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bridge building and house building, pasturage of lands, cancelling depasturing licenses, mining leases. No. 42. The Lost Licenses and Leases Act, 1865, provides a remedy in the cases of depasturing licenses or leases accidentally lost. No. 43. The Provincial Councils Powers Extension Act, 1865, enables Provincial Councils to make laws affecting Eoads over Crown Lands, or affecting drains or beds of creeks, rivers, ponds, or lakes. No. 44. The Provincial Corporation Act, 1865, authorizes Provincial Councils to create Corporations, Municipal or otherwise, and validates Acts or Ordinances of Provincial Councils passed for this purpose. No. 45. The Masters and Apprentices Act, 1865, with certain exceptions, assimilates the law relating to Masters and Apprentices with the law of England; makes certain beneficial regulations for apprenticing children between the ages of 14 and 19 years, especially affecting children without natural protectors ; and provides penalties for breach of the contract of apprenticeship. No. 46. The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, IS6s.—This Act was passed to further amend the law of Debtor and Creditor. It makes a bankrupt of every man who compounds with his creditors so as to bind non-assenting creditors ; gives jurisdiction in bankruptcy to District Courts, subject to appeal; enlarges the powers and duties of sequestrators ; authorizes appointment of Inspectors in Bankruptcy ; enforces, by penal clauses, the rigid performance of the duties of sequestrator or trustee ; subjects their accounts to inspection ; enables the Governor in Council to frame regulations for the management of sequestered estates, under penalties not exceeding £100 ; and imposes additional fees on every estate subjected by this Act, of £5 per centum up to £500, and £2 per centum on all excess over £500. No. 47. The Nixon Pension Act, 1865, grants a pension to the sisters of the late Colonel Marmadukc George Nixon, Commandant of the Colonial Defence Force, who died of wounds received in action. No. 48. The Hawke's Bay Waste Lands Regulations Amendment Act, 1865, varies the mode of disposing of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Hawke's Bay, and directs the classification of hitherto unsold lands. No. 49. The Canterbury Waste Lands Act, 1865, facilitates the sale of Crowu Lands in the Southern and Western parts of the Province of Canterbury, and provides for dealing with lands withdrawn from the Canterbury Gold Fields. No. 50. The Bailors of Sheep and Cattle Protection Act, 1865, authorizes the filing of contracts of bailment of sheep and cattle with the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and regulates the fees for searches, and copies thereof. No. 51. The Petty Sessions Act, 1865, from and after such time as may be fixed by the Governor in Council, establishes Courts of Petty Sessions, enforces upon Justices of the Peace the duty of attending them, and directs the mode in which the business of the Courts shall be conducted, and gives to these Courts jurisdiction in civil cases up to £20. No. 52. The Militia Act, 1865. No. 53. The Volunteer Act, 1855. —These Acts were passed to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the Militia and A Tolunteer Forces. They increase the powers of the Governor, and provide for the better organization, pay, and discipline of these forces. No. 54. The New Zealand Loan Act, 1865, varies the provision made for payment of interest and repayment of principal of money of the loan authorized by " The New Zealand Loan Act, 1863," authorizes the Governor to sell the Bonds or other securities under that Act at any price he may think fit, and limits the period at which such Bonds may be made payable to a time not more than thirty years after their date. No. 55. The Otago Municipal Incorporations Empowering Act, 1865. —" The Otago Municipal Incorporation Ordinance, 1865," passed by the Otago Provincial Council, having created a corporation for the City of Dunedin, and provided for the incorporation of the inhabitants of other towns in that Province, this Act was passed to validate the Ordinance and confer extensive powers on such Corporations for sanitary and other purposes connected with the improvement, protection, and convenience of the towns incorporated. No. 56. The Intestate Estates Act, 1865. —This Act was passed to reduce into one the Ordinances and Acts relative to the administration of the Estates of Intestates, and to make further provision for the administration of such estates. No. 57. The Protection of Certain Animals Act, 1865, provides for the protection of certain animals and birds, and the regulation of the periods during which they may be lawfully killed. No. 58. The Debentures Act 1864 Amendment Act, 1865, extends to the 31st December, 1868, the period at which the Debentures authorized by the Act of 1864 may be made payable, authorizes their renewal, and limits the amount to be existing at any one time to £1,000,000. No. 59. The Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865, repeals the existing law, and makes other provisions for the sale, letting, disposal, occupation, and use of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of Southland, and makes provision for the rights and liabilities of former purchasers. No. 60. The Taranaki Naval and Military Settlers Act, 1865, was passed to put an end to the opportunities of Naval and Military Settlers obtaining, upon retirement within the Province of New Plymouth, free grants of laud in that Province. No. 61. The Miners Representation Act Amendment Act, 1865, gives to Miners in certain cases the right of voting for Members of the General Assembly and Provincial Councils. No. 62. The Volunteers Land Act, 1865, enables Superintendents and Provincial Councils to authorize certain remissions on the purchase of land by Volunteers and Militia men. No. 63. The Provincial Lawsuits Act Declaratory Act, 1865, limits the remedy for creditors upon judgments against Superintendents of Provinces to money appropriated for the purpose by the Provincial Councils. 14