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No. 3.— Military Supplies Customs Act. This Act enables the Governor, by Order in Council, to declare what articles may be issued free of duty, for the supply of Her Majesty's Land and Sea Forces, which have not been specially imported by the Commissariat. No. 5. — Bills of Sale Registration Amendment Act. This Act provides that Bills of Sale shall be filed with the Registrar of the Supreme Court in the Province, within which the personal chattels are situate, over which the Bill of Sale is given, instead of being filed with the Registrar in the Province, within which the Bill itself is given; fixes the time within which Bills of Sale are to be filed ; and provides a simple mode in which satisfaction of a Bill of Sale shall be entered. No. 6. — Summary Procedure on Bills Act. This Act regulates the special procedure in action upon Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank Cheques, or any written Contract; the general Exiles of Procedure in the Supreme Court being made available, so far as applicable, to proceedings under this Act. It is framed on the principles of the Imperial Act, 18 & 19 Viet., cap. 67, 1855. No. 7.—Trustee Relief Act. By this Act Trustees may pay monies to, and transfer or deposit securities with the Colonial Treasurer, and therenpon be discharged of liability ; and the Supreme Court may then make such Order as shall seem fit in relation to such monies, their investment, and so forth. Trustees may apply to the Supreme Court to make an order for such payment, transfer, or deposit, of monies or securities with the Colonial Treasurer, who shall publish Accounts. Executors or Administrators may, upon an order of the Supreme Court, give notice to Creditors to come in, and after such notice may distribute the Estate. Trustees, Executors, or Administrators may, without the institution of a suit, apply to the Supreme Court for directions how to act, and may invest money (unless expressly forbidden) in Heal Securities, or in General or Provincial Government Securities. No. 16. — Panama Route Postal Act. This Act enables steps to be taken for the establishment of Postal Communication by Steam via Panama, either separately or in combination with any of the Australian Colonies; and appropriates £30,000 a year for five years, from 1st January, 1864, for the purpose. No. 20. — Marine Boards Act. This measure directs the constitution of a Chief Marine Board for the Colony, to superintend the construction and maintenance of Lighthouses upon the Coast, and to appoint, regulate, and control Pilots and Pilot establishments. It permits for these purposes the levying of light dues and pilotage rates upon shipping. It further empowers the Superintendent and Provincial Council of each Province to constitute by Ordinance a Local Marine Board, for the management and superintendence of the harbour, wharves, buoys, and beacons, and for the control of shipping within any part of such Province. The provisions of this measure are intended to meet the special requirements of the various parts of the Colony. To meet the difficulties which have occurred in the registration of Colonial built ships, and of seamen, the Governor is invested with the powers of the British Board of Trade. No. 21. — Steam Navigation Act. This measure is almost identical with those in operation for the same purpose in the Colonies of New South "Wales and Victoria. Steam vessels plying within, or trading to the Colony, are required to undergo a periodical inspection of their hull and machinery by officers appointed for that purpose, upon whose report Certificates may be issued by any Board constituted under the Marine Boards Act of this Session. The provisioning, stowage, and passenger accommodation of steamers are also made subjects for constant supervision. This measure has been rendered necessary by the extension of steam navigation on the coasts of the colony. ACTS RELATING TO REPRESENTATION AND THE FRANCHISE. No. 4.— Election Petitions Act Amendment Act. This Act is intended to provide a more simple and effective mode of procedure in the case of Election Petitions, than existed under the Act of 1858. No. 10. — Miners Representation Act. This Act repeals the Miners Franchise Act of 1860. The latter statute gave the Electoral Franchise to all holders of Miners rights, issued under the Gold Fields Act of 1858 ; but it was passed at a time when only the Nelson Gold Field was known, and the subsequent great influx of Miners upon the discovery of gold at Otago, induced the Legislature to re-consider the subject, with the view of giving a special representation in the General Assembly and Provincial Councils to the mining interest, and relieving the settled population of any Province or Electoral District where great numbers of Miners might be attracted, from the risk of being overborne in the election of a Superintendent of the Province, or in the election of a Member for the district.

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