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Rh elected in much the same manner as the members of the House of Commons, and are entitled to place M.H.R. after their names. The Upper House, or "Legislative Council," as it is called, consists of those who are elected from the Lower House by the members thereof. Members of the Upper House take the title of "Honourable" for life.

Party Government is the system in New Zealand, as in Great Britain, but, as it is conducted on a much smaller and simpler scale, and is free from the many confusing complications which surround it in the latter country and elsewhere, its