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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1881 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND.

VOL. 11. P.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHS. G.—NATIVE AFFAIES. H.-MISCELLANEOUS. I.—EEPOETS OF SELECT COMMITTEES.

IN THE FOETY-FIFTH YEAE OF THE EEIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.

BEING THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND

WELLINGTON. 1881.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS.

VOL. 11. F.—Postal and Telegraphs. Or. —Native Affairs. H.—Miscellaneous. I.—Eepokts of Select Committbes.

PBHTTSD POB THB HOtTSS OP BBPBESENTATITES, BY GEOBGB DIDSBUBY, GOVEENIOIST PBINTEB, WBHiEfGTOK.

CONTENTS

F.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHS. F.—l. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.—Twenty-second Annual Report. F.—2. SUEZ MAIL SERVlCE—Further Papers relating to. (In Continuation of Papers presented on 28th May, 1880.) F.—3. TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.—Seventeenth Annual Report. F. —4. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVlCE—Further Papers relating to. (In Continuation of Papers presented on 17th August, 1880.) F.—s. BUSINESS DONE AT TELEGRAPH STATIONS WHERE EXTRA CHARGE IMPOSED—Return of.

G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. G.—l. CONFISCATED LANDS INQUIRY AND "MAORI PRISONERS TRIALS ACT, 1879"—Translation of the Reports of 1880 of the Royal Commission under. G.—2. NGATITOA ROYAL COMMISSION—Report of the. G.—2a. NGATIKAUWHATA CLAIMS COMMISSION—Report of the, together with Minutes of Evidence. G. —2b. Correspondence relating to the. (In Continuation of G.-2A.) G.—3. CENSUS OF THE MAORI POPULATION, 1881—Papers relating to the. G.—4. NATIVE RESERVES, NELSON AND GREYMOUTH—Papers by A. Mackay, relating to. (In Continuation of G.-3, 1880.) G.—4a. NATIVE RESERVES AT GREYMOUTH, ARAHURA, HOKITIKA, KAIATA, AND HANARA.— Returns sent in by Mr. Maekay since June, 1879. G.—s. WEST COAST ROYAL COMMISSION.—Report of the Commissioner appointed under " The West Coast Settlement (North Island) Act, 1880." G.—6. MIDDLE ISLAND NATIVE LAND PURCHASES—Report of the Commission on. (In Continuation of G.-7, 1880.) G.—6a. Translation of G.-6. G.—7 THE MAORI PRISONERS.—Papers respecting Statements made by Mr. Bradlaugh, M.P., relative to their Detention, Treatment, &c. G.—B. REPORTS FROM OFFICERS IN" NATIVE DISTRICTS. (In Continuation of G.-4, 1880.) G.—9. TAWHIAO'S VISIT TO THE WAIKATO SETTLEMENTS—Papers relating to. G.—ll. LAND AND MONEY AWARDED TO HONE PlHAMA—Return of. G.—l2. PROCEEDINGS OF NATIVE LAND COURT—Return of, for Year ended 30th June, 1881. G.—l3. LANDS IN THE PATETERE DlSTRlCT.—Correspondence relative thereto. (In Continuation of G.-l, 1880.)

H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. COUNTIES AND ROAD DISTRICTS.—Return of Population, Value of Property, Revenue, and Expenditure, 1879-80. H.—2. ROLL OF PERSONS IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY, at or near each Post Office in the Colony. H—3. LETTERS PATENT AND LETTERS OF REGISTRATION Applied for during 1880—List of. H.—4. REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS. H.—4a. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR OF PRlSONS—Correspondence relating to. H.—s. IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHIPPING RETURNS.—A General Summary for 1880. H.—6. ASHBURTON INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION—Report on the. H.—6a. WELLINGTON INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION—Report on the. H.—6b. DUNEDIN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION—Report on the. H— 7 FRIENDLY SOCIETIES—Fourth Report by the Registrar of. H. —7a. Report on the Sickness, Mortality, and other Contingencies experienced during the Quinquennium ended 31st December, 1877 H.—B. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS—Statement showing Deposits Received and Paid by the, together with the Expenses of Working the Department, for the Year 1880. H.—9. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER—Report of the, for the Year ended 30th June, 1880. H.—9a. — Report of, for the Year ended 30th June, 1881. H.—9b. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT—Report by the Consulting Actuaries on the Neb Surplus of Profits of the. H.—lo. GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT—Report of the.

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H.—ll. FORESTS IN NEW ZEALAND—Papers relative to Colonial Revenues derivable from. (In Continuation of H.-3,1880.) H.—l2. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD—Report of the. H.—l3. LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF NEW ZEALAND—AnnuaI Report on. H.—l4. CONTROL AND INSPECTION OF MlNES—Report on. H.—ls. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Department for 1880-81. H.—l6. TRADE WITH FRANCE IN NEW ZEALAND TlMBERS—Correspondence relative to the proposed Establishment of. H.—l7 THE GOLD FIELDS OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on. H.—lB. NEW ZEALAND CONSTABULARY—AnnuaI Report on. H.—l9. THE HARBOURS OF NEW ZEALAND—Reports on, by Sir John Coode, C.E., together with Copies of Drawings. (In Continuation of E.-9, 1880.) H.—l9a. Further Reports by Sir John Coode, C.E. (In Continuation of H.-19.) H.-20. BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND VACCINATION OF CHILDREN—Return of, from 1877 to 1880. H.—2l. RETURN OF POPULATION BY CENSUS, 3878 AND 1881, Distinguishing Sexes, Inside and Outside Boroughs. H.—2la. RESULTS OF CENSUS, 1881—(Approximate.) H.—2lb. POPULATION OF ELECTOEAL DlSTRlCTS—(Estimated.) H.—2lc. POPULATION OF PROPOSED ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. H.—22. THE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE—Report on, for Year ended 30th June, 1881. H.—23. VOLUNTEER FORCE OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on. H.—24. BOTANIC GARDEN BOARD, 1880-81—Twelfth Annual Report of the. H.—25. NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 1880-81—Thirteenth Annual Report of the. H.—26. PROCESS FOR PRESERVING TlMBER—Correspondence respecting a. H.—27. MARINE DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of the. H.—2B. DIRECT STEAM SERVICE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND NEW ZEALAND—Correspondence relative to. (In Continuation of D.-2, Sess. 11., 1879.) H — 29. EXPENSES OF ROYAL COMMISSIONS—Return of. H.—29A. ■ Further Return of. H.—3o. INTERCOLONIAL METEOROLOGICAL CONFERENCE, HELD AT SYDNEY IN 1879—Minutes of Proceedings of the. H.—3oa. INTERCOLONIAL METEOROLOGICAL CONFERENCE, HELD AT MELBOURNE IN 1881— Minutes of Proceedings of the. H.—3l. POLICE PROSECUTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES AT GlSBORNE—Correspondence respecting. H.—32. WOOL EXHIBITION AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE, 1881—Correspondence respecting. H.—33. THE RABBIT NUlSANCE—Correspondence with the Government of South Australia respecting Methods of Abating. H.—34. INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTRATION OFFICERS AS TO COMPILING NEW ELECTORAL ROLLS. (Under " The Registration of Electors Act, 1879.") H.—35. PRISON LABOUR, SKILLED AND UNSKILLED.—Return of the Number of Prisoners Employed at Trades, &c. H.—36. MEN EMPLOYED ON PUBLIC WORKS, AND ARMED CONSTABULARY—Return showing the Number of, in each Electoral District. H.—37. CIVIL SERVANTS APPOINTED AND DISPENSED WlTH—Return of, since Ist January, 1880. H— 38. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, KUMARA—Correspondence relating to Night Sittings at. H.—39. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, MANGONUL—AIIeged Unjust Decision in the Case of Hutchison v. Subritzky. H.—4o. EXPENSES OF SELECT COMMITTEES—Return of. H.—4l. PERSONS DROWNED IN NEW ZEALAND RlVERS—Return of, from Ist July, 1877, to 30th. June, 1881. (Tn Continuation of H.-42, 1877.) H.—42. THE AUGUSTUS CASE—Report on, by Mr. I. N Watt, R.M., Oamaru. H 43, ESTATE OF JAMES SCIIOLFIELD DOUGLAS.—Correspondence relative to furnishing Accounts by Trustee. H.—44. PENSION OF MR. F D. FENTON, CHIEF JUDGE NATIVE LAND COURT—Official Report on. H.—45. PETITION OF J B. BEECHE, OF REEFTON.—Correspondence between the Minister of Justice and Mr. District Judgo Weston, and Evidence before the Public Petitions Committee of Mr. T. S. We f ton, M.H.R. H.—46. REVIEWERS UNDER PROPERTY-TAX ACT—Names of, their Districts, and Amounts Paid to each. H.—47 PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE—Names of Persons Employed in, &c. H.—4B. ASSESSMENT COURT JUDGES UNDER "THE RATING- ACT, 1876"—Names of, and Amounts Paid to each during 1880. H.—49. CROWN SOLICITORS AND PROSECUTORS—Return showing Amounts Paid to, during the past Financial Year.

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I.—KEPORTS OP SELECT COMMITTEES. I.—l. PUBLIC PETITIONS. I. —la. • On the Petition of the Messrs. Brogden, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Appendix. I.—II. NATIVE AFFAIRS. I.—2a. On the Petition of Ihaia Tainui and 3 others, together with Minutes of Proceedings. I.—2b. On the Petition of Paora Kaiwhata and others, together with Minutes of Evidence, and Appendices. 1.—3. GOLD FIELDS. I. —3a. — General Keport. 1.—4. WASTE LANDS. I. —4a. On the Petition of John Munro and others, together with Minutes of Evidence. I. —4b. On the Petition of G. Vesey Stewart, together with Minutes of Evidence. 1.—5. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS—On the Hon. Dr. Pollen's Pension, together with Minutes of Proceedings. I.—sa. On the Pensions granted to the Hon. Sir W Fitzherbert, the Hon. Mr. Gisborne, and Mr. Domett. 1.—6. RABBIT NUISANCE—Together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Correspondence. 1.—7 NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD INQUlRY—Together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Appendix. I. —7a. ■ ■ Memoranda in connection with, referred to in the Speech of the Hon. Major Atkinson on the Second Reading of the New Plymouth Harbour Board Commission Bill. I. —7b. Memorandum by Mr. Wright, showing New Plymouth Harbour Board Assets and Liabilities. I. —7c. ■ Notes by the Hon. Major Atkinson on Mr. Wright's Memorandum. I.—B. OTAGO PASTORAL LEASES—Together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence. 1.—9. DIRECT STEAM SERVICE WITH GREAT BRlTAlN—Together with Minutes of Evidence. I.—lo. COLONIAL INDUSTRIES AND TABIFF.—FinaI Report, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence.