omar. v] THE PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURE 467 
in charge of a Bill or to a Minister when delivering the financial 
statement in Committee of Supply or, in regard to the number 
of his speeches, to a Minister in charge of a Class of Estimates 
in Committee of Supply. Standing Order No. 111 provides 
that in speaking to motions for the adjournment of the House 
a0 Member shall exceed five minutes, with the exception of 
Ministers, who shall each be allowed to speak ten minutes, and 
the whole discussion on the subject shall not exceed two hours, 
There was no time limit to speeches in the Parliaments of 
the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Transvaal, and the Orange 
River Colony, and none has yet been adopted in the case of 
the Union. 
In the case of the Commonwealth there was adopted in 
1905 the excellent rule of allowing a Bill to be taken up 
in a subsequent session at the stage at which it was aban- 
doned, provided always that no general election or periodic 
election of the Senate has intervened. It is also further laid 
down that if the Bill has gone to the other House from either: 
House, the consent of the House in which it originated is 
requisite for the other House taking it up.! A good example 
of this procedure is the passing in 1910 through the Senate of 
she Navigation Bill with the intention of resuming it in 1911. 
In Western Australia again in 1910 the Legislative Council 
asked the Lower House to concur in a similar rule without 
result. But in New South Wales and in South Australia the 
same rule applies. 
In all the constitutions there are provisions for the appoint- 
ment by election of a Speaker and of a President: of the 
Legislative Council. In the Cape the Chief Justice was er 
officio President. In the case of New South Wales? and 
Queensland 2 the appointment of the President is made by 
the Governor by instrument under the public seal; in 
New Zealand, which also has a nominee Upper House, the 
post of Speaker of the Council is electivet In the case of 
Victoria the post is elective, but the election can be dis- 
allowed by the Governor ; in Tasmania and South Australia 
it is elective, and notification only is prescribed, and so in 
‘ Senate Journals, 1905, p. 54 ; Parliamentary Debates, 1905, p. 7089. 
* Act No. 32 of 1902, s. 11. * Act 31 Vict, No. 38, s. 25. 
Consolidated Statutes, 1908, No. 101, s, 7. 
uh?