Business of the Session.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 191, 4 September 1888, Page 3

Business of the Session.

The following is the list of Acts which have passed both Houses during the session Public Acts.—Administration Act 1879 Amendment, (Appropriation, Chinese Immigrants Act Amendment, Coroner’s Act Amendment, Counties Act Amendment, Crown and Native Lands Bating Acts Repeal, Customs and Excise Duties, Customs Duties Consolidation Act. 1882 Amendment, Demise of the Crown, District Courts Acts Amendment, Ellesmere Lake Lands, Fencing Act 1881 Amendment, Government Life Insurance, Imprest Supply (No 1), Imprest Supply (No 2), Interpretation, Justices of Peace Act Amendment, Lands Acts Amendment, Land Transfer Act Amendment, Local Courts Proceedings, Local Bodies Audit, Mackenzie Land, Maori Real Estate Management, Middle Island Half-caste Grants, Mining Act 1886 Amendment, Mokau-Mohakatino, Native Contracts and Promises. Native Land, Native Land Court Act 1886 Amendment, Native Land Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment, Naval and Military Forces Discipline, Naval and Military Settlers’ and Volunteers’ Land (No. 2), New Zealand Loan Act 1897 Repeal, New Zealand Loan (No. 2), New Zealand State Forests Acts Amendment, Order in Council Validation, Penalties Recovery and Remission, Post Office (Foreign Parcels), Property Tax, Public Reserves Sale, Public Works Appropriation, Puhoi Settlers, Rating Acts Amendment (No. 2), Regulation of Local Elections Act Amendment, River Boards Act Amendment, River Boards Act 1882 Amendment, Ross Compensation, Sheep Act Amendment, Slaughterhouses Act 1877 Amendment, Tobacco Act Amendment, Thorndon Reclamation Act 1882 Amendment, Tramways Act 1872 Amendment (No. 2), Volunteer Drillsheds and Lands, Westland and Grey Education Boards. Local Acts. —Auckland Harbour Improvement, Auckland Hospital Reserves Act Amendment, Christchurch Rifle Range, Clyde Domain and Recreation Ground Grant, Gisborne Harbor Act 1884 Amendment, Invercargill Corporation Empowering, Kaiapoi Drillshed (No. 2), Mount Somers Road Board Empowering, Ngaruawahia Cemetery Reserve Leasing, Nelson Hospital Reserves, Oamaru Municipal and Education Reserves Exchange, Otago Harbor Board Indemnity and Land Vesting, Opawa Education Reserves, Timaru Harbour Board Loan Act 1885 Amendment, Waikato Agricultural College Model Farm, Wellington Asylum, Home, Hospital, and Orphanage, Wellington Corporation and College Land Exchange, Whangarei Drillshed. Bills Dropped of Otherwise Disposed of.— In the Legislative Council—District Railways Purchasing, Educational Franchise, Epsom and Mount Eden Recreation and Gravel-pit Reserve, Fair Rent and Price of Land, Naval and Military Settlers and Volunteers Land (No. 1), Nelson Foreshore Reserve, New Plymouth Hospital, Otago D.'ck Land, Special Powei s and Contracts Act 1886 Amendment, Waimea Riverworks. In the House of Representatives Animals Protection Act Amendment, Auckland Girls' High School, Better Security of Mechanics, Californian Thistle Eradication, Careless Use of Fire, Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment, Codlin Moth, Contagious Diseases, Counties Act 1886 Amendment, Counties’ Boundaries Alteration, Criminal Code, Deceased Persons’ Estates Duties Amendment, Disorderly Houses Suppression, Divorce Extension and Amendment, Eight Hours, Electoral, Employers’ Liability Act 1882 Amendment, Employment of Chinese on Goldfields, Employment of Females and Others Amendment, Endowment Reserves Administration, Fisheries, Foul Brood and Disease in Bees Prevention, Friendly Societies Act 1882 Amendment, Gold Duty Reduction, Gorse and Sweet Briar Eradication, Hamilton Volunteer Hall Site Act 1878 Amendment, Harbors Act Amendment, Hospitals and Charitable Aid Institutions, Hos pitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1885 Amendment (No. 1), Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1885 Amendment (No 2) Industrial Schools Act Amendment, Kaiapoi Drill shed (No 1), Kamo and Kawakawa Railways Connection Railway Construction, Land for Settlements, Law Practitioners, Licensing Committees Election, Limitation of Votes, Maoris Relief, Masterton Town Lands Trust, Mining Companies Act 1886 Amendment, Mining Partnerships, Municipal Corporations Act Amendment, Native Land Court Act and Section 20 of the Native Land Administration Act 1886 Repeal, New Plymouth High School Act Amendment, New Zealand Loan (No. 1), North of Auckland Railway Construction, North Canterbury Education Board Land, Offences against the Person, Otago Central Railway, Pensions Act Amendment, Private Schools, Private Tramways Act 1882 Amendment, Public Bodies’ Powers Act Amendment, Public Works Act Amendment, Rating Acts Amendment (No. 1), Representation Act 1887 Suspension, Roman Catholic Schools, School of Mines, Shop Hours, Special Settlers’ Relief, Stamp Act Amendment, State Security on Land, Tramway Act 1872 Amendment, University of Otago Council Election, Waipawa Reserve, Wairoa Harbor Endowment, Wellington Corporation Leaseholds, Drainage, and Financial, yYelljngfqn School of Design, Winegrower's Distillation, Workmen’s 'Wages Act 1884 Amendment, Private Bill.—Orakei Native Reserve, SCHEDULE Of BUSINESS DONE IN THE House of representatives. Public Bills.—Originated in the House— Received the Royal assent, 51; reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure, 0; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 'F?, Brought from the. Council—Received t>— Royal assent,"; reserved for the tion of Her Majesty’s .plea-re, 0 /dropped or otherwise 3 r Private Bii's.—Received the Royal assent, 0 1 "Topped, 1. Petitions —From Europeans, 366 • Jwiu Maoris, 142, Divisions—ln the whole House, 84; in Committee, 15fi, Sittings.—Days of meeting 68 ; hours of sitting before midnight, 444 h. ; hours of siting after midnight, HOh. 80m.; daily average, Bh. 9m. Votes and Proceedings.—Questions asked of Ministers, 582; entries in journals, 1235 ; daily average, 26, Orders for papers, 117, Papers laid upon the Table—Ordered to be printed, 161; not ordered to be printed, 107-268. Reports from Select Committees—From the Public Petitions Committee, 290; from the Native Affairs Committee, 203; from the Waste Lands Committee, 101; from the Goldfields and Mines Committee, 14; from the Local Bills Committee, 31; from other Committees, 40.