Session 1903.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 257, 28 November 1903, Page 4

Session 1903.

THE "WORK" OF PARLIAMENT. The following is a list of measures dealt with during the session of Parliament just closed : PUBLIC ACTS PASSED. Admiralty House Act Repeal, Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment, Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement, Animals Protection Amendment, Appropriation, Arbitration Court Emergency, Australian and New Zealand Naval Defence, Bank of New Zealand, Hush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement City Single Electorates, Clutha Floods Relief Fund Trustees Empowering, Coalmiiies Act Amendment, Commissioners, Companies, Cook and Other Islands Government Act Amendment, Counties Act Amendment, Crown Grants Act Amendment, Dairy Industry Act Extension, Dramatic Copyright, First Offenders' Problxtion Amendment Act, Fisheries Conservation 1 Act Amendment, Fisheries Encouragement, General Assembly Library, Gold Duties, Government Railways Superannuation Fund Contributors, Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment, Hutt Railway and ltoad Improvement, Hutt Road, Impounding Act Amendment, Imprest Supply, Imprest Supply (No. 2), Imprest Supply (No. 3), Imprest Supply (No. 4) Imprest Supply ( No. 5), Imprisonment for Debit Limitation Amendment, Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment, Inebriates Institutions Amendment, Inspection' of Machinery Act Amendment, Interpretation Act Amendment, Intestate Estates, Juvenile Smoking Suppression, Kauri Gum Act Amendment, Labour Department, Land and Income Assessment Act Amendment, LantT Tax and Income Tax, I.aw Practitioners, Legitimation Act Amendment, Life Assurance Policies Act Amendment, Local Bodies' Loans Amendment, Maori Councils Amendment, Maori Land Laws Amendment, Midland Railway Petitions Settlement Act Amendment, Military Pensions, Mining Act Amendment, Municipal Corporations Amgmlment, Mutual Fire Insurance, National Scholarships, Native Townships Amendment, New Zealand Institute, Orchard and Garden Pests, l'aeroaWaihi Railway, Patriotic Funds, Police Offences Amendment, Poukawa Native Reserve, Preferential and Reciprocal Trade, Products Export, Public Domains Act Amendment, Public Health Amendment, Public Loans Renewal, Public Works Act Amendment, Queen's Scholarships, Rating on Unimproved Value Amendment, Road and Town Districts Rating, Rotokare Domain Act Repeal, Sand-drift Scenery Preservation, School Committees Election, School Committees' Funds, Sea ' Fisheries Amendment, Secondary Schools, State Fire Insurance, Statutes Compilation, Stock, Supreme Court Judges, Testator's Family Maintenance Amendment, Timber Export Duty, Treasury Bills Extension, Waihi Hospital Board, Water Power, Weights and Measures, Wireless Telegraphy, Workers' Compensation for Accidents Amendment.

LOCAL ACTS PASSED. Borough of Dannevirke Electric Power and Loan Empowering, Borough of Gore Electric Power Empowering, Canterbury College Powers Act 1898 Amendment, Carterton Water .Supply, Christcburch District Drainage Act 1875 Amendment, Christchurch Tramways District Act 1902 Amendment, City of Auckland Empowering and Reserves Excha-nge, (No. 2), City of Christchurch Spedfi.l Loans Enabling l , CollingAvood County (No. 2), Dunedin City and Suburban Tramways and Water Power, Gisborne Harbour Board Amendment, Gore Athenaeum Heserve Vesting and Empowering 4, Hutt Mechanics' Institute Sale. Ineh-Clu-iha Road, River and Drainage Act 1901 Amendment, Kawhia and Awakino Counties, Lyttelton Harbour Board Entailment, Mas*erton Hospital Contibutors Empowering, AJokau River Trust, Nelson City Lands Vesting, New Plymouth Borough and Taranaki Hospital Exchange, Oamaru Harbour Board Loah, Otngo Trust Electric Lighting, Ota.*o Harbour Board Empowering, I'atea Harbour Board ForeshorG, Port Chalmers Corporation Empowering, St. Albans Special Loan \ filidatipn and Empowering, Talranaki and Hawera Hospital District Appointment, Taranaki School Commissioners ami Uorough Exchange, Thames Harbour Board Empowering, TinmrU Harbour District and Harbour Hoard, Waiapu Hospital District, Waiokopu Hart (our, Waiimato County Water Races Validation, Waiinate Racecourse Reserve Act 1881 Amendment, Wainono Drainage District Adjustment, Wairoa Haif|our Board Empowering Wanganui Suburbs Lighting, Well lington City Recreation Ground, Wellington Corporation Leasing, Vi'eliington Harbour Board Recla'uation and Empowering, Wellington Hospital Contributories Empowering Whangarei Borough, Repayment of Kensington Park Rate "Empowering. Private Bills passed.—Grand Lodge of Freemasons of New Zbaiand Trustees, Presbyterian College Site. Public Bills reserved for tho Signification of His Majesty's ConsentCoastwise Trade, Shipping and Seamen.

BILLS DROPPED. Public Bills,—Absolute Majority Vote, Barmaids. Abolition, Bible Lessons in Public Schools Plebiscite (No. 2), Bruce Licensing Poll Validation, Canterbury College Act 38S/(i Amendment, Civil Service Board, Coal Mines Act Amendment, Coal Mines Act Amendment (No. 2), Coastwise Trade, Contagious Diseases Act Repeal, Coroners, Counties Act, Amendment, Crown Tenants Rebate Act Amendment, Defence Act Amendment, Dentists Act Amendment, Destitute Persons Act Amendment, District Courts, Divorce Act 189 M Amendment, Elective Executive, Elective Legislative Council, Electoral Act Amendment (No. 1) Electoral Act 1902 Amendment (No'. 2), Electoral Act Amendment (No. 3), Electoral Act Amendment (No. 4), Expiring Laws Continuance, Fencing, I'ertiiisers, Fertilisers (No 2) Fire Prevention, Friendly Societies Amendment, Gaming and Lotteries Act Amendment, Gaming and Lotteries Amendment (No. 2;, Gold ( ki "^ ies Abolition, Harbours a f i Amentlir.oiit, Harbours Act lrwa Anu'ii'dnifHt (No 2) liar 'bour Boards Act, Hutt Railway Improvement, impounding Act Amendment, Indictable Offences Summnrv Jurisdiction Amendment, Juries Act Amendment, Kauri Gum Industry Act Amendment, Labour Department, Lamps on Vehicles, Land Land Act Amendment, Land Agents' Land lor Settlements Act Amendment, Law Amendment, "Law Practitioners Act Amendment, Law Pracltioners Act Amendment (No. 2) (N<7 Act Amc n^mcnt (Ao .1), Legislative Council Direct ment T' Leffitiirnvtioii Act Amendmuvt, Licensing Act Amendment Life m £V'° liC iV s - Act Amcwlmwit, ocal Bodies Contracting' Powers Local Roches .-Loan's Amendment, Lon ~ ;;;,;; cr " ! *wi,i S e, i. y tteit„„ W r r Maori Lands. MarIWti- o-„" T Removal, Medical »'ent, Poukawa R^er-es u r : P"Wfc*'Works' a nee V Amen^ ne "t. babbit Nuisthorisatiori, 'lUtin'rV A '" :r "-i ii,m lochi inrni (No •') 'Vrmnd- -), Rtj,illation of Local

Elections Amendment (No. 8), Road I and Town Districts Rating, Rotokare Domain Act 1899 Repeal, Sand lirii't, Sea Fisheries Amendment, Shop and Shop Assistants Amendment, Shops and Offices, Statutes Compilation Act Amendment, Supremo Court Judges, Teachers' Superannuation, Tenants' Rights, Testator's Faimly Maintenance Amendment, Testator's Family Maintenance, Totalisator Abolition, Totalisator Abolition Referendum, Trade Monopolies Prevention, Trade Monopolies Prevention (No. 2), Universal Saturday Half-iioliday, Weights and Measures, Wine Adulteration, Workers' Compensation for Accidents Amendment. Local Bills. —Arch Hill Gully Sewage, Church Reserves (Canterbury), City of Auckland Empowering and Reserves Exchange, Collingwood County, Ilokitika Harbour Board Empowering, Nelson Lutheran Church Trustees 'Empowering, New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering, Palmerston North High School, i'etone Foreshore Vesting, Stephen Cole, Moule Trustees Empowering, Tapanui Reserves, Wairewa County. SUMMARY, Parliament sat on 92 days this session, 663 hours 40 minutes being! 'before midnight, Mid 185 hours 50 minutes after midnight, making a total of 849 hours and 49 minutes, with a daily average sitting of 9 hours 14 minutes. Hansard covers very many miles of talk, which will toe measured up in due course. A summary of the work done during the session shows that of public Bills 137 received the Royal assent, two were reserved for the sig, nification of His Majesty's pleasure, and 114 were dropped or otherwise disposed of. Two private Bills received the Royal assent. There were 897 petitions dealt with—773 from Europeans and 124 from Maoris—--333 papers were laid on the table of the House. Select committees re, turned 568 reports, and Ministers answered BSB questions.