THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4530, 27 September 1875, Page 6

THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION.

Parliament has now (September 21st) been in session two months, pretty well the whole of which time has been taken up in wrangling and disputing. The following list will give an idea of the little progress that has been made with the public business, and of the large amount yst to be got through : BILLS PA3SED BY BOTH HOUSES. Imprest Supply BUI (£250,000). Queenstown Waterworks Bill. Presbyterian Church of Otago Bill. Protection of Animals BUI. University of Otago Site Bill. Immigration Expenditure Indemnity Bill. New Zealand University Bill. Otago University Site Exchange Bill. Inspection of Machinery Bill. Napier "Waterworks Loan Bill. New Paver Harbor Board Land Bill. Invercargill Gas Bill Southland "Waste Lands Bill. Napier Swamp Nuisance BilL Palmerston Waterworks Bill Auckland Institute BilL Goldflelds BUI (No. 1). Auckland Improvement BiU. Kakanni Harbor Board BilL Napier Gas BilL Kaitangata EaUway and Coal Company BUI. Goldflelds Act Amendment BUI (No. 2).

Chtibbin Land BUI. PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BUT BEJECTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Deceased Wife's Sister BilL Wellington Corporation Offices Loan Bill. Wellington Harbor Reserves Sale BilL Wellington Market Keserves Sale BUL ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ORDER PAPER.* Electric Telegraph BUL Oamaro Gasworks BiU. Anne Hood Grant BiU. ■ Highways Board Empowering Bill. Auckland City Endowment and Keserves BUL

Wellington Athenieiun BUL ON THE HOUSE OP REPEESENTATTVES ORDER

PAPER,

Abolition of Provinces. Waste Lands Acts, 185 S, Amendment Bill. Debtor and Creditor BUI. Fraudulent Debtors BilL Bills of Sale Bin. ■ ■ • Registration of Births and Deaths Bill. Marriage Act Amendment BilL Stamp Fees Bill. Stamp Duties Bill. Blenheim Election of Mayors Bill. Westport Municipal Keserves Bill. ,Oamaru Town Hall and Gasworks Site Bill. Clyde-Waterworks BilL Oamaru Waterworks Bill. Campbelltown Athenoeum Bill. Plan of Towns Regulation BUI. Nelson City Loan BilL Goldfields Act Amendment Bill. Marine Act Amendment BilL Municipal Corporations Loan BilL Wellington Tollgates Bill. Taranaki Waste Lands Act Amendment Bill. Local Government Bill. Confiscated Lands Administration Bill Napier Waterworks Loan Bill. Westland Tollgates Ordinance Suspension Bill. Blenheim Grammar School Endowment Bill. Invercargill Municipal Empowering and Waterworks Loan Bill. Licensing Acts Amendment Bill. „ Wellington Hospital Loan Act Amendment Bill. Bankruptcy Acts Amendment Bill. Tauranga Local Reserves BilL Otago District Boards of Works Bill. Otago Education Board Bill. Coroners' Act, 1807, Amendment Bill. Maori Representation Act Amendment Bill. Otago Harbor Empowering BilL Clutha River Trust Reserves Bill. Timaru Municipal Council Empowering and Waterworks Loan Bill. Anatomy BUI. Neglected and Criminal Children Act Amendment Bill. Land Transfer Act Amendment Bill. Friendly Societies Act Amendment Bill. Riddell Land Grant Bill. Evidence Further Amendment Bill. WestJand Tramway Owners Compensation Bill. Telegraphic Messages Copyright Bill. Auckland Election of Mayors Bill. Wellington Wharf Extension Bill. Christcnurch Drainage Loan Bill. Westport Municipal Reserves Bill. Hokitika and Greymouth Wharfage B Public Libraries Powers Bill. Moerakl Harbor Board Bill.' Marine Act Amendment BUL Qualification of Electors BiU. Supplementary Electoral Rolla Bill. About half a dozen of the least important of these Bills haveboen considered in both Houses, but have been transmitted back to the Lower House for its concurrence in slight amendments made by the Council. _On the other hand, there are over twenty notices of motion on the paper; and a variety of subjects, such as finance and the Estimates, postal and telegraphic arrangements, including the sub-marine cable and mail sorvice negotiations, remain untouched as yet.