562 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [part 11 
times expressed, that there can be no taxation without 
representation. 
‘The attention of the Legislative Council is invited to the 
opinion given in 1872 by the Attorney-General and Solicitor- 
General of England (Sir J. D. Coleridge and Sir G. Jessel) 
when the question of the right of the Legislative Council 
of New Zealand to amend a Money Bill was formally sub- 
mitted to them by the Legislature of that Colony. The 
Constitution Act of New Zealand (15 & 16 Viet, c. 72) 
provides that Money Bills must be recommended by the 
Governor to the House of Representatives, but does not 
formally deny to the Legislative Council (which is nominated 
by the Crown) the right to amend such Bills. The Law 
Officers were nevertheless of opinion that the Council were 
not constitutionally justified in amending a Money Bill, and 
they stated that this conclusion did not depend upon, and 
was not affected by the circumstance that by an Act of 
Parliament the two Houses of the Legislature had conferred 
upon themselves the privileges of the House of Commons 
so far as they were consistent with the Constitution Act of 
the Colony. 
‘The Legislative Assembly believe that no instance can 
be found in the history of constitutional government in 
which a nominated Council have attempted to amend an 
Appropriation Bill. Questions have often arisen whether 
a particular Bill which it was proposed to amend properly 
fell within the category of Money Bills. But the very fact 
of such a question having arisen shows that the principle 
for which the Legislative Assembly are now contending has 
been taken as admitted. 
‘The Legislative Assembly maintain, and have always 
maintained, that (in the words of the resolution of the House 
of Commons of 3rd July 1678) all aids and supplies to Her 
Majesty in Parliament are the sole gift of this House, and 
that it is their undoubted and sole right to direct, limit, 
and appoint, in Bills of aid and supply, the ends, purposes, 
considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of 
such grants, which ought not to be changed or altered by 
the Legislative Council. 
‘For these reasons it is manifestly impossible for the 
Legislative Assembly to agree to the amendments of the 
Legislative Council in this Bill. The ordinary course to 
adopt under these circumstances would be to lay the Bil} 
aside. The Legislative Assembly have, however, refrained 
from taking this extreme course at present, in the belief