IT CONTENTS. H— 9. GOLD FlELDS—Reports on the Gold Fields of New Zealand, for the Year ended 31st March, 1874. H.—lo. IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHIPPING RETURNS—A General Summary of, with an Abstract of the Customs Revenue, for the Year 1873. H. —11. SURVEYS —Report by the Inspector of Surveys, and Return of Maps of Native Land Claims received at the Inspector of Surveys' Office. H.—l2. ARMED CONSTABULARY—AnnuaI Report of the Commissioner. H.—l'2a. NATIVE CONTINGENT—Reports from Officers of the. H—l3. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION—AnnuaI Report of the Board of, for the Year 1873-74. H—l4. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES—AnnuaI Report of the Commissioner of, for the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H—ls. REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OE LAND, for the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H. —16. TRANSIT OF VENUS—Papers relative to Preparations made for Observation of the Transit of Venus, and the Establishment of an Observatory in the Province of Canterbury. H.—l7. NEW ZEALAND WAR MEDAL—Report of the Commissioners for the isßue of the. H.—lB. MANAWATU RESERVES—Report on the Claim of the Province of Wellington in respect of the. H.—l9. ADULTERATION OF FOOD, &c—Reports from the Colonial Laboratory on. H.—2o. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—Report on, by the Auditor-General. H— 21. LICENSING ACT OF 1873—Instructions and Correspondence relating to. H.—22. MARINE DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of, for the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H. —23. LIGHTHOUSES —Correspondence relative to Selection of Sites for projected Coast Lighthouses. H.—24. VOLUNTEER FORCE—Report by Major Gordon of Inspection of the. H—2s. NEW ZEALAND TlMBER—Report by Mr. Kirk on the Durability of. H.—26. HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT—Letter from the Hon. Mr. Fox, on the Hot Springs District of the North Island. H.—27. CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ZEALAND—NominaI Roll of, on Ist July, 1874. H.—2B. NELSON GOLD FlELDS—Papers relative to a proposed Reduction in the Number of Wardens on the. H.—29. RENT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES—Return of Moneys Paid by the General Government to Provincial Governments, as Rent of Offices, during the Year ended 30th June, 1874. H— 30. LETTER FROM MR. BALL relative to Papers Printed in the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of 1873. H— 31. NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE—Sixth Annual Report of, for the Year 1874. H.—32. BOTANIC GARDENS—Fifth Annual Report of the Board, for the Year 1874. I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. Note. —Reports of Select Committees, with the exception of those on Public Petitions and Maori Petitions, appear in the Journals. The following are those the proceedings and evidence taken before which are ordered to be printed :— I.—l. COLONIAL INDUSTRIES. 1.—2. EXCISE DUTIES. 1.—3. NATIVE AFFAIRS. J.—PETITIONS. J.—l. MAORIS OF WANGANUI —Praying that a Law may be enacted Prohibiting the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors to the Natives.