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No. 35. The Native Land Purchases Act provides for the issue of debentures in payment of Native lands, the investment of one-half of payments to Natives in endowments for their perpetual benefit, and otherwise regulates transactions or dealings with such purchases. The Act has operation only for five years. No. 36. The Law Practitioners Act requires all moneys of clients to be paid into a separate trust account, so that they cannot be attached by any creditor of the practitioner holding the same. No. 37. The Land Act alters the law relating to the sale or occupation of Crown lands mainly by placing a limit upon the acquisition of the freehold, fixing an area of 2,000 acres, inclusive of not more than 640 acres of first-class land, as the maximum which any person can hold or acquire by purchase; abolishing the deferred-payment system of leasing lands, substituting a lease with right to purchase at a rental of 5 per cent, on the cash price of land ; also it provides for the grant of leases in perpetuity of rural lands at a standard rent of 4 per cent, on the cash price, with the right of the lessee to surrender, subject to the consent of the Board, when the lessee will have his improvements valued, and is to be paid such value by the incoming lessee. No. 38. The Manure Adulteration Act, for the prevention of fraud in the sale of agricultural manures, requires an invoice certificate to be given to the purchaser on delivery of the manure, as a guarantee of the quality thereof. No. 39. The Public Beserves Vesting and Sale Act transfers to certain local bodies reserves either for endowment or for local purposes, and authorises the sale of a portion of a recreation reserve. No. 40. The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act substitutes amended provisions for inquiry into incomplete transactions in Native lands, and directs that no certificate of title issued by the Court in respect of any such transaction shall be valid until confirmed by Parliament. No. 41. The Police Offences Act 1884 Amendment Act amends the principal Act in relation to prosecutions for cruelty to animals. No. 42. The Offensive Publications Act prohibits the affixing or inscribing of obscene, indecent, or immoral matters to buildings, fences, &c.; also publication of certain advertisements. No. 43. The Selectors' Lands Bevaluation Continuance and Amendment Act extends the time during which selectors of land may apply under the principal Act for a revaluation, and extends the benefit of that Act to other holders of land not included in such Act. No. 44. The Servants' Begistry Offices Act provides for the licensing and registration of servants registry offices. No. 45. The Shops and Shop-assistants Act provides that a weekly half-holiday shall be granted to assistants in shops, regulates the hours of employment of women and young persons, and otherwise provides for the hours of business in shops. No. 46. The Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Act extends the time for sending in claims, and extends the benefit of the prior Acts to certain military and naval settlers not heretofore included; also provides for the commutation of scrip. No. 47. The Mining Act Amendment Act amends the principal Act in various details. No. 48. The Mining Companies Act Amendment Act amends the principal Act. No. 49. The Factories Act Amendment Act amends the principal Act in various details. No. 50. The Printers and Newspapers Begistration Act 1868 Amendment Act provides for the registration of an incorporated company as newspaper proprietor. No. 51. The North Island Main Trunk Bailway Loan Application Acts Amendment Act extends for another year the operation of the principal Act, and defines an increased area of Native land as subject to the operation of that Act. No. 52. The Public Works Acts Amendment Act provides supplementary provisions to the principal Act and the Acts amending the same. No. 53. The Payment of Members Act provides an annual payment for all members of the General Assembly in respect of their services at Parliament, instead of a sessional payment as heretofore. No. 54. The Land and Income Assessment Act Amendment Act modifies, varies, and amends the provisions of the principal Act. No. 55. The Land-tax and Income-tax Act fixes the amount of the land-tax and of the incometax to be levied, and the mode of collecting the same, in respect of the financial year commencing on the Ist April, 1892. No. 56. The Public Works Appropriation Act appropriates out of the unexpended balance of loan and from other sources a total sum of £682,780 for the construction of public works for the year ending 31st March, 1893. No. 57. The Appropriation Act.—The annual Appropriation Act: amounts appropriated, total £2,171,101. The Local and Personal Acts. No. 1. The Wanganui Hospital Board Vesting Act vests in the Board the land and buildings of the present hospital, with power to sell the same and apply the proceeds towards the erection of a new hospital, or to lease the land if not required to sell. No. 2. The Wellington City Sanitation Loan Empowering Act authorises a loan of £150,000 for the drainage and sewerage of the city; makes exceptional provisions as to the majority of votes of ratepayers to be required for sanctioning such loan. No. 3. The Sydenham Borough Council Empowering Act authorises the Council to grant a right-of-way over certain lands in the said borough. No. 4. The Te Aroha Becreation-ground and Bacecourse Act authorises the conversion of a recreation-ground into a racecourse reserve ; and other lands more suitable to be reserved for recreation purposes. It is a special Act under "The Public Beserves Act, 1881."