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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1889 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOUENALS OP THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1889.

VOL. I. A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. B.—FINANCE. C.—CEOWN LANDS AND MINES. IN THE FIFTY-THIRD YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. BEING THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON. 1889.

ARRANGEMENT OP THE PAPERS.

Vol. I. A.—Legislative and Political. B.—Finance. C.—Crown Lands and Mines.

PRINTED FOB THE HOUSE OP BEPKESBNTATIVES, BY GEOEGE DIDSBURY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON.

CONTENTS.

C—CEOWN LANDS AND MINES. 0.—1. CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT—Annual Report on. C—1a. SURVEYS OF NEW ZEALAND.—Report for 1888-89. C—2. THE MINING INDUSTRY. C—3. MINING-MACHINERY, AND TREATMENT OF ORES IN AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—Reports on Mining-Machinery, Processes for Reduction of Ores, &c. C— i. REVALUATION OF DEFERRED-PAYMENT AND PERPETUAL-LEASE HOLDINGS. C—5. VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS—General Results of, on 31st March, 1889. 0.—6. LANDS PURCHASED AND LEASED FROM NATIVES IN NORTH ISLAND. C—7. LANDS DISPOSED OF UNDER THE SEVERAL SYSTEMS IN FORCE—Return of, for each Year since 1880. C—8. THE LEASING OF OTEKAIKE RUNS—Correspondence relating to.

B.—FINANCE. B.—1. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS of the Government of New Zealand for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1889B.—2. APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1889. B.—8. CIVIL LIST ACCOUNT for 1888-89. B.—4. UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1889. B.—5. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT —Abstract of, for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1889. B.—5a. MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS OF CONSOLIDATED FUND for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1889. B.—6. FINANCIAL STATEMENT made in Committee of Supply, 25th Juno, 1889, by the Colonial Treasurer (Hon. Sir H. A. Atkinson.) B.—7. APPROPRIATIONS chargeable on the Consolidated Fund, the Public Trust Office Expenses Account, and the Government Insurance Account, for the Year ending 31st March, 1890. B.—7a. Chargeable on the Public Works Fund for Year ending 31st March, 1890. B.—8. SINKING FUNDS. —Report and Accounts of the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds for the Year ended 31st March, 1889. B.— 9. SECURITIES HELD IN THE COLONY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT—List of the. B.—9a. SECURITIES HELD IN LONDON ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT on 3rd May, 1888, and the 29th May, 1889. B.—10. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.—Accounts for the Year ended 31st December, 1888. B.—11. AUSTRALASIAN 3-PER-CENT. CONSOLS STOCK—Letters from Mr. W. Westgarth relating to a Proposal by him for inaugurating an. B.— 12. APPLICATIONS MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR LOANS—Annual Return of, under " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the Financial Year ending 31st March, 1889. B.—12a. DEBENTURES ISSUED UNDER " THE ROADS AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION ACT, 1882," CONVERTED. B.— 12b. ADVANCES TO LOCAL BODIES UNDER " THE GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACT, 1886 "—Return showing, to Present Date. B.—13. INVESTMENT OF TRUST AND DEPOSIT FUNDS OF THE COLONY.—Return showing securities. B,—14. COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY—Rfeturn of, for Year ended 31st March, 1889. P..—15. THE TWO-MILLION LOAN—Papers relating to the Raising of. B.— 15A. CHARGES FOR RAISING LAST SIX NEW ZEALAND LOANS. B—16. EXPENDITURE UPON MAINTENANCE OF EACH DEPARTMENT OF THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT for Years 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1886, 1887, and 1888. B.—17. LOAN-MONEY EXPENDED IN AID OF REVENUE in each Year since 1875. B.—18. THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE COLONY—Return showing Particulars of, on 31st March, 1889. B.—19. LIABILITIES—Abstract of, on 31st March, 1889. B.—20. GOVERNOR'S ORDERS UNDER " THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTIES ACT, 1888." B. 21. INCOME- AND LAND-TAX—Return showing Estimated Revenue derivable from. B.— 22. COST OF AUDITING ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL BODIES. B.—28. CUSTOMS, STAMPS, PROPERTY-TAX, BEER-TAX, AND TERRITORIAL REVENUE—Return of Revenue from, for Years ended 31st March, 1887, 1888. and 1889.

A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. A. —1. DESPATCHES from the Secretary of State to the Governor, and from the Governor to the Secretary of State. A.—1a. DESPATCH from the Secretary of State to the Governor respecting Conditions imposed by French Law on the Return of Convicts to Prance. A.—2. FEDERATION AND ANNEXATION.—Further Papers relating to the Pacific Islands. (In continuation of A.-3, 1888.) A.—3. PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF THE NEW HEBRIDES BY FRANCE — Papers relating to. (In continuation of A.-4, 1888.) » A.—i. FEDERATION AND ANNEXATION.—Further Correspondence in relation to the New Guinea Protectorate. (In continuation of A.-5, 1888.) A.-5. APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL—Return of.