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No. 2. The Imprest Supply Act authorizes an advance of £250,000 out of the Public Account by way of imprest for the service of the year ending 30th June, 1879 : the money to be charged in the manner expressed in the Appropriation Act of the session appropriating the same. No. 3. The Imprest Supply Act (No. 2) similarly authorizes a further advance of £250,000. No. 4. The Mercantile Law Further Amendment Act provides that the signature of the drawee on a bill of exchange shall not be considered an insufficient acceptance thereof. No. 5. The Reprint of Statutes Act provides for the appointment of Commissioners to supervise the publishing of a revised edition of the Public General Statutes of the colony. No. 6. The Sale of Food and Drugs Amendment Act provides for the payment of the cost of analyses by persons convicted of trafficking in adulterated articles. No. 7. The Cruelty to Animals Act is an adaptation of the Imperial statute on the same subject; provides for the infliction, in certain cases of gross cruelty, of imprisonment and hard labour without option of fine. No. 8. The Trade Union Act is an adaptation of the Imperial Acts for the regulation and management of trades unions. No. 9. The Imprest Supply Act (No. 2>) authorizes a further advance of £250,000 by way of imprest for the year 1878-79. No. 10. The Fraudulent Debtors Act, repealing former Acts, substitutes amended provisions for the prevention of frauds by bankrupts and others engaged in trade. No. 11. The Savings-Bank Profits Act authorizes the payment to charitable institutions of the profits of any bank when they exceed a sum of 10 per cent, on deposits. The Act only applies to savings-banks in the Provincial District of Otago. No. 12. The Civil Service Acts Amendment Act more specifically defines the persons who may and who may not claim the benefits of the said Acts in respect of pensions. No. 13. The Imprest Supply Act (No. 4) authorizes a further advance of £250,000 by way of imprest for the year 1878-79. No. 14. The Interpretation Act is for the shortening of the language used in Acts of the Assembly; makes provisions, subject to which all Acts shall be construed, to render unnecessary the repetition in every Act of certain stereotyped phrases. No. 15. The Land Claims Act requires to be advertised in London; provides that persons who do not prosecute any claims they may have before 31st December, 1879, will be barred, the Land Claims Court established in 1856 having now been upwards of twenty years in operation. No. 16. The Privileges Act 1866 Amendment Act extends to certain officers not named in the original Act exemption from attendance on Courts of law during the session of Parliament. No. 17. The Customs Tariff Act repeals the duties on certain articles, and readjusts others, substituting in certain cases a specific duty instead of an ad valorem duty; also reduces the import duty on Australian wines. No. 18. The Land-Tax Act imposes a duty of one-halfpenny in the pound on the capital value of all land over and above the value of £500. Native land occupied by Natives is exempted, and also lands used for public purposes of health, education, charity, or religion. No. 19. The Public Revenues Act consolidates and amends the law relating to the public moneys, and the control and audit of the public accounts. No. 20. The Juries Act Amendment Act provides for the ballot of special jurors in criminal cases in the same manner as common juries, and in civil cases provides for the hearing of cases before a special jury of four men if both parties agree; also abolishes the exemption of special jurors from serving on petty juries. No. 21. The District Railways Act 1877 Amendment Act provides amended and additional provisions for the better working of the said Act, which have been found necessary. No. 22. The Dangerous Goods Act Amendment Act makes provision for the better working of the original Act by local authorities, and authorizes the entry on premises for procuring samples of oil for testing. No. 23. The Friendly Societies Act Amendment Act provides amended provisions in the original Act, which have been found necessary for the better administration thereon. No. 24. The Gold-Mining District Act 1873 Amendment Act extends the term "water-race" to include races that are used for purposes other than mining purposes — e.g., irrigation, milldriving, &c. No. 25. The Bank Holidays Amendment Act establishes six additional bank holidays in the year, and provides for the proclamation of bank half-holidays on special occasions. No. 26. The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act is supplementary to the original Act; makes further provisions for the better administration thereof. No. 27. The Laiv Amendment Act is mostly an adaptation of the Imperial Judicature Acts; provides for the simplification of procedure in the Courts, and empowers the Judges to frame rules for the assimilation of practice to that of England. No. 28. The Repeal Act is a transcript of one of the Imperial Statute Law Revision Acts, and is passed as an ancillary to the reprint of a revised edition of the statutes; embraces in one Act all enactments that arc obsolete or repealed.