THE 1908 PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 247, 12 October 1908, Page 2

THE 1908 PARLIAMENT.

SIXOPSIb OE ITS WOiiK, L\ le.egrapii.- • tress Association. t\ cnuigtou, Last Jne iollowij/g la . a s yuop ils 0 ° Uk . buaiues., tuiu.;acteu by tw . jxousc of KepicscntatiK's and oi uie Jjills ~assed " ud dlu l'i'cd during Hie session, .\iuc-y-Jliiw puu.e J,i„, rceencil tlie Itovat a^senL; ij t | lojilK , a . UV() lver( , servea K-r t'„e yigoincatio,, 0 £ l„ s , Ull . ,|C.stj s pleasure, iJiiny-six local Bills were passed; ,i.\ w,-ie dropped and two puvaif LjJih received ihe lioyal anient. I'our hundred aud peutioas irojn Luropea.iib and i6U from iviuom were protenicd. The House sat on iU days—4l!) hours 2-1 niUiuiea ueiore m'aaigut, and hours JU minutes alter nudiugut, or, ujl average of 8 Jiours (i niiiiutes cuujy .Uinisters were asked SIU (piestio'iis and.llJi entries w e re made m tne luurnals.

J.iie number of papers asked for was luo. the following is an analysis of tile papers laid ou ui'c table:—74 by command, ■>'.) by leave, by act, till in return to urders, and one by _Ur. Speaker. l»eiily-.six select committees were sell up—24 in public Bills and two in private matters. The following is an analysis of the I re-ports presented:—from Public Pelilions, A to L Committee, 47; from Public Petitions, .M to Z Committee, 71); from Native' Affairs Committee, 77; from Lands Committee, -H; from'Ooldlields and Alines Committee, 15; from Local Bills Committee, 40; from Railways Committee, 17; from other committees, 71; total, 384. Tire two Bills reserved for Royal assent were Immigration Restriction Amendment and Shipping and Seamen. Following is a list of the Acts passed by the General Assembly of Xew Zealand, 11)08:

PUBLIC ACTS. AeLsi lluci ]>« cuii/iun lAiucuaniCii*. Jiyncuiuiio iiL-uUce uau xmpot--aijua Ail". Jimuij, lo l'uoiie uxju ael,leuiuu -Appropriation, Aiii-iuanu LinvLio.ly College. <JuJLU*j-b«ry College Liirpowenny. Civu Service Auuinijueau L'oai Aiuiub xiuienamont. blaiuivjj Enacujicnt. CoruJiera' Anieadnitm. Counties Act, lfcitW, Auieudnient. JJecJaratory Judginellts. Uefeuec Amendment. Destitute Persons Act Amendment. Kducatioji Aiimndmeat. J-Mueation Iteserves Leases Validation aud Empowering, ii'ire Amendment, j Mbh'oncft Amviiidinent. Gore Public Library Vesting Government Advances to Settlers Amendment. Harbors Amendment, ilauraki Plains Impounding Amendment. Imprest Supply; Imprest Supply (No. 2); imprest Supply (No. 3); Imprest Supply (Xo. -1). incorporated Societies, industrial Conciliation and Arbitration.

infants Amendment. Inspection of Machinery Amendment. Justices of tlie Peace Amendment, Land Drainage Amendment. Land tax and Income tax. Local Autrtiorties' Indemnity. Lochl Authorities' Superannuation. Local bodies' Loans Amendment. Local Elections Act Amemlmevit.. AUwvi Land Laws Amendment. Meikle Acquittal. Hospitals Reserves. Monopolies Act Amendment. .Naval Subsidy. New Zealand .Society of Accountants. Old Age Pensions Amendment. Palmerston North Dairy School. Police OH'cncws Amendment. Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment. Public Works Amendment. Quackery Prevention. Railways Authorisation, liecond Ballot. Stamp Duties Amendment. Taupo No. 2 Block. Town Boards Amendment (Xo. 2). Town Districts Amendment. Validation Court Kntpowering. Valuation of Land Amendment. AVaipuka Block Road lie-vesting. Wellington and Manawalu Railway Purchase. Workers' Compensation. Pl lM.lt; ACTS DROPPED. Alteration ol Time. Auclionecrs' Amendment. Companies Amendment. Corporation*' • Contracts. Counties Amendment [So, •>}. : Farriers (Xo. 2). Flour Duly Abolition. Friendly bocicties' Consolidation, (.loverament Advances to Workers, lionrs of Underground Workers. Inferior Courts Procedure, Lamps on Vehicles. Land Settlement Finance. Law Practitioners' Amendment. I jaw Practitioners' Amendment (Xo. 2L

J/teeiising Tolls Absolute Majority. Maori Laud Laws Amendment, Marriage Act Amendment. Marriages Validation Act Amendment. Mining Amendment. .Municipal Corporations Act Amendment. Municipal Corporations 4«t ( 1900, Amendment (N'o. 2). Musicians. Pawnbrokers' Charges. Vveveni ion of Cruelty to Animals." Public Holidays. Public Be venues Amendment. Pmblie Works Amendment Act. Public Works Amendment (No. 2). 1 (Secret Commissions, j Shearers' Accommodation. Workers 5 Compensation for Accidents. LOCAL ACTS PASSED. Auckland and Alauukau Canal. Auckland and Suburban Drainage. Auckland Harbor Board Loan and Empowering. Auckland (Symonds street) Cemetery. Carterton Borough Council Vesting aud Enabling. Christchuroh City Betterment. Chris'kdiurch City Sanitation Empowering. Christchurch City Drainage. Poxton Harbor Board. Gonvilto and CastlecM' Tramway District. if|i sasidKfi llawcra Technical School Site Exchange, llokitiku Harbor Act, 1005,, Amendment. Hutt Valley Tramway District. Inangaihna County Council Empowering Act. 180-1, Amendment. Lincoln Road Board Empowering. MatamaU County. Murchison County. Napier Public Batlw. New Plymouth Harbor Hoard Em-

powering. • \ Oiiiuaru lliirlior Board Loan. Oaiuaru Reserves. Olmliiino Town Board Election Validation. { •_ •&; Oluira County. Opunnke H.ii'bor. Otago Dock Trust Ofcigo Heads' Native Eeservo Road. Ross Goldfields Electric Power Transmission. WaiUol'u County. Wiiiniiilo Norlh County. Wellington City Empowering. Wellington City Town Kelt Reserves Leasing. Wellington Harlior Board Reclamation and Empowering (No 2). West port Harbor Hoard Loan. AVliiikataiVo County Act Amendment. Wlmkiitnno Foreshore lioebuualion. Whangnivi Abattoir Site. LOCAL ACTS DROPPED. Oliristchureli Drainage Board Empowering. Hamilton Domain. TUauukau Harbor Control. Tapanni County. Taiiranga Harbor Board. Thames Borough Gas. PRIVATE ACTS PASSED. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington Empowering. Wellington .Harbor Board Empowering.