PARLIAMENTARY. [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1441, 27 September 1881, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY. [BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

SXa'jxkDAY. The House met' afc 12 ; Mr 1 Seymour ia the chair.

THE WOEK OF THE SESSION. The following return of the work of the sessisn was laid on the table : Public Bills originated in the House : received Royal assent, 58 ; reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, 2 ; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 69 : total, 128. Brought from the Council : lecerved the Royal assent, IV ; reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, 0 ; dropped or otherwise disposed of, 14 ; total, 30* Grand total, 158. Private Bills originated in the Bouse : received the Royal assent, 2 ; dropped or otherwise disposed oi, 135. ' Petitions presented from Europeans, 297 ; from Maoris, 88, Total, 385. Divisions of the whole House, 72 ; in Committee, 230. Total, 302.

LIST r»F ACTS. Passed both Houses : Public Accounts, Adoption of Children, Animals Protection Act Amendment, Chatham Islands, Chinese Immigration, Corrupt Practices Prevention, Crown Suits, Cugtoms and Excise Duties, Deceased Persons Estates, Duties, Dentists Act, 1880, Amendment ; Diseased Cattle, Divorce and Martrimonial Causes Act, 1867, Amendment, Dog Registration Act Amendment, Drainage, Employment of Females and Others, Fencing, Gaming and Lotteries, Hawke's Bay and Marlborough Rivers Act, 1868, Amendment ; Immigration and Public Works Appropriation., Imprest Supply, Imprest Supply (No. 2), Imprest Supply (No. 3), Licensing, Native .Lands Act Amendment, Native Lands Frauds Prevention. Native Succession, Neglected and Criminal Children's Act Amendment, New Zealand Consolidated btock Act, 1876, Amendment ; Patents Act Amendment, Post-office, Prisons Act Amendment, Property Assessment Act Amendment, Property Tax, Public Domains, Public Health Act, 1876, Amendment t Public Reserves, Public Revenues, Rabbit Nuisances, Railway Authorisation, Railway Construction and Lands, Regulation of Election, Representation, Sheep Act Amendment, Stamp Act Amendment, Stamp Act, 4 1575, Amendment (No. 2) ; Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Amendment, Thermal Springs District, Town Districts, Volunteer, Horahorae Water-race, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Christohurch), Tnihtees Incorporation. Akaroa High School, Auckland Reserves Exchange and Change of Trust, Canterbury Rivers Act, IS7D, Amendment; Geraldine Racecourse Reserve, Invercargill Gas Works Site, Masterton and Greytown Land Management Act, 1871, Amendment ; Oamaru Harbour Board Otago University Reserves, Vesting, Port Chalmers Cemetery, Port Chalmers Dock Trust, Port Chalmers Drill Shed, Rangaroa High School, Roxburgh Recreation Ground Management, Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association Reserves, Special Powers and Contracts, Taranaki County Council Loan Act, 1878, Amendment ; Tiraaru Harbour Board Act, 1876, Amendment ; Timaru Harbour Board Loan, Timaru Mechanics' Institute Act, 1877, Amendment : Tiraaru Water-race Reserve, Waimakariri Yarbour Board Loan, Waimate Racecourse Reserve, Waiuiate and Temuka Public School Sites, Waikaia Harbour Board Loan, Wellington Queen's Wharf and Stone Sales, West Const Settlement Reserves, Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Amendment.

Ltst op Bills dropped or otherwise disposed or In. the Legislative Council : — Affirmations in lieu of Oaths, Extension Christchurch Alignment of Street, Gisborne Harbour Board, Gold Duties Abolition, Gold Duties Act Amendment, Kaikoura Harbour Reclamation, Kakanui Harbour Board, Law Practitioners, Ofcago Harbour Board Leasing, Parliamentary Oaths, Parliamentary Privileges, Pensions (No. 1), Protection of Crops. In the House of Representatives : — Annual Parliaments, Appraisers and Agent, Armed Constabulary Act, 1867, Amendment, Auckland Museum Endowment, Auckland University College, Auctioneers, Banks and Bankers Act, 1880, Amendment, Borough of Hamilton Boundaries, Companies, Contractors Debts, 1871, Amendment ; Counties Act, 1886, Amendment (No. 1) ; Counties Act, 1876, Amendment (No 2) ; Counties Act Suspension, County of Cook River, Crown and Native Land, Rating, Duration of Parliament, East Coast Lands, Education Act Amendment (No. 1) j Education Act, 1871, Amendment (No. 2); Education Reserves Act, 1877, Amendment (No. 1) ; Education Reserves Act, Amendment (No. 2); Equal Electoral Rights, Evidence, Fire Prevention and the Fire Brigades, Friendly Societies, Gas Consumers Liability, Harbour Act 1878, Amendment (No. 1) ; Harbour Act, 1878, Amendment (No. 2) ; Hospital and Charitable Institutions, Inspection of Machinery, Land Act, 1877, Amendment (No. 1) ; Land Act, 1877, Amendment (No. 2) • Land Claims Settlement Acts Repeal, Law Advocates, Leaseholders Qualification, Liberty of the Press Extension, Local Self-government, Married Women's Property Protection, Medical Practitioners Society, Mines Act, 1877, Amendment (No. 1) ; Mines Act Amendment (No. 2), Miners Rights Fees Reduction, Mining' Companies Act, 1872, Amendment ; Mining on Private Property, Municipal Corporations, Murihiku, Natives Reserves Grants, Native Committees, Empowering, Native Descendants, Native Land Act, 1873, Amendment ; Native Reserves, New Plymouth Harbour Commission, New Plymouth 4igh School Act, 1848, Amendment ; Newspapers, N.Z. Institute of Surveyors, Offences Against the Persons Act, 1867, Amendment ; Onehunga Grammar School, Patea Harbour Board, Borrowing 1 and Rating, Pensions (No. 1), Pensions Validation, Protection of Debtors, Public Works Construction, Sharebrokers Act, Repeal Stamps Act Amendment (No. 1), Thames District Mining, Vogrant Act, 1866, Amendment, Waipawa Land Dispute, Wellington College Reserves Confirmation, Women's Franchise, Private Bill, Church of England in N.Z. Trustees Incorporations.