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General, of the Acts passed during the third session of the seventeenth Parliament of New Zealand, together with the Acts duly authenticated with the seal of the Dominion. The Bill intituled the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1910 (No. 85), has been reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon, in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (Imperial), and six copies of that Bill will be forwarded in a separate parcel direct to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the use of the Board of Trade, in accordance with the circular despatch dated the 23rd December, 1903 (G.H. 63/1904). J. Carroll, For the Prime Minister. lUport on Legislation passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand during the Session ending on the 3rd dat of december, 1910. Fob the information of His Excellency the Governor, I beg to report as follows : — 1. The synopsis attached hereto relates to the Acts passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand during the session which ended on the 3rd day of December, 1910. 2. In my opinion, none of those Acts is repugnant to the law of England. 3. The Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1910 (No. 85), has been reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon, in. accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (Imperial). — Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of December, 1910. J. G. FINDLAY, Attorney-General. Synopsis of Acts passed by the General Assembly op New Zealand during the Session ENDING ON THE 3RD Day OF DECEMBER, 1910. Public General Acts. No. 1. The Imprest Supply Act, 1910 : Applying the sum of £700,000 from the Public Account, and the sum of £13,000 from other specified accounts, to the service of the year ending the 31st March, 1911. No. 2. The Imprest Supply Act, 1910 (No. 2) : Applying the sum of £702,000 from the Public Account, and the sum of £13,000 from other specified accounts, to the service of the year ending the 31st March, 1911. No. 3. The Imprest Supply Act, 1910 (No. 3) : Applying the sum of £702,000 from the Public Account, and the sum of £81,650 from other specified accounts, to the service of the year ending the 31st March, 1911. No. 4. The Phosphorus Matches Act, 1910 : This Act adopts the provisions of the White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act, 1908 (Imperial), its purpose being to render illegal the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture in New Zealand of matches, and to prohibit the importation and sale of matches in the manufacture of which such phosphorus has been used. No. 5. The Exhibitions Act, 1910 : The purpose of this Act is to make general provisions preliminary to the holding in New Zealand of exhibitions of works of art and industry. The Act provides for the setting-apart of land, the appointment and incorporation of Exhibition Commissioners, the exemption from Customs duties of goods to be exhibited, and the suspension of certain Acts regulating the hours of labour and the conditions of employment in New Zealand, and also of Acts relating to the restriction of immigration. Provision is also made for the regulation and control of the finances of exhibitions held in accordance with the terms of the Act. No. 6. The Town Boards Amendment Act, 1910 : This Act extends the rating-powers of Town Boards, and otherwise amends the provisions of the principal Act. No. 7. The Foreign Insurance Companies' Deposits Amendment Act, 1910 : This Act remedies a defect in the Foreign Insurance Companies' Deposits Act, 1908, and provides that foreign companies carrying on different classes of insurance business in New Zealand must make the required deposit in respect of each such class of business, and not in respect of one class only. No. 8. The Public Debt Extinction Act, 1910 : This Act authorizes the establishment of a sinking fund for the purpose of raising funds for the extinction of the public debt of New Zealand within seventy-five years from the date of the passing of the Act, and for the repayment of future loans within seventy-five years from the date of the raising thereof. The sinking fund is to be under the control of a Board consisting of the Commissioners of Public Debts Sinking Funds. Annual by the Controller and Auditor-General are to be furnished as to the amount of the public debt" for the time being, and as to the amount required to be invested to enable that debt to be paid off within a period of seventy-five years. The amount so certified to be required towards the repayment of the public debt is to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund to the Superintendent of the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office, and by him to be temporarily invested in advances to settlers and workers and to local authorities. All moneys paid to the Superintendent as aforesaid, and all accumulations thereon, are to be held in trust for the repayment of the public debt. Provision is also made for the submission of annual reports to Parliament, for the control of funds, and for the making of regulations for the administration and for the effective carryingout of the scheme of the Act. No. 9. The Imprest Supply Act, 1910 (No. 4) : Applying the sum of £702,000 from the Public Account, and the sum of £25,350 from other specified accounts, to the service of the year ending the 31st March, 1911.