RETURNS OR STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY LAW OR RESOLUTION TO BE LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE.

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RETURNS OR STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY LAW OR RESOLUTION TO BE LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated 18th August, 1.893. Ordered, " That it be the. duty of the Clerk of this House to lay upon the Table at the commencement of each session a list of all periodical returns or statements which are by law or by resolution of this House required to be laid before the House, with a note of the time within which they should be so produced."—(Hon. Sir J. Hall.)

Returns or Statements required by Law or by Resolution of the House to be laid before the House, showing Time within which they should be so produced.

ote. —; iegu. lations urn er is ai otl er ;eturns or •tatements not strict] ly" lenoi lioa] are lnc! Returns or Statements. Pursuant to Time within which they should be produced. Administration Act, 1879, Rules under Administration Act, 1879, sec. 18 ..' ... Ten days from commencement of session. If Parliament sitting, ten days from promulgation. No time stated. Agricultural and Pastoral Societies, Reports and Balance sheets of Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880, Reports of Analysts under Akaroa High School, Report and Accounts of.. Appropriation Account Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877, sec. 12 Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880, sec 38 .. Akaroa High School Act, 1881, sec. 16 Public Revenues Act, 1891, sees. 70 and 72, as amended by Public Revenues Act, 1896, sec. 7 Ashburton High School Act, 1878, sec. 8 Auckland Grammar School Act, 1899, sec. 10 Fifteen days. If Parliament sitting, fifteen days from receipt. No time stated. Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Ashburton High School, Report and Accounts of Auckland College and Grammar School, Report and Accounts of Auckland University College, Report and Accounts of Bank of New Zealand and Banking Act, 1895, Contracts under Bank of New Zealand Assets Board, Balancesheet, &c, of Bank of New Zealand, Balance-sheet; &c, of.. Auckland University College Act, 1882, sees. 18 and 25 Bank of New Zealand and Banking Act, 1895, sec 37 Bank of New Zealand and Banking Act, 1895, sec. 52 Bank of New Zealand and Banking Act, 1898, sec. 24 Canterbury College and Canterbury Agricultural College Act, 1896, sec. 41 Census Act, 1877, sec. 12 .. .. .. Cheviot Estate Disposition Aot Amendment Act, 1897, sec. 6 New Zealand Constitution Act, sec. 65, as modified by Public Revenues Act, 1896, sees. 4 and 7 Civil Service Reform Act, 1886, sec. 7 No time stated. No time stated. One month. If Parliament sitting, one month from receipt. No time stated. Ten days. Canterbury College Accounts and Reports Ten days. If Parliament sitting, as soon as available. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Ten days. Census Returns, Abstracts of .. Cheviot Estate: Statement of Goods reoeived at and shipped from Port Robinson Civil List Account.. .. •• ... : •• Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Civil Service, Skilled Persons appointed to the Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from appointment. No time stated. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from receipt. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days after receipt. Twenty days. If Parliament sitting, twenty days from publication. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from making. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten da) s after making. Coal-mining Leases, Amalgamation of Coal-mining Leases, Assignments and Transfer's of County Councils' Accounts, Reports on Special Audit.of ! County Councils' Balance-sheets . \ Coal-mines Act, 1891, sees. 3 and 10 Coal-mines Act, 1891, sec. 9 Counties Act, 1886, sec. 188 . Counties Act, 1886, sec. 185 .. Criminal Code Act, 1893, Rules undeif Criminal Code Act, 1893, sec 333 . j Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888, Governor's Orders under Customs Duties Reciprocity Act, 1895, Agreements with other Australasian Colonies under Cyanide Process Gold-extraction : Moneys received and paid under Act j Dairy Industry Aot, 1898: Accounts; Reports, &c, under " '• .. Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888, sec. 17 Customs Duties Reciprocity Act, 1895, sec. 7 Cyanide Process Gold-extraction 1897, sec 16 Dairy Industry Act, 1898, sec. 52 .j. Seven days. If Parliament sitting, ten days after close of financial year. Thirty days. If Parliament sitting, thirty days after close of financial year. No time stated. Drowned in New Zealand Rivers, Return of Persons j Deeds Registration Act, 1868, Regulations under i i Order of 26th July, 1882 (Mr. Pyke) ; Deeds Registration Act, 1868, sec. 73 Fourteen days.

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Returns or Statements. Pursuant to Time within which they should be produced. Education Department, Report and Accounts of Education Regulations Education Reserves, Proposed Election Petitions Act, 1880, Rules under Education Act, 1877, sec 101 Education Act, 1877, sec. 100 Land Act, 1892, sec. 238 .. Election Petitions Act, 1880, sec 14 One month. If Parliament sitting, one month from receipt. No time stated. No time stated. Three weeks. If Parliament sitting, within three weeks of making. As soon as practicable. Electrical Motive-power, Reports on feasibility of utilising Waterways for Explosives Act, 1882, Regulations under Electrical Motive-power Act, 1896, sec. 4 Explosives Act, 1882, sec 18 Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days after publication. Thirty days. No time stated. Six weeks. If Parliament sitting, within six weeks from making. No time stated. No time stated. Factories, Annual Report of Minister on Friendly Societies, Report of Registrar of Friendly Societies' Regulations Factories Act, 1894, seos. 25 and 26 Friendly Societies Act, 1882, sec. 5 Friendly Societies Act, 1882, sec. 41 Gisborne High School, Report and Accounts of Goldfields of New Zealand, Report on the Gisborne High School Act, 1885, sec. 16 Order of 3rd Aug., 1869 (Mr. Harrison). (Now laid on the table by Command) Government Accident Insurance Act, 1899, sec. 26 Government Accident Insurance Act, 1899, sec 19 Government Accident Insurance: Balancesheet and Report Government Accident Insurance Department Deficiency Certificate Government Accident Insurance Department Regulations Government Aooident Insurance Department: Statement relative to Sinking Fund Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days from issue of moneys. Ten days. (To be referred to sessional Committee.) Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days from close of financial Government Accident Insurance Act, 1899, sec. 34 Government Accident Insurance Act, 1899, sec 13 Government Advances to Settlers: Balancesheet Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894, sec. 50 year. Sixty days from olose of financial year. If Parliament not then sitting, fourteen days from commencement of session. On or before 1st April. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days. Government Life Insurance Department, Annual Report of Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874, sec. 41, as amended by Publio Revenues Act, 1882, sec. 15 Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874, see. 45, as amended by Public Revenues Act, 1882, sec. 15, and Government Life Insurance Acts, 1890, sec. 5, 1891, sec. 2, and 1893, sec. 2 Government Insuranoe and Annuities Act, 1874, sec. 44 Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874, sec. 44 Government Life Insurance Department: Eeport of Actuary on Surplus Profits to be divided No time stated. Government Life Insurance Department : Statement of Liabilities under Polioies Government Life Insurance Department : Statement of Life Assurance and Annuity Business Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886, MatterB done under Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886, sec. 50, as modified by sections 4 and 7 of the Public Revenues Act, 1896 Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1891, sec. 5 Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1896, sec. 6 Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896, sec 19 Greymouth High School Act, 1883, sec. 16 .. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament" sitting. Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1891, Blocks of Land proclaimed under Government Eailway Officers, Classified List of Ten days. No time stated. Government Valuation of Land Accounts Greymouth High School, Eeport and Accounts of Harbour Boards' Accounts Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Hokitika High School, Eeport and Accounts of Honorarium of Members, Deductions from .. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions, Eeport on Immigration Restriction Act, 1899, Regulations under Imprests : Reports of Audit Office and Attorney-General on Disputed Issue and Credit Requisitions Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1877, Regulations under Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900, Regulations under Industrial Schools (private), Regulations under Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1894, sec. 10 Hokitika High School Act, 1883, sec. 8 Order of 21st Sept., 1885 (Mr. Hobbs) Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885, sec. 95 Immigration Restriction Act, 1899, sec. 20 .. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from receipt. No time stated. First day of session. Fourteen days. As soon as possible if Parliament sitting. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from publication. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Public Revenues Act, 1891, sec. 53.. Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1877, sec. 23 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900, sec 113 Private Industrial Schools Regulation and Industrial Sohools Act Amendment Aot, 1900, sec. 11 Publio Revenues Act, 1892, sec 7 .. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days after approval. Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days from making. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, within ten days after gazetting Investment of Funds belonging to Post Office, Government Life Insurance Department, Public Trust Office, and Commissioners of Public Debts Sinking Funds Land Act, 1892, Regulations under Ten days. Land and Income Assessment Acts, Regulalations under Land for Settlements Act, 1894, Transactions under Land for Special Settlements, Reports on Blocks set aside for Liabilities of Government Departments Land Act, 1892, sec. 4 Land and Income Assessment Act, 1900, sec. 101 Land for Settlements Act, 1894, sec 39 Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days from making. Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days after publication. Twenty days. Land Act, 1892, sec. 165 .. Ten days. Publio Revenues Act, 1891, sec. 38.. Ten days from first sitting after receipt by Audit.

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'ime within which they s] be produced. ou; Returns or Statements. Pursuant to Life Assurance Companies, Statements and Abstracts of Reports of Lunatic Asylums, Eeports of Inspector of Life Assurance Companies Act, 1873, sec. 38, and Life Assurance Policies Act, 1884, sees. 45 and 46 Lunatics Act, 1882, sec. 144, as amended by Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1891, sec. 2 Marlborough High School Act, 1899, sec. 11 No time stated. Twenty-one days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Marlborough High School, Eeport and Accounts of MoLean Motor-car Act, 1898, Regulations under the Mining Act, 1898, Amounts paid as Compensation under Mining Regulations McLean Motor-car Act, 1898, sec. 10 Mining Act, 1898, sec. 113 No time stated. Twenty days. Mining Act, 1898, sec 303 Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, twenty-eight days from gazetting. (To be referred to Goldfields and Mines Committee.) No time stated. No time stated. Ten days. Thirty days. Napier High School, Report and Accounts of.. Native Land Court, Orders of the .. Native Land Court Regulations Native Land Purohases Act, 1892, Transactions under Napier High School Act, 1882, sec. 23 Native Land Court Act, 1894, sec. 14 Native Land Court Act, 1894, sec. 101 Native Land Purchases Act, 1892, sec. 20, as modified by the Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896, sec. 35 Native Land Laws Amendment Aot, 1895, sec. 4; and Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897, sec 7 Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1893, sec 15 Native Licensing Act, 1878, sec. 19 Native Lands Alienation, Applications for Orders in Council for Thirty days. Native Land (Validation of Titles) Aot, 1893, Applications, Orders, &c, under Native Licensing Act, 1878, Orders in Council under Native Reserves Accounts .. .. Native Townships Act, 1895, Accounts under.. Ten days. Native Reserves Act, 1882, sec. 12 .. Native Townships Acts, 1895, sec 20 Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Thirty days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Twenty-one days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Native Townships Aot, 1895, Regulations under Naval and Military Claims, Reports of Commissioners of Crown Lands on Naval and Military Claims : Reports of Minister on Commissioners' Reports New Plymouth High School, Report and Accounts of New Zealand Consols Account New Zealand Institute, Rules and Statutes of New Zealand University, Report, Statutes, and Regulations of Old-age Pensions, Particulars relating to Native Townships Act, 1895, sec 25 Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Claims Act, 1891, sec. 7 Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Claims Act, 1892, sec. 3 New Plymouth High School Aot, 1889, sec. 13 No time stated. No time stated. New Zealand Consols Act, 1894, sec 7 New Zealand Institute Act, 1867, sec 17 .. New Zealand University Act, 1874, sec. 28 .. Thirty days after 31st March. No time stated. No time stated. Old-age Pensions : Regulations under Act .. Old-age Pensions Act, 1898, sec. 62.. Old-age Pensions Act, 1898, sec. 63.. Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, thirty days after close of financial year. Ten days. (To be referred to a Seleot Committee.) No time stated. Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools, Report and Accounts of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks: Annual Report and Accounts Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks : Regulations under Act Pensions proposed to be granted to Civil bervants Police Provident Fund : Actuary s Report .. Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools Act, 1877, sec. 8 Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889, sec. 128 Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1889, sees. 127 and 128 Pensions Act, 1884, sec. 5 .. No time stated. No time stated. No time stated. Polioe Provident Fund: Balance-sheet and Report ,, ■ , Police Provident Fund Board, Report of, with Statement by Colonial Treasurer Port Robinson, Statement of Goods received at and shipped from Post and Telegraph Departmental List Police Provident Fund Aot, 1899, sec 29 .. Polioe Provident Fund Act, 1899, sec 25 .. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from receipt. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from completion of audit. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from receipt. Ten days. Police Provident Fund Act, 1899, sec 23 .. Cheviot Estate Disposition Aot Amendment Act, 1897, sec. 6 Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890, Sec 4 of Regulations under Post Office Act, 1900, sec. 116 Ten days. Post Office Regulations Post-Office Savings-Banks Regulations Post-Office Savings-Banks Returns Provincial Distriots' Contributions to Revenue Public Account, Revenue and Expenditure of the Public Health Regulations Public Securities Act, 1895, Memoranda, Reports and Orders in Council under Public Securities Act, 1895, Regulations under Post-Office Savings-Banks Act Amendment Act, 1869, sec. 6 Post-Office Act, 1900, sec 81 Order of 2nd June, 1886 (Mr. Macandrew) .. Public Revenues Act, 1896, sec. 4 .. Public Health Act, 1900, sec. 15 .. Public Securities Act, 1895, sec. 3 .. Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days after gazetting. Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, within fourteen days from date. Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, not later than 31st March. No time stated. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Fourteen days. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Thirty days, or as soon thereafter as practicable. No time stated. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Public Securities Act, 1895, sec. 9 .. Public Securities Act, 1895, Telegrams and Orders in Council under Public Securities, Return of Public Securities Act, 1895, sec. 4 .. Public Securities Act, 1895, sec. 6 .. Public Stores Accounts Publio Stores Regulations .. Public Stores Act, 1871, sec 5 Public Revenues Act, 1896, sec 8 ..

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H. OTTERSON, ; 16th August, 1901. Clerk, House of Eepresentatives.

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Returns or Statements. Pursuant to Time within which they should be produced. Public Trust Office, Balance-sheet of Public Trust Office, Regulations of .. ■ Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894, sec. 36 Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894, sec. 55 Public Works Act, 1894, sec. 4 No time stated. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from issue. No time stated. No-time stated. Public Works Act, 1894, Regulations under .. Public-works Estimates Public Works : Statement of Works carried out and Expenditure thereon Public Works, Certificates of Auditor-General on above Railway Accounts, Monthly Railway By-laws Public Works Act, 1894, sec 7 Public Works Act, 1894, sec. 8 ... Public Works Act, 1894, sec 8 . ... ' No time stated. Government Railways Act, 1900, sec. 31 Government Railways Act, 1900, sec. 12 No time stated. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from publication. No time stated. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, twenty days from making. No time stated. Railway Officers, List of Railway Property Leases, Particulars of Government Railways Act, 1894, sec. 9 Government Railways Act, 1900, sec. 38 Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881, Contracts under Railways, Private, Agreements with, for Interchange of Traffic Railways, Terms and Conditions of Leases of Railways, Working, Annual Report on Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881, sec 13 Government Railways Act, 1900, sec 43 Ten days. If Parliament sitting, within twenty days of making. Thirty days before calling for tenders. One month. In month of May if Parliament be sitting. No time stated. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from receipt. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from gazetting. Commencement of session. Government Railways Act, 1900, sec 34 Government Railways Act, 1887, sec. 61* .. Rangiora High School, Report and Accounts of Representation Commission, Reports of Rangiora High School Act, 1881, sec. 16 Representation Act, 1887, sec. 5 .. Reserves, Change of Purpose of Public Reserves Act, 1881, sec. 7 .. Order of 18th August, 1893 (Sir J. Hall) Returns required by Act or Resolution to be laid upon the Table Road Board Accounts, Reports on Special Audit of Roads, Orders in Council or Proclamations closing Securities held in the Colony or London on behalf of the Government Sinking Funds, Reports and Accounts of the Commissioners of Road Boards Act, 1882, sec. 110 .. Public Works Acts Amendment Aot, 1900, sec 12 (Vide Public Securities). Ten days after first sitting after receipt. Ten days. If Parliament sitting,, within ten days of issue. Public Debts Sinking Funds Act, 1868, sec. 6, as amended by Public Revenues Act, 1882, sec. 15 Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900, sec. 62 Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools Act, 1877, sec. 8 Public Revenues Act, 1891, sec 36 State Forests Act, 1888, sec. 2 ... Fourteen days. Slaughtering and Inspection Act, Regulations under Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools, Report and Accounts of Special Reports on Departments by Audit Office State Forests, Lands proposed to be withdrawn from Stock Act, 1893, Regulations under Ten days. If Parliament sitting, tendays after gazetting. No time stated. No time stated. No time stated. Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898, Returns under Stock Act, 1893, sec. 4 .. Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898, sec 10 Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days from making. Twenty-one days. If Parliament sitting, twenty-one days after close of financial year. Fourteen days from next sitting. Surcharges disallowed by Ministers, Reports by Audit Office on Telegraph Regulations .. ..: Public Revenues Act, 1891, sec 32 .. Electric Lines Act, 1884, sec. 16 Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting,. fourteen days from publication. No time stated. One month. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, within ten days from approval. Ten days. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Ten days. On receipt from Council if Parliament sitting. No time stated. No time stated. No time stated. Ten days. Ten days from granting of relief if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Timaru High School, Report and Accounts of Trade-unions, Annual Report of Registrar of .. Trade-unions Regulations .. .. Timaru High School Act, 1878, sec. 8 Trade Union Act, 1878, sec. 16 Trade Union Act, 1878, sec. 31 Treasury Regulations .. Unauthorised Expenditure Publio Revenues Act, 1891, sec. 5 .. Public Revenues Act, 1891, sec. 49, as modified by Public Revenues Act, 1896, seos. 4 and 7 Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894, sec. 26 Unclaimed Lands vested in Public Trustee, Triennial List of Victoria College, Report and Accounts of Victoria College Act, 1897, sec. 44 .. Waimate High School, Report and Accounts of Waitaki High School, Report and Accounts of Wanganui High School, Report and Accounts of Westport-Ngakawau Coal-mining Lessees, Relief granted to, under Act Whangarei High School, Report and Accounts of Waimate High School Act, 1883, sec. 16 Waitaki High School Act, 1878, sec. 8 Wanganui High School Act, 1878, sec. 7 Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act Amendment Act, 1897, sec. 4 Whangarei High School Act, 1878, sec. 8 .. * Government Railways Act, 1887, repealed, but duties of Commissioners transferred to Crown by sub! overnment Railways Act Amendment Act of 1894. section (2) of section 6 of Public Works and