THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2036, 2 September 1880, Page 3

THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

[FEB PBBSS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL WISE.] WELLING-TON, September 1. The following schedule of the business of the House of Representatives and of the Bills paßsed and lapsed in both Houses during the session ISSO, was laid on the table yesterday by the Speaker : Select Committees.—On publie matters, 4; on private Bills, 3 ; total, 7. Standing Committees. —On public matters, 11; on private Bills, 3 ; total, 14. Public Bills. —Originated in the House and received the Royal assent, 71 ; reserved for the signification of her Majesty's pleasure, 0; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 63 j total, 124. Brought from the Council and received the Royal assent, 18; reserved for the signification lof her Majesty's pleasure, 1; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 9 ; total, 28. Pbitatb Bills.—Originated in the House and received the Royal assent, 3 ; dropped, 1; total, 4. Petitions.—Presented from Europeans, 301 ; from Maoris, 82 ; total, 383. Divisions.—ln the whole Houae, 47 ; in committee, 80 ; total, 127. Sittings.—Days of meeting, 64 ; hours of sitting, 524 ; daily average, 8 hours 20 minutes. Votes and Pbocbedings. Questions asked of Ministers, 632 ; entries in journals, 1141 ; daily average, 28 j orders for papers, 37. Papebs.—Laid upon the table by oommand, 10/1 in return to orders, 37 ; by message, 1 ; by Act, 23; by leave, 67. Papers ordered to be printed, 153 ; papers not ordered to be printed, 76. Refoets fbom Select Committees.— From the Public Petitions Committee, 190 ; from the Native Affairs Committee, 111; from the Waste Lands Committee, 73 ; from the Goldfields and Mines Committee, 14 ; from Other Committees, 80. List of Acts Passed Both Houses.— Publio Acts : Adulteration Prevention, Aliens, Animals Protection, Appropriation, Arms, Banks and Bankers, Beer Duty, Bills of Exchange Procedure, Brands and Branding, Building Societies, Census Act Amendment, Chattel Securities, Counties Aot Amendment, Crown Grants Amendment, Cruelty to Animals, Customs Tariff, Deaths by Accident Compensation, Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage (reserved). Dentists, Diseased Cattle, Proclamations Validation, District Courts, Dog Registration, Election Petitions, Electric Telegraph Act, 1875, Amendment, Execution against Real Estate, Financial Arrangements, High Schools Reserves, Immigration and Public Worke, Appropriation, Imprest Supply, Imprest Supply No. 2, Imprest Supply No. 3, Imprest Supply No. 4, Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860, Amendment, Juries, Land Transfer Act Amendment, Lodgers' Goods Protection, Maori Prisoners, Maori Prisoners Detention, Married Women's Property Protection, Mercantile Law, Municipal Corporation Act Amendment, Native Land Court, Native Schools Sites, New Zealand University Reserves, Otago Harbor Board Empowering, Permanent Officers Salaries, Pharmacy, Property Assessment Act Amendment No. 2, Pablio Works, Rabbit Nuisance, Stamp Act Amendment, Stamp Fee, Treasury Bills, Waikato Confiscated Lands, West Coast Settlement. (North Island). Local Acts —Auckland College and Grammar School, Bluff Harbor Foreshore Leasing, Canterbury Rivera Act, 1870, Amendment; Canterbury Roads Ordinance Amendment Act, Extension Cavorsham Borough into Corporation, Ohristchuroh District Drainage Act, 1875, Amendment; Hokitika Harbor Board Loan; Inchclutha Aot, 1878, Amendment; Inveroargill Drillshed Site, Jaokßon's Bay Settlement, Nelson Gas and Waterworks Sale Act, 1877, Amendment; Oamaru Waterworks Act, 1875, Amendment; Otago Road Rates Validity ; Port Molyneux Reserves Leasing Act, 1868, Amendment; Public Health Act, 1876, Amendment. Special Powbbs and Contbacts. — Sydenham Borough Council Empowering, Taranaki Iron Smelting Works, Lind Act, 1874, Amendment ; Thames Water Supply Transfer, Wanganui Harbor and River Conservators Board Grant, Wellington Harbor Board, Corporation Land. Pbitatb Acts.—Ashburton County Council Waterworks Act, 1879, Amendment No. 2; Malvern Water Race Transfer Act, 1878, Amendment, No. 2 ; New Zealand Bank Act, 1861, Amendment. List op Bills Dropped ob Othbbwisb Disposed op—ln the Legislative Council: Deceased Persons Estates Duties, Fire Prevention and Fire Brigades, Hospitals and Charitable Aid Endowments, Law Practitioners Act Amendment No. 1 ; Mining Companies Act, 1872, Amendment; Moorhouse Services Recognition, Oamaru Harbor Board, Otago Rivers, Port Chalmers Drill Shed. In the House of Representatives : Ashburton County Council Water Works Act, 1879, Amendment No. 1; Auctioneers, Cemeterie?, Chinese Immigrants Prohibition, Corrupt Practices Prevention, Crown and Native Lands Rating, Debtors and Creditors ; District Courts Act, 1858, Amendment ; D.-ainage, East Coast Maori Land and Special Settlement, Education Act Amendment, Education Reserves Act Amendment, No. 1; Education Reserves Act, 1877, Amendment, No. 2 ; Evidence Amendment, Female Redress, Fencing, Fire and Marino Insurance Companies, Fisheries, Friendly Societies Act Amendment, Gaming and Lottery, Gold Duties Abolition, Hamilton and Cambridge Railway Construction, Hamilton and Omahu Railway Construction, Hawkers and Pedlars, Heathcote Bridge, Hospitals and Charitable Institutions, Impounding, Justices of the Peace Act, 1866, Amendment; Land Act, 1877, Amendment; Law Practitioners Act Amendment, No. 2 ; Licensing, Local Public Works, Malvern Wator Race Transfer Act, 1878, Amendment, No. 1 ; Married Women's Property, Members of the General Assembly Expenses, Mines Act, 1877, Amendment; Miscellaneous Native Claims, Napier Church Lands Trust, Native Lands Frauds Prevention, Native Land Sales, Native Land Stamp Duties, Native Law Suits, Native Reserves, No. 1; Native Reserves, No. 2 ; Native Succession, New Zealand University and University Colleges, Party Procession, Peace Preservation, Private Dealing with Native Lands Prevention, Property Assessment Amendment, No. 1; Property Assessment Aot and Property Tax Act Repeal, Publio Entertainments Prohibition, Ekome and Waiuku Railway Construction, Regulation of Elections, Representation, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Ohristchuroh) Trustees' Incorporation, No. 1; Thames and Waikato Railway, Town Districts ; Wellington and Foxton Railways, Wellington Racing Club, Women's Fran-