such Council and Assembly, and generally for the Conduct of all Business and Proceedings in the said Council and Assembly severally and collectively, all which Rules and Orders shall by such Council and Assembly respectively be laid before the Governor, and being by him approved shall become binding and of Force ; and until such Standing Rules and Orders shall be adopted, Resort shall be had to the Rules, Forms, and Usages of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, which shall be followed, so far as the same may be applicable to the Proceedings of the said Council and Assembly respectively : Provided, that no Standing Rule or Order which shall affect the Communication between the said Council and Assembly, or the Proceedings of the said Council and Assembly collectively, shall be of any Force unless the same shall have been adopted both by the said Council and Assembly.

	XXXV. It shall be lawful for the Legislature of Victoria, by any Act or Acts to define the Privileges, Immunities, and Powers to be held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Council and Assembly, and by the Members thereof
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Oath of Allegiance.

False Declaration.

Standing Rules and Orders.

Privileges of Legislature.

	

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Governor’s Message.

Appointment to Public Offices.

Commissions of Judges.

Salaries of Judges.

Existing Laws.

Existing Courts and Offices.

Certain Duties may not be levied.

 	respectively: Provided, that no such Privileges, Immunities, or Powers shall exceed those now held, enjoyed, and exercised by the Commons House of Parliament or the Members thereof.

	XXXVI. It shall be lawful for the Governor to transmit by Message to the Council or Assembly for their Consideration any Amendment which he shall desire to be made in any Bill presented to him for Her Majesty’s Assent; and all such Amendments shall be taken into consideration in such convenient Manner as shall by the Rules and Orders aforesaid be in that Behalf provided.

	XXXVII. The Appointment to Public Offices under the Government of Victoria, hereafter to become vacant or to be created, whether such Offices be salaried or not, shall be vested in the Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, with the Exception of the Appointments of the Officers liable to retire from Office on political Grounds, which Appointments shall be vested in the Governor alone.

	XXXVIII. The Commissions of the present Judges of the Supreme Court and all future Judges thereof shall be, continue, and remain in full Force during their good Behaviour, notwithstanding the Demise of Her Majesty or of Her Heirs and Successors, any Law, Usage, or Practice to the contrary hereof in anywise notwithstanding : Provided always, that it may be lawful for the Governor to remove any such Judge or Judges, upon the Address of both Houses of the Legislature.

	XXXIX. Such Salaries as are settled upon the Judges for the Time being by Act of Parliament or otherwise, and all such Salaries as shall or may be in future granted by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, or otherwise, to any future Judges of the said Supreme Court, shall in all Time coming be paid and payable to every such Judge for the Time being so long as his Patent or Commission shall continue and remain in force.

	XL. All Laws and Statutes which at the Time of the passing of this Act shall be in force within Victoria shall remain and continue to be of the same Force, Authority, and Effect as if this Act had not been made, except in so far as the same are repealed or varied by this Act, or in so far as the same shall or may hereafter, by virtue and under the Authority of this Act, be repealed or varied by any Act or Acts of the Legislature of Victoria.

	XLI. All the Courts of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction within Victoria, and all Charters, legal Commissions, Powers, and Authorities, and all Offices, judicial, administrative, or ministerial, therein respectively, except in so far as the same may be abolished, altered, or varied by or may be inconsistent with the Provisions of this Act, or shall be abolished, altered, or varied by any Act or Acts of the Legislature, shall continue to subsist in the same Form and with the same Effect as if this Act had not been made.

	XLII. It shall not be lawful for the Legislature of Victoria to levy any Duty of Articles imported bonâ fide for the Supply of Her Majesty’s Land or Sea Forces, nor to levy any Duty, impose any Prohibition or Restriction, or grant any Exemption, Bounty, Drawback, or other Privilege upon the 
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Importation or Exportation of any Articles, nor to impose or enforce any Dues or Charges upon Shipping, contrary to or at variance with any Treaty or Treaties concluded by Her Majesty with any Foreign Power.

	XLIII. Subject to the Provisions of this Act, and notwithstanding any Act of Parliament now in force to the contrary, it shall be lawful for the Legislature to impose and levy such Duties of Customs as to them may seem fit on the Exportation from or Importation into Victoria of any Goods, Wares, and Merchandise whatsoever, whether the Produce of or imported from the United Kingdom, or any of the Colonies or Dependencies of the United Kingdom, or any Foreign Country : Provided always, that no new Duty shall be so imposed upon the Importation into Victoria of any Article the Produce or Manufacture of or imported from any particular Country or Place which shall not be equally imposed on the Importation into Victoria of the like Article the Produce or Manufacture of or imported from all other Countries and Places whatsoever.
	
     XLIV. All Taxes, Imposts, Rates, and Duties, and all territorial, casual, and other Revenues of the Crown, (including Royalties,) from whatever Source arising, within the Colony of Victoria, or over which the present or any future Legislature has or may have Power of Appropriation, shall form One consolidated Revenue, to be appropriated for the Public Service of the Colony of Victoria, in the Manner and subject to the Charges herein-after mentioned.

	XLV. The consolidated Revenue of Victoria shall be permanently charged with all the Costs, Charges, and Expenses, incident to the Collection, Management, and Receipt thereof, such Costs, Charges, and Expenses being subject, nevertheless, to be reviewed and audited in such Manner as shall be directed by any Act of the Legislature.
	
    XLVI. There shall be payable in every Year to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, out of the Consolidated Revenue of Victoria, the several Sums not exceeding in the whole One hundred and twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds, for defraying the Expense of the several Services and Purposes named in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Parts of the Schedule to this Act annexed marked D., and the said Sums shall be issued by the Treasury of Victoria in discharge of such Warrants as shall be from Time to Time directed to him under the Hand of the Governor, and the said Treasurer shall account to Her Majesty for the same through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in such Manner and Form as Her Majesty shall be graciously pleased to direct; and Accounts in detail of the Expenditure of the several Sums expended under the Authority of this Act shall be laid before the Legislative Houses of Victoria within Thirty Days from the Beginning of the Session next after the Termination of the Year in which such Expenditure shall have been made.
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Powers to levy Duties of Customs.

Proviso.

Consolidated Revenues.

Charges of Collection and Management.

Civil List.

	

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Civil List to be in lieu of Crown Revenues.

Governor may abolish certain Offices.

Pensions to Judges.

Pensions to present Incumbents of Office.

Proviso.

Pensions to responsible Officers.

	XLVII. The said several Sums mentioned in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Parts of the said Schedule D. shall be accepted and taken by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, by way of Civil List, instead of all territorial, casual, and other Revenues of the Crown (including all Royalties), from whatever Source arising, within Victoria, and to the Disposal of which the Crown may be entitled, either absolutely or conditionally, or otherwise howsoever.

	XLVIII. It shall be lawful for the Governor to abolish any of the Offices named in the Third and Fourth Parts of the said Schedule, or to apply the Sums thereby appropriated to such other Purposes connected with the Administration of the Government of Victoria as to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, shall seem fit.

	XLIX. Not more than Four thousand Pounds shall be payable at the same Time for Pensions to the Judges of the Supreme Court out of the Sums set apart for such Pensions in the Fifth Part of the said Schedule : Provided, that all such Pensions shall be granted in accordance with Regulations to be framed by the Governor and Executive Council, so that the same shall, as far as may be, accord with the Act of the Imperial Parliament regulating the Pensions of the Judges of the United Kingdom.

	L. Not more than Five thousand two hundred and fifty Pounds shall be payable in the whole by way of Pension or Retiring Allowance to the Persons holding any of the Offices mentioned in the Sixth Part of the said Schedule D. at the Time of this Act coming into operation, who on political Grounds may retire or be released from any such Office, or whose Office may be abolished after the Time aforesaid ; and upon the Retirement or Release from Office of any of such Persons mentioned in the said Sixth Part, or the Abolition of any such Office, he shall be entitled by way of Pension or Retiring Allowance to Three Fourths of the Salary granted to him, in accordance with the Appropriation Act for the Service of Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, if he shall have held any Office for Ten Years and upwards, and Two Thirds of such Salaries if he shall have held Office for a less Period : Provided, that, if after the Assignment of any such Pension or Retiring Allowance, any such Officer shall accept any new Appointment under the Crown within Victoria or elsewhere, his Pension or Retiring Allowance shall during the Tenure of such Appointment merge or be reduced pro tanto after the Time aforesaid ; and upon the Retirement or Release from Office of any of such Persons mentioned in the said Sixth Part, or the Abolition of any such Office, he shall be entitled by way of Pension or Retiring Allowance to Three Fourths of the Salary granted to him, in accordance with the Appropriation Act for the Service of Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, if he shall have held any Office for Ten Years and upwards, and Two Thirds of such Salaries if he shall have held Office for a less Period : Provided, that, if after the Assignment of any such Pension or Retiring Allowance, any such Officer shall accept any new Appointment under the Crown within Victoria or elsewhere, his Pension or Retiring Allowance shall during the Tenure of such Appointment merge or be reduced pro tanto according as the Salary or Emoluments of any such new Appointment are in Amount equal to or less than the Pension or Retiring Allowance of such Officer.

	LI. Not more than Four thousand Pounds shall be payable in the whole by way of Pensions or Retiring Allowance to the Persons who may, after the Time this Act shall come into operation, accept any of the Offices mentioned in the said Schedule D., Part 3., and who on political Grounds may retire or be released from any such Office : Provided, that no Person shall be entitled to
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receive any Pension or Retiring Allowance both under this and the preceding Clause : Provided, that the Amount of all such Pensions and Retiring Allowances shall be granted in accordance with Regulations to be framed by the Governor and Executive Council, so that the same shall, so far as may be, accord with the Provisions of the Act of the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the Session of the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled “An Act to alter, amend, “and consolidate the Laws for regulating the Pensions, “Compensations, and Allowances to be made to Persons in respect to their “having held Civil Offices in His Majesty’s Service :” Provided also, that if after the Assignment of any such Pension or Retiring Allowance to any Person he shall accept any new Appointment under the Crown, either in Victoria or elsewhere, the Pension or Retiring Allowance of such Officer shall, during the Tenure of such Appointment, merge or be reduced pro tanto according as the Salary or Emolument of any such new Appointment is in Amount equal to or less than the Pension or Retiring Allowance of such Officer : Provided further, that if any such Officer shall be absent from the Colony for more than Two Years, unless he shall be of the full Age of Sixty Years, his Pension shall cease and determine : Provided lastly, that the Amount accumulating from any unexpended or unappropriated Parts of the said Sums mentioned in the Fifth and Seventh Parts of the said Schedule D. shall in no case exceed the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds on each, and that any Balance above that Amount on either of the said Fifth or Seventh Parts shall revert to the Consolidated Revenue of Victoria.

	LII. A List of all Pensions granted under this Act, and of the Persons to whom the same shall have been granted, shall be laid in every Year before both Legislative Houses of the said Colony.

	LIII. For the Advancement of the Christian Religion in Victoria, the Sum of Fifty thousand Pounds shall be reserved on the Eighth Part of the said Schedule to promote the Erection of Buildings for Public Worship, and the Maintenance of Ministers of Religion ; and such Sum shall be apportioned to each Denomination according to the relative Proportion of the Members of such Denomination by the last Census ; every such Apportionment to be made under Regulations to be framed by the Governor and Executive Council, and submitted to both the Legislative Houses :  Provided, that no Monies exceeding in the aggregate the Sum of Twenty-five thousand Pounds shall be issued in any One Year in aid of the Stipends of Ministers of Religion.

	LIV. Subject to the Provisions herein contained, it shall be lawful for the Legislature of Victoria to make Laws for regulating the Sale, Letting, Disposal, and Occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the said Colony, and of all Mines and Minerals therein.

	LV. After and subject to the Payments to be made under the Provisions herein-before contained, and to any Pensions now payable and received under the Act firstly herein-before recited, and the Schedule thereunto annexed marked B., all the consolidated Revenue arising from Taxes, Duties, Rates, and Imposts levied by virtue of any Act of the Legislature, and from the Disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown under any such Act made in pursuance of
the
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List of Pensions, &c.

Money for Purposes of Religion. 

Waste Lands of the Crown.

Power to appropriate Consolidated Revenue.

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Appropriation Bills.

Appropriation to be in pursuance of Message.

Warrants for Issue of Money.

Proclamation of this Act.

Power for Legislature to alter this Act.

Power to alter Electoral Act.	the Authority herein contained, shall be subject to be appropriated to such specific Purposes as by any Act of the said Legislature shall be provided in that Behalf :  Provided, that the Consolidation of the Revenues shall not affect the Payment of the annual Interest or the Principal Sums mentioned in any outstanding Debentures or other Charge upon the territorial Revenue as such Interest, Principal, or other Charge severally becomes due, nor shall such Consolidation affect the Payment of any Sums heretofore charged upon the Taxes, Duties, Rates, and Imposts now raised, levied, and collected, or to be raised, levied, and collected, to and for the Use of the Colony, for such Time as shall have been appointed by any Acts of the Legislature by which any such Charge was authorized.

	LVI. All Bills for appropriating any Part of the Revenue of Victoria, and for imposing any Duty, Rate, Tax, Rent, Return, or Impost, shall originate in the Assembly, and may be rejected but not altered by the Council.

	LVII. It shall not be lawful for the Legislative Assembly to originate or pass any Vote, Resolution or Bill, for the Appropriation of any Part of the said Consolidated Revenue Fund, or of any other Duty, Rate, Tax, Rent, Return, or Impost, for any Purpose which shall not have been first recommended by a Message of the Governor to the Legislative Assembly during the Session in which such Vote, Resolution, or Bill shall be passed.

	LVIII. No Part of Her Majesty’s Revenue in Victoria arising from any of the Sources aforesaid shall be issued, or shall be made issuable, except in pursuance of Warrants under the Hand of the Governor, directed to the Public Treasurer thereof.

	LIX. This Act shall be proclaimed in Victoria within Three Months after official Information of the Royal Assent thereto shall have been received by the Governor thereof, and, save as herein expressly provided, shall take effect in Victoria from the Day of such Proclamation.

	LX. The Legislature of Victoria, as constituted by this Act, shall have full Power and Authority from Time to Time, by any Act or Acts, to repeal, alter, or vary all or any of the Provisions of this Act, and to substitute others in lieu thereof: Provided, that it shall not be lawful to present to the Governor of said Colony for Her Majesty’s Assent any Bill by which an Alteration in the Constitution of the said Legislative Council, or Legislative Assembly, or in the said Schedule hereunto annexed marked D., may be made, unless the Second and Third Readings of such Bill shall have been passed with the Concurrence of an absolute Majority of the whole Number of the Members of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly respectively :  Provided also, that every Bill which shall be so passed shall be reserved for the Signification of Her Majesty’s Pleasure thereon.

	LXI. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, it shall be lawful for the said Legislature from Time to Time, by any Act or Acts, to alter the Qualifications of Electors and Members of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly respectively, and to establish new Electoral Provinces or Districts, and from Time to Time to vary or alter any Electoral Province or District, and to appoint, alter, or increase the Number of Members of the
Legislative
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Legislative Houses to be chosen by any Electoral Province or District, and to increase the whole Number of Members of the said Legislative Houses, and to alter and regulate the Appointment of Returning Officers, and to make Provision in such Manner as they may deem expedient for the Issue and Return of Writs for the Election of Members to serve in the said Legislative Houses respectively, and the Time, Place, and Manner of holding such Elections respectively.

	LXII. In the Construction of the Provisions of this Act the Term “Governor” shall mean the Person for the Time being lawfully administering the Government of the Colony of Victoria ; the Word “Victoria” shall mean the Colony of Victoria ; the Words “officiating Minister” shall be taken to mean any Minister of Religion authorized according to the Forms and Usages of any Church, Religious Society or Denomination, to officiate and officiating in any Building registered according to the Law now in force in the said Colony as a Place of Public Worship ; the Word “occupy” shall include the Occupation of or mining in any Lands, or the Right, Power, or Authority to enter on any Lands for the Purpose of mining therein ; the Word “Council” shall mean the Legislative Council of the said Colony of Victoria ; and the Word “Assembly” shall mean the Legislative Assembly of the said Colony.

	LXIII. The foregoing Provisions of this Act shall have no Force or Effect until so much and such Parts of the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof, and for other Purposes relating thereto ;” and of another Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled “An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies;” and of another Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land ;” and of another Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled “An Act to clear up Doubts as “to the Regulation and Audit of the Accounts of the Customs in New South Wales ;” and of another Act passed in the same Years, intituled “An Act to “explain and amend the Act for the Government of New South Wales and “Van Diemen’s Land ;” and of another Act passed in the Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled “An Act to amend an Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the “Australian Colonies, and to make further Provision for the Management thereof ;” and of another Act passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled “An Act for the better “Government of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies,” and the First, Second, and Third Parts of the Schedule B. therein referred to, as severally relate to the Colony of Victoria, and are repugnant to this Act, shall have been repealed, and the entire Management and Control of the Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in the said Colony, and of the Proceeds thereof, including all Royalties, Mines, and Minerals, shall be vested in the Legislature of the said Colony : Provided, that so much of the said last-mentioned Act as
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Interpretation Clause.

This Act not to be in force until the Repeal of the Acts herein mentioned.
9 Geo. 4. c. 83.

5 & 6 Vict. c. 36.

5 & 6 Vict. c. 76.

7 & 8 Vict. c. 72.

7 & 8 Vict. c. 74.

9 & 10 Vict. c. 104.

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	relates to the Constitution, Appointment, and Powers of the Legislative Council of the said Colony of Victoria shall continue in force until the First Writs shall have issued for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in pursuance to the Provisions hereof, but no longer: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent or be construed to prevent the Fulfilment of any Contract, Promise, or Engagement made by or on Behalf of Her Majesty, with respect to any Lands situate within the said Colony, in any Cases where such Contract, Promise, or Engagement shall have been lawfully made before the Time at which this Act shall take effect within the said Colony.

SCHEDULES referred to in the foregoing Act.

SCHEDULE A.

	I, do declare and testify, that I am duly seised at Law or in Equity of an Estate of Freehold for my own Use and Benefit, in Lands or Tenements, in the Colony of Victoria, of the Value of Pounds Sterling Money, above all Charges and Incumbrances affecting the same ; and further, that the Lands or Tenements out of which such Qualification arises are situate in the Parish of in the County of or reputed County of the Description of which Lands and Tenements are as follow :
	And I further declare, that I have not collusively or colourably obtained a Title to or become possessed of the said Lands or Tenements, or any Part thereof, for the Purpose of enabling me to be returned a Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria.

SCHEDULE B.

	I, A.B., do declare and testify, that I am duly seised at Law or in Equity of an Estate of Freehold for my own Use and Benefit, in Lands or Tenements in the Colony of Victoria, of the Value of Pounds Sterling Money, above all Charges and Incumbrances affecting the same ; and further, that the Lands or Tenements out of which such Qualification arises are situate in the Parish of, in the County or reputed County of,                                       
the Descriptions of which Lands and Tenements are as follow :
And I further declare, that I have not collusively or colourably obtained a Title to or become possessed of the said Lands and Tenements, or any Part thereof, for the Purpose of qualifying or enabling me to be returned a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of Victoria.

SCHEDULE C.

I do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, as lawful Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of this Colony of Victoria.  So help me GOD.
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SCHEDULE D.
		
Part 1.	
£	

Governor’s Salary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Salaries of Staff, Repairs to Government House, travelling and other Expenses	-	
    10,000
      5,000	
	  £15,000	
		
Part 2.		

Chief Justice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Three Puisne Judges, at 2,500l. each	-	-	-	-	-
Master in Equity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
     3,000
     7,500
     1,500	
	 £12,000	
		
Part 3.		

Colonial Secretary or Chief Secretary	-	-	-	-	-
Attorney General, Treasurer, Commissioner of Public Works, Collector of Customs or Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Surveyor General or Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, 2,000l. each	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solicitor General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
     2,500

   10,000
     1,500	
	 £14,000	
		
Part 4.		

Clerk and Expenses of the Executive Council	-	-	-	--
Clerk and Expenses of the Legislative Council	-	-	-	-
Auditor General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
    1,500
    5,000
    2,000	
	  £8,500	
		
Part 5.		

Pensions to Officers appointed during good Behaviour	-	-	-	
  £4,000	
		
Part 6.		

Compensation to the present Incumbents who may retire or be released on political Grounds from any of the following Offices, or whose Offices may be abolished :
The Colonial Secretary,
The Attorney General,
The Colonial Treasurer,
The Collector of Customs,
The Solicitor General,
The Surveyor General,	

  £5,250	
Part 7.		

Pensions to Persons who may accept responsible Offices, and retire or be released therefrom on political Grounds	-	-	-	-	-	-	

  £4,000	
Part 8.		

Public Worship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	
  £50,000	
						Total	-	-	-	£112,750	

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SCHEDULE E.

BOUNDARIES OF THE ELECTORAL PROVINCES OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

1. 	CENTRAL PROVINCE.
Commencing at a Point on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay, which is the South-eastern Corner of Portion A in Section No. 3, Parish of Cut-paw-paw, bounded on the West by the Section Line bearing due North as far as the North-eastern Corner of Section of No. 16, thence by a Road also bearing North to the North-west Corner of Portion 4 in Section No. 21 ; on the North by a Road running East from last-mentioned Point to the Saltwater River ; thence by a Continuation of said Road to the South-west Corner of Portion 9 in Section No. 5, in the Parish of Doutta Galla ; thence by the sectional Line bearing due East, crossing the Moonee Ponds, the Main Road to Sydney, and the Merri Creek, which sectional Line forms the Southern Boundaries of Portions 91, 90, and 89, in the Parish of Jika Jika, as far as the South-east corner of Portion 89 aforesaid ; on the East by the sectional Line bearing South from the said Point in Portion 89 to the South-western Corner of Portion 113, where it strikes the River Yarra Yarra ; again on the North by the said River Yarra Yarra to the North-western Corner of Portion 59, in the Parish of Boroondara ; thence on the East by the Western Boundary of the said Portion 59 till it strikes the Road running due South to the Yarra Yarra River ; thence by the said Road to the Yarra Yarra River ; by the Course of the said River to the North-eastern Corner of Portion No. 18 in the Parish of Prahran ; thence again on the East by a Road bearing due South from the last-mentioned Point to the South-eastern Corner of Portion No. 32, East of Elsternwick ; on the South by a Road bearing West from the last-mentioned Point till it strikes the Sea Coast ; thence by the Line of Sea Coast crossing the Mouth of the said Yarra Yarra River to the Point of Commencement-

2. SOUTH PROVINCE.
Including Part of County Bourke and the Counties Evelyn and Mornington.

PART OF BOURKE:—Bounded on the South-west and West by the Werribee River to its Source in the great dividing Range ; on the North by the great dividing Range from the Source of the Werribee River to that of the Plenty River ; on the East by the Plenty River from its Source to its Confluence with the Yarra Yarra, thence by the Yarra Yarra River upwards to the Confluence of the Deep Creek, thence by the Deep Creek upwards to the point where the Main Stream commences to run in a North-easterly Direction, thence by a Line South Two Miles Fifty-eight Chains from the aforesaid Bend to Dandenong Creek, 
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Number of Members of the Legislative Council assigned to and to be returned for each Electoral Province.

Five.

	

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	thence by that Creek downward to the Carrum Swamp ; on the South by the Carrum Swamp and Mordialloc Creek to its Embouchure at the Long Beach below Ben Ben Gin, and on the Remainder of the South by the Shores of Port Phillip Bay to the Mouth of the Werribee River aforesaid, excluding the Country comprised within the Boundaries of the Central Province.
EVELYN :—Bounded on the West by Part of the Eastern Boundary of the County of Bourke, namely, first by the River Plenty from its Source to the River Yarra Yarra, thence by the River Yarra upwards to the Confluence of the Deep Creek, thence by that Creek upwards to the Range between the Yarra Yarra and the Dandenong Creek ; on the South-east and North by the Range forming the Basin of the River Yarra Yarra.
MORNINGTON :—Bounded on the North by Part of the Southern Boundary of the County of Evelyn, being the dividing Range from the Source of the Buneep Buneep River to the Head of the Deep Creek, thence by that Creek to the Point where the main Stream commences to run in a North-west Direction ; on the West by a Line South Two Miles Fifty-eight Chains from the aforesaid Bend to Dandenong Creek, thence by that Creek downwards to the Carrum Swamp, by that Swamp and the Mordialloc Creek to its Embouchure at the Long Beach below Ben Ben Gin, thence by the Shores of Port Phillip Bay to Point Nepean ; on the South-west and South, by the Sea Coast from Point Nepean to Cape Patterson ; and on the East by a Line North from Cape Patterson to the Warringrin Range, thence along the said Range in a northerly Direction to the North of the Buneep Buneep River, and by that River to its Source in the dividing Range, including French and Phillip Island and the small Islands in Western Port Bay-	-	-	-	-	-	
3. SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE.
Including the Counties of Grant, Grenville, and Polwarth.

GRANT :—Bounded on the East by the Western Boundary of the County of Bourke, being the Werribee River from its Mouth to its Source in the great dividing Range ; on the North by the great dividing Range, extending from the Source of the Werribee River to that of the Yarrowee River ; on the West and South-west by the Yarrowee River to its Confluence with the Barwon River, thence by the Barwon River upwards to a Creek in H. Hopkins’ purchased Land, by this Creek upwards and a Line Bearing South-east across the dividing Range to the Head of the Salt Creek, Two Miles Forty-eight Chains, thence by the Salt Creek to the Sea Coast North of Point Roadknight ; on the South by the Sea Coast, and on the Remainder of the East by the Waters of Port Phillip to the Mouth of the Werribee River, including the small Islands near the Channels at the Mouth of Port Phillip and those of Geelong Bay.
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Five.

	

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GRENVILLE :—Bounded on the West by the Eastern Boundary of the County of Hampden, namely, a Line southerly from Emu Creek to Gnarkeet Ponds, thence by the Gnarkeet Ponds to Lake Korangamite, thence by the Western Shore of that Lake to a Point East of Lake Pormbeet; on the South by Part of the Northern Boundary of the County of Heytesbury and the Northern Boundary of the County of Polwarth, namely, the Southern Shore of Lake Korangamite, thence on the East Line from Lake Korangamite to the North End of Lake Colac, thence by the North Shore of Lake Colac to the Point due West from the Source of Birregurra Creek, and from that Point by a Line East to the Source of Birregurra Creek, thence by that Creek downwards to its Confluence with the Barwon ; on the East by the River Barwon to its Confluence with the Yarrowee River, thence by the Yarrowee River up to its Source in the great dividing Range; and on the North by Part of the great dividing Range to the Source of Burrambeet Creek, thence by that Creek and the Southern Shores of Lake Burrambeet to the Point where Bailie’s Creek leaves the Lake, by Bailie’s Creek to its Confluence with Emu Creek, thence by Emu Creek down to the Point North of the Source of Gnarkeet Ponds aforesaid.
POLWARTH:—Bounded on the West by the Eastern Boundary of the County of Heytesbury, namely, the Gellibrand River upwards to its Source, thence by the Range to the Head of the Pirron Yalloack Creek, by this Creek to Lake Korangamite ; on the North by the South-eastern Shore of Lake Korangamite, and an East Line from Lake Korangamite to the North End of Lake Colac ; thence by the North Shore of Lake Colac to the point due West from the Source of the Birregurra Creek, from that Point by a Line East to the Source of the Birregurra Creek ; thence by the Birregurra Creek to its Confluence with the River Barwon, thence following the Source of the River Barwon to a Creek in H. Hopkins’s  purchased Land ; on the North-east by this Creek upwards, and a Line across the dividing Range to the Head of the Salt Creek, bearing South-east Two Miles Forty Chains, thence by the Salt Creek to the Sea Coast North of Point Roadknight ; and on the South-east and South by the Sea Coast to the Mouth of the Gellibrand River -

4. WESTERN PROVINCE.
Including the Counties of Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villiers, Normanby, Dundas, and Follett.

RIPON:—Bounded on the West by the Grampian Range (which divides the Waters of the Wimmera and Glenelg Rivers from those of the River Hopkins) to the rocky Extremity near Mount Abrupt ; on the South by a Line easterly to the Source of the First Creek which joins the River Hopkins above Wiselaskie’s
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Station on the Western Side, and by that Creek to the River Hopkins, thence by a Line East to Lake Boloke, thence by the Southern Shores of Lake Boloke to the Mouth of the Prackmingerrin Creek, and by that Creek upwards to a Point where a great Bend of the Creek turns Northward, thence by Line to a Point where Emu Creek about One Mile below, and to the West of the Confluence of Broken Creek ; on the South-east and East by Emu Creek to the Confluence with Bailie’s Creek, by Bailie’s Creek  to Lake Burrumbeet, the Southern Shores of Lake Burrumbeet and Burrumbeet Creek to its Source in the great dividing Range ; and on the North by the great dividing Range to the Western Boundary aforesaid.
HAMPDEN :- Bounded on the West by the River Hopkins upwards, from the Confluence of the Emu Creek to the Point opposite the Mouth of the small Creek above Wiselaskie’s Station, dividing it from the County of Villier’s ; on the North by the Southern Boundary of the County of Ripon, being a Line East from the Confluence of the Creek near Wiselaskie’s Station already mentioned to Lake Boloke, then by the Southern Shore of Lake Boloke to the Mouth of the Prackmingerrin Creek, then by that Creek upwards until it reaches a Spot where it forms a great Bend to the Northward, from that Point by a Line in a south-easterly Direction to Emu Creek about One Mile below, and Westward of, the Mouth of Broken Creek, thence by Emu Creek to the Point North of the Source of Gnarkeet Ponds; then on the East by the West Boundary of the County of Grenville, viz. :- First, by a Line southerly to the Source of Gnarkeet Ponds, then by Gnarkeet Ponds to Lake Korangamite, and thence by the West Shore of Lake Korangamite to a Point East of Lake Pormbeet ; and on the South by a direct Line t the North End of Lake Pormbeet, and form the North end of Lake Pormbeet to the nearest part of Emu Creek, and thence by Emu Creek to its confluence with the River Hopkins.
HEYTESBURY :—Bounded on the North-west and North by Part of the Eastern Boundary of the County of Villiers and the Southern Boundary of the County of Hampden, being the Hopkins River from its Estuary to the Confluence of the Emu Creek, and a Line easterly to the North End of Lake Burrumbeet, thence by a Line East to Lake Korangamite, by the Southern Shore of that Lake to the Mouth of the Pirron Yalloak Creek; on the East and South-east by the Pirron Yalloak Creek to its Source, thence by a Range to the Head of the Gellibrand River, by the Gellibrand River to the Sea coast ; and on the South-west and West by the Sea Coast to the Estuary of the Hopkins River.
VILLIERS :—Bounded on the West by a Line due South from the Grange Burn to the Mouth of the Swamp Creek, thence by this Creek upwards to its Source by a Line to the Head of the Western Branch of the River Shaw, thence by the West Branch of the River Shaw to the Sea ; on the South by the
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	Sea to the Entrance of the River Hopkins ; on the East by the said River Hopkins to the Confluence of the Creek above Wiselaskie’s Station, and by that Creek to its Source ; on the North by a Line Westward from the Source of the last-named Creek to the rocky Extremity of the Grampians near Mount Abrupt, thence by the principal Range of the Grampians to Mount Sturgeon, and by a Line south-westerly to the North-east Corner of the County of Normanby at the Grange Burn, including all the Islands at Port Fairy.
NORMANBY :—Bounded on the North by the Grange Burn and Wannon River, until the latter joins the Glenelg River ; on the West by the Glenelg River until it reaches the Sea; on the South by the Seashore to the Mouth of the Shaw River ; and on the East by the Western Branch of the Shaw River to its Source, thence a Line northerly to the Source of the Swamp Creek, by that Creek to where it empties itself into the Mount Napier Swamp, and thence by a Line due North Six Miles Fifteen Chains to the Grange Burn, including the Lawrence and Lady Julia Percy’s Islands.
DUNDAS :—Bounded on the West and North by the Glenelg River upwards from the Confluence of the Wannon to its Source between the Victoria Range and Grampians, near Mount William ; on the East by the Grampians to its rocky Extremity near Mount Abrupt, thence to Mount Sturgeon and by a Line crossing the Wannon River to the North-east Corner of the County of Normanby at the Grange Burn ; and on the South by the Grange Burn and the Wannon River to its Confluence with the Glenelg.
FOLLET :— Bounded on the West by the One hundred and forty-first Meridian, being the Line dividing the Colony of Victoria from South Australia ; on the South and East by the Glenelg River upwards to its Confluence with Power’s Creek ; and on the North-east and North by Power’s Creek to its Source, thence a Line Westward to the Head of Mosquito Creek, and by that Creek to the Boundary Line.	-	-

5. NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE.
Including the Counties of Talbot and Dalhousie, and the Pastoral District of the Wimmera and of the Loddon, except the proposed County of Rodney.

TALBOT :—Bounded on the North-west and North by the South-western B	ranch of the Loddon River from its Source near Mount Cole to its 	Confluence with the main Stream ; thence by the Loddon River upwards 	to the Confluence of Mount Alexander Creek, by this Creek to its Source 	under Mount Alexander, thence by Mount Alexander Range to the Head 	of Myrtle Creek, and by this Creek to its Confluence with the Coliban 	River ; on the East by the Coliban River upwards to its Source, being Part 	of the Western Boundary of the County
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	of Dalhousie ; and on the South by the great dividing Range to the Source of the South-western Branch of the Loddon River near Mount Cole.
DALHOUSIE :—Bounded on the West by the River Coliban from its Source in the great dividing Range to its Confluence with the Campaspe River, and by the Campaspe River down to the Confluence of Mount Ida Creek; on the North by Mount Ida Creek to its Source near Mount Ida, by the dividing Range to the Source of Sandy Creek, and by the Sandy Creek to Goulbourn River ; on the East by the Goulbourn River upwards until it joins the Dabyminga Creek, and by that Creek to its Source in the dividing Range ; and on the South by the great dividing Range.
WIMMERA :—Bounded on the East by a Line from Mount Cole to the Source of the Avoca River, thence by the Avoca River to Lake Bael Bael, thence by a Line due North to the River Murray ; on the North by the River Murray to the South Australian Frontier ; on the West by the South Australian Frontier South to Mosquito Creek ; on the South by Mosquito Creek to its Head, thence by a Line to the Source of Power’s Creek, by Power’s Creek to its Junction with the Glenelg River, by this River to its Source between the Victoria Range and the Grampians near Mount William, and by the dividing Range easterly to Mount Cole.
LONDON :—Bounded on the South by Part of the Counties of Dalhousie, Talbot, and Ripon, from the Campaspe River to the Source of the Avoca River ; on the West by the Avoca River to Lake Bael Bael, and thence by a Line due North to the River Murray ; on the North and North-east by the River Murray ; and on the East by the Campaspe River to the Point of Commencement	-	-	-	-	
6. EASTERN PROVINCE.
Including the County of Anglesey, the proposed County of Rodney, and the Pastoral Districts of the Murray and Gipps’ Land.

ANGLESEY :—Bounded on the West by Part of the Eastern Boundary of the County of Dalhousie, namely, from the River Goulbourn upwards from the Confluence of Hughes’ Creek, to the Confluence of the Dabyminga Creek, thence by the Dabyminga Creek upwards to its Source in the great dividing Range ; on the South by the great dividing Range to the main Source of the River Goulbourn ; on the East by the Range dividing the Waters of the main Source of the River Goulbourn and Big Rivers from those of the Rubicon and Snod-pon-dock Creek, Northward to Mount Torbrick, thence by Jerusalem Creek to its Confluence with the River Goulbourn, thence by the River Goulbourn downwards to the Confluence with the Devil’s River, thence by the Devil’s River and its North-west Arm to the dividing Range between the last-named Arm and Septimus Creek ; and on the North by
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	that Range to the Source of Hughes’ Creek, thence by Hughes’ Creek down to its Confluence with the River Goulbourn.
RODNEY :—Commencing at the Confluence of the Rivers Campaspe and Coliban, thence by a Line south-easterly to the M’Ivor or Patterson’s Creek, above John Hunter Patterson’s Sheep Station, thence by a Line north-easterly to the Confluence of Hughes’ Creek with the River Goulbourn, and by that River to the Murray, thence by the River Murray to its Confluence with the River Campaspe, and by the River Campaspe upwards to the Confluence of the Rivers Campaspe and Coliban aforesaid.
MURRAY :—Bounded on the South and West by the Counties of Evelyn and Anglesey, and the River Goulbourn to its Junction with the Murray ; on the North and North-east by the River Murray, and on the South-east by the dividing Range (Alps).
GIPPS’ LAND :—Bounded on the South and East by the Sea ; on the North by a Line running in a westerly Direction from Cape Howe to the Source of the nearest Tributary of the Murray and the Australian Alps ; again, on the West by the Alps and the Counties of Evelyn and Mornington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

SCHEDULE F.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
BOUNDARIES OF THE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.

1. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MELBOURNE.
Commencing at a Point in the Yarra Yarra River due South from the South-western Angle of Gisborne Street, thence to Gisborne Street, and by the Western Side of that Street to Victoria Parade, thence by the South Side of Victoria Parade to the Western Side of Nicholson Street, thence by the said Western Side of Nicholson Street Northwards to the Boundary Line of the Corporate Limits of Melbourne, thence by the last-mentioned Boundary Line bearing West to the Moonee Ponds, by the said Moonee Ponds downwards to the Site of Main’s Bridge, thence by a Line bearing South to the Yarra Yarra River, and on the South by the Yarra Yarra River to the commencing Point	-	-	-

2. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF SAINT KILDA.
Bounded on the East by a Road bearing North from the South-east Angle of Portion No. 32, East of Elsternwick, to the Yarra Yarra River ; on the North by the Yarra Yarra River to Prince’s Bridge ; on the West by a Road bearing South-west to the Northern Angle of Section No. 46 ; thence by Fitz Roy Street, St. Kilda, to the Sea Coast ; thence by the Sea Coast and a Road bearing East, South of Elsternwick, to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Number of Members of the Legislative Council assigned to and to be returned for each Electoral Province.

Five

Five

Two	

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3. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF COLLINGWOOD.
Commencing at the Junction of Nicholson Street and Victoria Parade, thence by the Western side of Nicholson Street to the Northern Boundary of the Corporate Limits of Melbourne, thence on the North by the said Boundary Line bearing East to the Merri Merri Creek, thence by the Merri Merri Creek to its Junction with the Yarra Yarra River, thence by the Yarra Yarra River to the South-east Corner of Section No. 63, Parish of Jika Jika, thence by a Line West to Victoria Street, and thence on the South by the Northern Side of Victoria Street and Victoria Parade to the commencing Point	-	-

4. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF SOUTH MELBOURNE.
Bounded on the North by the Yarra Yarra River, from its Junction with the Saltwater River to Princes’ Bridge, on the East by the Road bearing South-east to the Northern Angle of Section No. 46, St. Kilda, thence by Fitz Roy Street to the Sea Coast, thence by the Sea Coast to the Yarra Yarra River, and by the said River to its Junction with the Saltwater River, being the commencing Point	-	-	-	

5. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF RICHMOND.
Commencing at a Point on the Yarra Yarra River due South from the South-eastern Angle of Gisborne Street; bounded on the West by a Line due North to the said Angle; thence by the East Side of Gisborne Street to Victoria Parade; thence by the Southern Sides of Victoria Parade and Victoria Street, and a Prolongation of that Line to the Yarra Yarra River; on the East and South by the Yarra Yarra River to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-	-	-	

6. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WILLIAMSTOWN.
Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-east Angle of Portion A. Section 3, Parish of Cut-paw-paw ; bounded on the West by a Line bearing North to the Stoney Creek, thence by the Stoney Creek to the River Yarra Yarra ; by the River Yarra Yarra to the Sea ; thence by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-	-	
7. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF BRIGHTON.
Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-west Angle of Section 25, Parish of Moorabbin, thence by a Line East to the South-east Angle of Section 55 ; on the East by a Line bearing North, being the Parish Boundary from the said Point to the North-east Angle of Section 63 ; on the North by the Road bearing West to the Sea Coast, and on the West by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-	

8. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF GEELONG.
Bounded by a Line drawn from the Point on the Eastern Shores of Corio Bay, near Point Henry, at a Distance of Two Miles 
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One

Two

One

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	from the North-east Angle of the Township of Geelong, as a Centre bearing southerly to a Point bearing East from the said Angle ; thence by a Line South, crossing a small Portion of Corio Bay, parallel with and at a Distance of Two Miles from the Eastern Boundary of the said Township to a Point bearing East from the South-east Angle of the said Township of Geelong ; thence by a Line drawn westerly, at a Distance of Two Miles from the Southern Boundary of the said Township , crossing the Barwon River and the Wauru Chain of Ponds to a Point Two Miles West of the South-west Angle of the said Township; thence by a Line drawn at a Distance of Two Miles from the North-west Angle of the Township, as a Centre, to the Western Shore of Corio Bay, near Cowie’s Creek ; and also to include the remaining Portion of the Reserve at Point Henry, and the Reserve at the Junction of the Marrabool with the River Barwon	-	-	

9. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF PORTLAND.
Commencing at a Point on the Beach bearing East Eight Chains from the North Angle of Allotment No. 31 of Northern Suburbans, and bounded on the North by a Line bearing West 65 Chains ; on the West by a Line bearing South 233 Chains 34 Links ; on the South by a Line bearing East to the Sea Coast, and by the Sea Coast northerly to the Point of Commencement 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF BELFAST.
Commencing at a Point on the Sea Coast bearing South 7 Degrees 30 Minutes West, 16 Chains 25 Links from the South-west Angle of Section No. 15, Township of Belfast, and bounded on the West by a Line bearing North 62 Chains ; on the North by a Line bearing East 45 Chains 25 Links ; again on the West by a Line bearing North 3 Chains 75 Links to the River Moyne, by that River to its Mouth, and by the Sea Coast to the Point of Commencement ; also that Portion commencing at the South-west Angle of Section A, Parish of Belfast, and bounded on the North-east by a Line bearing North-west 15 Chains to the Moyne Saltwater Lagoon, by that Lagoon and the River Moyne to its Mouth, and by the Sea Coast northerly to the last-mentioned Point of Commencement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

11. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WARRNAMBOOL.
Commencing at a Point on the River Hopkins, being the South-western Angle of Section 1, Parish of Wangoom, and bounded on the East by a Line bearing North 20 Chains ; on the North by a Line bearing West to the Merri River ; on the West and South-west by the Merri River to its Mouth ; on the South by the Sea Coast of Warrnambool Bay, from the Mouth of the said River to that of the River Hopkins, and thence to the Point of Commencement	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Two

One

One

	

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12. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF COLAC.
Commencing at the South-west Angle of Section 17, in the Parish of Nalangil, bounded on the West by a Line North to the North-west Angle of Section 17, in the Parish of Warrion ; on the North by a Line East from the last-mentioned Point to the North-east Angle of Section 9, in the Parish of Irrewarra ; on the East by a Line, South from that Point to the South-east Angle of Section 2, in the Parish of Elliminyt ; and on the South by a Line West from that Angle to the point of Commencement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

13. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF KILMORE.
Commencing at a Point on the Eastern Branch of the Korkarruc Creek, Two Miles 55 Chains South of its Junction with the main Stream, and bounded on the North by a Line East from the said Point to Dry Creek ; on the East by the Western Branch of the Dry Creek to its Source, thence by a Line South to the Boundary of the County of Bourke ; on the South by the said Boundary to the Source of the Eastern Branch of the aforesaid Korkarruc Creek, and on the West by that Eastern Branch to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-	-	

	14. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE KYNETON BOROUGHS.
KYNETON, CARLSRUHE, AND PART OF MALMESBURY :—Commencing at the South-east Angle of Section B 3, East of Carlsruhe, thence North 3 Miles 40 Chains, thence West 4 Miles, thence North 3 Miles, thence West 4 Miles, thence North 2 Miles, thence West 2 Miles 55 Chains to the River Coliban ; by that River to the Southern Boundary of the Parish of Lauriston ; by that Boundary to the River Campaspe, and thence to the South-western Angle of Section 2 ; and by the Southern Boundary of the Parish of Carlsruhe to the Point of Commencement.	
WOODEND :—Commencing at the South-western Angle of Section 1 A, South of Carlsruhe, bounded on the North by the Southern Boundary of the said Section and of Sections B 2, B 3, to the South-eastern Angle of the said Section B 3, East of Carlsruhe ; on the East by a Line South of the Northern Boundary of Section 72, Parish of Woodend ; thence East to the North-east Angle of the said Section 72 ; thence on the East by a road South to the South-eastern Angle of Section 22, Parish of Woodend ; thence South 80 Chains, crossing the Five Mile Creek ; thence West 80 Chains ; thence North to the Five Mile Creek ; and on the South-west and West by the Five Mile Creek and River Campaspe to the commencing Point	-	-	-	

15. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE MURRAY BOROUGHS.
WOODONGA :—Commencing at a Point on the Woodonga Creek, being the North-east Angle of Suburban Section A. ; thence on the East by a Line bearing South 15 Chains 50 Links ; thence West by a Line 40 Chains; thence South 21 Chains 20 Links ; 
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One

One

	

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	thence West 117 Chains 30 Links ; thence North 60 Chains ; thence East 70 Chains to the Woodonga Creek, and by the Left Bank of the said Creek to the commencing Point.
WANGARATTA :—Commencing at a Point on the Left Bank of the River Ovens, 120 Chains North-west of its Junction with the River King ; from the Point South 360 Chains ; thence East 440 Chains ; thence North 360 Chains, crossing Reedy Creek ; and thence West 440 Chains, again crossing Reedy Creek and the River Ovens, to the commencing Point.
BENALLA :—Commencing at a Point on the North-east Tributary of the Broken River, being the South-east Angle of Suburban Allotment 4, Section 8 ; thence by a Line North to the North-east Angle of Suburban Allotment 5, Section 4 ; thence West to the North-west Angle of Suburban Allotment 1, Section 1 ; thence South-west by a Line Fifty Chains to the North-west Angle of Suburban Allotment 1, Section 16 ; thence South to the South-west Angle of Suburban Allotment 5, Section 12 ; thence East to the South-east Angle of Suburban Allotment 4, Section 9 ; thence by Broken River and its Tributary aforesaid to the commencing Point.
EUROA :—Commencing 5 Chains South of a Point on the Seven Creeks, being the South-east Angle of Suburban Section 6 ; thence by a Line West 190 Chains ; thence North 274 Chains 50 Links to the North-west Angle of Suburban Section A 3 ; thence by the Northern Boundary of the said Section to the Seven Creeks ; thence by the said Seven Creeks to the North-west Angle of Suburban Section B 2 ; thence East to the North-east Angle of Suburban Section E 1 ; thence by a line South until it strikes the Northern Boundary of Suburban Section C1, where the said Boundary crosses the Seven Creeks ; thence East to the North-east Angle of the said Section ; thence by the Eastern Boundaries of Suburban Sections C and D and the Seven Creeks to the commencing Point.
AVENAL :—Commencing at a Point on Hughes’ Creek, being the South-east Angle of Suburban Portion E 6 ; thence West 118 Chains ; thence North 155 Chains 40 Links, crossing Hughes’ Creek ; thence East 134 Chains 40 Links ; thence West to Hughes’ Creek, and by the said Creek to the commencing Point. 
SEYMOUR :—Commencing at a Point on Whitehead’s Creek, being on 	the North-eastern Boundary of the Township of Seymour, thence East 	200Chains, thence South 160 Chains, thence East 120 Chains, thence 	South 200 Chains ; thence East 130 Chains to a Point on the River 	Goulbourn, by the Course of the said River to another Point 80 Chains 	Eastward of the first-mentioned Point on the said River ; thence North 	344 Chains, crossing Whitehead’s Creek ; thence West 130 Chains, 	recrossing Whitehead’s Creek to the commencing Point	-	-
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One

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16. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF ALBERTON.
Commencing at the Mouth of Worrigall Creek on the Ninety Mile Beach :—
	Bounded on the North by a Line West Seventeen Miles to the Eastern Branch of the River Tarra ; thence on the South-west by a Line in a South-westerly Direction to the Mouth of the Little River in Corner Inlet ; and on the South and South-east by the Sea coast (including Snake Island) to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-

17.ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE CASTLEMAINE BOROUGHS.
CASTLEMAINE :—Commencing at a Point One Chain Fifty Links North from the North-west Angle of Section 39, Township of Castlemaine ; bounded by Lines bearing East 38 Chains ; South 160 Chains ; West 80 Chains ; North 160 Chains ; and East 42 Chains to the commencing Point.
ELPHINSTONE :— Commencing at the South-western Corner of Portion 3, Section 1, North of Elphinstone ; bounded on the West by a Line South 80 Chains ; on the South by a Line East 80 Chains ; on the East by a Line North 80 Chains to the South-western Angle of Portion 18, Section 1 ; and on the North by a Line West, crossing the Main Road to Sandhurst to the commencing Point.
MUCKLEFORD :—Commencing at the South-eastern Angle of Allotment 50, Section 7 ; thence North 200 Chains, thence West 200 Chains, thence South 240 Chains, thence East 200 Chains, thence North to the commencing Point.
HARCOURT :— Commencing at the south-western Angle of Portion 27, Section 4 ; bounded on the East by a Line North to the North-western Angle of Portion 27, Section3 ; on the North by a Line West to the main Road to Sandhurst ; on the West by a Line South crossing Barker’s Creek 160 Chains ; and on the South by a Line East 80 Chains to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

18. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF SANDHURST BOROUGHS.
SANDHURST :—Commencing at a Point on the Bendigo Creek 40 Chains South of the Junction of Ash Street and High Street ; thence East One Mile and a Half, thence West Two and a Half Miles, crossing the Bendigo Creek, thence South Four Miles, thence East to the Point of Commencement.
LOCKWOOD :—Commencing at the South-western Angle of Suburban Allotment 23, Section 1 ; bounded on the East by a Line Northward from that Point to the South-Eastern Angle of Portion 44, Section 4 ; on the North by a Line bearing West to the South-western Angle of Allotment No. 1, Section 4 ; on the West by a Line bearing South to a Point due West from the commencing Point ; and on the South by a Line East to the South-west Angle of Suburban Allotment No. 23, Section 1, being the commencing Point aforesaid	-	-	-
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Number of Members of the Legislative Assembly assigned to and returned for each Electoral District.

One.

Two.

One.

	

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19. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF NORTH GRANT.
Bounded on the North by the great dividing Range, extending from the Source of the Yarrowee River to that of the River Werribee ; on the East by the River Werribee aforesaid to the Western Boundary of the Village Reserve of Ballan ; thence by a Line South-westerly to the Source of Williamson’s Creek, and by that Creek and the said River Yarrowee to its Source in the great dividing Range aforesaid -	-

20. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF NORTH GRENVILLE.
Bounded on the North by Part of the great dividing Range, from the Source 	of the River Yarrowee to the Source of the Burrumbeet Creek, thence 	by that Creek and the Southern Shores of Burrumbeet Lake to the Point 	where Bailie’s Creek leaves the Lake, by Bailie’s Creek to its 	Confluence with Emu Creek, thence by Emu Creek down to the Point 	North of the Source of Gnarkeet Ponds ; on the West by a Line 	Southwards from the last-mentioned Point, and by the Gnarkeet Ponds 	to where they are crossed by the main Road to Geelong ; on the South 	by that Road to the River Yarrowee ; and on the East by the River 	Yarrowee to its Source	-	-	-	-	-	-

21. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE OVENS.
Commencing at the Junction of Whorouly Creek with the River Ovens, bounded on the West by a Line bearing North Twenty Miles, thence on the North by a Line bearing East to the Little River, on the East by the Little River to its Source in the dividing Range, thence by the dividing Range and a Line South to a Point on the Ovens River Nine Miles above its Junction with the River Buckland ; on the South by a Line from the last-mentioned Point to the Source of the River Buckland, thence by the dividing Range to the Source of the River Buffalo, and again on the South and West by that River and the Ovens to the commencing Point	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

22. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF RODNEY.
Commencing at the Confluence of the Rivers Campaspe and Coliban, thence by a Line South-westerly to the Source of the M’Ivor or Patterson’s Creek ; thence by a Line North-easterly to the Confluence of Hughes’ Creek with the River Goulbourn, and by the Rivers Goulbourn, Murray, and Campaspe to the Confluence of the Rivers Campaspe and Coliban aforesaid 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

23. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE LODDON.
Bounded on the West by the River Avoca, from its Source in the great dividing Range to its Entrance to Lake Bael Bael, thence by a Line Northward to the River Murray ; on the North by
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One.

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	by the River Murray ; on the East by the River Campaspe to its Junction with the Coliban, and on the South by the Northern Boundary of the Counties of Dalhousie and Talbot to the commencing Point, excepting the Country comprised in the Electoral Districts of the Castlemaine Boroughs and of the Sandhurst Boroughs	-	-

24. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TALBOT.
Bounded on the North-west and North by the South-western Branch of the River Loddon, from its Source near Mount Cole to its Confluence with the main Stream, thence by the River Loddon upwards to its Confluence with Mount Alexander Creek, by this Creek to its Source under Mount Alexander, thence by the Mount Alexander Range to the Head of Myrtle Creek, and by this Creek to its Confluence with the River Coliban ; on the East by the River Coliban to its Source, being Part of the Western Boundary of the County of Dalhousie ; on the South by the great dividing Range to the Source of the South-western Branch of the River Loddon, near Mount Cole, excepting the Country included in the Electoral District of the Castlemaine Boroughs	-		
25. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF EAST BOURKE.
Bounded on the North by the great dividing Range from the Source of the River Plenty to that of the North-eastern Branch of the Saltwater River, near Big Hill ; on the West by the Saltwater River downwards to the South-western Angle of Section 12, Parish of Bulla Bulla, thence by the Southern Boundary of the said Portion and by a Line bearing East to the Source of the Moonee Ponds in Section 10, Parish of Yuroke, thence by the Moonee Ponds southerly to Flemington Bridge, thence by a Line South to the River Yarra Yarra ; on the south by the River Yarra Yarra to its Junction with the Plenty, and on the East by the River Plenty to the Point of Commencement, excepting the Country included in the Electoral Districts of Melbourne, Collingwood, and Richmond -	-	-	-	-	-	

26. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WEST BOURKE.
Bounded on the North by the great dividing Range from the Source of the River Werribee to that of the North-eastern Branch of the Saltwater River, near Big Hill ; on the East by the Saltwater River to the South-western Corner of Portion 12, Parish of Bulla Bulla, thence by the Southern Boundary of the said Section and by a Line East to the Source of the Moonee Ponds, in Section 10, Parish of Yuroke, thence by the Moonee Ponds southerly to Flemington Bridge, thence by a Line South to the River Yarra Yarra ; on the South by the River Yarra Yarra and the Shores of Port Phillip Bay to the Mouth of the River Werribee ; on the West by the River Werribee to its Source in the great dividing Range, being the commencing Point, excepting the Country included in the Electoral Districts of Williamstown	-	
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27. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF SOUTH BOURKE.
Bounded on the North and West by the River Yarra Yarra, from its Mouth to its Confluence with the Deep Creek ; on the East by the Deep Creek and a Line South Two Miles Fifty-eight Chains from that Creek to Dandenong Creek, by that Creek to the Northern Margin of the Carrum Swamp and Mordialloc Creek to its Mouth at the Long Beach below Ben-Ben-Gin, thence by the Shores of Port Phillip Bay to the Mouth of the River Yarra Yarra aforesaid, excepting the Country included in the Electoral Districts of 	St. Kilda, South Melbourne, and Brighton	-	-	-	-

28. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF SOUTH GRANT.
Bounded on the East by the River Werribee, from its Mouth in Port Phillip Bay to the Western Boundary of the Reserve of Ballan, thence by a Line South-westerly to the Source of Williamson’s Creek, by that Creek to the River Yarrowee ; on the West and South-west by the River Yarrowee to its Confluence with the River Barwon, thence by the River Barwon to Hopkins’ Creek ; by that Creek and a Line South-east across the dividing Range to the Head of the Salt Creek Two Miles and Forty-eight Chains, thence by Salt Creek to the Sea Coast, North of Point Roadknight ; on the South by the Sea Coast ; and on the Remainder of the East by the Waters of Port Phillip Bay to the Mouth of the River Werribee, including the small Island near the Channels of the Mouth of Port Phillip Bay and Geelong Bay, and excepting the Country included in the Electoral District of Geelong	-		
29. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF EVELYN AND MORNINGTON.
EVELYN :—Bounded on the West by Part of the Eastern Boundary of the County of Bourke ; that is to say, by the River Plenty from its Source to the River Yarra Yarra, thence by the River Yarra Yarra to the Confluence of the Deep Creek, thence by that Creek to the Range between the River Yarra Yarra and the Dandenong Creek ; on the South-east and North by the Range forming the Basin of the River Yarra Yarra.
MORNINGTON :—Bounded on the North by Part of the Southern Boundary of the County of Evelyn, being the dividing Range from the Source of the River Buneep Buneep to the Source of the Deep Creek, thence by that Creek and a Line South Two Miles Fifty-eight Chains from that Creek to Dandenong Creek, thence by that Creek to the Carrum Swamp, by that Swamp and the Mordiallac Creek to its Mouth at the Long Beach below Ben-Ben-Gin, thence by the Shores of Port Phillip Bay to Point Nepean ; on the South-west and South by the Sea Coast from Point Nepean to Cape Patterson ; on the East by a Line North from Cape Patterson to the Warringrin Range, thence along the said Range in a northerly Direction to the Mouth of the River Buneep Buneep, and by that River to its Source in the dividing Range, including French and Phillip Islands and the small Islands in Western Port Bay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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30. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF ANGLESEY.
PART OF DALHOUSIE :—Commencing at the Junction of the Rivers Campaspe and Coliban, thence by a Line South-easterly to the Source of the M’Ivor or Paterson’s Creek, thence by a Line North-east to the Confluence of Hughes’s Creek with the River Goulbourn ; on the East by the River Goulbourn until it joins the Dabyminga Creek, by that Creek to its Source in the dividing Range ; on the South by the dividing Range to the Source of the River Coliban ; and on the West by the last-mentioned River to its Junction with the River Campaspie, being the commencing Point, excepting the County included in the Electoral Districts of the Kyneton Boroughs and of Kilmore.
ANGLESEY :—Bounded on the West by Part of the Eastern Boundary of the County of Dalhousie, namely, from the River Goulbourn from the Confluence of Hughes’s Creek to the Confluence of Dabyminga Creek, thence by Dabyminga Creek to its Source in the great dividing Range ; on the South by the great dividing Range to the main Source of the River Goulbourn ; on the East by the Range dividing the Waters of the main Source of the Goulbourn and Big Rivers from those of the Rubicon and Snod-pon-dock Creek, Northward, to Mount Torbrick, thence by Jerusalem Creek to its Confluence with the River Goulbourn, thence by the River Goulbourn to the Confluence of the River Delatite, thence by the River Delatite and its North-west Arm to the dividing Range between the last-named Arm and Septimus Creek ; and on the North by that Range to the Source of Hughes’s Creek, and thence by Hughes’s Creek to its Confluence with the River Goulbourn, excepting the Country included in the Borough of Seymour	-	-	-

31. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF DUNDAS AND FOLLETT.
DUNDAS :—Bounded on the West and North by the River Glenelg from the Confluence of the Wannon to its Source, between the Victoria Range and the Grampians near Mount William ; on the East by the Grampians to their Base near Mount Abrupt, thence to Mount Sturgeon and by a Line crossing the Wannon River to the North-east Angle of the County of Normanby at the Grange Burn ; and on the South by the Grange Burn and the Wannon to its Confluence with the Glenelg.
FOLLETT :— Bounded on the West by the One hundred and forty-first Meridian, being the Line dividing Victoria from South Australia ; on the South and East by the Glenelg River to its Confluence with Power’s Creek ; and on the North-east and North by Power’s Creek to its Source, thence by a Line West to the Head of Mosquito Creek and by that Creek to the Boundary Line	-	-	-	-	-

32. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF NORMANBY.
Bounded on the North by the Grange Burn and River Wannon until the latter joins the River Glenelg ; on the West by the
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 River Glenelg to the Sea ; on the South by the Sea Shore to the Mouth of the River Shaw ; and on the East by the Western Branch of the River Shaw to its Source ; thence by a Line North to the Source of the Swamp Creek ; by that Creek to Mount Napier Swamp ; and thence by a Line North Six Miles Fifteen Chains to the Grange Burn, including the Laurence’s and Lady Julia Percy’s Islands, excepting the Country included in the Electoral District of Portland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

33. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF VILLIERS AND HEYTESBURY.
VILLIERS :—Bounded on the West by a Line South from the Grange Burn to the Mouth of the Swamp Creek ; thence by this Creek to its Source by a Line to the Source of the Western Branch of the River Shaw to the Sea ; on the South by the Sea Shore to the Mouth of the River Hopkins ; on the East by the said River Hopkins to the Confluence of Wyselaskie’s Creek, and by that Creek to its Source ; on the North by a Line Westward from the Source of the last-named Creek to that Base of the Grampians near Mount Abrupt ; thence by the principal Range of the Grampians to Mount Sturgeon, and by a Line South-westerly to the North-east Angle of the County of Normanby, including all the Islands at Port Fairy, and excepting the Country included in the Electoral Districts of Belfast and Warrnambool.
HEYTESBURY :—Bounded on the West by the River Hopkins from its Estuary to the Confluence of the Emu Creek, thence by Emu Creek to the Point nearest Lake Pormbeet, thence by a Line easterly to the North End of Lake Pormbeet, thence by a Line East to Lake Korangamite, and by the Southern Shore of that Lake to the Mouth of the Pirron Yaloak Creek ; on the East and South-east by the Pirron Yaloak Creek to its Source, thence by a Range to the Source of the Gellibrand River, by the Gellibrand River to the Sea Coast ; and on the South-west and West by the Sea Coast to the Estuary of the River Hopkins	-	-	

34. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF POLWARTH, RIPON, HAMPDEN, AND SOUTH GRENVILLE.
POLWARTH :—Bounded on the West by the River Gellibrand upwards to its Source, thence by the Range to the Source of the Pirron Yaloak Creek, by this Creek to Lake Korangamite; on the North by the South-eastern Shore of Lake Korangamite, and an East Line from Lake Korangamite to the North of Lake Colac, thence by the North Shore of Lake Colac to the Point West from the Source of the Birregurra Creek, from that Point by a Line East to the Source of the Birregurra Creek, thence by the Birregurra Creek to its Confluence with the River Barwon, thence following the Course of the River Barwon to Hopkins’ Creek ; on the North-east by this Creek and a Line across the dividing Range to the Source of the Salt Creek South-east Two Miles Forty-eight Chains, thence by the Salt Creek to the Sea Coast North of Point Roadknight ; and on the South-east and South by the Sea 
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	Coast to the Mouth of the River Gellibrand, excepting the Country included in the electoral District of Colac.
RIPON :—Bounded on the West by the Grampian Range dividing the Waters of the Rivers Wimmera and Glenelg from those of the River Hopkins, to its Base near Mount Abrupt ; on the South by a Line Easterly to the Source of Wyselaskie’s Creek, and by that Creek to the River Hopkins, thence by a Line East to Lake Boloke, thence by the Southern Shores of Lake Boloke to the Mouth of the Prackmingerrin Creek, and by that Creek to the Point nearest to Emu Creek, thence by a Line East to a Point in Emu Creek One Mile to the West of its Confluence with Broken Creek ; on the South-east and East by Emu Creek to its Confluence with Baillie’s Creek, by Baillie’s Creek to Lake Burrumbeet, by the Southern Shores of Lake Burrumbeet and Burrumbeet Creek to its Source in the great dividing Range; and on the North by the great dividing Range to the Western Boundary aforesaid.
HAMPDEN :—Bounded on the West by the River Hopkins ; on the North by the Southern Boundary of the County of Ripon ; on the East by a Line southerly to the Source of Gnarkeet Ponds, thence by Gnarkeet Ponds to Lake Korangamite, and thence by the West Shore of Lake Korangamite to a Point East of Lake Pormbeet, and from the North End of Lake Pormbeet to the nearest Part of Emu Creek, and thence by Emu Creek to its Confluence with the River Hopkins.
SOUTH GRENVILLE :—Bounded on the North by the main Road between Portland and Geelong, from its Intersection with the River Yarrowee to the Gnarkeet Ponds ; on the West by the Gnarkeet Ponds to Lake Korangamite, thence by the Western Shores of that Lake to a Point East of Pormbeet ; on the South by the Southern Shore of Lake Korangamite, thence by a Line East from Lake Korangamite to the North Shore of Lake Colac, thence by the North Shore of Lake Colac to a Point West from the Birregurra Creek, and from that Point by a Line East to the Source of the Birregurra Creek and by that Creek to its Confluence with the Barwon ; and on the East by the Rivers Barwon and Yarrowee to the commencing Point	-	-	-	
35. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MURRAY.
Bounded on the South and West by the Counties of Evelyn and Anglesea and the River Goulbourn to its Junction with the River Murray ; on the North and North-east by the River Murray ; and on the East by the great dividing Range, excepting the Country comprised in the Electoral Districts of the Murray Boroughs and of Beechworth	-
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36. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF GIPPS’ LAND.
Bounded on the South and East by the Sea ; on the North by a Line bearing West from Cape Howe to the Source of the nearest Tributary of the Murray, and by the Alps ; and on the West by the Alps and the Counties of Evelyn and Mornington, excepting the Country comprised in the Electoral District of Alberton	-	-	-

37. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE WIMMERA.
Bounded on the West by the Boundary Line of Victoria and South Australia ; on the North by the River Murray ; on the East by a Line to Lake Bael Bael, thence by the River Avoca to its Source ; and on the South by the Boundaries of the Counties of Follett, Dundas, and Ripon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	

SCHEDULE (2.)

59 G. 3. c. 114.	- An Act to stay Proceedings against any Governor or other 	Persons concerned in imposing, and levying Duties in New 	South Wales ; to continue until the 1st Day of January 1821 	certain Duties, and to empower the said Governor to levy a 	Duty on Spirits made in the said Colony.
3 G. 4. c. 96.	- An Act to continue until the 1st Day of January 1824 an Act 	passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of His late Majesty relating to 	imposing and levying Duties in New South Wales ; to authorize 	the imposing and levying other Duties on Goods imported into 	the said Colony, and to suspend for Ten Years the Payment of 	Duty on the Importation of certain Goods the Produce of New 	South Wales.
9 G. 4. c. 83.	-An Act to Provide for the Administration of Justice in New 	South 	Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and for the more 	effectual Government thereof, and for other Purposes relating 	thereto.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 36.	-An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the 	Crown in the Australian Colonies.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 76.	-An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van 	Diemen’s Land.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 72.	-An Act to clear up Doubts as to the Regulation and Audit of 	the Accounts of the Customs in New South Wales.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 74.	-An Act to explain and amend the Act for the Government of 	New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land.
	
Number of Members of the Legislative Assembly assigned to and returned for each Electoral District.

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9&10 Vict. c. 104.	-An Act to amend an Act for regulating the Sale of Waste 	Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies, and	to make further Provision for the Management thereof.
13&14 Vict. c. 59.	-An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty’s Australian 	Colonies.