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No. 65. "An Act to constitute a Harbour Board for the Port of Napier;" No. 66. " An Act to bring the provisions of ' The Municipal Corporations Waterworks Act, 1872,' into operation in the Borough of Invercargill, and to authorize the Municipal Council of the said Borough to raiso the sum of Fifty Thousand Pounds for the Construction or Purchase of Waterworks for the Supply of the Town of Incargill with Water;" No. 67. " An Act to amend ' The Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872;'" No. 68. "An Act to amend ' The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1874;'" No. 69. "An Act to amend ' The Gold Fields Act, 1866;'" No. 70. " An Act to amend ' The Gold Mining Districts Act, 1873;'" No. 71. " An Act to vest a piece of Land at Outram, in the Province of Otago, in Her Majesty the Queen, as a Reserve for an Electric Telegraph Station ;" No. 72. "An Act to vest in Her Majesty the Queen the Provincial Government Building Reserve situate in Invercargill, and to authorize the Invercargill Athenaeum to exchange a piece of Land held by it for a piece of Land intended by this Act to be vested in Her Majesty ;" No. 73. " An Act to impose Stamp Duties in lieu of Duties of the same kind now payable under various Acts, and to consolidate and amend the provisions relating thereto;" No. 74. " An Act to provide for the Collection by means of Stamps of Fees payable in the various Departments of the Public Service ;" No. 75. " An Act to amend the Law relating to the Registration of Electors;" No. 76. " An Act to qualify Persons living in Lodgings to vote at the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, and to enable such persons to be registered on tho Electoral Roll;" No. 77. " An Act to amend the Representation Acts ;" No. 78. "An Act to amend ' The Disqualification Act, 1870,' and to indemnify certain Members of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives from Disabilities and Penalties they may have incurred under that Act;" No. 79. " An Act for the Relief of Debtors and for the better Security of Croditors ;" No. 80. "An Act for the Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors, and for other Purposes ;" No. 81. "An Act for the further Amendment of the Law of Evidence;" No. 82. "An Act to enable the Judges of the Supreme Court to appoint Commissioners for certain purposes ;" No. 83. "An Act to amend ' The Religious, Charitable, and Educational Trusts Act, 1856 ;' " No. 84. "An Act to amend ' The Friendly Societies Act, 1867;'" No. 85. "An Act to amend the ' The New Zealand Presbyterian Church Act, 1875 ;' " No. 86. "An Act to enable Joint Stock Companies formed for the Construction of Branch Railways in the Colony of New Zealand to make construct and maintain such Railways;"

No. 87. "An Act to amend 'The Licensing Act 1873 Amendment Act, 1874;' " No. 88. "An Act to confer Powers on Public Libraries and Mechanics Institutes;" No. 89. " An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Employment of Females;" No. 90. "An Act to enable David Davides to succeed to a Piece of Land at Opotiki;" No. 91. " An Act to enable the Governor to make a Crown Grant to Walter Lawrence Martin of a Pioce of Land at Wanganui;" No. 92. "An Act to enable the Governor to make a Grant of Six Hundred Acres to Jame3 Riddell;" No. 93. " An Act to amend ' The Imbecile Passengers Act, 1873 ;' " No. 94. " An Act to amend ' The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870,' and the Acts amending the same ;" No. 95. "An' Act to amend 'The Immigrants Land Act, 1873;'" No. 96. "An Act to amend 'The Public Revenues Act, 1867,' and Acts amending the same ;" No. 97. "An Act to extend the Appropriation Acts or Ordinances of the several Provinces until the Thirtieth clay of September, One thousand.eight hundred and seventy-six;" No. 98. "An Act to repeal parts of certain Acta authorizing the Expenditure of certain Sums of Money for the purposes of Immigration and Public Works, and to appropriate further Sums in that behalf;" No. 99. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of the Year ending the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight hundred and seventysix, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this present Session." Local and Personal. No. 1. " An Act to make further provision in respect of ' The Auckland Improvement Act, 1873.' " No. 2. "An Act to authorize ' The Kaitangata Railway and Coal Company, Limited,' to make construct and maintain a Railway connecting the Main Southern Trunk Railway, in the Provinco of Otago, 'with the Township of Kaitangata and the Coal Mines adjacent thereto in the said Province, and to make provision for other the proposed works of the said Company;" No. 3. "An Act to enable ' The Napier Gas Company, Limited,' to supply the Town of Napier with Gas;" No. 4. " An Act to enable the Corporation of the Town of Napier to abate a Nuisance caused by the flooding of certain lands with stagnant water within the Borough of Napier ;" No. 5. "An Act to enable the Corporation of the City of Dunedin to take divert and impound the whole of the Water flowing into and in the Stream called ' The Water of Leith,' and all or any of the Tributaries thereof, for the purpose of increasing the Supply of Water for the Inhabitants of the said City, and for the purpose of supplying the Inhabitants of the Suburbs of the said City with Water, and for other purposes in connection with the said objects."

No. 3. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby. My Lord, — Downing Street, 11th May, 1876. I have received your Lordship's despatch, No. 10, of the 11th March, in which you recommend that Mr. William Hunter Reynolds, who has retired from the Executive Council, after having been a member for a period of over three years, may receive the Queen's permission to retain the title of Honorable; and I have the honor to acquaint you that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of Mr. Reynolds retaining the title of Honorable within the Colony of New Zealand. I have, &c, Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, CARNARVON. &c, &c, &c.,

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