GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2334, 26 September 1881, Page 3

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

[PKHSB ASaOOIATIOK XKWJQBAM.] LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Saturday, Septbmbeb 24. The Council met at noon, eight members, including the Speaker, being present. A commission waa read, appointing Sir W. Fitzherbert, the Hon. John Johnston, and the Hon.O. J. Pharazyn commissioners to prorogue. The Acting Speaker and nine members of the Lower House having attended, the Commissioners prorogued Parliament to Thursday, November 24th. HOUSE OF BBPRESENTATIVES. Satubday, Skptembkh 24 The House met at 12 o'clock, Mr Seymour in the chair. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. The following return of the bnsiness of the House of Bepresentatives, and of Bills passed and lapsed in both Houses during the session was laid upon the table. Select Committees on public matters, 9 ; on private Bills, 3. Total, 12. Standing Committees, 11; ditto on private Bills, 3. Total, 14. Publio Bills —Originated in the House, received the Boyal assent, 58 ; reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, 1; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 69. Total, 128. Brought from the Council —Beoeived the Boyal assent, 16 ; reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, 0 ; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 14. Total, 30. Private Bills—Originated in the House, reoeived the Boyal assent, 2; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 1. Total, 3. Petitions—Presented from Europeans, 297; from Maoris, 88. Total, 385. Divisions —In the whole House, 72 j in committee, 230. Total, 302. Sittings—Days of meeting, 72 ; hours of sitting, 565 ; daily average, 7 hoars 50 minutes. Yotes and proceedings, and questions asked of Ministers, 500; entries in journals, 1278. Total, 1778. Daily average, 24. Orders for papers, 69. Papers laid upon the table by command, 100; in return to orders, 55; in return to addresses, 1; by message, 1; by Aot, 41; by leave, 35 ; papers ordered to be printed, 141; papers not ordered to be printed, 92. Total, 233. Beports from Seleot Committees—From the publio petitions committee, 163 ; from the Native affairs committee, 88 ; from the waste lands committee, 110 ; from the goldfields and mines committee, 19; from other committees, 83. Total, 466. LISTS OF ACTS PASSED BOTH HOTTSBS. Publio Acts -Adoption of Children; Animals Protection Aot Amendment; Appropriation ; Chatham Islands ; Chinese Immigrants ; Corrupt Practices Prevention ; Crown Suits ; Customs and Excise Duties ; Deceased Persons' Estates Duties ; Dentists Aot, 1880, Amendment; Diseased Cattle ; Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Aot, 1867, Amendment ; Dog Begistration Aot Amendment; Drainage; Employment of Females and Others ; Fencing ; Gaming and Lotteries ; Hawke'ti Bay and Marlborough Bivers Aot, 1868, Amendment; Immigration and Publio Works Appropriation ; Imprest Supply ; Imprest Supply, No. 2 ; Imprest Supply, No. 3 ; Licensing; Native Land Acts Amendment; Native Lands Frauds Prevention; Native Succession; Negleoted and Criminal Chil. dren Acts Amendment; New Zealand Consolidated Stock Aot, 1881, Amendment; Patents Act Amendment; Post Offioe; Prisons Act Amendment; Property Assessment Act Amendment; Property Tax ; Publio Domains; Publio Health Act, 1876, Amendment; Publio Reserves ; Public Revenues ; Rabbit Nuisance; Railways Authorisation ; Railways Construction and Land; Regulation of Elections; Representation ; Sheep Aot Amendment; Stamp Act, 1875, Amendment, No. 2; Supreme Conrt Practice and Procedure Amendment; Thermal Springs Distriots; Town Districts ; Volunteers. Private Acts—Hororata Water Race; St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Christchurcb) Trustees Incorporation. Local Aots—Akaroa High School; Auckland Reserves Exchange and Change of Trust; Canterbury Rivers Aot, 1870, Amendment; Geraldine Raceoourse Reserve; Inveroargill Gasworks Site; Masterton and Greytown Lands Management Aot, 1871, Amendment; Oamaru Harbor Board; Otago University Reserves Vesting ; Fort Chalmers Cemetery; Port Chalmers Dock Trust; Port Chalmers Drillshed; Rangiora High School; Boxburgh Recreation Ground Management; Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association Reserve ; Speoiol Powers and Contracts ; Taranaki County Council Loan Act, 1878, Amendment; Timaru Harbor Board Act, 1876, Amendment; Timaru Harbor Board Loan; Timaru Mechanics Institute Act, 1877, Amendment; Timaru Water-race Reserve; Waimakariri Harbor Board Loan ; Waimate Racecourse Reserve; Waimate and Temuka Publio School Sites ; Waitara Harbor Board Loan 1 Wellington Queen's Wharf and Stores Sales; West Ooast Settlements Reserves; Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Amendment.

LIBT OF BIIXS DROPPED OB OTHBBWISB DISPOSED OF.

In the Legislative Oounoil—Affirmation in Lieu of Oaths Extension; Ohrietchnroh Alignment of Streets; Gisborno Harbor Board ; Gold Duties Abolition ; Gold Duties Act Amendment; Kaikoura Harbor Beolamation; Kakanui Harbor Board; Law Practitioners ; Otago Harbor Board Leasing ; Parliamentary Oaths ; Parliamentary Privileges ; Pensions, No. 1; Protection of Crops; Duration of Parliaments; East Coast Lands; Education Act Amendment, No. 1; Education Act, 1877, Amendment, No. 2; Education Reserves Act, 1877, Amendment, No. 1; Education Beserve Act Amondment, No. 2 ; Equal .Electoral Bights; Evidenoe; Fire Prevention and the Fire Brigades ; Fisheries ; Friendly Societies; Gas Consumers' Liability; Harbors Aot, 1878, Amendment, No. 1; Harbors Aot, 1878, Amendment, No. 2 ; Hospitals and Charitable Institutions; Inspection of Machinery; Land Act, 1877, Amendment, No. 1; Land Act, 1877, Amendment, No. 2; Land Claims Settlement Aot Repeal; Law Advocates ; Leaseholders' Qualification ; Liberty of the Press, Extension ; Local Self Government; Married Women's Property Protection ; Medical Practitioners Society ; Mines Aot, 1877, Amendment, No. 1; Mines Act, 1877, Amendment, No. 2; Miners' Bights Fees Beduotions. In the House of Eopresentatives—Annual Parliaments ; Appraisers ar,d Agents ; Armed Constabulary Act, 1877, Amendment; Auckland Museum Endowment; Auokland University College ; Auctioneers; Banks and Bankers Act, 1880, Amendment; Borough of Hamilton Boundaries; Companies ; Contractors Debts Act, 1870, Amendment; Counties Aot, 1876, Amendment, No. 1; Counties Act, 1876, Amendment, No. 2 ; Counties Act Suspension; County of Cook Rivers; Crown and Native Lands Bating; Mining Companies Aot, 1872, Amendment; Mining on Private Property ; Municipal Corporations; Murihiku Native Beserves Grants; Native Committee Empowering; Native Descendants ; Native Land Act, 1873, Amendment; Native Reserves ; New Plymouth Harbor Commission ; New Plymouth High Sohool Aot, 1878, Amendment; Newspapers ; New Zealand Institute o£ Surveyors ; Offence Against the Person Act, 1867, Amendment; Onehunga Grammar School; Patea Harbor Board Borrowing and Bating ; Pensions (No. 2) ; Pensions Valuation ; Protection of Debtors ; Publio Works and Roads Construction; Sharebrokers Act;Repeal ; Stamp Aot Amendment (No. 1) ; Thames Dislriot Mining; Vagrant Act, 1866, Amendment; Waipawa Land Disputo ; Wellington College Resewe Confirmation ; Women's Franchise. Private Bill—Church of England in New Zealand Trustees Incorporation.