THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4859, 24 October 1894, Page 3

THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

Tho session has lasted exactly four months, sixteen days longer than last year. In order to show how we Compare with past years, wo give a tablo of tho House's work for twelve years past, showing the numbor of measures framed,passed and dropped in each. The years 1884 and 1887 marked with a star, had each two sessions.

Tho present session beats tho record, as will be seen at a glance. It records a smaller total of measures framed than the year 1887 by 27 measures.but a larger total of passes i by 36, and a correspondingly smaller I total of failures, But 1887 was a year of two sessions : the cost to the country of the larger quantity of work is theroforo less, but the presnro on nil concerned very much greater. Having broken the century in 1894, we can realise by studying tho table that tho continual upward tendency has been substantially maintained. Tho other work of the session is shown by the following figures :

Committee Petitions, lleports, Hours. Average. 1803 ~ 5'.12 707 605 8h 63m 1894 .. 703 837 097 Bh3om Hours after , Entries in midnight. Questions Journals. ISO 3 ~ 130 C 52 1282 1891 .. 118 852 1520 The work of 1894 is larger in results, tho excess being, of petitions received 171, of commilteo reports 130, of questions answered 200, of entries in the Journals 238.-tf. '/,. Times,

Passod. Failed. Total 1883 76 84 160 1884* 89 96 185 1885 83 72 155 1886 94 58 152 1887* C5 153 218, 1888 72 80 152 188!) 64 72 130 1890 62 86 148 1891 73 83 156 1892 88 81 169 1893 87 87 ' 174 1894 101 90 191