CONTENTS. A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. A.-J. 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, 1927.] A. 3a. Makogai Leper Asylum. Papers dealing with the Arrangements for centralizing at Makogai Leper Asylum (Fiji) Lepers from New Zealand and Pacific Territories. A. —4. MANDATED TERRITORY OF WESTERN SAMOA —Eighth Report of the Government of New Zealand on the Administration of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. A. —4a. Annual Report of the Department of Health for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. A.—4b. Report of Royal Commission concerning the Administration of. A.—s. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.—Report of the Representative of the Dominion of New Zealand on the Eighth Assembly of the League of Nations, held at Geneva in the Year 1927. A. —6. NEW ZEALAND AND JAPAN. —Exchange of Notes arranging Mutual Favoured-nation Treatment between New Zealand and Japan in Matters of Commerce, Customs, and Navigation, 24th July, 1928. A. —7. UNITED STATES PROPOSAL FOR THE RENUNCIATION OF WAR—Correspondence respecting the,

B.—FINANCE. B.—l [Part I]. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1927-28. B.—l [Part ll], PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1927-28 [Part ll], B.—l [Part lII], PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1927-28 [Part lII], B.—l [Part IV]. BALANCE-SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS of various Government Departments for the Year 1928-27. Audited Accounts. B.—l [Part IV—Supplementary], BALANCE-SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS of various Government Departments for the Year 1927-28. Audited Accounts. B. —2. PUBLIC DEBT—Repayment of the. Report and Accounts of the Public Debt Commission for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. B. —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, 1929. B. —7a. Chargeable on the Public Works Fund and other Accounts for the Year ending 31st March, 1929. B.—B. SINKING FUNDS.—Report and Accounts of the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. 8.—9. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. B.—9a. Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. B.- —10. PUBLIC SECURITIES held in the Dominion or Elsewhere as on the 31st March, 1928 —Return of. B. —12. CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE—Cost of Collecting, by the Customs Department, at each Port of Entry, Return of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. 8.—13. STATE ADVANCES OFFICE—Report of the Superintendent of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. 8.—13 a. Statement of Moneys advanced from one Branch to Another, and Dates of Repayment. B. —13b. State-guaranteed Loans—Annual Report by Minister, showing Applications for. 8.—13 c. Rural Advances—Particulars of. 8.—14. RURAL INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BOARD —Report of the, for the Year ended 30th June, 1928. B. —15. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.—Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928. 8.—17. VALIDATION OF LAND DEPARTMENT.—Statement of the Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1928.