The Government Life Insurance Acts Amendment Bill, Companies Act Amend ment Bill, Land Tax and Income Tax Bill were committed and passed without amend ment. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. « The Public Trust Office Acts Amend jaent Bill was committed. Clause 3 was amended so as to provide that interest on mopeys , ■edvßUOed by the Public Traatee ia respect of any estate where funds are not imme diately, available should not exceed 6 per cent. The remaining clauses were passed with verbal alterations, and the Bill was read a third time and pas3ed. BILLS PASSED. The Wanganui Harbour Endowment Bill, Coal Mine 3 Act Amendment Bill, Public Works Act Amendment Bill, Gimmerburn Forest Bill, Kyngdon Land Grant Bill and Maori Eeal Estate Manage ment Bill were committed, read" a third time and passed. COLLIERY RAILWAYS. The Hon E. J. Seedon moved the second reading of the Colliery Eailway Works Vesting Bill, and said the necessity for the Bill arose from the position of the Fern hill railway and Shag Point railway. The Bill provided that the Governor-in-Coun cil may declare colliery branch railways to be veßted in the* Companies owning the same, and this .bill proposed to ve3t the two lines referred to iv the Companies owning them. Agreed to. The Bill wai committed, read a third time and passed; « EDUCATION ACT. The Hon W. P. Eeeves moved the second reading of the Education Act Amendment Bill (2) to deal with the evil of truanoy in public schools, and to throw the onus of prosecutions for truancy on the Education Boards instead of the Committees. The Bill also provided for the appointment of truant officers for Native Schools. Agreed to, and the Bill committed. The House rose at 5.30. EVENING SITTING. The House resumed at 7.30, in Commit tee on the Education Act Amendment Bill. Clause 9, truant officer or police officer may prosecute, was struck out of the Bill by 27 to 19. Mr FiBHER moved a new clause to the effect that all scholarships should be open to children attending public and private primary schools. The clause was read a second time by 29 to 16. The following is the division list .— Ayes, 29 : Bruce, Buckland, Buick, Cad man, Carroll, Duncan, Eufcbie, Fish, Fisher, Hall-Joneß, Hogg, W. Hutchison, Joyce, J. M'Kenzie, M'Lean, C. H. Mills, O'Conor, Parata, Eeeves, Eichardson, Shera, E. M. 