THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

Colonist, Volume XIII, Issue 1359, 4 October 1870, Page 4

THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

List or Acts which hate Passed both Houses '.—lntestate Estates Amendment; Goldfields Act Amendment; Otago Education Reserves Abandonment; Regulation of Elections! Punishment of High Treason; Sales for Non-payment of Rates; Auckland Waste Lands; Limited Liability Com•panies Winding-up; New Zealand Post-office Act Amendment; Otigo Hundreds Regulation Act, 1869, Amendment; Militia; Vexatious Indictments Larceny Act Amendment; Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works Amendment; Otago and Southland Union; Partition; Deceased Persons Estates; Imprest Supply; Wellington and Hawke's Bay Public Debt Apportionment Act Extension ; Treasury Bills; Wairarapa Town Lands Management; District Courts Criminal Jurisdiction Extension Patents; Richmond Land Sales; Neglected and Criminal Children Amendment; Canterbury Rivers Repeal; Gold Duties; Provincial Reserved Bills; Native Districts Sale of Spirits; Hawke's Bay and Marlborough Rivers ; Juries Act Amendment; Sales by Mortgages; Westland Waste Lands; Nelson College ; Crown Lands (Nelson) Leasing Act Amendment ; Nelson Waste Lands Act Amendment j Hawke's Bay Renewal of Licenses; Aliens; Colonial Reciprocity; Payments to Provinces; Defence and other Purposes Loan; Immigration and Publio Works; South Sea Islands Drawbacks; Marlborough Sale of Reserves; New Zealand Post-office Act Amendment. (No. 2); Turner's Land Grant; New Zealand University; Escheat Act Amendment; Imprest Supply (No. 2); Representation; Harbor Boards ; Marine Act Amendment; Government Officers Guarantee; New Zealand Government Assurance and Annuities ; Fire Inspectors; Wellington Waste Lards; Disqualification ; Bankruptcy Acts Amendment; Green and Spencer Amendment; Dangerous Goods Amendment; New Zealand and Australian Sub-marine Telegraph; Land Transfer; Crown Grants Amendment; Court of Appeal Amendment; Hawke's Bay Crown Lands Sale; Immigration and Public Works Loan ; Unincoporated Boards Suits ; Bay of Islands Settlement; Gisborne Land ; Mohaka and Waikare District; Robert Johnston Lanrl Grant; Married Women's Property Protection ; Stamp Duties Act Amendment; Merchant Ships Officers Examination; Agricultural Produce Lien; Qualifications of Electors; Acts Amendment; Resident Magistrates Evidence; Mining Companies Limited Liability Amendment; Kaiapoi Native Industrial School Grant; Publio Revenues; Volunteer Acts Amendment; Green Land Claims Settlement; Native Lands Act Amendment ; Railways ; Native Lands Fraud Prevention ; Supreme Court Act, 1860, Amendment; Treasury Bills Extended Currency; Meredith and others Pension ; Walsh and others Pension; Provincial Acts Validation Act Continuance; Government Summary Prosecutions; Appropriation; Wairau Valley Road; County of Westland Acts Amendment; Appropriation No. 2; Temporary Loan; Deputy-Superintendent of Wellington. List op Biixs Dbopped ob othebtvise Disposed of. —In- the Legislative Council—Criminal Evidence; Town of Waitara; Borough Schools; Otago Road Board Ordinance Validation ; Public Trust Office; Superindents of Marlborough Election; New Zealand Government Insurance and Annuities Extension; Railway Gauge. In the House of Representatives —Post Office Act Amendment; Westland Wast« Lands and Public Reserves ; Vaccination ; Municipal Corporations Amendment; Auckland Harbor Trust ; Married Women's Property; Intestate Real Estate; Otago Hundreds Regulation Act Repeal; Water Rights; Mete Kingi Grant; Married Woman's Reversionary Property ; Farquhar and Stuart Hundreds ; Appeals from Provincials Rating; Building and Land Societies Act 1866 Amendment Fire Brigades; County of Westland Boundary and Government; Poverty Bay Crown Grants ; Savings Bank; Wairoa Lands; Customs Tariff Amendment; Customs Duties Validation ; Wairau Valley Roads Reservation ; Provincial Sheep Ordinances Validation.

The following schedule of business of the House ot Representatives during the past session, is given by the Wellington Independent :— New Whits Issued. During the recess of the sesssion of 1869 8 During the session of 1870 ... 1 "■"■'■' "'■ y Select Committees. On public matters ... 23 On private bills 0 23 Standing Committees. Standing committees ... ... 6 Ditto on private bills 3 Public Bills. Originated in the House — Eeceived the Royal Assent ... 65 Awaiting Governor's pleasure ... 9 - Reserved for the signification of her Majesty's pleasure ... 1 Dropped or otherwise disposed 0f... 25 —- 100 Brought from the Council — Received the Royal Assent 24 Awaiting Governor's pleasure ... 0 Reserved for the signification of her Majesty's pleasure 0 Dropped or otherwise disposed 0f... 5 29 Introduced by Message— Received the Royal Assent 0 Awaiting Governor's pleasure ... 0 Dropped or otherwise disposed 0f... 1 130 Private Bins. Originated in the House ... ... 3 Brought from the Council 0 "■^^ 3 Received the Royal Assent... ... 3 Petitions Received ... ... 105 Divisions. In the whole House ... ... 41 In committee ... 59 — 100 Sittings. Days of meeting 56 Hours of sitting 480 h. 10 m. Hours of sitting after midnight ... 29 „50 „ Daily average 8 „ 34 „ Adjottbnmetns toe Want of a Quobum. Before commencing business ... 0 After commencing business ... 1 Votes and Proceedings. Questions asked of Ministers „, 107 Entries in Journals — Of business done 443 Of notices of motion ... ... 334 Of orders of the day 520 —: 1297 Daily average 23 Orders for papers 62 Addresses for papers 1 Other addresses 8 Papebs Laid TJbon the Table. By command 132 iln return to orders 68 In return to address 0 By Mr. Speaker ... 2 By act 3 > By leave 1 206 Papers ordered to be printed ... 134 Papers not ordered to be printed... 72 206 Reports tbom Select Committees. From the committee on public petitions , HO From other select committees ... 30 From standing committees 38 < , ' ,< 17S [For continuation of Newt of the Month, see Page 5.]