A.—6b.

Section 100 (Auditors) is omitted as being superseded by the Public Revenues Act, under which the Audit Office audits the accounts (section 100 of the Consolidation Act). Section 109 (Members liable for money unlawfully paid) is omitted as being superseded by the corresponding provisions of the Public Revenues Act. Section 119 provides for a " special rate " for executing particular works. The term " special rate "is uniformly used in' connection with loans. We have therefore substituted "special-works rate" for clearness (section 112 of the Consolidation Act). The same alteration is consequentially made in subsequent sections where necessary. Sections 141 to 144 of the Consolidation Act (Harbour-works) are adapted from sections 242 to 244 and 236 of the Counties Act, where they are expressed to apply to both County Councils and Road Boards. The Schedule to "The Road Boards Act Amendment, Act, 1888" (List of certain Road Boards), has been brought up to date by inserting Arch Hill and Remuera, and omitting Mount Eden, the last having been made into a borough (Third Schedule to the Consolidation Act). Sand Drift. Section 4 of the Act of 1903 (Notice of scheme to be served) provides that the notice shall be served on " all persons in New Zealand affected thereby." We have altered this to " all owners of land within the proclaimed area" to accord with the language of the previous section. We have also provided for substituted service in the case of owners not in New Zealand (section 5 of the Consolidation Act). The omission was a defect. Savings-banks. Section 48 to 55 provide for District Trustees, but in some of these sections they are referred to as " trustees." We have called them " district trustees " throughout for clearness, so as to distinguish them from the general trustees (sections 57 to 64 of the Consolidation Act). Section 2 of " The Post-Office Savings-banks Amendment Act, 1869 " (which is not confined to Post-Office Savings-banks) provides that on the final closing of any savings-bank the surplus funds shall be paid into the Public Account to the credit of the Public Trust Fund. This fund was abolished by subsequent legislation, and for the purpose of savings-bank moneys the Post-Office Account takes its place. We have altered accordingly (section 65 of the Consolidation Act). Scenery Preservation. The Act of 1906 (section 13) repeals sections 2 to 5 of the Act of 1903 "so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act." Those sections are more than inconsistent with the Act of 1906 —they are wholly superseded by it. We have therefore dropped them. The result is that the power of making scenic reserves under the Act is confined to Crown land and private land as defined. Native land cannot be taken. In subsection (2) of section 6 of the Act of 1906 " private land " has been substituted for " other than Crown land " for clearness (section 6, (2), of the Consolidation Act). Second-hand Dealers. There is some overlapping between " The Old Metal and Marine Store Dealers Act, 1867," and " The Second-hand Dealers Act, 1902." It is for the Legislature to reconcile them. Section 12 of the first-mentioned Act has been transferred to the Shipping and Seamen Act. Settled Land. In section 1 of the Act of 1865 "legal representatives " is substituted for " heir" (section 3, (2), of the Consolidation Act). Section 14 has three misprints—" parks " for " paths," " parks " for " parts," and " combined " for " continued," as is shown by the same section in the Imperial Act. We have altered accordingly (section 16 of the Consolidation Act).

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