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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1926 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1926.

VOL. I. A. —LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. B.—FINANCE. C.—CROWN LANDS AND MINES.

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

BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY - SECOND PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON. 1926.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS.

VOL. I. A. —Legislative and Political. B. —Finance. C.—Crown Lands and Mines. *

PRINTED FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY W. A. G. SKIN NEK, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON.

CONTENTS. A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. A.—l. DESPATCHES from the Governor-General of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. A. —2. from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand. A. —3. COOK AND OTHER ISLANDS. (In continuation of Parliamentary Paper A.-3, 1925.) A.—4. MANDATED TERRITORY OF WESTERN SAMOA—Sixth Report of the Government of New Zealand on the administration of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. A. —4a. — -- Annual Report of the Department of Health for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. A. —4b. Address by the Fono of Faipule to His Excellency the Governor-General and the New Zealand Government. A. —4c. Sacred and Historic Emblems appertaining to the Ancient Kingship and Government of Samoa which have been presented by the Fono of Faipule of the Mandated Territory to the Government of New Zealand : Letter from the Hon. the Minister of External Affairs to the Hon. the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. —4i>. TOKELAU (UNION) ISLANDS —Report of the Administrator of Samoa to the Government of New Zealand on the. A.—s. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.—Report of the Representative of the Dominion of New Zealand on the Sixth Assembly of the League of Nations, held at Geneva in the Year 1925. A.—sa. Report of the Representative of the Dominion of New Zealand on the Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the League of Nations, held at Geneva in the Year 1926. A. —sb. — International Labour Conference : Draft Conventions and Recommendations adopted by the Conference at its Seventh Session, 19th May to 10th June, 1925. A. —6. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.—Statement made by the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives on the 17th August, 1926, in reference to the Business to be transacted at the forthcoming Imperial Conference.

B.—FINANCE. B.—l. [Part I]. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1925-26. B. —1. [Part ll]. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1925-20 [Part ll]. Prepared by the Treasury Department; certified to by the Controller and Auditor-General under the Public Revenues Act, 1910. Also, Report of the Controller and Auditor-General. B.—l. [Part lII], PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1925-26 [Part lII]. Prepared by the Treasury Department; certified to by the Controller and Auditor-General under the Public Revenues Act, 1910. Also, Statement showing the Public Debt of the Dominion as on the 31st March, 1926. B.—l. [Part IV]. BALANCE-SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS for the Year 1924-25. Audited Accounts. B. —1 [Part IV—Supplementary], BALANCE-SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS for the Year 1924-25. Audited Accounts. B.—l [Part IV—Supplement B], BALANCE-SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS for the Year 1925-26. Audited Accounts. B. —2. PUBLIC DEBT—Allocation of : Treasury Memorandum thereon. B.—2a. Repayment of the : Report and Accounts of the Public Debt Commission for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. B. —3. PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1910.—Statement of Case of Difference of Opinion between the Controller and Auditor-General and the Public Trustee, together with the Decision of the Hon. the AttorneyGeneral thereon, in regard to Interpretation of Statute. 8.—5. RURAL CREDITS —Report of the Royal Commission on. 8.—6. FINANCIAL STATEMENT, by the Hon. W. Downie Stewart, Minister of Finance. B. —7. APPROPRIATIONS chargeable on the Consolidated Fund and other Accounts for the Year ending 31st March, 1927. B. —7a. Chargeable on the Public Works Fund and other Accounts for the Year ending 31st March, 1927. B. —8. SINKING FUNDS.—Report and Accounts of the Commissioners of the Public Debt Sinking Funds for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. B. —Ba. NAVAL DEFENCE ACT SINKING FUND.—Statement of Securities in which the Fund is invested. 8.—9. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. B. —9a. Accounts of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

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B.—9b. UNCLAIMED LANDS VESTED IN THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE during the Triennial Period ending 31st March, 1926. B.—lo. PUBLIC SECURITIES held in the Dominion or elsewhere as on the 31st March, 1926—Return of. 8.—12. COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE by the Customs Department at each Port of Entry—Return of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. 8.—13. STATE ADVANCES OFFICE—Report of the Superintendent of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. B. —13a. Statement of Moneys advanced from one Branch to another, and Dates of Repayment. 8.—13b. State-guaranteed Loans —Annual Report by Minister, showing Applications for. 8.—13 c. - Loans outstanding—Particulars of. B. —13d. — Capital—Particulars as to. B. —15. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.—Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926. B. —-17. VALUATION OF LAND DEPARTMENT.—-Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1926.

C.—CROWN LANDS AND MINES. G. —-1. DEPARTMENT OP LANDS AND SURVEY. —-Settlement of Crown Lands—Annual Report on. C. —la. Surveys —Annual Report on. 0. —-2. MINES STATEMENT, for the Year 1925, by the Hon. G. J. Anderson, Minister of Mines. C.—2a. STATE COAL-MINES —Report on the working of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. o.—2a. MINES DEPARTMENT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH—Twentieth Annual Report (New Series) of the. C. —-3. STATE FOREST SERVICE.—AnnuaI Report of the Director of Forestry, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. C. —4. SWAMP DRAINAGE.—Report of the Lands and Survey Department, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926, together with Statement of Accounts. C.—s. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1925—Report on the. C. —6. SCENERY PRESERVATION —Report of the Lands and Survey Department on, for the Year ended ' 31st March, 1926 ; together with Statement of Accounts and Schedule of Lands acquired and reserved during the Year under the Scenery Preservation Act. C—7. ADVANCES OBTAINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ROADING CROWN OR OTHER LANDS ADMINISTERED BY A LAND BOARD.—Details relative to Blocks of Land on which Money has been expended during the Year ended 31st March, 1926, for the purpose of providing Road Access thereto. C.—B. DRAINAGE OPERATIONS IN HAURAKI PLAINS.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1926, together with Statement of Accounts. C.—9. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT —Report of the Lands and Survey Department on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. C.—lo. PUBLIC DOMAINS OF NEW ZEALAND—AnnuaI He port on, by Lands and Survey Department. C. —11. RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE. —Report of the Lands and Survey Department for the Year ended 31st March, 1926, together with Statement of Accounts. C.—l 2. KAURI-GUM INDUSTRY. —Annual Report of the Lands and Survey Department for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. C.—l 3. TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK.—Annual Report of the Board. C. —14. NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS.—AnnuaI Report by Lands and Survey Department for the Year ended 31st March, 1926; together with Schedule showing Aggregate Area of Land excluded from the Endowment.

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