business of Parliament.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5575, 21 September 1889, Page 2

business of Parliament.

The following is a schedule of the business of the House of ' Representatives and of Acts passed in both Houses during the session : — Petitions presented from Europeans 406, from Maoris 115. Divisions in the whole House (51, in committee 87. Hours of sitting before midnight 320 ; after midnight 151 ; daily average 9 hours. The following public Acts passed both Houses : — AnimalsProteetion Act Amendment, Appropriation, Canterbury Society of Arts Reserve, Certificates of Title Issue Empoj£exi»ST Criminal Evidence, £Jia£*©hrTfansfer, Chinese Immigrants Act Amendment and Continuance, Educational Endowments, Fire and Marine Insurance, Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment, Imprest Supply (No. 1), Imprest Supply (No. 2), Imprest Supply (No. 3), Karamu Reserve, Kumara Sludge Channel, Licensing Act Amendment, Marriage Act Amendment, Mercantile Law Act Amendment, Native Land Court Act Amendment, Native Frauds Prevention Acts Amendment, Naval and Military Settlers and Volunteers Land, New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin Public Street Closing, Ngarara and Waipiro Further Investigation, North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act Amendment, Offences Against the Person, Orimakatea Title Empowering, Otago Marriages, Patents Designs and Trade Marks Act Amendment, Post Office, Poutulm Jurisdiction, Property Tax, Public Reserves Act Amendment, Public Works Acts Amendment, Public Works Appropriation, Registration of Biths Extension, Representation Act Amendment, Requisitions Validation, Savings Bank Act Amendment, Selectors Lands Re-valuafion, Shipping and Seamans Act Amendment,, Town Districts Amendment, Triennial Licensing Committees, Waipa Order-in-Council Validation, West Coast Settlements Reserves Acts Amendment Act Suspension, Wi Pere Land.

The following local Acts passed both Houses : — Borough of Brunner Enabling, (Joraldine Public School Situ, fiersililiiie Racecourse Reserve Act Amendment, Gisborne Harbor Act Amendment, Hawera Borough Endowment, Masterton Trust Lands, Napier Harbor Board Amendment and Further Empowering, Napier High School Board Leases Validation, Ncisou Foreshore Reserve, New Plymouth High School, Queenstown Athcn;eum, Riverton Corporation Empowering, Thnaru Harbor Board Land, Timaru High School Act Further Amendment, Waimate Public Library, Wahnate Public Reserve Sale, Waimca River Works, Waitohi Bed, Wellington City Empowering.

The following private Acts passed both Houses :— Church Property Trust (Canterbury) Act Amendment, Napier Oddfellows Lodge Site, New Zealand Bank Act Amendment, Wellington and Manawatu Company's Empowering.