BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1471, 2 November 1878, Page 3

BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

By Telegraph, [from the cobrkspondent of the press.] The following is a list of the business of the House of Representatives and the Bills passed and lapsed in both Houses during the session. miscellaneous. During the session of 1878 the Select Committees on public matters numbered fourteen, and on private Bills three. Public Bills originated in the House, which have received the Royal assent, 90 ; reserved for the signification of her pleasure, 1 ; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 77 ; total, 168. Public Bills brought from the Council which have received the Royal assent, 22 ; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 7 ; total, 20, Total Public Bills, 197. Petitions presented, 334 ; days of meeting, 64; hours of sitting before midnight, 880; hours of sitting after midnight, 70; daily average, 7. Questions asked of Ministers, 434; entries in journals, 1486 ; total, 1900. Daily average, 30. Papers laid upon the table by command, 60; in return to orders, 44 ; by message, 2; by Act, 31; by leave, 73 ; total, 220. Reports from Select Committees—From the Committee on public petitions, 201; from the Committee on Native Affairs, 71; from other committees, 119 ; total, 391. LISTS OF ACTS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES. Administration: Appropriation; Ashburton High School; Auckland Girls’ Hieh School; Bank Holidays Amendment ; Bluff Harbor Endowment ; Borough of Christchurch Reserves; Gatlin’s River Cemetery Administration ; Christchurch Boys’ High School; Christchurch Racecourse Reserves ; Church Trust Property at Little River Exchange Act Amendment ; Civil Service Acts Amendment ; Clyde (Vincent county) Athenmnm and Public Library ; Cruelty to Animals ; Customs Tariff ; Dangerous Goods Act Amendment; Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment; Disqualification (No. 2); District Law Societies ; Distinct Railways Act, 1877, Amendment; Dunedin Waterworks Extension Act, 1875, Amendment; Financial Arrangements; Fisheries (Dynamite); Foxton Reserves ; Fraudulent Debtors; Friendly Societies’ Gold Mining Districts Act, 1873, Amendment; Government Native Land Purchases Act Amendment: Grey mouth Racecourse Reserves; Hamilton Volunteer Hall Sites; Harbors; Hokitika Harbor Board Act Amendment ; Immigration and Public Works Appropriation ; Imprest Supply, _No. 1,2, 3 and 4 ; Inch Clutha Incorporation of Campbelltown; Interpretation; Invercargill Waterworks loan ; Juries Act Amendment ; Land Claims Final Settlement; Land Tax ; Law Amendment; Lyttelton Harbor Act Amendment; Lyttcltm Water Works Transfer ; Malvern Water Race Transfer ; Martin’s Annuity, 1873, Amendment ; Matanra Reserve ; Mercantile Law Further Amendment; Milford Harbor Board ; Milton Athemeum Endowment ; Mount Cook Reserves Sale ; Mount Ida Race Trust; Municipal Corporations ; Napier Harbor Board; Native Land Act, 1873. Amendment (No. 1) ; Native Land Act, Amendment (No. 2) ; Native Licensing; Nelson Harbor Board; Newmarket Reserve ; New Plymouth High Schools : New River Endowment and Borrowing; Norsewood Mechanics’ Institute Site ; North Otago Benevolent Society; Oamaru Athemeum and Mechanics’ Institute; Oamaru Harbor Board Ordinance Amendment; Oamaru Market Reserve ; Oamaru Water Act, 1875, Amendment; Ormond Military Grants ; Otago and Southland Education Reserves leasing; Otatro School Cornmi ssioners Reserve (No. 2); Patea Harbor Endowment; Privileges Act, 1866, Amendment; Public Reserves Act Amendment; Public Reserves Sale; Public Revenues; Public Works Act, 1876, Amendment; Railway Construction (No. 2); Eating Act Amendment; Repeals; Reprint of Statutes ; Riverton Harbor Endowment and Borrowing ; Sales of Food and Drugs Act Amendment; Savings’ Banks Profit; Seal Fishery Protection; Sheep; Southland Boys’ and Girls’ High School Act, 1877, Amendment ; Special Powers and Contracts ; Taranaki County Council Loan; Temporary Powers; Thames Boys’ and Girls’ High School; Thames _ Harbor Board, 1876, Amendment; Timaru Harbor Board Endowment; Timaru High School; Timaru Post and Telegraph Office Site Sales ; Trades Unions ; Waikato Crown Lands Sale; Wairoa Harbor; Waitaki High School; Wanganui High School; Wangarei High School; Wellington City Boundaries; Wellington College Acts Amendments ; Wellington College Ke.erves Confirmation ; Wellington Local Boards Empowering ; Whakataue Grants Validation ; Wyndhara Cemetery; Wyndham Recreation Act, 1877, Amendment. LIST OF BILLS DROPPED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF. In the Legislative Council—Bluff Harbor Board Amendment; Borough of New Plymouth Building Sites; Cemeteries Management ; Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Marriage; Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust; Orcti Bridge and Ferry Reserves Water Supply; Waitara Harbor Board Crown Grants. In the House of Representatives—Bay of Islands Harbor Endowment; Beer Duty ; Brands Registration ; Bribery ; Catlm’s River P arbor Endowment ; Companies’ Income Duty ; Disqualification Act, 1876, Amendment; Bog Registration ; Dunedin Botanical .Domain; Dunstan Hospital Endowment; Education Act, 1877, Amendment ; Electoral; Executive Councillor ; Fencing; Fine Arts Copyright Act, 1877, Amendment; Fisheries Preservation ; Gisborne Harbor Endowment; Gold Duty Abolition; Hamlin Land Grant; Hi fits’ Bay Harbor Endowment; Hokianga Harbor Endow ment; Impounding ; Invercargill Hospital Endowmont; Joint Stock Corapaties Act, 1860, Amendment; Judicial Commission: Kaipara Harbor Endowment; Katikati Harbor Endowment ; Licensing; Literary Institutions and Public Libraries: Local Judicature ; Mahurangi Harbor Endowment; Manukan Harbor Further Endowment; Maori Representation Act Amendment; Married Woman’s Property Protection; Mat.akana Harbor Endowment; Mining Company’s Act, 1872, Amendment ; Miranda Harbor Endowment, Mongonui and Bay of Islands Electoral; Mongolia! Harbor Amendment; Mount Ida Public Works Trust: Napier Swamp Nuisance Act Amendment; Native Law Suits; Nelson City Nuisances Abatement; Onelmnga Grammar School; Opotdii Harbor Endowment; Parnell Reserves ; Port Albert Harbor Endowment ; Publicans’ License _ Fee ; Rabbit Nuisance ; Railway Construction, No. 1; Regulation of Mines ; Riverton High School; South Canterbury Secondary Education Reserves; Southland Benevolent Institutions’ Endowment; South Dunedin Resci’ves; South Otago High Schools ; Tauranga Harbor Endowment: Te Aro Reclamation; Towns on Private Lands Regulations ; Triennial Duration of House of Representatives; Tuapeka Hospital Endowment; University of Otago Amendment; Waikato Harbor Endowment; Waimakariri Harbor Endowment; Wangarei Harbor Endowment; Wangarei Harbor Board and River Conservators Act 1876 Amendment; Wellington Corporation Land Grant ; Wellington Hospital Sale ; Wellington Reclaimed Land; Wimtakane Harbor Endowment; Whangaroa Harbor Endowment.