THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 245, 11 October 1873, Page 4

THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

The following is the schedule of busi-I ness done in tbe House of Representatives! daring the lale session:— j Select Committees— On public .matters 10, on private bills 3. Standing Committees 10, ditto on private bills 3. Poblie Bills originated in the House — Receivec the Boyal Assent 66, reserved for th< signification of Her Majesty's pleasure 1 dropped or otherwise disposed of 84 Total, 151. Public Bills brough from the Council — Received the Roya assent 6. Public Bills introduced bj Message — Received the Royal assen 7, reserved for the signifieatior of Her Majesty's pleasure 1. Pri vate Bills— Originated in the House 3 received the Royal assent 3. Petitions reoeived 162. Divisions — In the whole Hous* 40, in Committee 37. Sittings— Days oi meeting 52, hours of sitting 371, hours o Bitting after midnight 42, daily average 7 Papers laid upon the table — By commanc 164; in return to orders 58; in return t< address 1; by Mr Speaker 4; by Act 8; fr Ministers 7; by the clerk I. Paper! ordered to be printed 207. Reports frodi Select Committees— From the Committed on Public Petitions 158, from other Seletjt Committees 19; from Standing Committers 20. ] LIST OF ACTS PASSED BY BOTH HOTJSESJ Assaults on Constables, Auckland Supreme Court Site, Arms Act Amendment Appropriation, Bank Holidays, BroughWn Land Grant, Canterbury Waste Lands, Christchurch Cathedral Square, Customs Tarifi, Canterbury Public Library, Cmterbury Rivers- Comaaiesiooenj of Crofrn Lands Act Amendment, Ceneua Act Amendment, Civil List Act 1863 Ameadmendment, Drawbacks, Diseased Catfle, Employment of Females, Gold Mining Districts, Green Island Branch Railway, Gold Fields Act 1866 Amendment, General Purposes Loan, Governor's Salary kud Allowances, Heni Tareha Matongi Grant Validation, Harata Patene Claim Rehearing, Imprest Supply, Immigration fand Public Works, Immigration and PijbJic Works Loan, Immigrants Land, Interpretation, Imbecile Passengers, Joint atock Companies Act Amendment, Justices of the Peace Act Amendment, Life Aesuijance Companies, Licensing, Municipal Corpora- I tions Waterworks, Municipal Corporations Act Amendment, Merchant Shipping (Acts Adoption, Ministerial Residence Leasjs and Lowry Bay Sale, Native Reserves, Nfaiive Land, Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act Amendment, Native\Granteee, Native Land Duties (No 2), -Neglected Chi dren, New Zealand Extradition, Otago Hur dreds Validation, Post Office Act Amendment, v Port Chalmers Waterworks, Province of \ Westland, Protection of Animals, ProOaths, Public Trust Offic) Act ~^H9Mnfllail ways. Railways Regulation andTfOTpction, Sheriffs Act Amendment, Superintendent of Taranaki Empoi rering, Steam Navigation Acts Amendment, Stewart Island Grants, Superintendent of Hawke's Bay Election, St. As drew's Church; Wellington Trustees Inc >rporation, Southland Waste Lands, Tiranaki Education Reserves Act.. Amendment, Timaru and Gladstone Board- of Works Act Amendment, Timber Floating ( Ho. 2), Telegraph Cables Subsidy Agreement (No. 2), Township of Geraldine, Treasury Bills Extended Ct rrency ,(No. 2), Volunteer Land Act 1865 Repeal, Wellington College Vote in Aid, (Washdyke and Pleasant Point Railway, Weights and Measures' Act Amendment, WeWaud Waste Lands, Wanganui River ForLhore Grant, Wellington Harbor Works Mortgage Release, Weailand Loan, Wellington Drainage aud Sewerage Works (Lobd, Wellington College Loan. V