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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE. [From Odk CoRRKsroNDENT.j WELLINGTON, November 7. The eventful second session of 1912 caino to an end about midnight. Parliament lias a fairly big record of work to its credit in spite of tho political distractions of a party character. Public measures to the number of sixty-one have been passed and twenty-one local Bills havo reached the Statuto Book. The session started ou Juno 27 and has included 69 meeting days of 552 hours, 80 after midnight, an average of eight hours daily, which is about the normal record. The following is a list of Acts passed: PUBLIC ACTS. Aged and Infirm Persons Protection. Agricultural and Pastoral Societies' Amendment. Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement. Appropriation. Auckland Education Reserves . Auckland University College Amendment. Barmaids Registration. Births and Deaths Registration Amendment. Cemeteries. Country Telephone Lines. Defence Amendment. Deputy-Governor's Powers. Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Amendment. East Coast Native Trust Lands Amendment. Education Amendment. Ellcsmoro Lands Drainage Amendment. Fisheries Amendment. Gold Duty Amendment. Government Lifo Insurance Amendment. Government Railways Amendment. Land Agents. Land and Income Assessment Amendment. Land Laws Amendment. Land Tax and Income Tax. Local Authorities Superannuation Amendment. Local Bodies Loans Amendment. Marriage Amendment. Military Pensions. Monopoly Prevention Amendment. Nativo Land Amendment. New Zealand University Amendment. Now Zealand State Guaranteed Advances Amendment. Pharmacy Amendment. Plumbers' Registration. Prisons Amendment. Public Reserves and Domains Amendment. Public Rovcnues Amendment. Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment. Public Service. Public Trust Office Amendment. Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering. Railways Authorisation. Harbours Amendment. Eauraki Plains Amendment. Imprest Supply. Justices of tho Peace Amendment. Kaiapoi Reserve. ' Savings Bank Amendment. Shearers' and Agricultural Labourers' Accommodation Amendment. State Fire Insurance Amendment. Thomas George M'Carthy. Town Boards Amendment. Valuation of Land Amendment. Waihpu and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement. Wanganui River Trust Amendment. Westport Harbour Amendment. Widows' Pensions Amendment. LOCAL ACTS. Akaroa and Wainui Road District. Akaroa County and Wairewa County Alteration of Boundaries Amendment. Auckland Harbour Board Empowering. Auckland Harbour Board. Christchurcb. Tramways District Amendment. Dilworth Trustees Acts Amendment. Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Acts Amendment. Hawko's Bay Rivers Amendment. Mokau Harbour Board Empowering. Napier Harbour Board Amendment and Endowment Improvement. New Plymouth-Huataki Stream Diversion and Exchange. Oamaru King George's Park Reserve Vesting. Opunake Harbour Amendment. Ross Borough Council Vesting and Empowering Amendment. Taieri Land Drainage. Tauranga Harbour. Waimaiii County Differential Rate Empowering. Wellington City Empowering and Amendment. Wellington Harbour Board Empowering. Wellington and Karori Sanitation and Water Supply. Westland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Vesting; and Empowering. Whakatane Harbour. Tho following is a list of Bills dropped or otherwise, disposed of:— PUBLIC BILLS DROPPED. Abolition of. Tied Houses. Acquirement of Unearned Increments Prevention. Banking as a State Monopoly. Betterment. Bureau of Justice. Civil Service Amendment. Coal Mines Act, 198, Amendment. Coal Mines Amendment. Cook Islands Government Amendment. Co-operative Workers on Public Works. Counties Act Amendment. Defence Act Amendment. Dominion Saturday Half-holiday. Dunedin Garrison Hall Trustees Empowering. Elective Executive. Electoral Reform. Fisheries Act Amendment. Gaming Act Amendment. Government Lifo Insurance. Graduated Tncomo Tax Amendment. Hotel and Other Employees Six Days a Week. Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment. Insurance as a State Monopoly. Legislative Amendment. Licensing Amendment. Licensing Amendment No. 2. Legislative Council. Lights on Vehicles. Limitation of Distress for Rent. Local Government. Marriage Act Amendment. Marriage Validation. Mental' Defectives Amendment. Mining Act 1908 Amendment. Municipal Corporations Amendment. National Provident Fund Amendment. Nationalisation of the Iron Industrv. "New Zealand Institute of Architects. New Zealand Mean Time. Pollution of Water. Public Service Reform. Publication of tho Press Under License. __ ... Pure Water Supply to Flaxmills. Sharing of Profits of State Monopolies. , Shops and Offices Amendment. State Fire Insurance Amendment. State Note Issue and Workers Housing. Sunday Labour. Universal Saturday Half-Holiday. Unregistered Nurses Registration. Wanganui Bridge Amendment. v -tor-carried Goods and Passenger Traffic. . ... Workers Minimum Wage. Workers Right to Wages and Work. LOCAL BILLS DROPPED. Auckland University College Act 1882 Amendment. Foster Harbour Board Loan. Lvttelton Harbour Board Land. O'rakei Model Suburb Empowering. Sumner Borough Foreshore Vesting and Empowering. Waikato River Board.