PROROGATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Otago Witness, Issue 1503, 4 September 1880, Page 13

PROROGATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(Pee Pbess Association Special Wire.) Wellington, Septemberlsfc.' " ' The House met at 2.3 Q. ! ' ' A report of the business transacted during the session was laid on the table. A Ba6B»agß waa received from the Governor giving hia assent to a r umber of bills. The Hon. Major ATKNISON drew attention to the fact that the report of his speech in "Hansard" on the motion for the second reading of the Beer Bill was so thoroughly inaccurate that na reliance could be placed on it.' The House was then summoned, and -proceeded to the Upper Chamber. . The following account of ths work 1 of the session was laid on the table by the' Speaker.; — Schedule of Business of the House op Representatives, and op Bills Passed and Lapsed in both Houses during the Session op" 1880. (1) Select committees on public matters, 4 ; on private bills, 3;— total,3 ;— total, 7 (2) Standing committees, 11; do on private bills, 3;— total,3 ;— total, 14 (3) Public bills originated in" the' I«ower House: Received the Royal assent, 61 ; reserved for the signification of her Majesty's pleasure, 1 ; dropped or other> wise disposed of, 63 ;— total, 12.4 . . > . • , , * Bills brought from the CouncS : Received the Royal assent, 18; reserved for the signification' of her Majesty's pleasure, 1 ;, dropped or otherwise disposed of, 9;— total,9 ;— total, 28, < (4) Private bUfe originated 'in the House : Received the Royal assent, 3 ; dropped, 1 ; — total, 4 , . (&) Petitions presented from Europeans, 301 Petitions presented from Maoris', 'B2 (6) Divisions in the whble'House, 47 : in committee 80 ;— total, 127 """• ■ . ' ' (7) Sittings : Days of meeting, 64 ; hours of sitting, 524 ; daily average, 8 hours 20 minutes. > , • (S) Votes and proceedings i- Questions asked of Ministers, 632 ; entries in journals, 1141 • daily aver-* age, 28 -. ' (9) Orders for papers, 37 (10) Papers laid on the table" by command*, 101 ; inreturn to orders, 37 ; by message, ora ; by act, 23 ; .by. leave, 67 . . > Papers ordered to be. prfnted, 153 - < Papers not ord.ere* l to I heprinted l 70,

(11) Reports from Select Commiitees : from the Public" Petitions Committee, ,190; from the Native j Affairs Committee, 111 : fronr-thte -Waste Lands Committee, 73; from the Gold-fields and Mines Committee, 14 J from other committees, 80. PUBLIC ACTS' PASSED BOTU HOUSES. Adulteration Prevention. ■ • , Aliens Animals Protection Appropriation Arms Banks and Bankers Beer Duty • Bills of Exchange • ''- , Procedure! ' ' ' i ' .- • • Brands and Branding Building Societies Census Act Amendment ' ' ' • Chattels.-Securities - - Counties Act Amendment * , Crown Grants Amendment Cruelty to Annuals Customs Tariff ' '' - • i i Deaths by Accident - r i ' Compensation , ' > Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage (reserved) ' ' Dentists ', ' -,'•'* Diseased Cattle Proclamation Validation *i -> District Courts" ; , Dog Registration Election Petitions ' •' " Electric Telegraph Act, 1875, Amendment * . Execution against ReaLEstate , ■ ■ . Financial Arrangements v High Schools Reserves - Immigration and Public Works Appropriatio! J ' " Imprest Supply. < • i ' . ' * .',!-■•> , Imprest Supply No. 2 „ > , ', , . „.-.,, ' Imprest Supply No. 3 ' , ,~ ; Imprest Supply No. 4 " " ," ' Joint Stock Companies' Act,' 1860, -Amendment •? Juries „ %, „ —i Land Transfer, Act Amendment „ Z „ Lodgers' Goods Protection ' . • , Maori Prisoners ", '■' '• •' '- ' t Maori Prisoners Detention * *-.•,-;«' i Marriage -. > ; , , .>; j Married, Women's Property Protection , ] Mercantile Law " " ' i Municipal Corporations Act Amendment ""■ ~- ' Native Land Courts - .' „ j Native School Sites . - t New Zealand University Reserves ' 3 Otago Harbour Board Empowering • i '■' *-" - ' Permanent Officers Salaries - » y I i Pharmacy, . r , , -> ; I Proclamations Validation- . ,' '' Property Assessment ' Act Amendment. No. 2 ' -Public Works - ' ' " ::- > Rabbit Nuisance , , . , ! Stamp Act Amendment - , t ' Stamp Fees ' Treasury Bills ' ' ' ' •-".-' ' Waikato Confiscated Lands • - ',-:,'' - West, Coast Settlement ' - , - . ft North Island Local' Acts . . . ' ~ -Auckland College and Grammar School ' ' " -"; ' " - Bluff Harbour Foreshore Leasing' f Canterbury Rivers Act,-1870, Amendment > ,' „ Canterbury Roads Ordinance Amendment. Act Extension " r " ' ' - - '' ' * Caversham Borough -Incorporation ' •'"" • ' , Christchurch District Drainage Act, .1875, Amendment :..„•_•• ,* , • - ■ ' Hokitika Harbour Board Loan . ' , '. ' ) ' Inch-Clutha Act; 18787 Amendment " ' ' " : s Invercargill Drillshed Site « Jackson's Bay Settlement- ■ i. - - , Nelson Gas and Waterworks Sale Act, 1877, Amendment . f - - . , • • •- , ; Oamaru Waterworks Aci, '1875,' Amendment ''■'-' ! Otago Road Rates Validity - - :■ >■.;"• -. Port Molyneux Reserves Leasing Ac£ 1868, Amendment • * . ; Public Health Act, 1876, Amendment > Special Powers and. Contracts" ' ■ ? Sydenham Borough Council Empowering : Taranaki* Iron 'Smelting ' Works Land 'Act, 1874, Amendment „ 1 Thames Water Simply Transfer fWanganui Harbour arid River Conservators -Board .Grants. ■ , , " „,',,> PRIVATE ACTS PASSED, BOTH HOUSES. U"' ''< Ashburton County Council Waterworks Act,-1879, Amendment No. 2" ' ' ' ' >.'■••-•'-'■■ Water-race Transfer Act,- 1878, Amendment * ' No. 2 * . ' • ■ , - -.- >, , „, * New. Zealand Bank Act, 1861, Amendment; - '-,;,', :■' BILLS DROPPED ORT 'OTHERWISE DISPOSED OP.> t! - •. T! In the Legislative Council :-r- , ' ''-' ' -Deceased Persons Estate Duties '"'■'". -' ; Fire Prevention and Fire Brigades '"' - " '>'• *<s and Charitable Aid Endowment ? Law Practitioners Act Amendment, No.-l ,Mining Companies Act, <1872, Amendment "" "" ; Moorhouse Services Recognition ' ■• l !'. J'< . , Oamaru Harbour Board * 1 ' ■• ' '"; >ti <_■- ■ Otago Rivers > . , '■> - .Port .Chalmers Drillshed. , ■„ r . - In the House of Representatives :— -- .' ;■ ,■ - iAshburton County Council Act,"1879Amendment No. 1. , „,„ .' '■Auctioneers " " l *' v - Cemeteries ,' ' f ' . - ■ Chinese Immigration Prohibition ■ ■ ?■ „ _• , « Corrupt Prevention • , „ •,', Crown and Native Lands Rating „' , •'»••>• 5 Debtors and Creditors 3> • •District Courts Act, 1858, Amendment '• ■ ■ • Drainage . .- - -„ ,< j „ , East Coast Maori Land and Special Settlement Education Act Amendment ; - r"-^r "-^ " ' '*' ;LIST OF BILLS 'DROPPED OR OTHERWISE" DISPOSED OF. " Education Reserves Act 1 Amendment No. 1 ' Education Reserves Act, 1877, Amendment No. 2 c Evidence' Amendment . , .Female Redress Fencing ' '• ■ Fire and Marine Insurance Companies 'Fisheries Friendly Societies Act Amendment Gaming and Lotteries Gold Duties Abolition Hamilton and Cambridge Railway Construction Hamilton ond Omahu Railway Construction Hawkers and Pedlars 'Heathcote' Bridge - Hospital and CharitaUe Institutions Impounding .Justices of the Peace Act, 1866. Amendment, 'liand'Act/lOTe, Amendment , ' ,' Law Practitioners Actj Amendment No. 2 ' '■ Licensing , ' <, * , \ v - , ■ Local Public Works ,^,5 .., ., ' <.'*•- Malvern Water-race .Transfer Act, 1878, Amendment No. I ..'''-_' *«. . , Married Women's Property „ , 'Members of GeherarAssembly'Expenaes " ! ' r^ Mines Aqt» 1877^- Amendment '■ ' -'!-'■ -SHSCELLANEOUB.'> ' - - '," Native Claims -,•'>■"£ . . , Napier Church Trusts „""* " ' u \ '. ' Native LandFrauds Prevention <::••«_ Native Land Sales *. »*■ • „, • - •■ Native Land Stamp Duties - , \ ■„ Native Lawsuits < .' ' . *-. . . _, Native Reserves, No. 1 ' >\ - w .*.-.. Native Reserves, No/2' :' " ' ' Native Succession . . > > - . New Zealand University; and University College, . Party Processions - Peace Preservation 7 ' ' ' ' Private Deali%with Native LandsPreveritlon - Property^ Assessment Act, and Property Tax. Act . Public Entertainments Prohibition ' ' '' ' Eko and Waiukußailway Construction " Regulations'©! -Elections Representation " -r., St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Christchurch Trustees Incorporation, No. 1 : -.-... Thames and Waikato Railway l y ■ ' * Town and Districts .'■*- .iu ■-- t' Wellington andEoxton Railway . -^i Wellington Racing Club " , , ,~_ - ' Women's Franchise. . ■>■•-• y . PRIVATE, BILL. -„,'» "' ' , St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Cffiristchureh/ * The Council met at 1 '2.30. \ THere were 15 Councillors present/ ' * ." -s "< l • ■ The. Hon."the':ATTOK,NEY-GENERAI," laid, on the table a letucri to order of the Couccil of the number 'of justices who had beeii ' insolvent up to.' the lsfc' of August; 1880. If was ordered to be priated; '" ' % „-,-.-- * A' list of.biilsvrhicff.hWraceivedtheEbyal ' assent having bperiread/'tho' member^ of" the'"House ot Kepreaentftti ves ftppeared-to thVnum> her of 15; andthe Oommissiohers^SirrWilliaitt c, S^rtert^the Hob.^J? Johnatonj jHon^Gs,M. WaterhojOHe, Hon. P. Wiutaker r afld Hon. .Colonel .Whifcmore,: having,heard.thelr 3 coQunia- * -,