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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 994, 5 November 1878, Page 2

• ■» Now that Parliament has been prorogued and our Legislators have rested from their labors, it may be as well to place on record m one place, the fragmentary pieces of legislation which have dribbled to us over tho wires during the past three months. The following are the Bills which have passed both Houses : — Appropriation, Asliburton High School, Auckland Girls' High School, Bank Holidays Amendment, Bluff Harbour Endowment, Borough of Christohurek Eeserves, Catten's River Cemetery Administration, Chpj.stchurch Boys High School, CUristekui'GU Racecourse Reserves, Christchurch Reserves, Ciu'isfcfihurch Trust Property. Little River, Exehango Act Amendment, j Civil Service Act Amendment, Clyde | (Vincent County) Athuiiiuum and Public | Library, Cruelty to Animals, Customs j 'J'jW'itf , Dangerous Goods Act Amendment, i Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment, Disqualifteaifcion (iNo. 2), Bistrict Loan, Societies District Registration Act 1877 Amendment, Du^edin Waterworks Exteusion Act 1875 Amoi^dmont, financial ArrangGniefltSj JFißhcries (dynamite^

Foxton Reserves, Fraudulent Debtors', Friendly Societies, Goldmining Districts' Act 1873 Amendment, Government Native Land Purchases Act Amendment, Greymouth Racecourse Reserves, Hamilton Volunteer Hall Site, U okitiljjp. .Harbour Board Act Amendment, Imijhtiffration and Public Work|Mfcpprqpriaiff6n;i Imprests Supply (Nof«, ifcd 4),f&ch-Clut;im Incorporation of Catii|bellt<Mrii Interpretation, InyerJiargi^iW'atei»^6rks Loan, Juries' Act^Aipjfdmerit, foand Claims Final Settlomenijftfhmd Taxia law amending Lyttelton Harbour Board Act, also Amendment of Lyttelton "Waterworks Transfer, Malvern Water-race Transfer, Martin's Aunuity Act 1858 Amendment, Mataura Reserve, Mercantile Law, f urthor amendment of the Mitford Harbour Board, Milton Athonseura Endowment, Mount Cook Reserves Sale, Mount Ida Water-race Trust, Municipal Corporations', Napier Harbour Board, Native Land Act 1873 Amendment (Po. 1), Native Land Act Amendment (No. 2), Native Licensing, Nelson Haic&our Board, Newmarket Rosorves, Now' Plymouth High School,) ..New v River Harbour Endowment and Borrowing, 'Norse wood Mechanics' Institute Site, . North Otago Benovelont Society, Oamiiru Harbour Board Amendment, Oaraaru Market Reserves, Oamaru Waterworks Act 1875 Amendment, Ormoiid Military Grant, Otago and Southland Education Reserve Leasing, Otago School. Empowering, Otago University, Parnell Reserves (No. 2), Patoa Harbour Endowment, Patumajio9 Hall Site< ■: Privileges Act 1860 Amendment, Public Reserves Act Amendment, Public' Reserves Sale, Public Revenues, Public Works Act 1876 Amendment, Kail ways. Construction (No. 2), Rating Act Amendment, " Repeals, Reprint of Statutes, Riyerton Harbour Endowment and Borrowing, Sale of Food and Drugs Act Amendment, Savin" Bank Profits, Seal Fisheries' -Protection, Sheep, Southland Boys and Girls Hio-h School Act 1877 Amendment, Special Powers and Contracts, Tarahaki Company Loan Temporary Powers, Boys and Girls High School, Thames Harbour Board Act 1876 Amendment, Timaru Harbour Board Endowment, Timaru High School, Timaru Post and Telegraph. "Office Site Sale, Trade Unions, Waikato Co. Lands Sale, Waiwera Harbour, Wftitaki High School, Wanganui High Selfoolj Wangarei High School, Wellington City Boundaries, Wellington College Act Amendment, Wellington College Reserves, .Confirmation, of , Wellington Local Boards Empowering, Whakatane Grants Validation, Wyndhatn> Recreation Reserve Act 1877 Amendment . ' Other • measures have> l been less fortunate. Some like the Impounding, _ the Fencing, ant the Dog Registration Bilks were mer.el.y tentative measures, introduced and passed through the Upper: House with the intention that they should , be dropped m the General Assembly — the object being to ventilate thf subject of the Bills and invite-public criticism and amendment, with a vie^y to future legislation. Other* again like the Companies'' Income Duty, the Education Act Amendment, and the JUlectorai Bills have fallen on their merits, slain m fail 1 fight ; but the greater number of the unsuccessful measures, and theie is 1 a long list of them, have been ruth lessly butchered, more especially it the Lower House. In the Legisla tive Couucil, ,ye find that the follow 1 ' ing Billa were dropped. Bluff Harbor Board Amendment Borough of New Plymouth, Building Sites, Cemeteries Management, Deceasec Wife's Sister Marriage, Ellesinefe anc Forsytli Reclamation, Akaroa Trust Oreti Bridge and Ferry Reserves, Thame.' Water Supply, Wuitara Harbor Boarc Land Grant. It is m the House ot Itepresenta tives however, that the greatei number met their fate. Thus we find the - „..,.. . , Bay of Islands H«irbor Etidownient, Bee: Duty, Brands Registration, Bribery, Cat. lin's River Harbor Endowment, Companies' Income Duty, Disqualification Acl (187«) Amendment, Dog Registration Dunedin Botanical, Dunstan Hospitai Endowment, - Education Act (1877] Amendment, Electoral, Executive Councillors, Fencing, Fine Arts Copyright Acl (1877) Amendment, Fisheries Preservation, Gisborne Harbor Endowment, Golrj Duty Abolition, Hamlin Land Grant Hicks' Bay Harbor Endowment, Hokianga Harbor Endowment, Impounding Invercargill Hospital Endowment, Join! Stock Companies' Act (18(50) Amendment Judicial Commigsion, . Kaipava-. HaTboi Endowment, Katikati Harbor.Endowmept, Licensing, Literary Institution? and Public Libraries, Local Judicature, Mahurangi Harbor Endowment, Manukau Harbor Further Endowment, Marine, Representation Act Amendment, Married Wemen's Property Protection, Matakana Harbor Endowment, Matata Harbor Endowment, Mining Companies Act (1872) Amendment, Miranda fl arbor Endowment, Mongonui and Bay of Islands Electoral, M ougonui Harbor Endowment, Mount Ida Public Works. Trust, Napier Swamp Nuisance Act Amendment, Native Law Suits, Nelson City Nuisance Abatement, Onehunga Grammar School, Opotiki Harbor Endowment, Parliamentary Representation, Parnell Reserves (No. 1), Port Albert Harbor Endowment, Publicans License Fee, Rabbit Nuisance, Railway Construction (No. 1), Riverton High School, South Canterbury Secondaiy Education Reserves, Southland Benevolent Institution Endowment, !*outh Dunedin Reserves, .South Otago High School, Tauranga Harbour Endowment, Te Aro Reclamation, Towns on Private Lands Regulations, Triennial Duration of House of Representatives, Tuakitato and Kaitaugata Lakes Visiting, Tuapeka Hospital Endowment, University iof Otugo Amendment, Wade Harbour Endowment, Wiiikatq Harbour Endowment, Waimakauri Harboui 1 Endowment, Wangarei Harbour Endowment, Wanganui Id arbour Board, River Conservators Act, 18"6, .Amendment of Wellington Corporation Land Grant, Wellington Hospital Bill, Wellington Reclaimed Land, Whakatane Harbour Endowment, Whangaroa Harbour Endowment,