THE SESSION'S WORK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 6

THE SESSION'S WORK.

OFFICIAL SCHEDULE

SEVENTY-SIX BILLS PASSED. ' According -. to .. the. Official statement which was laid'upon • the. tablo :of tlio Houso on Wednosday •. evcnng, . sevcntyono public : Bils were passed during ■ the seivsiou, :and recelived his Majesty's Assent, one- .(the Shippirigj and Seamen;. l Amendment Act) ,wM ;i'es"eryeii';£or ; the', signification of .the. Royal pleasure, and. fifty-three . were dropped ■ or'otherwise-; disposodvOf.:.;"'.-]?iTe' private Bills, received 'the..Royal Assent. Petitions were presented; to : the number of 609. Tile Houso '' sat .on' 52 days,. arid the- total.- duration of the sittings was 165 . l-.oura. .53 minutes, comprisinß 390; hours 36 minutes before midnight, and _75'liours 17 -minutes after midnight. / MinisterS ' were . asked 544 : questions, and ' 252.i'papers'wiere laid on:; the' table.' : Selecti committees ' preeonted; 388 'following: is- the list of Acts passed:—

;:; Aid :.to "puElic vWorks^and^i^diSettlei.ment/--}':;.; 1 /^:^.■.'."':''-o : :: s ;' f.'vr:-,.:'- :- :: - } :' : ;'>'i; 'fit;.':;'■':Customs'..Duties 'Amendment. : "'-t.'?^';*■',?■ ! " : ;fJJ)eatK'<;lJb:ties. , !v; : Defence.' , . ; O'Desighation^df' '; 7. Gold'-DutyrAmendmerikKv: :■■'■■ ■.';•-!' V: :--"'-' ;; Hospitals, '.and'! Charitiible:lnstitutions.':. : : J Jmprest:'Supply. ; :v:i/ii;iiA^. ; .^::::C;,':;;': ;;•/ ;. ('lmprest i ;Supply- c: (Nb;i'2).^^;":;v;MV- i jS :/; ■Imprest-Snpply ; :.(Ndy3).^-:?i l :; ;^i^~s*; ;. ; : 7 i- ; *:iX ;s,lnfcrior:::C6u^Sl^ooedure; : . •" S i'':-.r'i--v V-;"'v'.> ■UiKmg:- : .'Co'nni^!i : ■ .-'^.''■fi->')■'■ ..iPiV'l/i'.Va.-f ;•; Magistrates'v Courts^Amendment." 5' jKMastertoh :iTrust -Lands A" ii; ;Na-tiye; Eaii<l;lvWs;' f '•; &S v-% '}-}i::i' : ' V.iNewv'; Zealand?■STCiety7 : ■■Amendment:-;r-f;';'W';'v'''S'i;;v'Cv,r^^:"-'-v' r :; iKv ; SNbwS I'Zealandi-;' State-guaranteed ■; >i.d- : ' : yanaes:-'!/i : '/y ■*<^ ft Old :Age::Pensions'"AmeiidnientF:;-:;'Sjyfr' <.": PubUcSeryicej.Classifleation.'and'-Superr ;annnationi ,': ; ;fi '';?••/;';■ ; v-;: -J& '.V: Eailways'.-;. Authorisation. '■•.'■' & '3 : : >;?EeformatoryY:ln6titutions.'>" : i:''~-r : :\ : ''': : ; KoSSiW io Stamp". Duties,' .iiUrewera',?; ; D'istribt\ jAmendment.Kvv.f.X7';. ?^;7/ ;^,^ - ,;i v.;ft ; ; v :. Wangariui■' SclipolrSites.-; ■?.'£;SW^;:':';! !^AVbjkOTsfeOompOTsatibfc

Local Acts. Now Plymouth Harbour Reclamation. New Plymouth Recreation and Racecourse Eeservo Exchange. t Opunake Harbour Amendment. Otago Dock Trust Lands ]?«clamation and Street Widening. Otago Dock Trust Mergor Amendment Act.

: Otago Harbour. Board ■; Empowering. 1 - . Otago-. Hospital Board' Kaitangata Ke. ■>erye;.Lye^ini£.V;K.\-^^ : lieefton Hccreation Reserve. - : ~';fh; Taraiaki- Agricultural SocietyEm-' poitering. Taw era County. •••: Timaru Borough-. Loans Consolidation.J: ,'Waimairi° County..: ' Waipara Couiity. v X .;' .. Waiptikurau Reserve! Wairewa Coun^.. ' •'* Wairoa • Harbour' Board Empowering, and Loan. i *if: Waitara Borough' Reserves .Vesting.. - Moneys Diversion.- •;*• • • • -V-rv.v®:-;' Auckland and Suburban Drainage • Amendment.-' ' . Ci%= Loans' ConsolidationTahdJ iEmpoTering^iii - Bluff ' . Harbour" 'Board;; Empowcrmg. r : > • :B6rough of Houth Dunedin Empower-., ;ing Chnstchuieh District Drainage. City of Auckland Enabling. , and Sewerage" Acts Amendment. $ 1 < V -Soiiiain' '-BoardVEirippweringi. . Gisborne' HiglL-'ScKool'-Aineridmcnt; -; . Grey Lynn Domain Vesting . • Heathcoto•. Road Board Waterworks.--. '. ; :• iHiitf&yaUey. K ?Inangahua;rfounty Council; .Empowering liiglewood iTeohnieal:;iScliool -Site.-.,;: Kiwitea County Validation. . Napier Harbour Board Loan. , i Private Acts. MTjean Institute. . :Roman Catholic Archbishop EmpowerRoman Catholic Bishop ' of T. Auckland Special Powers. Tokomaru Freezing-works Site. Wanganui. Roman Catholic . Lands.

Bills Dropped. The / following public' '-Bills - were dropped ":*■' v" ; 7 ;;v^ •-Beer D.uty-"Act'Amendment.- ,r. ■. i^Ximterliu^SvCoUege ;%A^qultaral; College Amendment. ' Capital Sitoiiji .vo? "LCoal-inines l;Aot : '1908,;:! Amehdmeht^fi:^;: • Companies'!;i\; and'Assobiatibns^; >^; Trjist- 5 : Education-Amendment....; ' -. .• • Ele'ctivo Executive. ' Factories Amendment.'^: . ; Family Home Protection.. : . . Tlour Duty. Abolition. : V: Gaming Act, 1908, • Amendment. •; f ■ Governor's Salary and Allowances. • ••' Harbours Amendment;; ; ;;Iridustrid. ; 'Con'ciliatioh f laiid:;:Arbitrati6n; Juries 'Act Amendment.' ;.. !' Land Laws' Amendment. ', : . . Legislature Amendment. : : Licensing Act Amendment. ■ Licensing Act" Amendment'(No.- 2). • '■> • Maritime- Accidents. • . . •. : .Marriage Act Amendment. . Mining' Amendment. ! i.' , ; • • .'Mutual Accident Insurance. • : - . Mutual fire Insurance Amendment. • '•National Provident. J?urid.. . /National SiclclvandsJAccidentTlnsuranCe ■; New .Zealand Time. . No,v Zealand Society of Musicians. V":i'-^ublid.\- : Seryice. : \. Public Works, Amendment. .. Eoloiti. Validation.. ; .' • • " '■ Shops and:Ofiices Amendment. 'A' ■'.'k Tramways Amendment. '• : ' •Waahi vNative- Conference "Validation. .. . Westland -: andv:Nolson Native, .Reserves, if jV S r SvrX; Local Bills, as follow, were dropped; ./Hutt Park' Amendment- . .... . .7 '■!Jbhnsonvilld ■Blectricjj'LightingS jbKnMnyille'.i;!Scbb6l'i!i>EMerye>;: : iA-ifig)cid^. : .V,Kaitakq ; ;Cbuiify. : -V^^^ . Kaitangata' Drainago'. and Sanitation. . Manukau Harbour Control and Auckland Harbour Board Empowering. - / ?■. ■>;.Otaki-'Countyty^ .''•:®ikirlMiKGQui^ l'apanui County. ■ : Thames Harbourßoard Empowering; Wellington City Milk' Supply. . . ..' 'WMliiigtonH (Cityyp::® cnnical- f ' School -Westport Water-supply.: Conservation., ;Whangareii' Harbour:! Act, 1907,; Amend. 'ineiit.i : f iV:>;:;s.;^'-S:- ;, Whanearei, Hobson, -'Bay r -of ilslands,-: and' flokianga': Counties - Adjustment/' ' 'Hx' v ' ':: ''" :: Two pnvato Bills were dropped. • namely, the .Thames .Borough Gas Bill, and: the Wellington Harbour Board; and. Corporation Empowonng Act, 1898, •■'AmendmeufeßilKv.^^

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