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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1890 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1890.

VOL. I. A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. B.—FINANCE. C—CEOWN LANDS AND MINES.

IN THE FIFTY-THIRD AND FIFTY-FOURTH YEARS OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.

BEING THE FOUETH SESSION OF THE TENTH PAELIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON.

1890.

ABBANGEMENT OF THE PAPEBS.

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

PRINTED FOE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY GEORGE DIDSBUBY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON.

CON T E N T S.

.„ A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. A.—1. DESPATCHES from the Governor of New Zealand to the Secretary of State. A.—27 From the Secretary of State to the Governor. A.—3. FEDERATION AND ANNEXATION.—Further papers relating to the Pacific Islands. (In continuation of A-2, 1889.) A.—4. PEOPOSED ACQUISITION OF NEW HEBRIDES BY FRANCE—Papers relating to. (In continuation of A.-3, 1889.) A.—5. ANNEXATION OF MACQUARIE ISLANDS—Papers relating to. A.—6. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES OF THE STATUTE LAW OF NEW ZEALAND, brought down to the Close of the Session of 1890.

B.— FINANCE. B.—l. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS of the Government of New Zealand for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890. 8.—2. APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890. 8.—3. CIVIL LIST ACCOUNT for 1889-90. B.—3A. CIVIL LIST FOR NATIVE PURPOSES—Estimated Expenditure of ±'7,000 set apart under. 8.—4. UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890. B.—S. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OP THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT—Abstract of, for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890.) 8.—6. FINANCIAL STATEMENT made in Committee of Supply, 25th June, 1890, 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 Financial Year ending 31st March, 1891. B. —7a. ■ Chargeable on the Public Works Fund for Financial Year ending 31st March, 1891. B. —8. SINKING FUNDS. —Report and Accounts of the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890. 8.—9. SECURITIES HELD IN THE COLONY ON BEHALF OP THE GOVERNMENT—List of the. B.—lo. PUBLIC TRUST OFFlCE—Accounts of the, for Year ended 31st December, 1889. B.—ll. APPLICATIONS MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR LOANS—Return of, for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890. 8.—12. NATIVE RESERVES ACCOUNTS—Statement of, by the Public Trustee, for Year ended 31st December, 1889. 8.-13. COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY—Return of, for Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890. 8.—14. THREE-AND-A-HALF-PER-CENT. CONVERSION LOAN OF 1889—Correspondence relative to the Negotiation of the. 8.—15. RESULTS OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT, 1888.—Commissioner's Report. 8.—15 a. LAND, LOAN, AND BANKING COMPANIES—Return of, as Owners or Trustees of Land in the Colony, with Area and Value. B—l6. ESTIMATES OF 1887-88, WITH SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS ADDED, COMPARED WITH EXPENDITURE OF 1889-90. B —17 EXPENDITURE UPON MAINTENANCE OP EACH DEPARTMENT OF THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT for Years-1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, and 1889. (In continuation of 8.-15, 1888.) B.—lB. LOANS RAISED SINCE 1878-79—Return of, with Amounts paid for Interest, Sinking Fund, &c. 8.—19. MINISTERS' TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES—Return of, from Bth October, 1887, to Bth April, 1889. B —20. EXPENSES OF COMMISSION UNDER " THE NATIVE LAND COURT ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1889." B —21 MEMORANDUM BY THE COLONIAL TREASURER RELATING TO CERTAIN CHARGES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. 8.—22. THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE COLONY—Return showing Particulars of. 8.—23. COMPARATIVE TABLE OP CUSTOMS DUTIES COLLECTED during the Years 1887 and 1889. 8.—24. LIABILITIES—Abstract of, on 31st March, 1890.

O.—GROWN LANDS AND MINES. C—l. CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report on. 0.—2. SALE OP SMALL GRAZING RUNS AT TlMARU—Return relative to. o.—B. GOLDFIELDS, ROADS, WATER-RAGES, AND OTHER WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH MINING —Annual Report on. C—3a. GOLD AND OTHER MINERAL PRODUCTS.—TabIes showing the Quantity exported from the Colony, &c. C—4. FINANCIAL RESULTS OP THE OPERATION OP " THE SELECTORS' LANDS REVALUATION ACT, 1889 "—Return showing the. C—s. SURVEYS OF NEW ZEALAND.—Report for 1889-90. 0.—6. EXAMINATION PAPERS FOR MINE-MANAGERS' CERTIFICATES—Copies of. 0.—7. RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT MINING CONFERENCE held in Dunedin in February, 1890. C—B. RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE NEW ZEALAND CHAMBER OF MINES at a Meeting held in Dunedin on 10th June, 1890. C—9. AMENDED REGULATION UNDER "THE MINING ACT, 1886."