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No. 44. The Native Land Court Certificate Confirmation Act confirms and validates the certicate issued in respect of Section 37, Block 1., and Section 6, Block 11., Hawera Survey District, under "The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1892," now repealed. No. 45. The Native Lands Claims and Boundaries Adjustment and Titles Empowering Act makes provision for the settlement of certain matters in dispute respecting certain blocks of Native land, their ownership or boundaries. No. 46. The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act Amendment Act provides for the appointment of Judges under the principal Act, and amends the procedure of the Court established under that Act. No. 47. The Indictable Offences Summary Jurisdiction Act consolidates the unrepealed provisions of the Criminal Acts of 1867 and those of " The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882," relating to the summary jurisdiction of Justices in indictable offences, and incorporates certain provisions of the Imperial Act, 48 and 49 Vict., c. 69, for the protection of women and girls, and the suppression of brothels. No. 48. The Dairy Industry Act re-enacts in an extended and improved form the Act of 1892 for regulating the manufacture of butter and cheese, and providing for the purity of milk. No. 49. The Trustees Acts Amendment Act extends the powers of trustees to empower them to advance trust funds within certain limits, and subject to certain conditions, on the security of leaseholds of a perpetual nature. No. 50. The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act consolidates the law relating to the Public Trustee and the Public Trust Office. No. 51. The Mining Companies Act consolidates and amends the law for the incorporation and winding-up of mining companies. No. 52. The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act amends the mining law in relation to the development of mining, water-races, and other particulars. No. 53. The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act regulates the occupation of Crown lands within mining districts not required for mining, for agricultural or horticultural purposes. No: 54.- The Land Drainage Amendment Act supplements the principal Act, with a view to making it more workable. No. 55. The Tongariro National Park Act sets apart, as a national park, 6,508 acres around the Euapehu Mountain and the Tongariro Volcano, near Lake Taupo, in the centre of the North Island. No. 56. The Sea-fisheries Act consolidates and amends the law relating to the sea-fisheries for oysters and fish, and the taking of seals. No. 57. The Tramways Act amends and consolidates the law of tramways, and provides that they may only be constructed by permission of the Governor, to be obtained through the local authority of the district. No. 58. The Post and Telegraph Department Act makes provision for the departmental control of the service, and is an extension of the provisions of " The Post and Telegraph Classification and Eegulation Act, 1890." No. 59. The Unclaimed Lands Act repeals the Act of 1892 on the same subject, it having been declared that that Act did not extend to lands held under title prior to "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," and substitutes more complete provisions for the same object. No. 60. The Eailways Authorisation Act authorises the extension of two sections of the intended Great Northern Eailway to connect Auckland with the Bay of Islands. No. 61. The Government Life Insurance Acts Amendment Act extends the power of the Government Insurance Commissioner to sue and be sued, and amends the provisions for the investment of the funds in the Government Insurance Account. No. 62. The Shipping and Seamen's Act Amendment Act amends the law relating to seamen in respect to their rating and discharge, and provides more stringent rules for the protection of life at sea. No. 63. The Police Offences Act Amendment Act amends the law as to the number of hands required to be employed in driving traction-engines on roads. No. 64. The Banking Act amends the Bank-note Issue Act of last year by altering the proportion of assets to liabilities required before notes can be declared legal tender, makes such notes a first charge on the reserve capital as well as on the other property of the bank, and prohibits the Bank of New Zealand, whose preferential stock has been guaranteed by the colony, from amalgamating with any other bank without the sanction of Parliament. No. 65. The Land and Income Assessment Acts Amendment Act amends the Acts relating to the assessment of land and income for the purposes of taxation in various particulars, especially in relation to mortgages. No. 66. The Income-tax Act fixes the amount of the income-tax to be levied, and the mode of collecting the same, in respect of the financial year commencing on the Ist April, 1894, No. 67. The Public Works Appropriation Act appropriates out of the unexpended balance of loan, and from other sources, a total sum of £653,713 for the construction of public works, for the year ending the 31st March, 1895. No. 68. The Appropriation Act—'the annual Appropriation Act. Amount appropriated, total £2,251,325. The Local and Personal Acts. No. 1. The Dunedin Waterworks Account Act authorises any surplus of the Waterworks Account to be carried to the General Account of the City Corporation. No. 2. The Jubilee Institute for the Blind Eeserve Act sanctions the transfer of a reserve for an asyluln for the blind at Auckland to the Jubilee Institute for the Blind) with power to sell same and apply the proceeds in erecting other buildings for the same objects.