THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1319

the system of purchasing Native Lands on behalf
of Her said Majesty upon Commission;"
No. 31. "An Act to amend 'The Native Land Act,
1873;"
No. 32. An Act to authorize the Borrowing and Raising of
Money for Immigration and Construction of Public
Works, and for other purposes;"
No. 34. "An Act to amend 'The Public Revenues Act,
1867,' and the Acts amending the same ;"
No. 35. "An Act to amend 'The Counties Act, 1876,' in
certain particulars;"
No. 36. "An Act to regulate the Vesting and the Adminis-
tration of the Public Reserves in the Colony;"
No. 37. "An Act to amend 'The Marine Act, 1867;'"
No. 38. "An Act to amend 'The Stamp Act, 1875;"
No. 40. "An Act to provide for the construction of
District Railways by Joint - Stock Companies
formed for the purpose of constructing such
Railways;"
No. 41. An Act to amend 'The Mining Companies Act,
1872;"
No. 42. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating
to Gold Fields;"
No. 43. An Act to amend 'The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867;'"
No. 44. "An Act relating to Destitute Persons, Illegitimate
Children, and Deserted Wives and Children;"
No. 45. "An Act for the Protection of Fish and Fisheries
in New Zealand;"
No. 46. "An Act relating to Cemeteries;"
No. 47. "An Act to promote the Establishment and Sup-
port of Public Libraries;"
No. 48. "An Act for Preventing the Adulteration of Food
or Drugs, and the Selling or Exhibiting for Sale
Adulterated or Unwholesome Food or Drugs, of
any kind;"
No. 49. "An Act to amend 'The Law Practitioners Act,
1861; '"
No. 50. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the
Public Account to the Service of the Year ending
the Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight;"
No. 51. "An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money
for the purposes of Immigration and Public
Works;"
No. 52. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the
Consolidated Fund and other Moneys to the
Service of the Year ending the Thirtieth day of
June, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in
this present Session;"

Local and Personal.
No. 1. "The Auckland Highway Districts Validation Act;"
No. 2. "An Act to amend 'The Wellington City Reserves
Act, 1872;"
No. 3. "An Act to provide for the Management of a Public
Domain for the Borough of Lyttelton;"
No. 4. "An Act to vest the Endowment of the Timaru
Mechanics' Institute, in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, in Trustees, and to enable the
Trustees to raise Money for the improvement of
the same;"
No. 5. "An Act to vest certain Reserves in the Trustees
of the Oamaru Athenæum and Mechanics' Insti-
tute, and to provide for the Management of the
said Reserves;"
No. 6. "An Act to vest certain Reserves in Port Chalmers,
in the Provincial District of Otago, in the Port
Chalmers Mechanics' Institute;"
No. 7. "An Act to authorize the Municipal Council of the
Town of Port Chalmers to raise Money for the
purpose of completing the Waterworks for the
supply of the Town and the Shipping of the Port
with Water;"
No. 8. "An Act to amend 'The Dunedin Drill-shed Re-
serve Act, 1876;"
No. 9. "An Act to authorize the Municipal Council of
the Town of Invercargill to borrow a further sum
of Fourteen Thousand Pounds for the purposes
of the Gasworks of the Town;"
No. 10. "An Act to authorize the Sale of a portion of an
Education Reserve at Waiwera, in the Provincial
District of Otago;"
No. 11. "An Act to vest in the Corporation of the City of
Dunedin, as a site for a Town Hall, a portion of
Reserve No. 1, on the plan of the Town of
Dunedin, now vested in the said Corporation, in
trust for a Public Market for the City of Dunedin
and its Inhabitants;"
No. 12. "An Act to vest certain Lands reserved as a

Commonage, in the Town of Havelock, in Trus-
tees;"
No. 13. "An Act to authorize the Governor to complete
certain Unfulfilled Engagements relating to Land,
and for that purpose to issue Crown Grants in
certain cases;"
No. 14. "An Act to reserve certain Lands in the Tokomai-
riro District within the Provincial District of
Otago, and to vest the same in trust for the Toko-
mairiro Farmers' Club;"
No. 15. "An Act to vest certain Reserves in the Town of
Invercargill in Trustees;"
No. 16. "An Act to enable the Auckland Harbour Board
to dispose of certain Lands reclaimed from the
Foreshore in the Harbour of Auckland, and to
amend the constitution of the Auckland Harbour
Board;"
No. 17. "An Act to declare the qualification of Electors
for the first Election of Members of the Boards
of certain Road Districts in Otago;"
No. 18. "An Act to constitute the Ponsonby Highway
District;"
No. 19. "An Act to vest Section Sixteen, Block Two, in the
Town of Lawrence, in the Lawrence Atheneum
and Mining Institute, for the purposes of the
said Institute;"
No. 20. "An Act to vest certain Lands now vested in the
Governor in trust for certain Trustees;"
No. 21. "An Act to change the Purposes of some Reserves
in the City of Dunedin, and to vest the same
in the Education Board of the Otago Provincial
District;"
No. 22. "An Act to reserve, out of the waste lands of the
Crown in the Provincial District of Canterbury,
certain Lands as Compensation to certain Abo-
riginal Natives at Kaiapoi, known as the Kaiapoi
Natives, and to make provision respecting the
Title thereto and Dealings therewith;"
No. 23. "An Act to extend certain provisions of 'The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,' relating to
Waterworks for and to Lighting the City of
Dunedin, and to render the said Sections ap-
plicable to the Waterworks acquired by the Cor-
poration of the City of Dunedin under the
provisions of 'The Dunedin Waterworks Act,
1874,' and to the Gasworks acquired by the said
Corporation under 'The City of Dunedin Borrow-
ing Act, 1871,' 'The Dunedin Gas and Water-
works Loan Act, 1872,' and 'The City of Dunedin
Gasworks Act, 1874;"
No. 24. "An Act to vest in the Borough of Lawrence
certain Reserves within the said Borough;"
No. 25. "An Act to set aside a Reserve for the Public
Libraries in the Peninsula County;"
No. 26. "An Act to vest certain Lands in the Lyttelton
Harbour Board;"
No. 27. "An Act to vest in the Corporation of the City of
Auckland, as ordinary Reserves, the Surplus of
certain Lands acquired by the said Corporation for
Water Supply purposes;"
No. 28. "An Act to vest a certain parcel of Land at or
near Kaiapoi in the Mayor, Councillors, and
Burgesses of the Borough of Kaiapoi, for the
purposes of a Public Cemetery;"
No. 29. "An Act to vest certain lands in the Wanganui
Harbour and River Conservators Board, and to
empower such Board to borrow Money;"
No. 30. "An Act to incorporate the Members of an Associa-
tion in the Town of Havelock, in the Provincial
District of Otago, known as 'The Havelock
Athenæum,' and to vest in such Association
certain Land in the Town of Havelock as a site
for a Mechanics' Institute, and other real and
personal Estate;"
No. 31. "An Act to ratify and confirm the raising of
certain Sums of Money under 'The Wellington
Loans Consolidation Act, 1876,' and to make pro-
vision for the Appropriation of portions thereof;"
No. 32. "An Act to authorize the Governor to purchase
certain pieces of Land at Wakapuaka, in the Pro-
vincial District of Nelson, for Telegraph Pur-
poses;"
No. 33. "An Act to vest certain Reserves set aside
for the Cromwell Athenæum in the Cromwell
Athenœum;"
No. 34. "An Act to vest a certain Reserve in Mataura, in
the Provincial District of Otago, in Trustees on
Trust for Recreation and other Purposes;"
No. 35. "An Act to empower the Trustees of the Akaroa
Public Library to exchange certain portions of
Land in Akaroa for other adjoining Land;"