THE PAST SESSION.

Evening Star, Issue 3955, 28 October 1875, Page 3

THE PAST SESSION.

Ninety-nine public ano five piivate Acts were passed asi- session and received the Governor’s a sent. Those immediately affecting Otago were—The Invercargill Gas Loin Act 1871 Amendment A ct 1875, the Presbyterian Church of Otago Incorporation Act 1875, University of Otago i"ite Act 1875, Otago University .Site Exchange Act, Queenstown Waterworks Act, the Southland Waste Lands Act Amendment Act, Palmerston Waterworks Act, JKakanui Harbor Board Act, New Kiver Harbor Hoard Laud Act, Anatomy Act, Clyde Waterworks Empowering Act, Oamaru Gasworks Act, Camplc’dtown A the rue urn Act, Goldfields Act Amendment Act {So. 2), Oamam Waterworks Act, Goldfields Act Amendrmint Act (No. 1) Invercargill Public Olhpes Bite Act. Clntha Liver Conservators Board Act, Moeraki Harbor Board Act, Otago 1 Labor Board EmpowerUmJs Act Amendment Act, Dunedin Corporation Borrowing Powers ■''' x . , r f us i° n and Debentures Act, Employment of females Amendment Act, Outaun Electric xoiegraph Station Lcscrvo Act, XuveccargiU Municipal Council Empowering and Waterworks h9aa Act, Oamaru T«wa Hall and Gaa

Works Sites and Recreation Reserves Act. Of the Bills introduced into the Legislative Council - twenty-one in number—six were rejected and fifteen passed. Of those fifteen three only were subjected to any amendment in the House of Representatives. Of the Bibs sent to the Legislative Council from the House of Representatives eighty-eight in number—-forty-four were subjected to amendment in the Council; fourteen wire rejected or lapsed; and, with three exceptions, the whole of the amendments made by the Council were accepted by the House of Representatives without alteration. Thirty-two Bills were dropped in the House of Representatives.