THE SESSION'S RECORD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 277, 31 December 1909, Page 5

THE SESSION'S RECORD

BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Thursday. Following is a statement of the business of the session:— Select committees on public matters 25, private 1; public Bills received the Boyal assent 71, reserved 1, dropped or otherwise disposed of 53; private Bills received Koyal assent, 5j petitions from Europeans 543, Maoris 0(i; divisions in the whole House 31, in committee 131 • days of meeting 52; hours! before midnight 300 hr 30min, after midnight 75hr 17min; daily average, Bhr 57min; questions asked, 544; entries in journals, 947; daily average, 29; orders for papers, 50; papers laid on the table, 352, of which 106 were ordered to be printed; reports from select committees, 388.

LIST OF PUBLIC BILLS PASSED. The whole of the public Bills passed during the session are included in the following list:— Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement. Appropriation. Coal-mines Amendment. Customs Duties Amendment. Death Duties. Defence. Designation of Districts Amendment. Friendly Societies. Gold Duty Amendment. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions. Imprest Supply (three). Industrial Schools Amendment. Inferior Courts Procedure. King Country Licenses. Land for Settlements Administration. Land Settlement Finance. Land-tax and Income-tax. Magistrates' Courts Amendment. Masterton Trust Lands Exchange. Native Land. Naval Defence. New Zealand Society of Accountants Amendment. New Zealand State - guaranteed Ad-

vances. Old-age Pensions Amendment. Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment. Public Works Amendment. Race Meetings. Railways Authorisation. Reformatory Institutions. Rotoiti Validation. Stamp Duties Amendment. Urewera District Native Reserve Amendment. Wanganui School Sites. Workers' Compensation Amendment. BILLS HELD OVER. The following are the Government Bills which were introduced but not put through to their final stages:— Land Laws Amendment. National Provident Fund. Workers' Compensation for Accidents Amendment. Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment. Harbors Act Amendment. Tramways Amendment. Factories Amendment. Shops and Offices Amendment. Mining Act Amendment.