NAVAL AND MILITARY SETTLERS BILL, • The Naval and Military &eti.!ei\s and .yolimteer Land Bill was taken in Com mittee, .j it * Clause 5 was amended to provide that certificates may issue to persons equitably s entitled thereto in case of the denth or finjury of the persons originally entitled f'to the certificates. I A new subsection was added to clause 6, enabling the Commissioners to hear claims from every officer who had by command of his superior officers, taken ><3rvi«e in the milifcia anJ thereby lost his claim. ( s f Clause B—-Conditions of occupation of lands acquired under remission certifi cates, —evoked'considerable opposition. Mr Seidon agreed to strike out all reference in the clause to 1 the' settlement conditions, and he hoped the Committee would accept the compmrr'sc, and his coi 'eagu*l, the Minister fin- i^iuds would do justice to claimants under the Bill, The compromise was finally accepted by 36 to 20, arid the clause passed as amended. - - , > «" The remaining clauses passed unaltered. The House rose at 5 30 The House resumed at 7.30. ""• BILLS ADVANCED. The Lyttelton Harbor Board Land Bill, the Government Life Insurance Bill, and the Naval and Military Settlers Bill were read a third time and passed. THE SCHOOL COMMITTEES ELECTION BILL. The School Committees Election Bill was committed. Clause 2—definition of householder. Mr Saundets moved an amendment that "householder" means every adult male or female person who has for the •last six months resided within a school district, or who is parent or guardian of any child attending any state school in that district.—Lost by 35 to 16. The clause was eventually amended to provide that " householder " shall mean every adult male or female owner or tenant of any dwelling-house within a school district who has resided in the house for three months prior to the day of election. Subsection 3 of clause 5 was altered to provide tha 1; in school districts within proclaimed mining distiicts "house holder " shall mean the holder of a mining viijht who has for three months before oleotion day redded in the district. Clause s—annuals —annual election of.School Committees—elicited a lengthy discussion. On the question of whether the mem* hers of Committee should be seven or five, Mr Rees moved to strike out the words. 