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the City of Dunedin, and empowers the Council of the City of Dunedin to borrow £300,000 on the credit of the rates, and the form and mode of enforcing securities taken under the Act. No. 59. The Oamaru Town Hall and Gasworks Sites and Recreation Reserves Act authorizes the Governor to make grants of certain lands to the Municipal Corporation of the Town of Oamaru, to be held for certain purposes of a public character, and also as the site for gasworks. No. 60. The New Zealand University Reserves Act removes doubts as to the legality of certain reserves made for a Colonial University, and declares that such reserves shall be held under the 30th section of " The New Zealand University Act, 1874." No. 61. The Onehunga Reserves Act empowers the Governor to make grants to governing body of the Town of Onehunga of certain reserves laying waste there. No. 62. The Auckland Harbour Foreshore Grant Act empowers the Governor, with the consent of the Executive, to grant to the Auckland Harbour Board certain portions of the soil of the Harbour Board of Auckland. No. r63. The Otago Harbour Board Empowering Act confers additional powers on the Otago Harbour "Board, as constituted by Ordinances passed by the Legislature of the Province of Otago, and vests certain lands in the Board. No. 64. The Moeraki Harbour Board Act constitutes a Harbour Board for the Harbour of Moeraki, and authorizes the Provincial Treasurer of the Province of Otago to pay to the Board £3,000, raised under " The North Otago District Public Works Loan Act, 1872." No. 65. The Napier Harbour Board Act constitutes a Harbour Board for the Port of Napier, and defines the powers and duties of such Board. No. 66. The Invercargill Municipal Council Empowering and Waterworks Loan Act brings " The Municipal Corporations Waterworks Act, 1872," into operation in the Borough of Invercargill, and authorizes the Council of the Borough of Invercargill to borrow £50,000. No. 67. The Otago Waste Lands Act 1572 Amendment Act amends " The Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872," and provides that a depasturing license may be cancelled upon the discovery of any mineral or metal or valuable stone on lands leased. No. 68. The Auckland Waste Lands Act 1874 Amendment Act amends " The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1874," contains provision respecting the purchase of unsurveyed waste lands, and reserves right to lay out roads over rural lands within certain periods. No. 69. The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act, No. 1, provides that the Governor may declare any watercourse shall bo a watercourse into which mining debris may be discharged, and contains provisions for the compensation of owners of land through which water flows that has been fouled by mining debris. No. 70. The Gold Mining District Act Amendment Act amends the Act of like title passed in 1873. The present Act contains provisions for the amalgamation of mining claims with other claims after the license has been held a certain time. No. 71. The Otttram Electric Telegraph Station Reserve Act vests in the Crown a provincial reserve for the purposes of a Telegraph Station. No. 72. The Invercargill Public Offices Site Act vests in the Crown a Provincial Government building reserve for the purposes of public offices, and authorizes the Invercargill Athenaium to exchange a piece of land held by them for part of the land so vested in the Crown. No. 73. The Stamp Act which comes into operation on the Ist January, 1876, repeals all the existing Acts relating to stamp duties, and to consolidate the law as to stamp duties into one Act. No. 74. The Stamp Fee Act provides that after the bringing into operation of the Act, duties fines and penalties payable in money in any public department or office are to be collected by means of stamps. No. 75. The Registration of Electors Act provides that Clerks of Municipal Corporations, Highway Boards, &c, are to prepare lists of ratepayers and forward these to Registration Officer, who is to treat the lists as claims to be inserted on the list of voters for the electoral districts. No. 76. The Lodgers' Franchise Act extends electoral franchise to lodgers occupying lodgings of value of £10 per annum. No. 77. The Representation Act provides that the House of Eepresentatives shall consist of 84 members over and above the 4 Maori members, and makes provision for the preparation of electoral rolls in the new districts constituted by Act. No. 78. The Disqualification Act Amendment Act amends "The Disqualification Act, 1870." The amending Act disqualifies members of either House from sitting or voting if concerned or interested in any contract though made while Parliament is not in Session, and indemnifies members from any penalties or incapacity to vote that they might have become liable to owing to breaches of " The Disqualification Act, 1870." No. 79. The Debtors and Creditors Act, which comes into operation on the Ist January, 1876, repeals ■ all the existing Statutes relating to bankruptcy, and, amongst other things, provides for the winding up of a bankrupt's estate without the intervention of the Court. No. 80. The Fraudulent Debtors Act constitutes certain offences against the last-mentioned Act misdemeanours, punishable with imprisonment for two years. No. 81. The Evidence Further Amendment Act is a transcript of the Imperial Statute, " The Evidence Further Amendment Act, 1869," with the exception of the sth section, which provides that, in criminal summary proceedings punishable by fine or imprisonment, persons charged, and their husband and wives respectively, are competent but not compellable to give evidence whether for or against himself or herself. No. 82. The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act empowers the Judges of the Supreme Court to appoint Commissioners to take affidavits, &c, out of the colony, and also to appoint Commissioners for taking acknowldgements of deeds by married women out of the colony. No. 83. The Religious, Charitable, and Educational Trusts Act Amendment Act provides that certain Eoman Catholic Bishops shall be included in the term " office-bearers " in the construction of "The Eeligious, Charitable, and Educational Trusts Act, 1856."