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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1929 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1929.

VOL. 111. H.—MISCELLANEOUS. I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES.

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

BEING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT OK NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON 1929. '*

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS.

VOL 111. H. —Miscellaneous. L—Reports op Select Committees.

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

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H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND TRADE-UNIONS.—Fifty-second Annual Report by the Registrar of Friendly Societies, for the Year ended 31st December, 1928. H.—2. DEPARTMENT OF TOURIST AND HEALTH Report by the Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts, Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Department, 1928-29. H. —4. STORES CONTROL BOARD—Annual Report of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—s. NEW ZEALAND NAVAL FORCES. —Report of the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—6. STATE FIRE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE OFFICE.—Annual Report of the General Manager for Year ended 31st December, 1928. H.—6a. Accident Insurance Branch—Annual Report for Year ended 31st December, 1928. H.—7. MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION—Report on, for the Year 1928. H. —8. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. —Annual Report for the Year ended 31st December, 1928. H. —10. PATENTS, DESIGNS, and TRADE-MARKS. —Fortieth Annual Report of the Registrar. H.—ll. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR—Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the. H.—lla. APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE. —Report of Conference of Representatives of, appointed under the Apprentices Amendment Act, 1923. H.—lle. UNEMPLOYMENT IN NEW ZEALAND.—First Section of Report of Committee appointed by Government on the 17th October, 1928, and February, 1929. H.—l2. FIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION, —Report by the Inspector of Fire Brigades for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H. —13. RETURNS OR STATEMENTS required by Law or Resolution to be laid before the House. H.—l4. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER—Seventeenth Report of the. H.—ls. MARINE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—l6. POLICE FORCE OF THE DOMINION.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—l7. NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND.—Eighteenth Annual Report of the Board, for the Year ended 31st December, 1928. H. —17a. Statement of Amounts paid into, by way of State Subsidy. H. —18. PENSIONS DEPARTMENT —Thirty-first Annual Report of the, for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H. —19. DEFENCE FORCES OF DOMINION. —Annual Report of the General Officer Commanding. H.—2o. PRISONS DEPARTMENT—Report on, for Year 1928-29. H.—2oa. PRISONS BOARD.—Annual Report of, for Year 1928. H.—2ob. OFFENDERS PROBATION. —Report of the Chief Probation Officer for the Year 1928-29. H.—2l. STATE ADVANCES OFFlCE.—Fishing Industry Promotion —Annual Report for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—22. INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. —Annual Report for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—23. ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 30th April, 1929. H. —23b. SHEEPOWNERS —Return showing Number of, and Number of Sheep and Lambs in each County, on 30th April, 1928 and 1929. H.—23c. CATTLE —Return of, in the Dominion on 31st January, 1929. H. —24. FRUIT-PRESERVING INDUSTRY. —Annual Report of the State Advances Office for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—26. PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD—Twenty-first Annual Report of the, with Accounts for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—2B. CORONER'S INQUEST. —Elsie Walker Case —Statement by the Minister of Justice regarding the. H.—29. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—AnnuaI Report for 1928-29. H.—3l. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.—AnnuaI Report of the Director-General of Health for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H. —32. GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY. —Report of the Chief Librarian for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—33. GENERAL ELECTION, 1928.—Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at the General Election, 1928. H.—33a. Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at each Polling-place within the respective Electoral Districts. y

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H.—33b. LOCAL OPTION AND NATIONAL PROHIBITION POLLS, 1028. —Return showing Number of Votes recorded at each Polling-place within the respective Licensing Districts. H.—34. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—36. PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of the, for Year ended 31st March, 1929. H.—37. GOVERNMENT OFFICES —Railway and Tourist Offices in Mercer Street, Wellington—Return showing Particulars of. H. —38. PUBLIC SERVICE HOUSING.—Return showing Particulars of Rentals paid for housing various Branches of the Public Service in Wellington. H. —.39. NORTH AUCKLAND HIGHWAYS. —Return showing Estimated Cost of the East Coast and West Coast Highways between Auckland and Maungaturoto. H.—43. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE.—Report of Inquiry by Minister on the Cash-order Trading System. H.—44. — Twelfth Annual Report of the, for Period ended 30th April, 1929. H.—44a. FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY. —Preliminary Report by the Committee of Inquiry.

I. REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. I.—l. PUBLIC PETITIONS A to L. 1.—2. PUBLIC PETITIONS M to Z. I. —2a. - Rotorua-Taupo Railway—-Report on Petition of E. E. Vaile and others. 1.—3. NATIVE AFFAIRS. I. —3a. Report of Committee on Statement of Minister regarding Tongariro Timber Company and West Taupo Forest Lands. I.—4k. GOLDFIELDS AND MINES. I. —4a. Inangahua Gold- and Coal-miners Union —Report on Petition of. 1.—5. LANDS. 1.—6. RAILWAYS. I —7. PUBLIC HEALTH. I.—B. EDUCATION. 1.—9. LABOUR BILLS. I.—lo. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL INDUSTRIES AND STOCK. I.—ll. STATUTES REVISION. 1.—12. DEFENCE. I. —13. INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. 1.—14. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. 1.—15. TRANSPORT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. 1.—16. LOCAL BILLS. 1.—17. WHEAT INDUSTRY. I—lB. STANDING ORDERS.

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