PARLIAMENT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 91, 17 December 1913, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

SCHEDULE OF BUSINESS.

[PbHj Press Association. 1 Wellington, December 16. The following .schedule of business transacted during the session was laid on the table of the House; —Public Dills received the Royal assent, 1015; reserved for the signification of His pleasure, 1; dropped or Otherwise disposed of, 2(5; 'private Dills received the Royal assent, o; petitions presented from Europeans, 338 ; from Maoris, 136; divisions in the phole House, 40; in committee, 128; sittings, days of meeting,: 102; hours of sitting before midnight, 696 hours 58 minutes; hours of sitting after midnight, 190 hours 47 ’ minutes'; daily average, 8.42; questions asked of Ministers, 891; entries in journals, 1498: daily :f.vei;age, 28.

SUPREME COURT J UDOEg. A return presented to Parliament shows that the Judges of the Supreme Court were, paid the following in salaries and tr;). yelling allowances last year: —Chief Justice Sir Robert Stout £2271 (salary £2000), Mr Justice Wil Hams £2271 (salary £1800), Mr Justice Denniston £2275 (salary £1800), Mi Justice Edwards £2357 (salary £1800), Mr Justice Cooper £2418 (salary £1800),. Mr Justide Chapman £213(salary £1800), Mr travel ling; expenses and allowances £226. The judges’ associates were each pain between £2OO and £3OO travelling allowances’and expenses. ,

TAXATION.' ! ’ ’ ’ I J */ . The taxation per head of the popn lotion of the Dominion fW'the pas’, five years is sho ( wn in the following The second and third column the taxation. per head of population including, and excluding Maoris: — i i , ~ Year ended

March 31. £ s. <1. £/ s. c! 1909 4 ,7 .C,vv 4 11 U 1910 4 1 -6 4 o ( ■ 1911 4 12 4 4 16 Is „• 1912 4 19 0 3 3 1( „ 1913 5 2 3 5 7 f -