C—CROWN LANDS. C—l. LAND SOLD, AND LAND HELD UNDER LEASE—Return of, for the Year ended 31st December, 1878. C—2. LANDS DISPOSED OF WITHOUT SALE—Return of, for the Year ended 31st December, 1878. C—3. EDUCATIONAL RESERVES—Return of. C.-4. LANDS PURCHASED AND LEASED FROM NATIVES IN NORTH ISLAND. C—s. CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT—Report upon the, for the Year ending 30th June, 1879. O—6. PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS, PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY—Return showing Acreage purchased and Acreage still unpurchased. C—7. SYSTEM OF SELECTION OF LAND ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS—Report of Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill, as to the Working of the. C—B. LAND REVENUE FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, 1879—Return of the. C—9. PURCHASE OF NATIVE LANDS IN NORTH ISLAND—Return of Europeans from whom Lands or Claims to Lands have been Purchased. C—lo. MINERAL LEASES GRANTED UNDER "THE NELSON WASTE LANDS ACT, 1874"—Return of. C—ll. RESERVES—Papers relative to Change of Purposes of. C—l 2. LANDS DISPOSED OF ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS—Return of.

D.—IMMIGRATION. D.—l. IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND—Letters to the Agent-General. ]). la. Further Correspondence with the Agent-General. D.— 2. EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND—Further Correspondence with the Agent-General. D.—3. AGENT-GENERAL'S OFFlCE—Papers relating to Proposed Alterations and Reductions in. L>.—4. IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND—Reports from Officers.

E,-PUBLIC WORKS. E. —1. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT—Made by the Minister for Public Works (Hon. R. Oliver) on 9th December, 1879. E.—2. PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTED FOR—Return relative to. E.—3. COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS' OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND—Correspondence relative to Location of. E.—4. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LOCOMOTlVES—Correspondence respecting the Relative Merits of. E.—s. CONVEYANCE OF GOVERNMENT FRElGHT—Further Correspondence relative to. E— 6. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT MADE BY THE HON. MR. MACANDREW—Corrected Account of Expenditure and Liabilities. E.—7. LIABILITIES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—DetaiIed Statement of the, on 30th September, 1879. E.—B. RAILWAYS FROM TAIERI RIVER TO KAITANGATA AND OUTRAM TO CLARENDON—Report of the Government Engineer relative to the proposed. E.—9. ROAD FROM NELSON TO LYELL, WESTPORT, AND REEFTON—Return showing Moneys voted towards the, and Expended. E.—lo. GUTHRIE AND LARNACH—Return of Contracts with, for Railway Iron and Rolling-stock.

F.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHS. F.—l. NEWS MESSAGES FROM NEW ZEALAND TO ENGLAND—Correspondence respecting a Proposal made by Reuters Telegram Company, Melbourne. F— 2. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVlCE—Further Papers relative to. F.—3. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA — Despatch thanking the Colony for allowing Australian and New Zealand Cable to be used for.

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