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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1927 Session I

APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW ZEALAND. 1927.

VOL. 11. C.—CROWN LANDS AND MINES. D.—IMMIGRATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AND RAILWAYS. E.—EDUCATION. F.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHS. G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS.

IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF THE EEIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH.

BEING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON. 1927.

ARRANGEMENT OP THE PAPERS.

VOL. 11. C. —Crown Lands and Mines. D. —Immigration, Public Works, and Railways. E. —Education. P. —Post and Telegraph. G. —Native Affairs.

PRINTED FOR THE HOUSIT OF REPRESENTATIVES BY W. A. G. SKINNER, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON.

CONTENTS.

C.—CROWN LANDS AND MINES. C,—l. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY.—Settlement of Crown Lands—Annual Report on, for Year ended 31st March, 1927. C.—la. Surveys—Annual Report on, for Year ended 31st March, 1927. C.—2. MINES STATEMENT—For the Year 1926, by the Hon. G. J. Anderson, Minister of Mines. C. —2a. STATE COAL-MINES —Report on the working of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. C.—3. STATE FOREST SERVICE.—AnnuaI Report of the Director of Forestry for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. C. —4. SWAMP DRAINAGE.—Report of the Department of Lands and Survey for the Year ended 31st March, 1927, together with Statement of Accounts. C.—s. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1925—Report on the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. C.—6. SCENERY PRESERVATION—Report of the Department of Lands and Survey on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927 ; together with Statement of Accounts and Schedule of Lands acquired and reserved during the Year under the Scenery Preservation Act. C.—7. ROADING CROWN OR OTHER LANDS ADMINISTERED BY A LAND BOARD—Advances obtained for the purpose of. Details relative to Blocks of Land on which Moneys have been expended during the Year ended 31st March, 1927, for the purpose of providing Road Access thereto. C.—'B. HAURAKI PLAlNS—Drainage Operations in. Report for the. Year ended 31st March, 1927, together with Statement of Accounts. C.—9. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT—Report of the Department of Lands and Survey on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. C. —10. PUBLIC DOMAINS OF NEW ZEALAND —Annual Report on, by the Department of Lands and Survey, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. C.—ll. RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE.—Report by the Department of Lands and Survey for the Year ended 31st March, 1927, together with Statement of Accounts. C. —12. KAURI-GUM INDUSTRY —Report on the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. C.—l 3. TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK.—Annual Report of the Board for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. C.—l 4. NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS.—Report by the Department of Lands and Survey, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927, together with Schedule showing Aggregate Area of Land excluded from the Endowment. C. —15. DOBSON COLLIERY DISASTER —Report of Royal Commission on.

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 ; including Annual Report of the Board of Management of the New Zealand Government Railways. D.—s. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS SUPERANNUATION FUND.—Report of the Board for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. D.—9. DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.—AnnuaI Report for the Year ended 1926-27.

E.—EDUCATION. E.—l. REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION for the Year ending 31st December, 1926. [In continuation of E.-l, 1926.] E.—2. PRIMARY EDUCATION. [In continuation of E- 2, 1926.] E.—3. EDUCATION OF NATIVE CHILDREN. [In continuation of E.-3, 1926.] E.—4. CHILD WELFARE, STATE CARE OF CHILDREN, SPECIAL SCHOOLS, AND INFANT-LIFE PROTECTION. [In continuation of E.-4, 1926.] E.—s. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-5, 1926.] E.—6. SECONDARY EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-6, 1926.] E.—7. HIGHER EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-7, 1926.] E. —8. TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION FUND. —Position as at 31st January, 1927, and Annual Report of Board. B. —-Ba. Actuarial Examination for the Period commencing Ist January, 1920, and ending 31st January 1924.

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F.—POSTAL AND TELEGEAPHS. F. —I. POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.—Report by Hon. W. Nosworthy, Postmaster-General, for the Year 1926-27. F.—2. POST OFFICE ACCOUNT.—Statement of Transactions, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. 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, 1927, and 31st March, 1926, 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. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK FUND —Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General, Statement of, on the 31st March, 1927.

G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. 6.-2. NATIVE TRUST OFFlCE—Accounts of the, for. the Year ended 31st March, 1927. G.—3. EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS.—Auditor's Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. G.—3a. ■— Auditor's Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. G. —4. MANGATU NO. I.—Auditor's Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. G. —4a. Auditor's Report and Accounts for the Year ending 31st March, 1927. G.—s. NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT—Statement showing the Moneys paid into and out of the, during 1926-27. G.—6. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1925.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 417 of 1924, of Peta Tiekiwai and Others, and Petition No. 90 of 1925, of Te Whare Puhaki and Others, relative to Hinewhaki No. 2 Block. G.—6a. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 107 of 1925, of Te Whare Paora and Others, relative to Ohuia No. 3 and No. 4 Blocks. G.—6b. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 182 of 1925, of Te Paea Hape, praying for Rehearing as to Succession to Miriama Tau (deceased). G. —6c. Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 12 of 1925, of Hori Raharuhi, praying for Leave to appeal against succession to Clara Maud Faulkner and George F. C. Faulkner (deceased) in Lots 85, 86, and 87, Parish of Katlkati. G.—6d. NATIVE LAND AMENDMENT AND NATIVE LAND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1926.—Report and Recommendation on Petition No. 78 of 1926, of Henry Acker and Others, relative to the Rights of Pi (deceased) in the Ngaitahu (South Island) Native Reserves. G.—B. NATIVES TO BE EUROPEANS—Statement of Orders in Council declaring. G. —9. NATIVE LAND COURTS, and other Matters under Control of Native Department.—Report of UnderSecretary for the Year ended 31st March, 1927.

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