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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1874 Session I

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APPENDIX JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND.

VOL. 11. F.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH. G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. H.—MISCELLANEOUS. I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. J.—PETITIONS. IN THE THIRTY-EIGHTH TEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. BEING THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE FIFTH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND. ■ •

WELLINGTON. 1874.

ARRANGEMENT OP THE PAPERS. VOL. 11. F.—Postal and Telegraph. G.—Native Apfaibs. H. —Miscellaneous. I.—Eepoets op Select Cojimittees. J.—Petitions. PBINTED FOE THE HOUSE OE EEPBESENTATIVES, BY GEOEGE DIDSBX7BY, GOYEENMENT PEINTEB, WELLINGTON.

F—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH. F.—l. POSTAL SERVICE OE NEW ZEALAND—AnnuaI Report on, by tire Postmaster-General. P.—la. TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report, by the Commissioner of Telegraphs'. E.—2. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVlCE—Further Papers relative to. F. —2a. Letter from Mr. T. Russell, relative to Penalties incurred by Mr. Webb. F.—3. SUEZ MAIL SERVlCE—Further Papers relative to. G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. ©.—l. NATIVE MEETINGS—Notes of. (East Coast and Bay of Plenty.) G.—lA. Report by Mr. Brabant on Meeting of the Urewera Tribes at Ruatahuna. G.—2. REPORTS from Officers in Native Districts. G. —2a. Further Reports. (East Coast.) G.—2b. Further Reports. (Upper Waikato, Raglan, and Kawhia.) G.—2c. Further Reports. (On State of Natives in the Middle Island, and their alleged Claims on account of unfulfilled promises ; by Mr. A. Mackay.) G.—3. NATIVE LAND COURT—Return of Business transacted by the. G— 4. WAIRARAPA FIVE PER CENTS—Report on the Payment of Balances of, to the Natives, on account of Land Purchases. G— 4a. AUCKLAND TEN PER CENTS—Report on the Payment of, to the Natives, on the proceeds of Land Sales. G— 5. NATIVE RESERVES—Report by the Commissioner of. G. —sa. Accounts of the Taranaki Reserves, for the Year ended 30th Jane, 1874. G.—sb. Middle Island —Report by Mr. Mackay. G. —sc. ■ —— Report by Mr. Mackay on the Aparima, Kawakaputaputa, and Oraka Reserves. G.—sd. Plan of the Sub-divisions of the Aparima Reserves. G.—6. LAND PURCHASES (Middle Island)— Report by Mr. Mackay. G— 7. MAORI POPULATlON—Approximate Census of the. G.—B. NATIVE SCHOOLS—Reports of Inspecting Officers. G.—9. LAND PURCHASE AND LEASE TRANSACTIONS with the Natives in the Bay of Plenty DistrictCorrespondence relative to. H—MISCELLANEOUS. H —1. LUNATIC ASYLUMS—GeneraI Report on the Asylums in New Zealand, by Dr. Paley. H.—2. Reports of Inspectors. H.—3. NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY—AnnuaI Report by the Chancellor. H. —3a. Papers relative to. H— 4. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS—Statenrent of Deposits received and Payments made during the Year 1873. H. —5. STATE FORESTS—Papers relating to their Conservation, Planting, Management, &c. H.- —sa. in Victoria, South Australia, and Ceylon. H. —sb. Various Government Reports on. H. —6. THAMES GOLD FIELD —Report of a Commission appointed to Report on a Boiler Accident at the Thames, and on the Machinery and Boilers on the Field generally. H.—7. VIENNA EXHIBITION—Papers relative to. H.—7a. COLONIAL MUSEUM IN LONDON—Papers relative to the Establishment of a. H. —7b. Further Papers relative to. H. —8. SALMON —Further Papers relative to the Introduction of Salmon Ova into New Zealand. H. —Ba. Further Papers relative to.

CONTENTS.

IT CONTENTS. H— 9. GOLD FlELDS—Reports on the Gold Fields of New Zealand, for the Year ended 31st March, 1874. H.—lo. IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHIPPING RETURNS—A General Summary of, with an Abstract of the Customs Revenue, for the Year 1873. H. —11. SURVEYS —Report by the Inspector of Surveys, and Return of Maps of Native Land Claims received at the Inspector of Surveys' Office. H.—l2. ARMED CONSTABULARY—AnnuaI Report of the Commissioner. H.—l'2a. NATIVE CONTINGENT—Reports from Officers of the. H—l3. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION—AnnuaI Report of the Board of, for the Year 1873-74. H—l4. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES—AnnuaI Report of the Commissioner of, for the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H—ls. REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OE LAND, for the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H. —16. TRANSIT OF VENUS—Papers relative to Preparations made for Observation of the Transit of Venus, and the Establishment of an Observatory in the Province of Canterbury. H.—l7. NEW ZEALAND WAR MEDAL—Report of the Commissioners for the isßue of the. H.—lB. MANAWATU RESERVES—Report on the Claim of the Province of Wellington in respect of the. H.—l9. ADULTERATION OF FOOD, &c—Reports from the Colonial Laboratory on. H.—2o. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—Report on, by the Auditor-General. H— 21. LICENSING ACT OF 1873—Instructions and Correspondence relating to. H.—22. MARINE DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of, for the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H. —23. LIGHTHOUSES —Correspondence relative to Selection of Sites for projected Coast Lighthouses. H.—24. VOLUNTEER FORCE—Report by Major Gordon of Inspection of the. H—2s. NEW ZEALAND TlMBER—Report by Mr. Kirk on the Durability of. H.—26. HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT—Letter from the Hon. Mr. Fox, on the Hot Springs District of the North Island. H.—27. CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ZEALAND—NominaI Roll of, on Ist July, 1874. H.—2B. NELSON GOLD FlELDS—Papers relative to a proposed Reduction in the Number of Wardens on the. H.—29. RENT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES—Return of Moneys Paid by the General Government to Provincial Governments, as Rent of Offices, during the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H— 30. LETTER FROM MR. BALL relative to Papers Printed in the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of 1873. H— 31. NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE—Sixth Annual Report of, for the Year 1874. H.—32. BOTANIC GARDENS—Fifth Annual Report of the Board, for the Year 1874. I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. Note. —Reports of Select Committees, with the exception of those on Public Petitions and Maori Petitions, appear in the Journals. The following are those the proceedings and evidence taken before which are ordered to be printed :— I.—l. COLONIAL INDUSTRIES. 1.—2. EXCISE DUTIES. 1.—3. NATIVE AFFAIRS. J.—PETITIONS. J.—l. MAORIS OF WANGANUI —Praying that a Law may be enacted Prohibiting the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors to the Natives.

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