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No. 5. The Napier Harbour Board Loan Act authorises a further loan of £200,000 for the construction of additional harbour-works in Napier Harbour. It is a special Act under "The Harbours Act, 1878." No. 6. The Napier Harbour Board Further Empowering Act authorises the Board to make a claim against any borough or county within the harbour rating district for the amount of any rate that may be levied by the Board, instead of levying such rate, and authorises the Borough or County Councils to increase their general rates for the purpose of paying such claim. This provision is to be in force only within boroughs and counties voluntarily adopting the same. It otherwise amends " The Napier Harbour Board Empowering and Loan Act, 1884." No. 7. The Oamaru Bacecourse Trustees Empowering Act authorises the Trustees to borrow £1,300 for the purchase of the surrender of a lease of the racecourse reserve, and for the erection thereon of accessory buildings of a racecourse. No. 8. The Ohineinuri County Bidings Validation Actvalidates the alteration of ridings made at special meetings by the County Council instead of by special orders. No. 9. The Bohe Potae Investigation of Title Act validates several succession orders made by the Native Land Court in the determination of the title to a certain block of Native land in the Auckland District, known as Bohe Potae Block. No. 10. The Petone Corporation Loan Empowering Act authorises a loan of £16,000 for the drainage and sewerage of the borough, and for street-improvement; makes exceptional provision as to the majority of votes of ratepayers to be required for sanctioning such loan. No. 11. The Dempsey Trust Act defines the powers of the Trustees in whom certain trust funds are vested for the Dunedin Hospital and the Otago Industrial School. No. 12. The Tahoraiti Titles Amendment and Validation Act rectifies errors made in the names of Natives entitled respectively to the Tahoraiti lands. No. 13. The Ocean Beach Public Domain Act authorises the creation of a Board for the conversion of a part of the Ocean Beach into a recreation-ground and health resort. No. 14. The Mount Ida Water-race Act revests in Her Majesty a certain water-race in Otago, which had been placed in the hands of a Trust. No. 15. The Oamaru Harbour Board Advance Bepayment Act authorises steps to be taken on behalf of Her Majesty's Treasury for the repayment of an advance of £30,000 to the Board notwithstanding any doubts as to the validity of such advance. No. 16. The Auckland Harbour Board Empowering Act authorises the Board to effect certain exchanges and appropriations of land in the vicinity of the Calliope Dock. No. 17. The Otago School Commissioners Empowering Act authorises the School Commissioners to make special contracts as to leasing in localities frequented by visitors and tourists. No. 18. The Kaitangata Belief Fund Transfer Act authorises the conversion into a public Coalmining Accident Fund of the surplus moneys subscribed by the public to the relief of the sufferers from the Kaitangata Colliery explosion in 1879. No. 19. The Hukarere Native Girls' School Act authorises the Trustees of the Te Aute College to apply part of their endowment funds for the maintenance of a school for girls of the Native race. No. 20. The Cook and Waiapu Counties Property Adjustment Act authorises a new inquiry to be made for the adjustment of the assets and liabilities of the two counties on their severance, the former inquiry not being deemed an equitable one. No. 21. The Gisborne Harbour Board Act 1884 Amendment Act supplies an omission in the former Acts,' by assigning a corporate name for the Harbour Board. No. 22. The Waiorongomai Bridge Act validates the construction of a bridge over the Waihou Biver, notwithstanding the non-compliance with the provisions of " The Harbours Act, 1878," as to the construction of bridges across navigable rivers. No. 23. The Wellington Corporation and Harbour Board Streets and Lands Act vests in the Corporation and Board respectively certain lands, and authorises the dedication of the said lands to particular purposes of public utility. No. 24. The Whangarei Drill-shed Act transfers the drill-shed site from the trustees of a disbanded Volunteer rifle corps in whom it was vested to the trustees of a rifle club, subject to a refund by the club of a subsidy paid by the Defence Department in aid of the building of the drill-shed. No. 25. The Westland Churches, Schools, and Hospital Vesting Act authorises the issue of titles to certain reserves in Westland to the religious, charitable, and educational bodies respectively occupying the same. No. 26. The Wanganui Biver Trust Act 1891 Amendment Act confers further powers for levying tolls on all goods, merchandise, and animals carried on any part of the river within the district of the trust, though not shipped or landed at a wharf, jetty, or landing-place. The Act does not apply to Natives unless carrying in their canoes passengers or goods for hire. No. 27. The Patea Harbour Endowment Act makes a further endowment of land for the Patea Harbour, and authorises leases thereof. No. 28. The Westland, Grey, Inangahua, and Buller Counties Vehicle Licensing Act grants exceptional powers to the County Councils for raising revenue to meet the cost of maintaining county roads by a license-fee charged upon all vehicles using the same. No. 29. The Palmerston North Hospital Vesting Act transfers from the Corporation of the Borough of Palmerston North the land and property vested in them for a hospital to the Charitable Aid Board having jurisdiction within the said borough, for the like purpose and subject to the same trusts. No. 30. The Wanganui Harbour Board Endowment Sale Act makes special provision whereby the Board may realise upon the remainder of their endowment rural lands to obtain funds for defraying the cost of the works in progress.