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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1920 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1920.

VOL. I. A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. B.—FINANCE. C.—CROWN LANDS AND MINES. D.— IMMIGRATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AND RAILWAYS.

IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH.

BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTIETH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON. 1920.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS. VOL. I. A.—Legislative and Political. B.—Finance. C.—Crown Lands and Mines. D.—lmmigration, Public Works, and Railways.

PRINTED FOR THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES BY MARCUS P. MARKS, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON.

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~ . A.—LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. A. —1. DESPATCHES from the Governor-General of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. A.—2. from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to tho Governor-General of New Zealand. A.—2a. from the Governor-General of South Africa to the Governor-General of New Zealand. (Death of General the Right Hon. Louis Botha.) A.—3. COOK AND OTHER ISLANDS. (In continuation of A.-3, 1919.) A.—4. TRADE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND FIJI, TONGA, WESTERN SAMOA, AND COOK ISLANDS. A.—s. VISIT OP THE PARLIAMENTARY PARTY TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.—February-March Itinerary, &c. 1920. A.—sa. VISIT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY PARTY TO FlJl.—Copy of Letter from the Governor of Fiji to the Governor-General of New Zealand. A.—6. NAVAL MISSION TO THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND. (Addendum No. 1 to Report of the Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe.) B.—FINANCE. 11—1. [Part I.] PUBLIC; ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1919-20. B.—l. [Part IL], PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for the Financial Year 1919-20. Also Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, and Statement showing the Public Debt of the Dominion as on 31st March, 1920. 8.—4. LOAN AND INTEREST LIABILITIES, AND ESTIMATED POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND as on 31st March, 1914, and 31st March, 1920, respectively. 8.—6. FINANCIAL STATEMENT, by the Right Hon. W. F. Massey, Minister- of Finance, in Committee of Supply, 27th July, 1920. 8.—7. APPROPRIATIONS chargeable on the Consolidated Fund and other Accounts for 1920-21. B.—7a. — — chargeable on the Public Works Fund and other Accounts for 1920-21. B. —8. SINKING FUNDS.—Report and. Accounts of the Commissioners of the Public' Debts Sinking Funds for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. B— 9. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. B. —9a. Accounts of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. B.—lo. PUBLIC SECURITIES HELD IN THE DOMINION OR ELSEWHERE as on 31st March, 1920. B.—ll. INVESTMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL FUNDS during the Year ended 31st March, 1920. 8.—12. COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT at each Port of Entry. —Return for Year ended 31st March, 1920. 8,—13. STATE ADVANCES OFFICE.—Report by the Superintendent for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. 8.—13 a. STATEMENT OF MONEYS ADVANCED from one Branch to another, and Dates of Repayment. B—ls. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.—Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. 8.—16. WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT—Statement showing Moneys paid into or out of the, during the Year ended 31st March, 1920. 8.—17. VALUATION OF LAND DEPARTMENT.—Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. B.— 20. PUBLIC DEBT EXTINCTION ACT, 1910—Certificate of the Controller and Auditor-General under the O—CROWN LANDS AND MINES. C—l. SETTLEMENT OF CROWN LANDS—Annual Report on the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. C—la. SURVEYS—AnnuaI Report on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. C—lb. SETTLEMENT OF CROWN LANDS-Supplementary Statement to Annual Report on the. C—lo. UNSETTLED CROWN LANDS—Return of, within the Dominion and also in Hokianga County, and their Classification.

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C—2. MINES STATEMENT, by the Right Hon. W. F. Massey, Minister of Mines. C—2a. STATE COAL-MlNES—Report on Working of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. C— 2b. COAL-CONTROL DEPARTMENT.—Report by Minister in Charge. C—2c. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH.—Fourteenth Annual Report. G—3. FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. C— 3a. FOREST CONDITIONS IN NEW ZEALAND—Report on, by L. Macintosh Ellis, B.Sc.F., C.S.F.E., Director of Forestry. G—4. SWAMP DRAINAGE.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920, together with Statement of Accounts. C—s. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1908—Report on the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. C—6. SCENERY-PRESERVATION.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920, together with Statement of Accounts and Schedule of Lands acquired and reserved. C—7. ADVANCES OBTAINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ROADING CROWN OR OTHER LANDS ADMINISTERED BY A LAND BOARD. C—B. DRAINAGE OPERATIONS IN HAURAKI PLAINS.—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1920, together with Statement of Accounts. C—9. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT—Report on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. C—9a. LAND PURCHASED FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS—Names of Persons from whom purchased, and Price paid. C—lo. PUBLIC DOMAINS OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on, for the Year ended 31st December, 1919 0.-11. RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE—Report on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920, together with Statement of Accounts. G—l2. KAURI-GUM INDUSTRY—Report on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1920, together with Statement of Accounts. C—ls. SOUTHERN PASTORAL LANDS—Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the. D.—IMMIGRATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AND RAILWAYS. D.—l. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, by the Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works. D.—2. RAILWAYS STATEMENT, by the Right Hon. W. F. Massey, Minister of Railways. D.—3. MEMBERS OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT—List of, as on Ist April, 1920. D.—s. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS SUPERANNUATION FUND.—Report of Board for the Year ended 31st March, 1920. D.—sa. Report by the Actuary showing the Results of an Investigation into Position of Fund at 31st March, 1919. D.—6. MAEREWHENUA RlVER—Report of Rivers Commission on the. D.—6a. WAIHOU RlVER—Report of Rivers Commission on the. D. —6b. CLUTHA RIVER —Report of Rivers Commission on the. D.—6c. APARIMA RlVER—Report of Rivers Commission on the. D— 6d. TAIERI RlVER—Report of Rivers Commission on the. D.—6b. RANGITATA RlVER—Report of Rivers Commission on the. D.—9. DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION—AnnuaI Report of the.

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