APRIL 7.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
397

No. 20. "An Act to consolidate the Law for preventing the
Adulteration of Food or Drugs, and for regulating
the Manufacture and Sale of Bread;"
No. 21. "An Act to consolidate the Law of Marriage in New
Zealand;"
No. 22. "An Act to consolidate certain Laws relating to Banks
and Bankers;"
No. 23. "An Act to facilitate the Remedies on Bills of Ex-
change, Promissory Notes, Cheques, and other Con-
tracts in Writing;"
No. 24. "An Act to compel the Registration of Dogs;"
No. 25. "An Act to regulate the Branding of Stock, and the
Registration of the Brands used for that Purpose;"
No. 26. "An Act to establish a Board of Pharmacy in New
Zealand;"
No. 27. "An Act to amend 'The Crown Grants Amendment
Act, 1870;"
No. 28. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-
first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one;"
No. 29. "An Act to validate certain Proclamations purporting
to have been made under 'The Diseased Cattle Act,
1871;"
No. 30. "An Act to amend 'The Joint-Stock Companies Act,
1860;"
No. 31. "An Act to render effectual the Remedies of Judgment
Creditors against the Real Estate of their Judgment
Debtors;"
No. 32. "An Act in Explanation of 'The New Zealand Univer-
sity Reserves Act, 1875;"
No. 33. "An Act to amend the Law relating to District
Courts;"
No. 34. "An Act to provide for the Registration of Dentists
qualified to practise in New Zealand;"
No. 35. "An Act to regulate the Administration of Reserves
and Endowments made for Colleges and High Schools,
and to provide for the Application of the Proceeds
thereof;"
No. 36. "An Act to make Provision for the Trial of Election
Petitions;"
No. 37. "An Act to provide for the Destruction of Rabbits in
New Zealand;"
No. 39. "An Act to empower the Governor to settle Outstand-
ing Questions on the West Coast of the North Island
of New Zealand;"
No. 40. "An Act to provide for the Settlement of certain
Natives in the District of Waikato;"
No. 41. "An Act to alter the Duties of Customs;"
No. 42. "An Act to amend 'The Stamp Act, 1875;""
No. 43. "An Act to provide for the Collection by means of
Stamps of Fees payable in the various Departments of
the Public Service;"
No. 44. "An Act to impose an Excise Duty on Beer;"
No. 45. "An Act to amend 'The Property Assessment Act,
1879;"
No. 46. "An Act to amend 'The Counties Act, 1876;"
No. 47. "An Act to amend 'The Electric Telegraph Act,
1875;""
No. 48. "An Act to amend the several Acts relating to Munici-
pal Corporations;"
No. 49. "An Act to protect the Goods of Lodgers against Dis-
tresses for Rent due to the Superior Landlord;"
No. 50. "An Act to make Provision for Sites for Native
Schools;"
No. 51. "An Act to amend the Financial Arrangements Acts;"
No. 52. "An Act to amend 'The Public Revenues Act, 1878;"
No. 53. "An Act to authorize a Deduction of Ten per Centum
from Salaries fixed by Permanent Acts of the General
Assembly (Temporary);"
No. 54. "An Act to amend certain Acts relating to Public
Works;"
No. 55. "An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money for the
purposes of Immigration and Public Works;"
No. 56. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consoli-
dated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of the
Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-one, and to appropriate
the Supplies granted in this present Session."

Local Acts.
No. 1. "An Act to provide for the Revision of one of the
Boundary Lines of the Ahuaturanga Block of Land in
the Upper Manawatu District;"
No. 2. "An Act to enable the Bluff Harbour Board to lease the
Bluff Harbour Foreshore, or any Portion or Portions
thereof;"
No. 3. "An Act to amend 'The Port Molyneux Reserves
Leasing Act, 1876;"
No. 4. "An Act to enable the Sydenham Borough Council to
make and maintain such Parts of the City of Christ-
church Town Belt as adjoin the Boundaries of the
Borough of Sydenham, and for other Purposes;"
No. 5. "An Act to amend The Public Health Act, 1876;"
No. 6. "An Act to amend The Inch Clutha Act, 1878;"
No. 7. "An act to transfer the Thames Water Supply to the
Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of
the Thames;"
No. 8. "An Act to authorize the Municipal Council of the
Incorporated Town of Oamaru to raise Money for the
purpose of completing the Waterworks for the Supply
of the Town with Water;"
No. 9. "An Act to authorize the Grant and Transfer of a
certain Parcel of Land in the Borough of Invercargill
in trust for the use of the Invercargill Volunteers, and
to make Provision for the Control and Management of
the said Land;"
No. 10. "An Act to declare valid Rates made under 'The Otago
Roads Ordinance, 1871,' although Road Districts have
not been proclaimed into Subdivisions;"
No. 11. "An Act to amend 'The Auckland College and Gram-
mar School Act, 1877;""
No. 12. "An Act to amend 'The Nelson Gas and Waterworks
Sale Act, 1877;"
No. 13. "An Act to amend 'The Christchurch District
Drainage Act, 1875;"
No. 14. "An Act to alter the Constitution of the Board of
Conservators of the South Waimakariri River Dis-
trict;"
No. 15. "An Act to authorize the Governor to cancel certain
Grants from the Crown to the Wanganui Harbour
and River Conservators Board, and to issue other
Grants in lieu thereof, and to alter and extend the
Boundaries and Area of a certain Piece of Land
authorized to be granted, but not yet granted, to the
said Wanganui Harbour and River Conservators
Board;"
No. 16. "An Act to validate Proceedings heretofore had in
relation to the Special Settlement at Jackson's Bay, in
the Provincial District of Westland, and to regulate
the future Administration of the said Settlement;"
No. 17. "An Act to grant certain Special Powers to the Go-
vernor to issue Crown Grants, and to enable him to
carry out certain Contracts and Promises;"
No. 18. "An Act to amend 'The Taranaki Iron-Smelting
Works Lands Act, 1874;"
No. 19. "An Act to incorporate certain Boroughs in the Pro-
vincial District of Otago;"
No. 20. "An Act to extend the operation of 'The Canterbury
Roads Ordinance Amendment Act, 1877,' in certain
cases;"
No. 21. "An Act to vest certain Land in the Wellington Har-
bour Board, and also to vest certain other Land in the
Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wel-
lington;"
No. 22. "An Act to enable the Hokitika Harbour Board to
raise a Loan of Five Thousand Pounds, and to enable
the County of Westland and the Boroughs of Hokitika,
Ross, and Kumara to raise a Special Rate for the pur-
pose of providing Interest and Sinking Fund in respect
of the said Loan;"
No. 23. "An Act authorizing the Otago Harbour Board to
Borrow more Money, and to authorize dealing with
the Lands mentioned in the Schedules hereto;""

Private Acts.
No. 2. "An Act to amend 'The Ashburton County Council
Waterworks Act, 1879;"
No. 3. "An Act to amend The Malvern Water-race Transfer
Act, 1878, and to confer upon the Council of the
County of Selwyn special Rating and Borrowing
Powers in respect of the said Water-race."

With reference to Local Act No. 18, I request that
you will inform the members of the Legislative
Council, whose protest against the Act was trans-
mitted in the Despatch No. 62, of the 11th September
last, from the Officer Administering the Government,
that I duly received this protest, but that I have not
deemed it necessary to take any action upon it.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

Governor the Hon. Sir A. H. Gordon,
G.C.M.G.

Purchase of Horses for the Indian Government.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1881.

THE following notice, received from the Govern-
ment of India, in reference to the purchase of