THE SESSION OF 1878.

Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 226, 8 November 1878, Page 3

THE SESSION OF 1878.

_„ The following is the schedule of business of the House of Representatives, and of Bills which have passed and lapsed in both Houses during the session : — 1. New. writs issued, 13. 2. Select Committees on pnblic matters, 14. Ditto on private Bills, 3. 3. Public Bills originated in the House, which have received the Royal assent, 90. Reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, 1. Dropped or otherwise disposed of, 77. Total, 168. BROUGHT FROM THE COUNCIL. Received the Royal assent, 22. Dropped or otherwise disposed of, 7. Total, 29. 5. Petitions presented, 354. 6. Sitting days of meeting, 64. Hours of sitting before midnight, 380. Hours of sitting after midnight, 70. Daily average, 7h. 7secs. VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS. Questions asked of ministers, 434. Entries in journals, 1466. Total, 1900. Daily average, 30. 8. Orders for papers, 45. 9. Addresses for papers, 3. | 10. Papers laid upon the table by command, 70. Ditto to return to orders, 44. Ditto by message, 2. Ditto by Act, 31. Ditto by leave, 73. t Total, 229. REPORTS FROM SELEOT COMMITTEES. From the Committee on Public Petitions, 201. . < "From the Committee on Native Affairs, 71. . From other Committees, 119. COMPLETE, LIST OF ACTS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES. Administration Act. Appropriation Act. Ashburton High School Act. Auckland Girls' High_ School Act. Bank Holidays Amendment Act. Bluff Harbour Endowment .Act. Borough of Christchurch Reserves Act. . Catlins River Act. Cemetery Administration Act. - Christchurch Boya'Tligh School Act. Qhristchurch : Racecourse Reserve Act. : Chrißtchurch. Trust Property .. at Little River Exchange Act Ajrniehdment Act. . Civil Service Acts Amendment Act. Clyde (Vincent County) Athenseum and . -Public Library Act. Cruelty to Animals Aci. ..; Customs [Tariff Act. -, 7 „ . ; . ; ? , -^ y„.'. ■ Dangerous "Good-? Act .Amendment Act. ■■ ? Debtora and Creditors Act r Aimehdment ,|j-Uji-,';-' •;■■•.'-" yAA'yy^yjyyyiWy'i' '

Disqualification Act, No. 2. , District Law Societies Act. District Railways Act, 1877, Amendment Act. Dunedin Water Works Extension Act, 1875, Amendment Act. Financial Arrangements Act. Fisheries (Dynamite) Act. Foxton Reserve Act. - Friendly Societies Act. Gold-mining District Act, 1873, Amendment Act. " Government* Native Land Purchases Act Amendment Act. Greymouth Racecourse Reserve Act. Hamilton Volunteer Hall Site Act; Harbours Act. Hokitika Harbour Board Act Amendment Act. Immigration and Public Works Appropriation Act. Imprest Supply Act. Imprest Supply Act, No. 2. Imprest Supply Act, No. 3. Imprest Supply Act, No. 4. Inch Clutha Act. Incorporation of Campbelltown Act. Interpretation Act. Invercargill Waterworks Loan Act. Juries Act Amendment Act. Land Claims Financial Settlement Act. Land Tax Act. Law Amendment Act. Lyttleton Harbour Act Amendment Act. Lyttleton Water Works Transfer Act. Marein's Annuity Act, 1878, Amendment Act. Mataura Reserve Act. Mercantile Law Further Amendment Act. Milford Harbour Board Act. Milton Athenaeum Endowment Act. Mount Cook Reserves Sale Act. Mount Ida Race Trust Act. j Municipal Corporations Act. Napier Harbour Board Act. Native Land Act, 1873, Amendment Act (No. 1). Native -Land Act Amendment Act, (No. 2). Native Licensing Act. Nelson Harbour Board Act. Newmarket Reserve Act. New Plymouth High School Act. New River Endowment and Borrowing Act. Norsewood Mechanics' Institute Site Act. North Otago Benevolent Society Act. O'amaru Athenseum and Mechanics' Institute Act. Oamaru Harbour Board Ordinance Amendment Act. Oamaru Market Reserve Act. Oamaru Water Act, 1875, Amendment Act. Ormond Military Grants Act. Otago and Southland Education Reserves Leasing Act. Otago Schools Commissions Empowering Act. Otago University Act. Parnell Reserve Act, (No. 2). Patea Hai'bour Endowment Act. Pautmatai Hall Site Act. Privileges Act, 1860, Amendment Act. Public Reserves Act Amendment Act. • Public Reserves Sale Act. Public Revenues Act. Public Works Act, 1876, Amendment Act. Railway Construction Act (No. 2). Rating Act Amendment Act. Repeal Act. Reprints of Statutes Act. . Riverton Harbour Endowment and Borrowing Act. Sale of Food and Drugs Act Amendment Act. Savings Banks Profits Act. Seal Fisheries Protection Act. Sheep Act. Southland Boys' and Girls High School Act, 1877, Amendment Act.. Special Powers and Contracts Act. Taranaki County Council Loan Act. Temporary Powers Act. Thames Boys' and Girls' High School Act. Thames Harbour Board, 1876, Amendment Act. Timaru Harbour Board Endowment Act. Timaru High School Act. Timaru Post and Telegraph Office Site Sale Act. Trades Unions Act. . W.aikato Crown Lands Sale Act. Wairoa Harbour Act. Waitaki High School Act. Wanganui High School Act. Wangarei High School Act. Wellington City Boundaries Act. Wellington College Acts Amendment Act. Wellington College Reserves confirmation- Act. Wellington Local Boards Empowering Act. Wliakatane Grants Validation Act. Wyndham Recreation Act, 1877, Amend-, ment Act. COMPLETE. LIST OF BILLS DROPPED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF. In the Legislative Council — Bluff Harbour Board Amendment, Borough of New Plymouth Building Sites, Cemeteries' Management, Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage, Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Bridge, Oreti Bridge and Ferry Reserves, Water i Supply to Waitara, Harbour Board Crown Grant. In the House of Representatives — Bay of Islands Harbour Endowment, . Beer Duty, Brands Registration, Bribery, Catlin's River Harbour Endowment, Companies Income Duty, Disqualification Act, 1876, Amendment, Dog - Registration, Dunedin Botanical Domain, -Dunstan Hospital. Endowment, Education Act, 1877, Amendment, Electoral, "Executive Councillor,- Fencing, Fine' Arts Copyright Act, 1877, Amendment, Fisheries Preservation, Gisborne Harbour Endowment, Gold Duty Abolition, /Hamlin. Land Grant, Hick's Bay Harbour* Endpwmenty Hokianga Harbour Endowment, Impounding, Invercargill Hospital Endowment, Joint Stock Companies Act; 1860, Amendment, Judicial Commission, , Kaipara Harbour Endowment, Kati Kati. Harbour Endow-, ment, ' Licensing, Literary Institutions arid Public Libraries, Local Judicature, Mahurangi Harbour Endowment, Manukau Harhour Further Endowment, Maori Repre,sentatioh ' Act -* 1 - 1 iAinehdment^ 'Married Women's, Property. Protection^ Matakana Harbour Endowment,* Mining Companies "Act, 1872, Amendment^, lVGrahda Harbour Endowment, Mpflgonui ; knd;Ba|j*;,of Islands Electoddtßill^Mongbnui Harbour Endow

ment, Mount Ida Public Works Trusts, 1 Napier Swamp Nuisance Act Amendment, 1 Native Law Suit, Nelson City, Nuisances Abatement, Qriehunga Grammar School, Opotiki Harbour Endowment, Parliamentary Reports, Parnell -Reserves (No. 1), Port Albert Harbour Endowment, Public License Fee, Rabbit Nuisance, Railway Construction (No. . 1.), Regulation of Mines, Riverton High School, South Canterbury, Secondary. Education Reserves, Sotithland Benevolent Jnstitutio;. Endowment, South Dunedin Reserves, South Otago. High School, Tauranga Harbour Endowment, Te Aro Reclamation, Towns on Private Lands Regulation, Triennial Duration of House of Representatives, Tuakitoto and Kaitangata Lakes, Tuapeka Hospital Endowment, University of Otago Amendment, Wade Harbour Endowment, Waikato Harbour Endowment, Waimakiriri Harbour Endowment, Wangarei Harbour Endowment, Wangarei Harbour Board and River Conservators Act, 1876, Amendment, Wellington Corporation Land Grant, Wellington Hospital Sale, Wellington Reclaimed Land, Whakatane Harbour Endowment, Whangaroa Harbour Endowment.