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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 26.—An Act to amend the Law relating to Municipal Corporations.
No. 27.—An Act to make Provision as to the Ownership and Local Government of the Native Lands in the Urewera District.
No. 28.—An Act to amend “The Harbours Act, 1878.”
No. 29.—An Act to further amend the Law relating to Sea-fisheries.
No. 30.—An Act to amend the Law relating to Government Loans to Local Bodies.
No. 31.—An Act to amend the Law for supervising and regulating Factories and Workrooms.
No. 32.—An Act to amend the Law relating to the Inspection and Regulation of certain Kinds of Machinery.
No. 33.—An Act to amend the Law for limiting the Hours of Business in Shops.
No. 34.—An Act to amend “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”
No. 35.—An Act to amend the Law relating to the Transfer of Chattels.
No. 36.—An Act to amend the Law relating to the Acquisition of Private Lands for Purposes of Settlement.
No. 37.—An Act to further amend the Laws relating to Shipping and Seamen.
No. 38.—An Act to make Provision respecting certain Educational Endowment Reserves in or near the Town of Tauranga, in the Auckland Provincial District.
No. 39.—An Act to amend “The River Boards Act, 1884.”
No. 40.—An Act to amend the Law for regulating the Making and Levying of Rates.
No. 41.—An Act to amend the Law relating to the Administration of Native Reserves.
No. 42.—An Act to provide for the Classification and Regulation of the Government Railways Department.
No. 43.—An Act to amend “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”
No. 44.—An Act to provide for the Periodical Valuation of all Landed Properties in the Colony.
No. 45.—An Act to prevent the Introduction and to provide for the Eradication of Diseases affecting Orchards and Gardens.
No. 46.—An Act to make Better Provision for the Government of the Canterbury College and the School of Agriculture, heretofore commonly known as the Lincoln Agricultural College.
No. 47.—An Act relating to Electrical Motive-power.
No. 48.—An Act to amend “The Fencing Act, 1895.”
No. 49.—An Act to amend the Law relating to the Elections of Members of the House of Representatives.
No. 50.—An Act to provide for Further Investigation with a View to the Final Settlement and Extinguishment of Naval and Military Settlers’ and Volunteers’ Land-claims.
No. 51.—An Act to amend “The Mining Act, 1891.”
No. 52.—An Act to amend “The Public Reserves Vesting and Sale Act, 1892.”
No. 53.—An Act to amend the Native Land Laws.
No. 54.—An Act to provide for the Registration of Claims, with a View to the Establishment of a Fund for Old-age Pensions.
No. 55.—An Act to provide for the Better Inspection of Alcoholic Liquors sold in Premises licensed under “The Licensing Act, 1881.”
No. 56.—An Act to authorise the Disposal of certain Reserves and Crown Lands, and for other Purposes connected therewith.
No. 57.—An Act to amend “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1894.”
No. 58.—An Act to amend the Law relating to the Manufacture and Sale of Tobacco.
No. 59.—An Act to alter the Excise Duties payable in Respect of Tobacco.
No. 60.—An Act to impose a Land-tax and an Income-tax.
No. 61.—An Act to further amend the Law relating to the Public Revenues.
No. 62.—An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money for Public Works and other Purposes.
No. 63.—An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Present Session.

Local.

No. 1.—An Act to enable the Council of the Borough of Caversham to deal with the Surplus Profits of the Waterworks Account of the said Borough.
No. 2.—An Act to empower the City of Dunedin to borrow Fifty Thousand Pounds.
No. 3.—An Act to vest certain Lands in the Linkwater Survey District, and a Portion of the Picton Harbour and Foreshore, known as “The Lagoon,” in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Picton (called “the Picton Borough Council”), for the Purposes of a Recreation Reserve.

No. 4.—An Act to grant further Borrowing-powers to the Westport Harbour Board.
No. 5.—An Act to increase the Number of Members constituting the Lyttelton Harbour Board.
No. 6.—An Act to empower the Mount Wellington Public Domain Board and Thomas Morrin to exchange certain Lands in the Mount Wellington Road Board District.
No. 7.—An Act to amend “The Dunedin Garrison Hall Trustees Empowering Act, 1893.”
No. 8.—An Act to further amend “The Gisborne Harbour Act, 1884,” and the several Amendments thereof.
No. 9.—An Act to vest certain Lands at Lake Forsyth in the Akaroa County Council.
No. 10.—An Act to vest certain Lands in the Education Board of the District of Wellington.
No. 11.—An Act to vest in the Waimakariri Harbour Board certain Lands, being Part of the Foreshores in the Borough of Kaiapoi on the North Branch of the Waimakariri.
No. 12.—An Act to vest certain Lands situated in the Provincial District of Nelson in the Trustees for the time being of the Bishop Suter Art Gallery.
No. 13.—An Act to empower the Borough Council of Masterton to raise a Special Loan in a Portion of the Borough for the Purpose of providing a Water-supply and Drainage-works for that Portion.
No. 14.—An Act to empower the Otago Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools Board to borrow a Sum of Three thousand five hundred Pounds.
No. 15.—An Act to afford Special Facilities to the St. Albans Borough Council to raise a Special Loan or Loans not exceeding in the Aggregate the Sum of Thirty Thousand Pounds.
No. 16.—An Act to vest in the Borough of Mataura a certain Reserve of Land situated within the Town of Mataura, free from any Trust for the Society sometime known as “The Mataura Pastoral Society,” and now extinct.
No. 17.—An Act to validate Leases of Lands now belonging to or vested in the Oamaru Harbour Board, heretofore granted or agreed to be granted by the said Board, and to extend the Leasing-powers of the said Board.
No. 18.—An Act to make Provision respecting the Horowhenua Block.

Private.

No. 1.—An Act to vest in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in New Zealand the Lands in New Zealand belonging to or held in Trust for the United Methodist Free Churches and the Bible Christian Church, or any of them, and to amend “The Wesleyan Methodist Church Property Trust Act, 1887,” and “The Wesleyan Methodist Church Property Trust Act 1887 Amendment Act, 1892,” and for other Collateral Purposes.

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Public.

No. 1.—An Act to amend “The Legislative Council Act, 1891.”
No. 2.—An Act to temporarily amend the Law relating to the Public Revenues.
No. 3.—An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight,
No. 4.—An Act to impose a Land-tax and an Income-tax.
No. 5.—An Act to empower the Court of Appeal of New Zealand to determine certain Questions of Law relating to the Representation of the Awarua Electoral District in the Present Parliament.
No. 6.—An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
No. 7.—An Act to prevent the Unnecessary Employment of Manual Labour in Mines on Sundays.
No. 8.—An Act to amend “The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889.”
No. 9.—An Act to amend “The Explosives Act, 1882.”
No. 10.—An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Services of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One Thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
No. 11.—An Act to make Further Provision respecting the Qualification of Members of the House of Representatives.
No. 12.—An Act to amend “The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885.”
No. 13.—An Act to amend “The Public School Teachers Incorporation and Court of Appeal Act, 1895.”
No. 14.—An Act to amend “The Consolidated Stock Act, 1884.”
No. 15.—An Act to further amend “The Water-supply Act, 1891.”
No. 16.—An Act to authorise the Raising of Money in Aid of certain Public Works, and to amend and extend the Pro-