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

VOL. 11. D.—IMMIGRATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AND RAILWAYS. E — EDUCATION. F.— POST AND TELEGRAPH. G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. H.—MISCELLANEOUS. I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES.

IN THE SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OP 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 11. D.- -Immigration, Public Works, and Railways. E.—Education. F.—Post and Telegraph. G.—Native Affairs. H.—-Miscellaneous. I. —Reports of Select Committees.

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

CONTENTS.

D.—IMMIGRATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AND RAILWAYS. D.—l. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, by the Hon. K. S. Williams, Minister of Public Works. D. —2. RAILWAYS STATEMENT, by the Right Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Railways : Also, Report of Board of Inquiry into Conditions of Work of Shunters. Report of Commission of Inquiry into the cause of Derailment of the Wellington-Napier Express near Opapa, and other matters. D.—s. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS SUPERANNUATION FUND.—Report of Board for the Year ended 3lBt March, 1926. D— 9. DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.—AnnuaI Report for the Year 1925-26. D.—9a. IMMIGRANTS.—Return of Number of, entering New Zealand during Past Five Years.

E.-EDUCATION. E.—l. REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION for the Year ending 31st December, 1925. (In continuation of E.-l, 1925.) E.—2. PRIMARY EDUCATION. (In continuation of E.-2, 1925.) E.—3. EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN. (In continuation of E.-3, 1925.) E.—4. CHILD WELFARE, STATE CARE OF CHILDREN, SPECIAL SCHOOLS, AND INFANT-LIFE PROTECTION. (In continuation of E.-4, 1925.) E. —5. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. (In continuation of E.-5, 1925.) E.—6. SECONDARY EDUCATION. (In continuation of E.-6, 1925.) E. —7. HIGHER EDUCATION. (In continuation of E.-7, 1925.) E. —8. TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION FUND.

F.—POST AND TELEGRAPH. F. —1. POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. —Report by Hon. W. Nosworthy. Postmaster-General, for the Year 1925-26. F.— 2. POST OFFICE ACCOUNT—Balance-sheet of, to 31st March, 1926. F. —4. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK. —Statement showing the Deposits received and paid by the Post Office Savings-banks and the expenses in connection therewith, for the Years ended 31st March, 1926, and the 31st March, 1925, 1924, 1923, and 1922 ; also for the Fifteen Months ended 31st March, 1921 ; together with similar Particulars by Ten-year periods from the Date Post Office Savings-banks were established in the Dominion, in February, 1867. F.—s. SECURITIES, ETC., STANDING IN THE NAME OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON ACCOUNT OF THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK FUND—Statement of, as on 31st March, 1926.

G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. G.—2. NATIVE TRUST OFFlCE—Accounts of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. G.—s. NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT —Statement showing the Moneys paid into and out of, during 1025-26. G.—6. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1917.— Report and Recommendation on Petition 214 of 1916, of Te la Te Want, relative to the Interests of Hone Waiti (deceased) in Taupara Block. G.—6a. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1924.— Report and Recommendation of Petition No. 63 of 1924, of Tamaho Maika and Others, relative to the Price paid by the Crown in 1875 for Te Kauae-o-ruru-wahine Block. G.—6b. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1925.— Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 377 of 1924, of Wharehuia Heta and Others, relative to Kaingaroa No. I Block. G. —6c. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 125 of 1925, of Eraihia Te Rei, relative to Succession to Rawinia Riparipa (deceased) in Mangapoike A Block. G. —6d. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 403 of 1924, of Hamuera Kingi and Others, for Readjustment of Relative Interests in Puketotara Block. G.—6b. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 154 of 1924, of Rere Nicholson, relative to Raumatangi (Horowhenua) Block. G.—7. MAORI MODEL VILLAGES. —Report of Commission to inquire and report upon the Necessity or Advisability of establishing Model Villages on the Sites of the Present Villages of Ohinemutu and Whakarewarewa. G.—9. NATIVE LAND COURTS, and other Matters under Control of Native Department.—Report of UnderSecretary for the Year ended 31st March, 1926,

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H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND TRADE-UNIONS.—Forty-ninth Annual Report by the Registrar of Friendly Societies, for the Year ended 31st December, 1025. H.—2. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report of the, by the Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Department, 1925-26. H.—4. STORES CONTROL BOARD—Annual Report of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H. —5. NEW ZEALAND NAVAL FORCES. —Report of the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station for the Period Ist April, 1925, to 31st March, 1926. H.—6. STATE FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE.—Annual Report of the General Manager for the Year ended 31st December, 1925. H.—6a. FIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION —Report on the, for the Year ended 30th June, 1926. H.—7. MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION—Report on, for 1925. H. —8. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER—AnnuaI Report of the, for the Year ended 31st December, 1925. H.—Ba. ACCIDENT INSURANCE BRANCH OF THE STATE FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE.—Annual Report for the Year ended 31st December, 1925. H. —9. CONSUMPTION OF ARTICLES IN COMMON USE —Table showing Rate of, per Head of Population. H.—lo. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS.—Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Registrar. H. —11. LABOUR DEPARTMENT—Report of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H. —13. RETURNS OR STATEMENTS required by Law or Resolution to be laid before the House. H.—l4. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ER—Fourteenth Report of the. H.—ls. MARINE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for 1925-26. H.—l6. POLICE FORCE OF THE DOMINION—AnnuaI Report on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H.—l7. NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND. —Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board, for the Year ended 31st December, 1925. H. —17a. Statement of Amounts paid into, by way of State Subsidy. H.—lB. PENSIONS DEPARTMENT —Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H.—l9. DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND.—Report of the General Officer Commanding the Forces, for the period Ist June, 1925, to 31st May, 1926. H. —20. PRISONS—Report on, for the Year 1925-26. H. —20a. PRISONS BOARD —Annual Report of, for the Year 1925. H.—2ob. OFFENDERS PROBATION ACT, 1920. —Report on Operations for the Year 1925-26. H.—2l. FISHING INDUSTRY PROMOTION—AnnuaI Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H.—22. INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H.—23. ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 30th April, 1926. H.—23b. RETURN OF SHEEPOWNERS AND OF THE NUMBER OF SHEEP AND LAMBS in each County on the 30th April, 1925 and 1926. H. —23c. CATTLE IN THE DOMINION on the 31st January, 1926. H. —24. FRUIT-PRESERVING INDUSTRY —Annual Report of State Advances Office on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H.—25. ENEMY PROPERTY IN THE DOMINION—Sixth Report on, by the Public Trustee, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H.—26. PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD.—Eighteenth Annual Report, with Accounts, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H.—27. ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN NEW ZEALAND— Statement by the Right Hon. the Prime Minister in connection with ; together with the Report of Sir Frank Heath, K.C.B. H.—29. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for 1925-26. H.—29a. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE—Report of the, for the Year 1925-26. H.—3o. STOCK SLAUGHTERED AND COMPENSATION PAlD.—Under the Stock Act, 1908, during the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H. —31. HEALTH DEPARTMENT.—Report of the Director-General for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. H. —32. GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY. —Report of Chief Librarian for the Year 1925-26. H.—33. GENERAL ELECTION, 1925—Return relative to. H.—33a. Showing Number of Votes for each Candidate at each Polling-place. H.—33b. LOCAL OPTION AND NATIONAL PROHIBITION POLLS, 1925—Return relative to. H.—36. PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. 11.—37. NO-LICENSE DISTRICTS —Charges and Convictions for Drunkenness in, and Quantity and kind of Liquor sent into, for the Year 1925. H. —38. PHOSPHATE ROCK landed in New Zealand from Nauru and Ocean Islands —Return of. H. —44. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE—Ninth Annual Report of the, for the Year ended 30th April, 1926.

I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. 1, -1. PUBLIC PETITIONS A. TO L. I. —2. PUBLIC! PETITIONS M. TO Z. 1.—3. NATIVE AFFAIRS. 1.—4. GOLDFTELDS AND MINES. I. —5. LANDS. 1.—6. RAILWAYS. I. —7. PUBLIC HEALTH. I. —8. EDUCATION. 1.—9. LABOUR BILLS. I. —10. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL INDUSTRIES AND STOCK. I.—ll. STATUTES REVISION. I. —12. DEFENCE. X.—l 3. INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. 1.—14. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. T. —15. MOTOR-OMNIBUS REGULATIONS, I. —16. RURAL CREDITS,

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