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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1916 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1916.

VOL. 11. B—EDUCATION. P.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHS. G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. H.—MISCELLANEOUS. I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES.

IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING- GEORGE THE FIFTH. BEING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

BEING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON 1916.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS. VOL. IT. E.—Education. F. — Postal and Telegraphs. G.—Native Affairs. H.—Miscellaneous. I. —Reports of Select Committees.

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/ - ■ E. EDUCATION. E.—l. REPORT OE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 1915. E.—la. EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS. Memorandum by the Minister of Education dealing with some Phases of Educational Progress and reviewing E.xisting Conditions in the Light of National Requirements. E.—2. PRIMARY EDUCATION. E—3. EDUCATION OE MAORI CHILDREN Report on, L 915. E.—4. SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND ENFANT-LIEE PROTECTION, 1915. E.—s. TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. E.—6. SECONDARY EDUCATION. E.—7. HIGHER EDUCATION. E.—B. ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS. E.—9. TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION FUND. E. —12. EDUCATION RESERVES. Area of Land set apart for Secondary and University Education in Otago and Southland, Particulars relative to.

F.- POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHS V.—l. POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Report for 1915. F.—2. POST OFFICE ACCOUNT. Balance-sheet for 1915. F. —4. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. Deposits received and paid, and Expenses in connection therewith, for 1915, with similar Particulars for previous Years. F.—s. Securities standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on account of the Post Office Savingsbank Fund. F. —7. PACIFIC CABLE BOARD. Amount of Deficiency paid by New Zealand since Inception, and the Department charged.

G,-NATIVE AFFAIRS. <GL—l. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT ACT, 1912 Annual Statement of all Orders in Council under Seotion 17 of the. G. -. WAIAU RESERVE. Report of Commission of Inquiry into a Claim made by certain Natives to an Area of Land at Waiau, Southland. G.—3. NATIVE RESERVES ACCOUNTS Statement of, by the Public Trustee, for the Year ended 31st March, 1916. G.—s. NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT Statement showing the Moneys paid into and out of the, during 1915 -16. G.—6. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1915. Report on Petition No. !)(i of 1915, of Poboi te Tahitika, relative to Okauia No. 3a. G. 6a. NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1914. -Supplementary Report on Petition No. 317/13, of Paeroa Nopira, relative to Te Akau A No. 5 Block. G.—6b. NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1913. Report on Petition No. 20 of 1913, of D. K. Porter, relative to Maungaroa Block. C.—6c. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1915. Report mi Petition No. 84/1915, Wiremu Karaka and Others, re Mangahauini No. 7 Block. G.—6d. - Report on Petition No. 438/1914, Kahu Renshaw, re Taupiri No. 474 a No. 2 Block. G. it. NATIVE LAND COURTS AND .MAORI LAND BOARDS Report by the Under-Secretary, Native Department, on the Working of, for Year ended 31st March, 1910.

H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H— 1. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND TRADE-UNIONS. Report for 1915, by the Registrar of [friendly Societies. H. 2. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT. Report by the Minister of Tourist and Health * Resorts, the Hon. Dr. MoNab. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Departments, 1915-16. H.—4. PENSIONS GRANTED UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT, 1908—Statement of. 11. li. STATE EIRE INSURANCE OFFICE.—Report of the General Manager for 1915. 11. Ba. EIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION -Report on, by the Insnector of Eire Brigades, for the Year ended 30th June, 1916. H.—7. MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION—Report on, foi 1915. 11. 7\. Medical Superintendents' Reports for 1915.

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H.—B. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report of the Commissioner for 1915.. 11. Ba. - — Annual Report on the Accident Insurance Branch, for 1915. H—9. ARTICLES IN COMMON USE—Consumption of, Table showing, per Head of Population. H. 10. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. Annual Report of the Registrar. H.—ll. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR Annual Report of the. H—l2. LICENSING COMMITTEE ELECTIONS. 1915 Cost of. EL— 13. RETURNS OR STATEMENTS required by Law or Resolution to be laid before the House. H 14. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER—Fourth Report of the, MARINE DEPARTMENT Report of the, for I ill 5 Ki. H.—l6. POLICE FORCE OK THE DOMINION Annual Report on. H.—l7. NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND.- Annual Report of the Board, for- Ills. H.—l7a. - Statement of Amounts paid into, by way of Subsidy. H. —17b. — — Actuarial Examination for tin- Period ended 31st December, 1913. H. P.). DEFENCE FORCES OK NEW ZEALAND.—Report of the General Offloer Commanding, for Period? 2(>th June, 1915, to .'list May, 1916. H.-IHa. NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.—Report of tin- Quartermaster, H.M.N.Z.T. No. 46, on the Food supplied to Troops en route to Suez. H.—l9b. Report by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, T. 1)., M.P., on his Mission to the New Zealand Force in Malta, Mudros, (iallipoli, and Egypt as the Representative of the New Zealand Government. H. I'lc. - Copy of Weekly Billot' Fare given to Troops on Trip Wellington to Suez on H.M.N.Z.T. No. 49, " Maunganui." H. — 19d. — Return relative to Maoris and Half-castes in. H. — 19k. Pi-turn showing Number of Men registered in each Military District, and Number passed and gone into Camp. H. — 19f. — Trainingroamps- Particulars of Rent and Payment received by Government for Trading Rights. H—2o. DEPARTMENT OF .JUSTICE (PRISONS BRANCH) Report on.'for 1915;. also on Operation of the First Offenders' Probation Act, 1908. H.—2oa. -- Prisoni Board. —Annual Report for 1915. 11. 22. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. Annual Report for 1915-16. H. 23. THE ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS, for Year ended 30th April 1916. 11. 2:b\. Interim Return. 11. 23b! - Second Interim Return. , 11. 24. MILITARY SUPPLIES AND MUNITIONS-Memorandum on, by the Hon; A. M. Myers, Minister in Charge of Munitions and Supplies. H. -26. STOCK SLAUGHTERED AND COMPENSATION PAID UNDER THE STOCK ACT, 1908—Return of, during 1915 16. H.-26. PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD. Annual Report, with Aooounts for 1915. H. -27. MORTGAGES REGISTERED AND DISCHARGED during the Year ended 31st March, 1910. H. 28. MEAT PURCHASED BY IMPERIAL MEAT SUPPLY DEPARTMENT Particulars relative to Sale and Disposal of, in (treat Britain. H.—29. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. INDUSTRIES. AND COMMERCE. Annual Report, 1915-16. 11. —29a. - Appendix to Annual Report. H. 29b. AGRICULTURE IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA- Report and Observations on Instructional Methods in regard to, by Mr. A. Maopherson, Government Fields Instructor. H. -30. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT Memorandum regarding the Organization and Operations of the. H. -31. PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE All) Report on, by Inspector-General. H. -31a. SMALLPOX ON H.M.N.Z.T. " WILLOCHRA "- Report on. H—32. GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY Report on, by Chief Librarian. 11. 33. BOARD OF TRADE First Interim Report of the Commission. H. —33a. Report of, regarding Coal-prices in Auckland. H. -33b. — - Synopsis of Work of, since Inception. 11. 35. NATIONAL REGISTER. Summary of Area Groups, Ages, and Birthplaces, under the National Registration Act, 1915. 11. 36. PRINTING' AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for 1916. 11. 38. VENEREAL DISEASES IN THE DOMINION. Speech delivered by the.Minister of Public Health in support of the Second Reading of the War Regulations Bill. H. 39. GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS WITHIN THE DOMINION. Return of Amounts paid for l!)l(i. H. 40. STATE EXPERIMENTAL FARMS—Report of Board of Agriculture on the. H. —40a. Expenditure on, and Value of Returns for 1916. H. 41. PATRIOTIC SOCIETY FUNDS. Amounts collected, disbursed, and held by Societies at 31st December, 1915, and Statement respecting Administration. 11. 42. OATS PURCHASED BY MUNITIONS DEPARTMENT Return relative to. H. 43. PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS -Cost of printing, from 9th May to 21st July, 1916. H. 44. LOCAL AUTHORITIES SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1008. -Number and Names of Local Authorities who have adopted the Scheme.

I. REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. 1. I. PUBLIC PETITIONS ATO L—Reports of the, 1.2. M to Z- Reports of the. I. -2a. Report on the Petition of Clara E. line and Others, praying for Reduction of Sentence passed on Alice M. Parkinson, with Report of Chief Justice. I. 3. NATIVE AFFAIRS Reports of. I. 4. GOLDFIELDS AND MINES Reports of. 1. 5. LANDS Reports of. I. (i. RAILWAYS Reports'of. I. 6a. Report on Petitions of J. McDougall and Others, and thirty similar Petitions; with Departmental Report and Minutes of Evidence. I. 8. EDUCATION Reports of. I. io. AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL, STOCK, AND COMMERCE Reports of.

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