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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 52. An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Acquisition of Private Lands for Purposes of Settlement.

No. 53. An Act to authorise the Construction of certain Railways.

No. 54. An Act to amend “The Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act, 1890.”

No. 55. An Act to provide for the Administration of Maori Lands.

No. 56. An Act to provide for the Better Inspection and Control of Private Industrial Schools, and to amend in other respects the Law relating to Industrial Schools.

No. 57. An Act to grant a Rebate of the Rents payable by Crown Tenants in certain Cases.

No. 58. An Act to provide for the Formation of an Institute of Surveyors in the Colony of New Zealand, and for the Incorporation thereof, and to constitute a Board of Examiners of Surveyors.

No. 59. An Act to authorise the Setting-apart of certain Lands around and in the Vicinity of Mount Egmont, and certain Ranges of Hills known as the Patus Ranges, as a National Park, and to provide for the Control and Management thereof.

No. 60. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Public Revenues.

No. 61. An Act to empower the Governor to negotiate for the Purchase of the Manawatu Railway.

No. 62. An Act to extend the provisions of “The Military Pensions Act, 1866,” to Members of the South African Contingents.

No. 63. An Act to enable Provision to be made for the Better Payment of Teachers in Public Schools.

No. 64. An Act to amend “The Mining Act, 1898.”

No. 65. An Act to prevent the Use of Trading-stamps, and to provide for the Issue of Discount-stamps.

No. 66. An Act to extend the Powers conferred on the Commissioners appointed under “The Urewera District Native Reserve Act, 1896,” and for other Purposes.

No. 67. An Act to authorise the Raising of Money in Aid of certain Public Works and Purposes.

No. 68. An Act to impose a Land-tax and an Income-tax.

No. 70. An Act to appropriate and apply certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and other Accounts to the Services of the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand nine hundred and one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Present Session.

Local Acts.

No. 7. An Act to provide for the Better Government of the Town of Rotorua.

No. 8. An Act to require the Owners of Lands lying adjacent to Public Streets widened by the Wellington City Council to bear Part of the Cost of the Execution of the Works.

No. 9. An Act to enable the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Alexandra to use a Water-race and the Water thereof for Domestic, Irrigation, Agricultural, and Mining Purposes.

No. 10. An Act to amend “The Clutha River Board Empowering Act, 1898.”

No. 11. An Act to amend “The City of Auckland Loans Consolidation Act, 1879,” “The Auckland Free Public Library Aid Act, 1879,” “The City of Auckland Additional Loan Act, 1883,” and “The Auckland City Borrowing Act, 1899.”

No. 12. An Act to enable the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington to effect an Exchange of certain Lands with Levin and Company (Limited), and to make Provision for the Removal of certain Shelter-sheds.

No. 13. An Act to enable the Adjustment of Boundaries on certain Property and Roads fronting Cheltenham Beach, Devonport.

No. 14. An Act to dissolve the Coromandel Harbour Board.

No. 15. An Act to empower the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Greytown, a Corporation constituted under the Provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” to produce and supply Electric Lighting in and for the Borough of Greytown, and to raise certain Moneys by way of Special Loan for that Purpose.

No. 16. An Act to constitute the Masterton County.

No. 17. An Act to authorise the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Auckland to contract with any Person or Company for the Construction, Maintenance, and Working of an Electrical Installation for supplying Electrical Energy for Public and Private Purposes within the City of Auckland.

No. 18. An Act to authorise the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Queenstown to contract with any Person or Company for the Construction, Maintenance, and Working of an Electrical Installation for supplying Electrical Energy for Public and Private Purposes within the Borough of Queenstown.

No. 19. An Act to authorise the Auckland Harbour Board to alter the Allocation of the Sum of Ninety Thousand Pounds, part of the Sum of Five Hundred Thousand Pounds authorised to be raised by “The Auckland Harbour Board Loan Act, 1886,” and to authorise the Board to provide for the Payment to Lessees of the Board of Compensation for Buildings erected by such Lessees on Lands leased from the Board, to validate Leases granted by the Board, and to define the Means whereby Owners of Land deprived of Rights of Water-frontage may claim Compensation for Loss or Damage sustained by them.

No. 20. An Act to confer Additional Leasing-powers upon the Council of the City of Wellington.

No. 21. An Act to confer Drainage-powers upon the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Hawera.

No. 22. An Act to constitute a Harbour Board for the Harbour of Nelson.

No. 23. An Act to amend “The Johnsonville School Reserve Act, 1898,” and to authorise the Johnsonville Town Board to erect Buildings and provide for General or Technical Education.

No. 24. An Act to amend “The Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1875,” and authorise the Body Corporate called “the Christchurch Drainage Board” to borrow a sum of Twenty-five Thousand Pounds.

No. 25. An Act to make Provision for the Drainage and Sewerage of the District of Dunedin.

No. 26. An Act to amend “The Thames Borough Loans Conversion Act, 1898.”

No. 27. An Act to enable the Corporation of the Borough of Thames to deal with the Surplus Profits of its Waterworks Account.

No. 28. An Act to vest the Hakataramea Public Hall in Trustees.

No. 29. An Act to empower the Borough of Rangiora to obtain a Water-supply.

No. 30. An Act to provide for the Drainage of Hobson Bay Watershed.

No. 31. An Act to constitute a Harbour District and a Harbour Board for the Harbour of Mokau.

No. 32. An Act to constitute the Castlepoint County.

No. 33. An Act to empower the Hawera Borough Council to grant Leases of Borough Reserves.

No. 34. An Act to amend “The Wanganui River Trust Act, 1891.”

Private Acts.

No. 1. An Act to enable the establishment of Gasworks at the Borough of Pahiatua, in the Provincial District of Wellington, to supply the said Borough with Gas.

No. 2. An Act to enable the establishment of Gasworks at the Township of Paeroa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, to supply the said Township and its Suburbs with Gas.

No. 3. An Act to constitute the Bank of New Zealand Officers’ Guarantee and Provident Association a Body Corporate.

2. I shall address you later with regard to the Public Act No. 69, entitled “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” which is at present under the consideration of the Colonial Defence Committee, as also with regard to the two reserved Bills—No. 72, “The Deceased Husband’s Brother Marriage Act, 1900,” and No. 73, “The New Zealand Ensign Act, 1900.”

I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Ranfurly,
K.C.M.G., &c.

Government Offices to be closed on 24th May next (Queen Victoria Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1901.

THE Government offices throughout the colony will be closed on Friday, the 24th May, 1901, as a mark of respect to the memory of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria.

J. G. WARD.