THE STATUTES OF NEW ZEALAND,

Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 209, 12 July 1878, Page 3

THE STATUTES OF NEW ZEALAND.

The Government has published veiy j useful chronological tables of the whole of 1 the laws passed in New Zealand, consist- J ing of 123 pages of closely tabulated matter, and including the Ordinances of the Legislative Council of New Zealand from 1841 to 1853, the Ordinances of New Munster passed in 1849, the Acts of the General Assembly from 1854 to 1877, and all the Acts and Ordinances of the ten Provincial Councils, some of which had law-making powers from 1853 to 187 5 j namely, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, and Canterbury. Auckland and Otago held their first sessions in 1854, Hawke's Bay in 1859, Marlborough in 1860, Westland in 1874, and Southland from 1861 to 1869. We have taken the trouble to count the laws as distinguished in the tables with the following result: — T_ «5 __) _ 2 fe 'tr~ '" a __ » _ _ r <_. •*-_ 8 | INS 1 •__• n> ra at j O ° ?«-gr , _iALi_A Auckland 315 67 128 120 SO Taranaki 203 43 7K 85 24 Hawke's Bay 133 35 45 53 22 "Welliugton 264 39 109 116 28 Nelson 194 54 78 62 26 Marlborough 121 31 37 53 27 Canterbury 392 93 152 147 42 Westland 13 3 5 5 3 Otago 540 210 188 142 34 Southland 148 8 89 51 24 Total, Provincial ... 2323 583 906 834 ... General Assembly ... 166 L 881 469 311 35 New Munster 11 4 2 5 1 Grand total 3995146813771150 ... The Legislative Council has held twelve sessions ; the General Assembly, of which the present is the sixth Parliament, havei hel^teg^^j^^^Wjj^^^^W^incerel^ ru -________________________________________H________ r °-_^__________-_________-___________-_____________B soir^___l____B_____________B___-_________________-__B anc^________________________________________________H nien _______________________________-________________H w^^-______H__H_H_____________-________________B Hc> ______H__H__H__-___-B_H__^_____B t^ e p __^B____________________________________________l prep *fl_^H_l^^^^l^_H^^fl__H s^_____-_____________________-_______________________l fo^_____^_____l____________i____-__H______H co yd_______J______________________ S>enf ______________________________ - n^_____________________________________________H_H : $_____________________________w CO___-_______________________________________________H ''-^l________________________-_______________-_-________H ve ______H______________________-______________-_l___H s] |[.^H..^H____H___i-__-__flß_HH