CHAP. VII] THE UPPER HOUSES 555 
any such joint sitting may deliberate and shall vote together 
upon the Bill as last proposed by the House of Assembly 
and upon amendments, if any, which have been made therein 
by one House of Parliament and not agreed to by the other ; 
and any such amendments which are affirmed by a majority 
of the total number of members of the Senate and House 
of Assembly present at such sitting shall be taken to have 
been carried, and if the Bill with the amendments, if any, 
is affirmed by a majority of the members of the Senate and 
House of Assembly present at such sitting, it shall be taken 
to have been duly passed by both Houses of Parliament : 
Provided that, if the Senate shall reject or fail to pass any 
Bill dealing with the appropriation of revenue or moneys 
for the public service, such joint sitting may be convened 
during the same session in which the Senate so rejects or 
fails to pass such Bill. 
§ 6. THE NomMINEE Houses AND MoNEY BirLs 
The question of the powers of the Lower and Upper Houses 
in legislatures with nominee Upper Houses has been finally 
settled by a decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy 
Council, to whom the matter was referred in 1886 by the 
request. of both Houses of the Parliament of Queensland. 
In 1854 the question was raised by the Legislative Council 
of New Zealand, which asserted that it had a right to deal 
freely with and amend Supply Bills. But in his reply of 
March 25, 1855, the Secretary of State declined to accept 
this view, and laid it down that as the Upper House was not 
elective it should follow the practice of the Lords in these 
matters, and not amend Money Bills! The question was 
again raised in 1862-3 in the following circumstances.? In 
the case of a Bill affecting native lands and allowing them to 
be disposed of otherwise than through the action of the 
Crown, there was a provision for the issue of certificates on 
payment of a certain rate. The Council amended the Bill 
to provide that any certificate granted was not to give 
power to any tribe or person to sell the land included in 
the certificate, or to exchange it or lease it for more than 
t Parl. Pap., H. C. 160, 1855, pp. 38, 39; Constitution and Government 
of New Zealand, p. 194. 2 Ibid., pp. 195 seq.