Front Matter

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1897 Session II

HOCKEN LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. SESSION II., 1897.

VOL. 111. H.—MISCELLANEOUS. I.— EEPOETS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. J.— PETITION.

IN THE SIXTY-FIEST YEAE OF THE REIGN OF HEE MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.

BEING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTO N. 1897.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS.

VOL. III. H.—Miscellaneous. I.—Bepoets of Select Committees. J.™ Petition. ygo"~ '^v

PRINTED FOB THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON

SESS. 11, 1897.

CONTENTS.

H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. FRIENDLY SOClETlES—Twentieth Annual Report by the Registrar of. H. 2. PRIVATE BENEFIT SOCIETIES—Report and Evidence of the Royal Commission on. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Departments, 1896-97. H. 4. PENSIONS: "THE PENSIONS ACT, 1884."—Schedule of Retiring-allowances proposed to be granted to Officers of the Civil Service. H 5. <■ CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT, 1886 " —Return of Appointments made under Section 4of the. H.—6. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR—Report of the. H.—Y. LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF THE COLONY—Report on, for 1896. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report by Commissioner. Triennial Investigation. Fifth Division of Profits. H.—9. CONSUMPTION OF ARTICLES IN COMMON USE—Table showing Rate of, per Head of Population. H.—lo. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS.—Eighth Annual Report of the Registrar. H.—ll. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE—Report relating to the. H.—l2. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—Cost of Additions to and Alterations of the. H.—l3. TRAVELLING - ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— Schedule of, from 1892 to 1897. H.—l4. NEW ZEALAND DIAMOND JUBILEE CONTINGENT—Report of the Visit to England of the. H.—ls. MARINE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for 1896-97. H.—l6. THE POLICE FORCE OF THE COLONY—Annual Report on. H. 17. PROTECTION OF MULLET—Report oh, by Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., and Evidence taken by him. H.—lB. OLD-AGE 1 . PENSIONS.—CIaims under " The Registration of People's Claims Act, 1896." H. 18a. Paper read by Mr. James Pullar, F.F.A., at the Monthly Meeting of the Insurance Institute of Victoria, held on the 9th September, 1896. H. —18b. Letter from the Commissioner of the Government Life Insurance Department relative to the Annual Payment (commencing at the Age of Eighteen) necessary to secure a Pension of £26 a Year on and after the Age of Sixty-five. H.—l9. DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on the, by Colonel A. P. Penton, R.A., Commander of the Forces. H.—2o. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH—Report on, for Year ending 31st December, 1896; also Report on the Operation of " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886," for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. H. 21. BEET-ROOT SUGAR. —Cultivation of Sugar-beet and Manufacture of Sugar therefrom in Victoria, and Statistical Data of other Countries relating thereto. H.—2la. Report from Select Committee, House of Assembly of Tasmania, with Minutes of Proceedings and Appendix. H.—22. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COLONY—Report on the, by the Inspector of Hospitals. H.—23. THE ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 30th April, 1897. H.—23a. SHEEP-RATES COLLECTED, AND COST OF THE DEPARTMENT. H.—24. FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES' DEPOSITS ACT—Deposits under. H.—25. FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES ACT AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES ACT—Nature and Value of Securities deposited under. H.—26. CIVIL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE—Fees levied on Suitors in the. H.—27. NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE—Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the. H.—2B. DIRECT SERVICE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND WESTERN AUSTRALlA.—Comparative Statement of Freights between Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. H.—2Ba. Further Correspondence. H—29 IMPORTS FROM BRITISH POSSESSIONS AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND DUTIES PAID THEREON. H.—3o. " GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT, 1881 "—Permits granted under, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1897. H.—3l. QUEENSLAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, BRISBANE, 1897. H.—32. " THE AWARUA SEAT INQUIRY ACT, 1897 "—Report of Proceedings and Decision of the Court of Appeal in the Matter of. H.—33. CHARGES AGAINST DETECTIVE ALEXANDER HENDERSON—Report of Richmond Beetham, Esq., S.M., on.

CONTENTS. H.—34. CHARGES AGAINST INSPECTOR EMERSON—Copies of Letters, &c, leading up to Commission of Inquiry on. H.— 34a. Report of Royal Commission on. H.—35. "PROHIBITION" IN CLUTHA LICENSING DISTRICT—Report by Mr. R. S. Hawkins, S.M., Balcluth.'i, with Reference to the Operation of. H.—37. S.S. " TUTANEKAI "—Cost and expenses of. H.—3B. PERMANENT ARTlLLERY—Appointments to the, and Transfers from, to the Police Force, from Ist January, 1890, to Ist January, 1897. H.—3Ba. Appointments to the, and Transfers from, to the Police Force, from Ist January, 1883, to Ist January, 1890. H. —38b. ■ Appointments to the, and Transfers from, to the Police Force, from Ist January, 1880, to Ist January, 1897. H.—39. ELECTORAL ROLLS—Persons employed in Completion of the. H.—4o. LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FOUR PRINCIPAL CITIES DURING 1896.

I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. I.—l. PUBLIC PETITIONS A TO L COMMITTEE—Reports of the. 1.—2. PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE—Reports of the. 1.—3. NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE—Reports of the. I. —3a. Report of, on the Petition of Wiremu Pakiha and 653 Others, together with Petition and Minutesof Evidence. I.—3b. Report of, on the Horowhenua Block Act Amendment Bill, together with Minutes of Proceedings, &o. I.—3c. Report of, on the Kapiti Island Public Reserve Bill, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence. 1,-*-4. GOLDFIELDS AND MINES COMMITTEE—Reports of. I.—4a. Report of, on the Cyanide Process Gold-extraction Bill, together with Minutes of Evidence. 1.—5. WASTE LANDS COMMITTEE—Reports of the. 1.—6. PRIVILEGE COMMITTEE — Report of, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Appendix. 1.—7. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE.—Report bringing up the Papers relating to the Deposit of £150,000 by the Government with the Colonial Bank of New Zealand in November, 1894. I.—B. NATIVE LAND LAWS AMENDMENT BILL COMMITTEE (JOlNT)—Report of, together with the Bill, the Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Appendix. 1.—9. RAILWAYS COMMITTEE—Reports of the. I.—9a. Report on the Petition of Murdoch McLean and Another, together with Petition, Minutes of Evidence, and Exhibits. I.—lo. JOINT AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL, AND STOCK COMMITTEE—Reports of the.

J.— PETITION. J.— l. PETITION OF J. BROSNAN AND 126 OTHERS, FOR EXEMPTION OF TUAPEKA DISTRICT" FROM OPERATION OF THE EIGHT HOURS BILL IF IT BECOMES LAW.

NOTE. LIST OF PEINTED PAPERS LAID UPON THE TABLE OF THE LEGISLATIVE, COUNCIL, AND BOUND WITH THE JOURNALS OF THE COUNCIL. No. 1. ASIATIC EESTRICTION BILL, 1896.—Message relative to the Protest thereon. No. 2. TECHNICAL EDUCATION BlLL.—Eeport and Minutes of Joint Committee thereon. No. 3. WAGES PROTECTION BlLL.—Report and Minutes of the Labour Bills Committee thereon. No. 4. "FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES' DEPOSITS ACT, 1894."—Statement of Deposits. No. 5. "LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES ACT, 1873," AND "FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES." DEPOSITS ACT, 1891."—Statement of Securities deposited by each Company. No. 6. " REGISTRATION OF PEOPLE'S CLAIMS ACT, 1896."—General Return. No. 7. DUCHESS OF TECK—Telegram of Sympathy relating to the Death of the. No. 8. PENSlON—Notification of an Intention to grant a, to Mr. Treseder. No. 9. LEASES OF EAILWAY PROPERTY—Particulars of. No. 10. VALIDATION COURT DECREES—Auckland, Gisborne, and Wellington. No. 11. NATIVE LAND COURT.—Orders made in respect of certain Lands, Arahura Survey District. No. 12. NATIVE CLAIMS—Middle Island.