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

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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

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, 1893. 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.

Note. —Regulations under Aots ai id other Returns or Statements not strict! ly" lenoi lie al are me] 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 Sooieties, 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, 188J, 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, seo. 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, seo. 41 Census Act, 1877, sec. 12 .. Cheviot Estate Disposition Act 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, 188G, 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 received at and shipped from Port Robinson Civil List Account.. Ten days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Civil Servioe, 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. Coal-mining Leases, Amalgamation of Coal-mining Leases, Assignments and Transfers of Cook and other Islands' Federal and Local Ordinances County Councils' Accounts, Reports on Special Audit of County Councils' Balance-sheets Coal-mines Act, 1891, sees. 3 and 10 Coal-mines Act, 1891, seo. 9 Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901, seo. 9 Counties Act, 1886, sec. 188 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 days after making. Counties Aot, 1886, seo. 185 Criminal Code Aot, 1893, Rules under Criminal Code Act, 1893, sec. 333 .. 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 Dairy Industry Act, 1898: Accounts, Reports, &c, under Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888, sec. 17 Customs Duties Reciprocity Act, 1895, sec. 7 Cyanide Process Gold-extraction Act, 1897, seo. 16 Dairy Industry Act, 1898, sec. 52 .. 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 Deeds Registration Act, 1868, Regulations under Order of 26th July, 1882 (Mr. Pyke) Deeds Registration Act, 1868, seo. 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 Eleotion Petitions Act, 1880, Rules under Education Aot, 1877, sec. 101 Eduoation Aot, 1877, seo. 100 Land Act, 1892, sec. 238 .. Eleotion Petitions Act, 1880, seo. 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 Factories, Annual Report of Minister on Friendly Societies, Report of Registrar of Friendly Societies' Regulations Explosives Act, 1882, seo. 18 Factories Act, 1901, seos. 65 and 66 Friendly Societies Aot, 1882, sec. 5 Friendly Societies Act, 1882, sec. 41 Fourteen days. If Parliament sitting, fourteen days after publication. One month. If Parliament sitting, one month after close of year. No time stated. Six weeks. If Parliament sitting, within six weeks from making. No time stated. No time stated. Gisborne High School, Report and Accounts of Goldfields of New Zealand, Report on the Government Accident Insurance: Balancesheet and Report Government Accident Insurance Department Deficiency Certificate Government Accident Insurance Department Regulations Government Aocident Insurance Department: Statement relative to Sinking Fund Gisborne High School Act, 1885, sec. 16 Order of 3rd Aug., 1869 (Mr. Harrison). (Now laid on the table by Command) Government Accident Insurance Aot, 1899, sec. 26 Government Aocident Insurance Aot, 1899, seo. 19 Government Accident Insurance Act, 1899, sec. 34 Government Accident Insurance Act, 1899, seo. 13 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 year. Sixty days from close 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 Advances to Settlers: Balancesheet Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894, sec. 50 Government Life Insurance Department, Annual Report of Government Life Insurance Department: Report of Actuary on Surplus Profits to be divided Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874, sec. 41, as amended by Public Revenues Act, 1882, seo. 15 Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874, sec. 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 Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874, sec. 44 Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874, sec. 44 No time stated. Government Life Insurance Department : Statement of Liabilities under Polioies Government Life Insurance Department : Statement of Life Assurance and Annuity Business Government Railway Officers, Classified List of Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. Government Valuation of Land Accounts Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901, sec. 6 Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896, sec. 19 Greymouth High School Act, 1883, sec. 16 .. No time stated. Fourteen days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Greymouth High School, Report and Accounts of Harbour Boards' Accounts 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. Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1894, sec. 10 Hokitika High School, Report and Accounts of Honorarium of Members, Deductions from .. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions, Report 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 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 .. 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 Schools Act Amendment Act, 1900, sec. 11 Public Revenues Act, 1892, seo. 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 c f 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. Public Revenues Act, 1891, sec. 38.. Ten days from first 'sitting after receipt by Audit. No time stated. Life Assurance Companies, Statements and Abstracts of Reports of Life Assurance Companies Act, 1873, sec. 38, and Life Assurance Policies Act, 1884, sees. 45 and 46 Local Bodies' Loans Aot, 1901, sec. 99 Local Bodies' Loans: Report as to Loans applied for, Loans granted, Liabilities, and Assets Fourteen days.

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Returns or Statements. Pursuant to Time within which they should be produced. Local Bodies' Loans: Statement showing Blocks of Land proclaimed, and Proposed Works Lunatic Asylums, Reports of Inspector of Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901, sec. 75 Fourteen days after first sittingof Parliament after end of financial year. Twenty-one days. Forthwith if Parliament sitting. No time stated. Lunatics Act, 1882, sec. 144, as amended by Lunatics Act Amendment Act, 1891, sec. 2 Marlborough High School Aot, 1899, sec. 11 Marlborough High School, Report and Accounts of McLean Motor-car Aot, 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, seo. 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 Aocounts of.. Native Land Court, Orders of the .. Native Land Court Regulations Native Land Purchases 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, seo. 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, seo. 19 Thirty days. Native Lands Alienation, Applications for Orders in Counoil for Native Land (Validation of Titles) Aot, 1893, Applications, Orders, &c, under Native Licensing Aot, 1878, Orders in Council under Native Reserves Accounts Native Townships Aot, 1895, Aocounts under.. Ten days. Native Reserves Act, 1882, sec. 12 .. Native Townships Aot, 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 Aocount 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, seo. 13 No time stated. No time stated. New Zealand Consols Act, 1894, seo. 7 New Zealand Institute Act, 1867, seo. 17 New Zealand University Act, 1874, seo. 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 Select Committee.) No time stated. Otago Boys' and Girls' High Sohools, 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 Servants 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. Police Provident Fund Aot, 1899, sec. 29 .. 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: 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 Act, 1899, seo. 25 Police Provident Fund Aot, 1899, seo. 23 .. Cheviot Estate Disposition Act 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 Districts' Contributions to Revenue Public Account, Revenue and Expenditure of the Public Health Regulations Public Securities Act, 1895, Memoranda, Reports, and Orders in Counoil 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, seo. 4 .. Publio Health Aot, 1900, seo. 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. No time stated. Public Securities Aot, 1895, sec. 9 .. Publio Securities Act, 1895, Telegrams and Orders in Council under Public Securities, Return of Public Securities Act, 1895, seo. 4 .. Publio Securities Act, 1895, seo. 6 .. Public Stores Accounts Public Stores Regulations .. Public Stores Act, 1871, sec. 5 Publio Revenues Aot, 1896, seo. 8 .. Public Trust Office, Balance-sheet of Publio Trust Office Consolidation Aot, 1894, sec. 36

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* Government Railways Act, 1887, repealed, but duties of Commissioners transferred to Crown by subsection (2) of section 6 of Public Works and jrovermnent Railways Act Amendment Act of 1895. H. Otterson, Ist July, 1902. Clerk, House of Eepresentatives.

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Returns or Statements. Pursuant to Time within which they should be produced. Public Trust Office, Regulations of .. Publio Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894, sec. 55 Publio Works Aot, 1894, sec. 4 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 Publio 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 Aot, 1894, seo. 7 Publio Works Act, 1894, sec. 8 Public Works Aot, 1894, sec. 3 No time stated. Government Railways Act, 1900, sec. 31 Government Railways Aot, 1900, seo. 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 Aot, 1900, seo. 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 Aot, 1881, seo. 13 Government Railways Aot, 1900, seo. 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 Aot, 1900, seo. 34 Government Railways Act, 1887, sec. 61* .. Rangiora High School, Report and Accounts of Representation Commission, Reports of Rangiora High School Act, 1881, seo. 16 Representation Act, 1887, sec. 5 .. Reserves, Change of Purpose of Public Reserves Act, 1881, sec 7 .. 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 Order of 18th August, 1893 (Sir J. Hall) Road Boards Act, 1882, sec. 110 .. Public Works Aots Amendment Aot, 1900, seo. 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 Aot, 1868, seo. 6, as amended by Public Revenues Act, 1882, sec. 15 Slaughtering and Inspection Aot, 1900, seo. 62 Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools Aot, 1877, sec. 8 Public Revenues Act, 1891, seo. 36 .. State Coal-mines Act, 1901, seo. 14 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 Coal-mines: Balance-sheet and Report Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days after gazetting. No time stated. State Coal-mines : Resumptions and Contracts State Coal-mines Act, 1901, seo. 9 .. No time stated. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days after audit. Ten days. If Parliament sitting, ten days from decision. No time stated. State Forests, Lands proposed to be withdrawn from Stock Act, 1893, Regulations under State Forests Aot, 1888, seo. 2 Stock Act, 1893, sec. 4 .. 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. Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898, Returns under Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898, seo. 10 Surcharges disallowed by Ministers, Reports by Audit Office on Telegraph Regulations Publio Revenues Act, 1891, seo. 32 .. Timaru High School, Report and Accounts of Trade-unions, Annual Report of Registrar of .. Trade-unions Regulations Treasury Regulations Unauthorised Expenditure Unclaimed Lands vested in Public Trustee, Triennial List of Victoria College, Report and Accounts of Electric Lines Act, 1884, seo. 16 .. Timaru High School Act, 1878, sec. 8 Trade Union Act, 1878, sec. 16 Trade Union Act, 1878, sec. 31 Public Revenues Aot, 1891, sec. 5 .. Public Revenues Act, 1891, sec. 49, as modified by Public Revenues Act, 1896, sees. 4 and 7 Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894, sec. 26 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 Counoil 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. 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 Acoounts of Waimate High School Act, 1883, sec. 16 Waitaki High School Act, 1878, sec. 8 Wanganui High School Aot, 1878, sec. 7 Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act Amendment Aot, 1897, see. 4 Whangarei High Sohool Act, 1878, sec. 8 ..