THE WORK OF LEGISLATORS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2320, 13 October 1908, Page 3

THE WORK OF LEGISLATORS

THE SESSION’S BUSINESS.

LIST OF NEW ACTS.

[Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 12. _ . Following is a synopsis of tho business transacted by the House of Representatives and of Bills passed and dropped during the. session: — . Ninoty-nino public Bills received Royal assent, and two wore reserved for* signification of His Majesty s pleasure. Thirty-six local Bills wore passed and six dropped. Two private Bills rocoived tlie Royal assent, there wore 481 petitions from Europeans and ISO from Maoris presented. The House sat on 59 days, 419 hours-and 24 minutes before midnight, and 0( hours and 19 minutes after midnight, or an average of S hours 6 minutes daily. Ministers woro asked 816 questions. and 113? entries were rn-ndo in the journals. The number of papers asked for was 100, and the following is an analysis of the papers laid on the table: 74 by command, 29 by leave, 142 by Act, 69 in return .to orders, and 10 by Mr. Speaker' Twenty-six select committees were set up, 24 ou public Bills ancl two on privato matters. Following is an analysis of the reports presented: From tlie Public Petitions A to L Committee 47, from the Public Petitions M to Z Committee 70. from tho Native Afi'airs Committee 77. from tho Lands Committee 41, from the Goldfields and Mines Committee 15, from tho Local Bills Committee 46, from tho Itsulways Committee 17, from other committees 71; total, 384. - The two Bills reserved for Royal assent were: Immigration Restriction Amendment and Shipping and Seamen. - Following is a list of Acts passed by the General Assembly of Now Zealand, 1908: Public Acts passed : Acts Interpretation Amendment, Aid to Public Works and Aid to Settlement Appropriation, Auckland University College, Canterbury College Empowering, Civil Service Amendment, Coal Alines Amendment, Consolidated Statutes Enactment, Coroners’ Amendment, Counties Act 1886 Amendment, Declaratory Judgments, Defence Amendment, Destitute Persons Act Amendment, Education Amendment, Education Reserves Leases Validation and Empowering, Fire Brigades Amendment, Fisheries Amendment, Gore Public Library Vesting, Government Advances to Settlers Amendment, Harbors Amendment, Hauraki Plains, Impounding Amendment, Imprest Supply, Imprest Supply (No. 2), Imprest- Supply (No. 3), Imprest Supply (No. 4), Incorporated Societies, Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment, Infants’ Amendment, Inspection of Machinery Amendment, Justices of the Peace Amendment, Land Drainage Amendment, Land Tax and Income Tax, Local Authorities Indemnity, Local Authorities Superannuation, Local Bodies Loans Amendment, Local Elections Act Amendment, Maori Land Laws Amendment, Mciklo Acquittal, Mental Hospitals Reserves, Monopolies Act Amendment, Naval ' Subsidy, New Zealand Society of Accountants. Old Ago Pensions Amendment, Palmerston North Dairy School, Police Offences Amendment, Public Bodies Leases, Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment, Public Works Amendment, Quackery Prevention, Railways Authorisation, Second Ballot, Stamp Duties Amendment, Taupo No. 2. Block, Town Boards Amendment (No. 2), " Town Districts Amendment, Validation Court Empowering,Valuation of Land Amendment, Waipu'ka Block Road lie-vesting, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Purchase, Workers’ Compensation, and Agricultural Produce Sale and Importation (Hon. Mr. Millar). Public Acts dropped: Alteration of Time, Auctioneers Amendment, Companies Amendment, Corporation Contracts, Counties Amendment (No. 2), Farriers, Farriers (No. 2), FTour Duty Abolition, Friendly Societies Consolidation, Government Advances to Workers, Inferior Courts. Procedure, Lamps on Vehicles, Land Settlement, Finance, Law Practitioners Amendment, Law Practitioners Amendment (No 2), Licensing Polls Absolute Majority, Maori Land Laws Amendment, Marriage Act Amendment, Marriage Validaton Act Amendment, Alining Amendment, Municipal Corporations Act Amendment, -Municipal Corporation Act 1900 Amendment (No. 2), Musicians Act, Pawnbrokers’ Charges, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Public Holidays, Public Revenue Amendment, Public Works Amendment Act, Public Works Amendment (No. 2), Secret Commissions, Shearers! Accommodation, Workers’ Compensation for Accidents. Local Acts passed : Auckland . and Manukau Canal, Auckland and Suburban Drainage, Auckland' Harbor Board Loan and Empowering, Auckland (Symonds Street) Cemeteries, Carterton Borough Council Vesting and Enabling, Christchurch City Betterment, Christchurch City Sanitation Empowering, Christchurch District Drainage, .Foxton Harbor Board, Gonville and Castlecliff Tramway District., Hawera Technical School Site Exchange, Ho'kotika Harbor Act 1905 Amendment, Hutt V alley Tramway District, Inangahua County Council Empowering Act 1894 Amendment, Lincoln Road Board Empowering, Matamata County, Murchison County, Napier Public Baths, New Plymouth Harbor Board Empowering, Camaru Harbor Board Loan, Gam aru Reserves, Ohakune Town Board Election Validation, Ohura County, Opunake Harbor, Otago Dock Trusts . Merger, Otago Heads Native Reserve Road, Ross Goldfields Electric Power Transmission, Waikobu County, Waimate West County, Wellington, City Empowering, \Y ellington (city) Town Belt. Reserves Leasing, Wellington Harbor Board Reclamation and Empowering (No. 2), Westport Harbor Board Loan, Whakatane County Act Amendment, Whakatane, l'oreshore Reclamation, Wbangarei . Abattoir Site. ' „ . l/ocal Acts dropped: Christchurch Drainage Board Empowering, Hamilton Domains, Manukau Harbor. Control, Tapanui County, Tauranga Harbor Board, Thames Borough Gas. Private Acts passed: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington Empowering, Wellington Harbor Board Empowering. ’ ■ ' ’, >