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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1920 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1920.

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

IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH.

BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND,

WELLINGTON.

1920.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS VOL. 11. E.—Education. F.—Postal and Telegbaphs. G.—Native Affairs. H. —Miscellaneous. I.—Repobts of Select Committees.

PRINTED FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY MAKCUS F. MARKS, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON.

CONTENTS. E. —EDUCATION; E.—l. REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, 1919. E.—2. PRIMARY EDUCATION, 1919. E.—3. EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN, 1919. E. —4. STATE CARE OF CHILDREN, SPECIAL SCHOOLS, AND INFANT-LIFE PROTECTION, 1919. E.—s. TECHNICAL EDUCATION, 1919. E.—6. SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1919. E.—7. HIGHER EDUCATION, 1919. E.—B. ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS, 1919-20. E.—9. TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION FUND, 1919. E.—lo. SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC LlBRARlES—Distribution of, for 1919-20. E._ll. SOLDIERS' BURSARIES—Return of, for 1918, 1919, and 1920.

F. —POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHS. F.—l. POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.—Report for 1919. F. —2. POST OFFICE ACCOUNT.—Balance-sheet to 31st December, 1919. F.—4. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK.—Deposits received and paid, and Expenses in connection therewith, for 1919, with similar Particulars for previous Years. F —5. SECURITIES, ETC., STANDING IN THE NAME OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON ACCOUNT OF THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK FUND on the 31st December, 1919.

G.-—NATIVE AFFAIRS. G. —3. EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS.—Balance-sheet and Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 1918. G. —3a. Balance-sheet and Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 3lst March, 1919. G.—3b. Balance-sheet and Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. G. —4. NATIVE RESERVES ACCOUNTS.—Statement by the Public Trustee for the Year ended 31st March, 1920* G.—6. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1916.— Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 143 of 1915 re Mangorewa-Kaharoa 6rc Block. G.—6a. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1919.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 336 of 1919 re Title to Pokuru Block. G.—6n. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1918.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 168 of 1915 re Palmerston North Native Reserve. G. —6c. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 489 of 1917 re Pokuru Block. G.—6d. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1919.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 49 of 1917 re Manurewa Lots 196 and 197. G.—6e. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 331 of 1915 re Pukepoto No. 8. G. —6f. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 293 of 1919 re Ngawharewiti Tiwai and others. G. —60. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 359 of 1919 re Mangapoikc No. 2 Block. G. —6h. — Report and Recommendation on Petitions Nos. 231 of 1919, 61 of 1918, 26 of 1919, and 231 of m 1919 re Title to Tahora 2f. G.—6i. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1917.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 375 of 1917 re Te Akau B 15 and 16. G.—6j. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1918.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 234 of 1916 re Whangape Lot 65b 2c. G.—6k. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1919.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 207 of 1916 re Hereheretau No. 2, Kakaatureia A, and Mangapoike No. 2 Blocks. G. —61. Report relative to the Ownership of Tarawera and Tatarakina Blocks. G._B. NATIVES DECLARED TO BE EUROPEANS.—Orders in Council under the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912. G. —Ba. Orders in Council under the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912. G. —9. NATIVE LAND COURTS, MAORI LAND BOARDS, AND NATIVE LAND PURCHASE BOARD— Report on the Working of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920.

H. —MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND TRADE-UNlONS.—Report for the Year 1919 by the Registrar of Friendly Societies. H.—2. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT.—Report by the Minister, Hon. Mr. Nosworthy, 1919-20. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—Report of the Department for 1919-20. H.—4. PENSIONS GRANTED UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT, 1908—Statement of. H. —4a. Statement of. H.—6. STATE FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE. —Report of General Manager for the Year ended 31st December, 1919. H. —6a. FIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION. —Report by the Inspector of Fire Brigades for the Year ended 30th June, 1920. H.—7. MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION.—Report by the Inspector-General for the Year 1919.

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H,—B. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.—Report for the Year ended 31st December, 1919. H. —Ba. Report on the Accident Insurance Branch for the Year ended 31st December, 1919. H.—9. ARTICLES IN COMMON USE—Table showing Consumption of, per Head of Population. H. —10. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS.—Annual Report of the Registrar. H. —11. LABOUR DEPARTMENT.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H.—lla. HOUSING ACT, 1919. —Statement of the Housing Superintendent for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H. —12. BRITISH EMPIRE STATISTICAL CONFERENCE—Report of Government Statistician on the. 11.—13. RETURNS OR STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY LAW OR RESOLUTION TO BE LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE. H.—l4. PUBLIC; SERVICE COMMISSIONER—Eighth Report of the. H.—ls. MARINE AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENT.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H.—l6. POLICE FORCE OF THE DOMINION.—Report by the Commissioner for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H. —17. NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND.—Report of Board for the Year ended 31st December, 1919. H. —17b. Statement of Amounts paid into, by way of State Subsidy. H. —18. PENSIONS DEPARTMENT.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H. —19. DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND. —Report of General Officer Commanding for Period from Ist July, 1919, to 30t.h June, 1920. H. —19a. WAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT.—Statement of Expenditure from the Beginning of the War to 31st March, 1920. H —20. PRISONS. —Report for 1919-20 : also Report on Operation of the First Offenders' Probation Act, 1908, for 1919-20. H.—2oa. PRISONS BOARD —Report of, for the Year 1919. H.—22. INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H.—23. SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 30th April, 1920. H. —23a. Interim Return of Sheep. H. —23b. SHEEPOWNERS—Return of, and of the Number of Sheep and Lambs in each County, on the 30th April, 1919 and 1920. H. —23c. CATTLE IN THE DOMINION —Return of, as on 31st January, 1920. H.—25. LOCAL-OPTION AND NATIONAL-PROHIBITION POLLS, 1919—Return relative to. H. —20. PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD.—Report of Board, with Accounts, for the Year ended 31st December, 1919. H.—2B. OPOSSUMS IN NEW ZEALAND—Report on, by Professor H. B. Kirk. H. —29. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. —Report of the Minister for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H.—29a. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.—Report for the Year 1919-20. H. —30. REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT —Report regarding the Organization and Operations of the. H.—3oa. CIVIL SERVICE (RETURNED SOLDIERS).—Number of Men over Twenty-one Years of Age given Positions in the Civil Service and those who have seen Service in the Expeditionary Forces overseas. H.—3l. PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AlD—Report on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H.—32. GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY.—Report of Chief Librarian for the Year 1919-20. H.—3o. PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. H.—37. NO-LICENSE DISTRICTS—Charges and Convictions for Offences in, and Quantity of Liquor sent into, during the Years 1917 and 1918. H. —37a. Charges and Convictions for Offences in, and Quantity of Liquor sent into, during the Year 1919. H.—37 b. — Quantity of Liquor sent into, during the Year ended 31st December, 1911. H 38. IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.—Review of Operations, Ist April. 1919, to 31st March, 1920, including Appendix showing Results to the 30tli June, 1920. H.—3Ba. — Extracts from Reports dealing with Raw Materials administered during the War Period and up to the 31st March, 1.919. H.—39. BAKERIES AT MILITARY CAMPS—Return relative to. H.— 44. WOOLLEN-MILLING COMPANIES OF THE DOMINION—Report of Board of Trade relative to the Operations of the. H.—44a WOOLLEN GOODS MANUFACTURED IN NEW ZEALAND—Return of. H. —46. PATRIOTIC FUNDS. —Details of the Various Funds in New Zealand from the Outbreak of War to the 31st March, 1920.

I.—REPORTS OP SELECT COMMITTEES. i.—l. public; petitions a to l. 1.—2. M to Z. 1.—3. NATIVE AFFAIRS. 1.—4. GOLDFIELDS AND MINES. I. —4a. On the Mining Amendment and Coal-mines Amendment Bills, together with Addresses of Counsel and Opinions of Solicitor-General and Crown Solicitor. 1.—5. LANDS. 1.—6. RAILWAYS. 1.—7. MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL. I.—B. EDUCATION. 1.—9. LABOUR BILLS. I. —9a. On the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill. I.—lo. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL INDUSTRIES, STOCK, AND COMMERCE. I.—loa Proposed Statement by New Zealand Overseas Shipowners' Committee in reference to the Increase of Freight Charges. I. —10b. On Petition of H. D. Acland and others re. Armour and Co., together with Minutes of Evidence. I.—ll. STATUTES REVISION. 1.—12. DEFENCE. 1.—12 a. JOINT DEFENCE.—On a Proposed Scheme of Organization and Training of New Zealand Military Forces. 1.—13. BUTTER-PRICES INQUIRY.

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