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No. 31. The Timaru Municipal Council Waterworks Loan Act empowers the Council of the Borough of Timaru to borrow £15,000, to be applied in the construction or purchase of waterworks for the supply of the Town of Timaru with water. No. 32. The Napier Municipal Council Empowering and Waterworks Loan Act empowers the Municipal Council of the Borough of Napier to borrow £10,000, to be applied in the construction and purchase of waterworks for the supply of the Town of Napier with water. No. 33. The Clyde Waterworks Empowering Act empowers tho Municipal Council of the Town of Clyde to borrow £5,000, to be applied in the construction or purchase of waterworks for the supply of the Town of Clyde with water. No. 34. The Auckland City Endowments and Reserves Act vests certain lands in the Corporation of the City of Auckland, as an endowment for the improvement and benefit of the said city. No. 35. The Plans of Towns Regulation Act provides that in the laying out of towns after the Ist January, 1876, streets must be of a certain width. Reserves are to be made for recreation grounds, &c, and streets must bo laid out in a particular way. No. 36. The Public Health Act Amendment Act, 1875, provides that orders under the Public Health Act with respect to provisions twenty to forty-five are to continue in force till revoked. No. 37. The Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, No. 2, repeals certain sections of " The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and provides that agricultural leaseholders are not required to hold business licenses. No. 38. The Government Apprentices Act provides for the manner in which persons may be apprenticed in certain departments where arts or trades are carried on by tho Government; certain sections of " Tho Master and Apprentices Act, 1805," are repealed. The Act contains clauses regulating the form of contract between the Government and apprentices. No. 39. The Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Act Amendment Act declares that Registrars and Deputy Registrars, in the absence of the Judges of the Supreme Court, are to have all the powers given such Judges with regard to the arrest of defendants about to quit New Zealand. No. 40. The Bills of Sale Act Amendment Act provides for the registration of bills of sale and renewal thereof. This Act is founded on the Imperial Statute, 29 and 30 Viet, c. 96. No. 41. The Neglected and Criminal Children Act Amendment Act amends the 3rd section of " The Neglected Children's Act, 1873," by the substitution of the words " under the age of 21 years " for " nonage," which for the purposes of that Act was 15 years, and empowers the Governor to proclaim certain schools " Industrial Schools." No. 42. The Anatomy Act authorizes tho establishment of Schools of Anatomy, and provides for the manner in which the practice of anatomy is to be regulated thereat. Its provisions are mainly taken from the Imperial Act of 2 and 3 Will. IV., cap. 75. No. 43. The Public Debts Sinking Funds Act Amendment Act declares the persons who are to be the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds. No. 44. The Electric Telegraph Act consolidates the existing Statutes relating to electric telegraphs, and confers on tho Telegraph Commissioner certain additional powers for removing obstructions to lines. No. 45. The Westport Municipal Reserve Act confirms a grant from the Crown of certain lands to the Corporation of tho Borough of Westport. No. 46. The Anne Hood Grant Act repeals a Crown grant which had by a mistake been made in the name of George Hood and Anne Hood, and authorizes the issue of a Crown grant to Anne Hood, in the name of Anne Murch, the person in whose favour the same should originally have been made. No. 47. The Chubbin Land Purchase Act authorizes the Governor to execute a conveyance to John Chubbin, of certain pieces of land in the Province of Tacanaki. No. 48. " The TaranaM Waste Lands Act 1874 Amendment Act," amends " The Taranaki Waste Lands Act, 1874," and provides for the disposal of lands of special value for industrial purposes. No. 49. The Wellington Toll Gates Act removes doubts as to the tolls to be taken under certain Ordinances passed by the Legislature of the Province of Wellington. No. 50. The Wellington Hospital Loan Act authorizes the proceeds of the sale of certain lands in or near the City of Wellington to be spent in making roads ; and empowers the Trustees of the Wellington Hospital to exchange certain lands. No. 51. The Wellington Hospital Loan Act Amendment Act, No. 2, amends the last-mentioned Act, and authorizes persons in whom lands required by the Trustees are vested to sell the same to the Trustees. No. 52. The Wellington Reclaimed Land Act authorizes the Corporation of the City of Wellington to exchange certain lands for others. No. 53. The Wellington Education Reserves Act authorizes the Governor to grant certain lands in the Province of Wellington to the Education Board of the Province of Wellington. No. 54. The Wellington Rivers Act provides for the management of certain rivers in the Province of Wellington, and for the making, repairing, and maintaining of protective works, to lessen the damage occasioned by the overflow of such rivers. No. 55. The Clutha River Conservators Board Act constitutes a Harbour Board for the Clutha River District, and vests certain lands in the Board so constituted. No. 56. The Qreytoiun and Masterton Public Park and Cemetery Reserve Management Act authorizes the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington to set apart certain lands as reserves for a cemetery and public park or recreation ground, provides for the appointment of Trustees, and for vesting in them such reserves. No. 57. The Municipal Corporations Acts Amendment Act amends " The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," and certain Acts amending it, chiefly as the same relate to the making of by-laws and the election of Mayors. No. SS. The Dunedin Corporation Borrowing Powers Extension and Debentures Act incorporates certain provisions of divers Ordinances passed by the Legislature of the Province of Otago relating to