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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1937 Session I

INDEX TO APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SECOND SESSION, TWENTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT.

VOLUME 11, PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS (Ml.

NOTE. —Paper Number before Page Number.

ACCIDENTS — Mining and quarry, C.-2, 7. Public Works, D— 1, v, xi, 99. Railways Department, D.-2, xvii. ADVERTISING — Contracts, Broadcasting service, F.-3, 6. AERODROMES. See under AVIATION. AGREEMENTS Between Public Works Department and— New Zealand Workers' Union, D.-l, i. Young Men's Christian Association, D.-l, ii. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL — Education, Native, F.-3, 5. , ARTHUR PASS NATIONAL PARK BOARD— Annual report, C.-10, 6. AVIATION — Aerodromes : Construction, D.-l, ii, vi, xxxi, 59. Air-mail services— England-Australia, F.-l, 6, 19. Inland, F.-l, 6, 19. Proposed Pacific service, F.-l, 7. BANKING AND CURRENCY— Post-office Savings-bank, F.-l, 3, 21, 35, 36. BLIND CHILDREN— Education, F.-4, 13. BOARD OF NATIVE AFFAIRS. See under NATIVE AFFAIRS. BRIDGES. See under PUBLIC WORKS. BROADCASTING— Aeradio services, F.-l, 10. Aeradio Standing Committee, F.-l, 10. National Broadcasting Service —Annual report, F.-3 — Finance — Accounts — National Broadcasting Service, F.-3, 7. National Commercial Broadcasting Service, F.-3, 8. New Zealand Broadcasting Board, P.-3, 6. Advertising contracts, F.-3, 6. Commercial Broadcasting Service, F.-3, 5. Repairs and maintenance, F.-3, 5. Revenue Account, F.-3, 5. Salaries and wages, F.-3, 6. Travelling-expenses, F.-3, 5.

BROADCASTING —continued. National Broadcasting Service—Annual Report, P.-3 — continued. Hours of transmission, F.—3, 2. News, F.-3, 3. Percentage of licenses to population, F.-3, 1. Programmes, F.-3, 2. Analysis, F.-3, 4. Special recording, F.-3, 4. Receiving-licenses, F.-3, 1. Special services, F.-3, 3. Subsidized private broadcasting stations, F.-3, 4. Technical, F.-3, 4. Overseas radio-telephone service, F.-l, 10. Press telegram service— Additional facilities on Sundays, F.-l, 24. Tonga and New Zealand, F.-l, 24. Radio-dealers' licenses, F.-l, 32. Radio-telegram and radio-telephone business transacted during the year compared with previous year, F.-l, 39. Radio-telegraph and radio-telephone services, F.-l, 26. Radio-telegram rates to ships at sea, F.-l, 24. Poste radio-telegram service and substitution of ship letter-telegram service, F.-l, 24. Reception, interference with, F.-l, 32. Service, F.-l, 11, 32. Stations — Cook Islands, Northern group: Installation, F.-l, 27. Pacific Islands : Opening, F.-l, 24. Private, F.-l, 32. Experimental, F.-l, 32. Receiving-station licenses, F.-l, 32. To schools, F.-2, 5. BUILDINGS, PUBLIC. See under PUBLIC WORKS. CABLES. See under POST AND TELEGRAPH. COAL-MINING. See under MINING INDUSTRY. COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING. See under BROADCASTING. COOK ISLANDS— Northern Group : Installation of radio-stations, F.-l, 27. DEFENCE — Works : Construction, &c., D.-l, 69. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. DRAINAGE OPERATIONS. See under LANDS. EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS. See under NATIVE AFFAIRS.

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EDUCATION— Child welfare, State care of children, special schools, and infant-life protection : Annual report, E.-4— Child welfare— Minister of Education—Extract irom annual report: Children under supervision, number of, E.-4, 1. Statement of the Superintendent, Child Welfare Branch-— Admissions classified according to — Parents, circumstances, and character (arranged in families), E.-4, 11. Religious beliefs, E.-4, 12. Adoptions, E.-4, 9. Blind children, E.-4, 13. Boarding-out or placement of children in private homes, E.-4, 3. Cases appearing before Children's Courts, E.-4, 6, 7. Children admitted and removed from licensed fosterhomes during the year : Particulars, E.-4, 9. Children and young persons under the guardianship of the Superintendent: Status, E.-4, 10. Children before the Courts during the year, and placed under the supervision of Child Welfare Officers, E.-4, 10. Children in residence in private orphanages, E.-4, 9. Children's homes, list of, E.-4, 15. Child Welfare Officers, E.-4, 2. Committals and admissions during the year, E.-4,10. Costley Trust, E.-4, 6. Higher education, E.-4, 5. Illegitimacy, E.-4, 14. Infant-life protection, E.-4, 8. Inmates discharged from control during year, E.-4, 12. Institutions, E.-4, 3. Institutions for backward children, numbers at, E.-4, 12. Legislation during year, E.-4, 6. Nature of employment, E.-4, 8. Placement of children in situations, and the allocation of their earnings, E.-4, 4. Preventive cases, E.-4, 8. Preventive work, E.-4, 7. Primary education, E.-4, 5. Private organizations, E.-4, 6. Reports to Children's Courts, E.-4, 5. School for the Deaf, E.-4, 13, 14. Higher : Annual report, E.-7 — Candidates successful for degrees, E.-7, 4. Courses taken by students, E.-7, 2. Scholarships, bursaries, &c., E.-7, 3. Students on the books of University Colleges, E.-7, 2. Subjects taken by students, E.-7, 3. Universities : Reports and accounts of the University of New Zealand and constituent colleges— Auckland, E.-7, 9. Canterbury, E.-7, 20. Otago, E.-7, 26. University of New Zealand, E.-7, 5. Victoria, E.-7, 15. Minister of : Annual report, E.-l— Attendance : Regularity, E.-l, 18. Child welfare, E.-l, 41. Classes— Evening technical and part-time day, E.-l, 33. Size of, E.-l, 20. Special for backward children, E.-l, 32. Education— Cost of, E.-l, 8. Higher (University), E.-l, 38. Educational institutions : Enrolments, E.-l, 11. Examinations, annual, E.-l, 39. Finance : Statement of expenditure and recoveries, &c E.-l, 43. Intermediate school, E.-l, 33. Introductory and general, E.-l, 2. Manual instructions, E.-l, 37. Physical education, E.-l, 37. Post primaryEducation, E.-l, 33. Free places, E.-l, 32. Length of course, E.-l, 31. Primary : Manual training, E.-l, 2. Private, registered— Primary, E.-l, 34. Secondary, E.-l, 35. Pupils—Commencing post-primary course in State schools, E.-l, 26

EDUCATlON—continued. Minister of : Annual report, E.-l—continued. Pupils—continued. Conveyance, E.-l, 36. Destination, E.-l, 27. Leaving public primary school, E.-l, 26. Number of, and adult teachers, in the public primary schools of the different education districts, E.-l, 20. School music, E.-l, 37. Schools — Buildings and sites, E.-l, 9. Consolidation of, E.-l, 36. Correspondence, E.-l, 35. Kindergartens, E.-l, 36. Intermediate and departments, E.-l, 33. Native, E.-l, 34. Number, E.-l, 10. Staffs of, E.-l, 18. Types of, E.-l, 8. Teachers — Classification, E.-l, 21. Number of adult teachers in the public primary schools of the different education districts, E.-l, 20. Salaries, E.-l, 2, 24. Superannuation Fund, E.-l, 42. Training of, E.-l, 38. Vocational guidance and placement, E.-l, 30. Native —' Native children —Annual report: Report of Inspector of Native Schools, E.-3— Ages and standards, E.-3, 11. Agriculture, E.-3, 5. Attendance, E.-3, 6. Buildings, E.-3, 7. English, arithmetic, and social studies, E.-3, 5, 6. Native education — Aesthetic activities, E.-3, 4. Arts and crafts, E.-3, 4. Conference on, in Pacific countries, Honolulu, E.-3, 3. Scope of, E.-3, 1. Pacific Islands inspections, 7. Proficiency examination, E.-3, 7, 10. Scholarships, E.-3, 6, 9. Schools — Maori Mission, E.-3, 6. Maori Mission and Maori secondary : Rolls, E.-3, 8. Maori secondary, &c. : Number of Maori pupils attending, E.-3, 9. Native, number of, classified according to grade, &c., E.-3, 8. Native village : Roll and average attendance, E.-3, 8. Public — Maori children at, E.-3, 9, 10. Classification, E.-3, 10. Secondary education, E.-3, 6. Staff, E.-3, 7. Teachers — Native schools : Certificates held by, E.-3, 12. Refresher courses, E.-3, 3. Training, E.-3, 3. Primary and post primary, Annual report, E.-2 — Report of Chief Inspector of Primary Schools-— Curricula, E.-2, 8. Environment, E.-2, 6. Examinations, E.-2, 8. Pupils and schools : Increased allowances, E.-2, 9. Safety-first education, E.-3, 6. Schools— Broadcasting to, E.-2, 5. Consolidated, E.-2, 4. Correspondence, E.-2, 5. District high, E.-2, 4. Intermediate, E.-2, 4. Special classes, E.-2, 5. Teachers— Grading, E.-2, 3. On exchange, E.-2, 6. Surplus, E.-2, 3. Training colleges, E.-2, 2. Visual training, E.-2, 6. Report of Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools— Free places and leaving certificates, E.-2, 7. Routine work, E.-2, 6. Staff, E.-2, 6, 9. University bursaries, E.-2, 7.

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EDUCATION —continued. Primary and post primary, Annual report, E.-2 —continued. Report of the Superintendent of Technical Education— Buildings, equipment, and apparatus, E.-2, 11. Domestic workers : Training, E.-2, 12. Examinations, E.-2, 13. General, E.-2, 10. Technical high schools, E.-2, 11. Tables — Financial — Education Boards, E.-2, 58. Secondary, combined, and technical schools and classes, E.-2, 71. Whangarei College Board of Trustees, E.-2, 85. Intermediate schools and department — Pupils, ages of, E.-2, 32. Pupils, staff, &c. : Poll and classification, E.-2, 32 Primary education and reports (extracts) of Education Boards— Children : Destination, E.-2, 20. Education Boards : Reports, E.-2, 25. Proficiency examination results, E.-2, 19. Pupils— Age and attainment of, who left school, E.-2, 19. Schools — Correspondence : Roll, &c., E.-2, 25. Private primary— Ages of pupils, E.-2, 24. Registered, E.-2, 23. Private secondary— Ages of pupils, E.-2, 51. Roll: Number and staff, E.-2, 50. Public primary— Attendance, E.-2, 15. Age and sex, E.-2, 16. Attendance, E.-2, 15. Average age of pupils, E.-2, 18. Classification, &c. : Number, E.-2, 15.. Standard classes, &c., E.-2, 17. Secondary, combined, and technical high : Fulltime pupils according to courses of instruction, E.-2, 39. Secondary : Lower departments, E.-2, 25. Staff, E.-2, 21. Teachers — Adult, according to grade of salary, E.-2, 22. Classification, E.-2, 21, 22. Training of, E.-2, 54. Secondary and technical education — District high schools (secondary department)— Pupils— Age of, at date of admission, E.-2, 48. Ages, E.-2, 48. Average attendance : Roll, free-place holders, E.-2, 46. Subjects taken by, E.-2, 49. Years of attendance, E.—2, 48. Post primary— Education, particulars relating to, E.-2, 33. Schools (exclusive of district high schools) — Correspondence : Roll, &c., E.-2, 42. Pupils (full-time) — Age, E.-2, 36. Age at date of admission, E.-2, 37. Average attendance, roll, free-place holders, staff, &c., E.-2, 34. Boarding away from home, E.-2, 41. Subjects taken by, E.-2, 40. Years of attendance, E.-2, 37. Post-primary schools and manual instruction: Pupils (part-time)— According to occupations, E.-2, 43. Ages, E.-2, 43. Attending special manual-training centres, E.-2, 45. Combined roll, day and evening classes, E.-2. 44. Free-place and other pupils according to year of attendance, E.-2, 43. Teachers, training of—■ Students —■ Examination status of those who left, E.-2, 53. Initial status on admission, E.-2, 52. Number, E.-2, 52. Qualification on admission, E.- 2, 53. Training Colleges : Reports (extract) of principals, E.-2, 54.

EDUCATION —continued. Schools — Savings branch, Post Office Savings-bank, F.-l, 22. School of Mines, .(I—2, 10, 12. Teachers' Sup^* f Fund : Annual report, E.-8. EGMONT NATIONAL PARK BOARD— Annual report, C.-10, 6. EMPIRE CABLE COMMITTEE— Visit of Director-General, Post and Telegraph Department to London, F.-l, 4. EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION— Maoris, G.-9, 2. Public Works Department, D.-l, 162. FINANCE— Broadcasting— National Broadcasting Service, F.-3, 7. National Commercial Broadcasting Service, F.-3, 8. New Zealand Broadcasting Board, F.-3, 4. Education — Cost of, E.-l, 8. Expenditure and recoveries in respect of the services under the Crown or supervision of the Minister of Education during the year, E.-l, 43. Primary and post-primary, E.-2, 58. Teachers' Superannuation Fund— Annual report, E.-8. Minister's report, E.-l, 42. Forestry, C.-3, 2, 7, 14, 17, 18. Government Superannuation Funds — Railways, D.-5. Teachers, E.-8. Minister's report, E.-l, 42. Lands — Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Account — Balance-sheet, C.-9, 11. Mortgages : Transfer, C.-9, 3. Transactions for year, C.-9, 9. Drainage operations— Hauraki Plains, C.-8, 5. Rangitaiki, C.-11, 3. Swamp, C.-4, 3. Land for Settlements Act, 1925, C.-5, 3-10. Public Domains and National Parks, C.-10. Scenery Preservation, C.-6, 8, 9. Settlement of Crown Lands, C.-l, 3, 4, 31, 35, 36, 38. Mining Industry, C.-2, 1-3, 7-9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22-26, 51-58. State coal-mines, C.-2a, 4-12. Native affairs — East Coast Native Trust Lands — Balance-sheet and Statement of Accounts, G.-3. Mangatu Nos. 1, 3, and 4 Blocks : Balance-sheet and Statement of Accounts, G.-4. Land-development : Receipts and payments, &c., G.-10, 91, 94. Post and Telegraph— Cable, radio-telegraph, and radio-telephone business transacted during the year, as compared with the year previous : Table showing, F.-l , 39. Money-orders issued and money-orders payable in New Zealand since the year ended 1863 : Table showing number, F.-l, 33. Paid telegrams and toll-calls (including cable and radio messages and overseas toll-calls) during the year ended 31st March, 1936 and 1937, F.-l, 38. Receipts and payments, F.-l, 3, 12, 33. Savings-bank, F.-l, 3, 21, 35, 36. School savings branch, F.-l, 22. Public Works : Expenditure, D.-l, iii, iv, vii, 2, 3, 9, 12, 13, 21, 24, 159, 191, 194. Railways— Balance-sheets and Statements of Accounts, Statistical returns, &c., D.-2, 1-31. Superannuation Fund : Annual report, D.-5. FORESTRY— Bush preservation and amenity planting, D.-l, 172. Forestry Branch, Railways Department, D.-3, xxiv. State Forest Service : Annual report— Forest fires, C.-3, 2, 8. General — Finance, C.-3, 18. Honorary forest rangers, C.-3, 18. Legislation, C.-3, 17.

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FORESTRY —continued. General —continued. List of common and botanical names of species mentioned in the report, C.-3, 21. Management— Areas of State forests, C.-3, 5. Forest atlas, C.-3, 8. Forest reconnaissance, demarcation, and surveys, C.-3, 6. Mining privileges in State forests, C.-3, 2. Protection forests, C.-3, 6. State afforestation, C.-3, 2, 6. Timber sales, C.-3, 7. Waitangi endowment, C.-3, 8. West Taupo timber lands, C.-3, 7. Opossum-trapping, C.-3, 2. Policy, C.-3, 2. Protection— Fires and fire districts, C.-3, 9. Forest fires, C.-3, 8. Forest parasite biology, C.-3, 9. Forest protection : Animal destruction, C.-3, 9. General, C.-3, 8. Silvicultural operations, and yields from exotic forests, C.-3, 10. Reports, summarized, on State afforestation in forest conservation regions, C.-3, 19. Sawmills, C.-3, 2. Timber trade — Domestic markets, C.-3, 14. Exports, C.-3, 15. General, C.-3, 14. Regional planning of indigenous forest areas, C.-3, 15. Utilization— Drying of timber, C.-3, 13. General, C.-3, 10. Grading, C.-3, 13. Logging technique, C.-3, 12. Miscellaneous, C.-3, 14. Sawmill technique, C.-3, 12. Wood preservation, C.-3, 13. Timber areas : Railways Department, D.-2, v, xxi. FORTY-HOUR WEEK. See under LABOUR. GLACIAL SCENIC RESERVES, WESTLAND— Article on, C.-6, 5, 10. GOLD-MINING. See under MINING. GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT. See under PUBLIC WORKS. GOVERNMENT SUPERANUATION FUNDS— Railways : Annual report, D.-5. Teachers — Annual report, E.-8. Minister's report, E.-l, 42. HARBOURS. See under MARINE. HAURAKI PLAINS DRAINAGE OPERATIONS. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. HEALTH— Health stamps, F.-l, 20. Infantile paralysis epidemic : Effect on passenger traffic, D.-2, i. Physical eduation, E.-l, 37. Post and Telegraph Department : Permanent staff, F.-l, 13. HOUSING— Native, G.-9, 5. Railways Department: Departmental dwellings, D.-2, xxx. State-coal mines, C.-2, 10. Surveys, C.-la, 2. HYDRO-ELECTRICITY. See under PUBLIC WORKS. ILLEGITIMACY— E.-4, 14. INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE— Commercial Branch, Post and Telegraph Department, F.-l, 4, 15. Commercial Branch, Railways Department, D.-2, xxx. Timber trade, C.-3, 14.

IRRIGATION. See under PUBLIC WORKS. JAMES COLLIERY. See under MINING INDUSTRY. JUSTICE AND PRISONS— .Native land law, G.-9, 4. KAPITI ISLAND RESERVE— Report, C.-6, 18. KAURI-GUM INDUSTRY— Report for the year, C.-12. KINDERGARTENS. See under EDUCATION. LABOUR— Domestic workers : Training, E.-2, 12. Forty-hour week, Post and Telegraph Department, F.-l, 13. Unemployment— Gold-prospecting subsidy, C.-2, 12, 13. Maoris, G.-9, 2. Tax : Collection, F.-l, 22. Workers — Employment, D.-l, v. Settlement, D.-l, xxxiv. LANDS— Development, &c., D.-l, 51. Drainage— Operations— Hauraki Plains : Annual report, C.-8. Rangitaiki Land Drainage : Annual report, C.-11. Swamp : Annual report, C.-4. Improvement, D.-l, xxvii. Kauri-gum industry : Annual report, C.-12. Land for Settlements Act, 1925 : Annual report, C.-5— Estates, private, acquired to 31st March, 1936: Summary, C.-5, 2. Land, private, purchased and paid for during year : Return, C.-5, 2. Land Purchase Controller : Report, C.-5, 1. Land for Settlement Account for the year— Balance-sheet, C.-5, 7-9. Payments from, during year, C.-5, 2. Receipts and Payments Account for the year, C.-5, 3-5. Revenue Account for the year, C.-5, 6. Properties considered during year : Number, C.-5, 2. National Endowments : Annual report, C.-14. Native — Consolidation, G.-9, 4. Development, and assistance to Maoris, G.-9, 2. Land laws, G.-9, 4. Maori Land Boards, G.-9, 3. Surveys, C.-la, 2. Public Domains and National Parks : Annual report, C.-10— National Parks, C.-10, 3. Arthur Pass, C.-10, 6. Egmont, C. —10, 6. Tongariro, C.-10, 4. Public Domains, C.-10, 1. Scenery preservation— Annual report, C.-6— Condition of reserves, &c., C.-6, 4. Expenditure— Comparison of, C.-6, 9. On scenery preservation for the year, C.-6, 8. Future operations, C.-6, 5. General, C.-6, 1. Gifts of scenic areas, C.-6, 4. Glacial Scenic Reserves of Westland, C.-6, 5, 10. Kapiti Island Reserve, C.-6, 18. Private Scenic Reserve declared under section 6 of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1933, C.-6, 8. Reserves made in 1936-37 under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and amendments, C.-6, 6. Revocations of reservations, C.-6, 7. Scenery Preservation Board, C.-6, 3. Summary of Reserves, C.-6, 8. Supervision of Reserves, C.-6, 3. Bush preservation and amenity planting, D.-l, 172. Settlement— Backblock roads : Metalling, D.-l, i. Crown-lands settlement : Annual report — Educational endowment, C.-l, 6.

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LANDS—continued. Settlement—continued. Crown-lands Settlement: Annual report—-continh ed. Finance— Expenditure, C.-l, 7. National endowment, C.-l, 6. Rebates, C.-l, 6. Receipts, arrears, and postponements, Gyl, 6, 38. Lands— All lands 36. Development, C.-l, 2. Drainage operations, C.-l, 24. Endowment: Leased and administered by Land Boards, C.-l, 37. For selection, C.-l, 6. Selection during year, C.-l, 36. Inferior : Special settlement, C.-l, 5. Lands-for-settlement, C.-l, 37. Of the Dominion : Position, C.-l, 35. Reserved for various purposes, C.-l, 7. Legislation, C.-l, 2. Reports of Commissioners of Crown Lands : Extracts from, C.-l, 8-12, 21-24. Review of past year, C.-l, 2. Settlements established : Summary, C.-l, 13-21. Small farms, C.-l, 4, 31. Discharged soldiers— Annual report— Applications received and lands allotted, C.-9, 2. Dominion Revaluation Board : Report, C.-9, 4. Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Account— Balance-sheet, C.-9, 11. Transactions for year, C.-9, 9. General review, C.-9, 2. Lands acquired by discharged soldiers, C.-9, 8. Lands proclaimed, C.-9, 2. Mortgages, transfer, C.-9, 3. Reports of Commissioners of Crown Lands, C.-9, 5. Settlement and other roads : Construction, &c., D.-l, xxiii. Small-farms scheme, D.-l, 54. Unemployed workers, D.-l, xxxiv. Surveys— Annual report, C.-la— Appreciation, C.-lA, 3. Adjustment of triangulation and standard traverses, C.-lA, 3. Drawings for photolithography, C.-la, 3. Examination and recording of plans, C.-l A,2. Field inspections, C.-la, 2. Geodetic triangulation, C.-la, 2, 7. Head Office : Draughting Branch, C.-lA, 4. Geodetic triangulation, C.-la, 7. Housing surveys, C.-l A,2. Map publications, C.-la, 3. Native land surveys, C.-la, 2. Other work, C.-la, 2. Plan drawing, C.-l A,2. Proposed operations, C.-la, 3. Road surveys, C.-la, 2. Rural surveys, C.-la, 2. Second and third order triangulation, C.-la, 2. Standard of accuracy, C.-la, 2. Standard surveys, C.-la, 2. Staff, C.-lA, 3. Summary, C.-la, 2. Survey Board, C.-lA, 6. Tables— Areas surveyed for Lands and Survey Department, C.-lA, 8. Areas surveyed for other Departments, C.-lA, 8. Field work executed, C.-la, 7. Office work, C.-la, 10. Rural surveys area, C.-la, 7. Work on hand, C.-la, 10. Tidal survey, C.-la. 3. Topographical survey, C.-la, 2. Town and suburban surveys, C.-la, 2. Town schemes, C.-lA, 3. Warrants for title, C.-la, 3. Geological, mining industry, C.-2, 10. LEVEL CROSSINGS. See under RAILWAYS. LIGHTHOUSES. See under MARINE. LIVERPOOL COLLIERY. See under MINING INDUSTRY. LOCAL BODIES— Advances to, from Public Works Department, D.-l, 172. Contact with, by Public Works Department, D.-l, 171. MACHINERY. See under PUBLIC WORKS. MAIN HIGHWAYS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. MAORI AFFAIRS. See NATIVE AFFAIRS.

MARINE— Harbour-works, D.-l, xxxvi, 57. Lighthouses, D.-l, xxxvi. Shipping— Mail services, F.-l, 6, 18. Radio-telegram rates to shipping at sea, F.-l, 24. METEOROLOGICALTelegraphic weather reports, F.-l, 23. MINERAL PRODUCTION. See under MINING. MINING INDUSTRY— Annual Mines statement, C.-2— Appendices : Reports relating to — Inspection of coal-mines, C.-2, 59-85. Metalliferous mines and stone-quarries, C.-2, 20-58. Report of Board of Examiners, C.-2, 86-99. Carbonizing and briquetting, C.-2, 6. Coal-miners' Relief Fund, C.-2, 12. Coal-mining, C.-2, 4. Coal-mining legislation, C.—2. Co-operative mining, State Coal Reserve, C.-2, 7. Geological survey, C.-2, 10. Goldfields revenue and gold duty, C.-2, 3. Gold and silver mining, C.-2, 1-3. Laboratory investigations, C.-2, 6. Miners' pensions—Pensions Act, 1926, C.-2, 11. Mining privileges, C.-2, 3. New avenues of coal-utilisation, C.-2, 5. Petroleum oil, C.-2, 3, 4. Rescue stations, C.-2, 5, 6. School of Mines, C.-2, —" Social amenities^. mMimgTownships, C.-2, 6. StafL£U-35 (2, i:I State aid to mining, C.-2, 12, 13 — Government prospecting drills, C.-2, 12. Roads and tracks, C.-2, 12. School of Mines, C.-2, 12. Subsidized prospecting —Subsidies to unemployed to prospect for gold, C.-2, 12, 13. State coal-mines, C.-2, 7-10— Development of new area, C.-2, 9. Housing, C.-2, 9. Items from balance-sheet, C.-2, 9. Output and sales, C.-2, 8. Statistics— Coal-mining, C.-2, 4. Gold and silver mining, C.-2, 3. Mineral production, C.-2, 1. Mining and quarry accidents, C.-2, 7. Persons employed in or about mines and stone-quarries, C.-2, 7. Wastage of coal, C.-2, 5. Tables— CoalImports, C.-2, 18. Output from different fields, C.-2, 16. Output of different classes, C.-2, 16. Exports, Bunker and cargo, C.-2, 18. Coal and oil-shale : Annual production and coal imported since 1878, C.-2, 17. Export of minerals and coal-output, C.-2, J 4. GoldQuantity and value exported from districts and counties or boroughs, C.-2, 15. Quantity of gold exported annually from 1857 C.-2, 16. Persons employed in mining, C.-2, 19. Qualifications of dredge masters, C.-2, 10. CoalState mines : Annual report, C.-2a— James Colliery, C.-2a, 2. Liverpool Colliery, C.-2a, 1. Statement of accounts, &c., C.-2a, 4-12. Mining privileges in State forests, C.-3, 2. MUSIC— School, F.-l, 37. NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS Report for the year, with schedule showing aggregate area of land excluded from the endowment, C.-14. NATIVE AFFAIRS— Department : Annual report, G.-9— Board of Native Affairs, G.-9, 2. Departmental organization and staff, G.-9, 5. District reports, G.-9, 6-11. East Coast Trust lands, G-9, 4. General Maori welfare, G.-9, 2. General report, G.-9, 1. Maori Land Boards, G.-9, 3. Native hostelries, G.-9, 6. Native housing, G.-9, 5.

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PLAYS AND SKETCHES— Broadcasting, F.-3, 3. POLITICAL DISABILITIES REMOVAL ACT, 1936-F.-l, 14. POST AHD TELEGRAPH— Department— Annual ,-^port — Bicycler, F.-l, p. Building-, a"" 1 Umd, F.-l, 4, lft. Cables : Empire Cable Committee, F.-l, 4, 13. Cables, New Zealand submarine — Cook Strait cables, F.-l, 26. Foveaux Strait cables, F.-l, 26. Commercial branch, F.-l, 4, 15. Dead-letter office, F.-l, 21. Employment work, F.-l, 22. Examinations, F.-l, 15. Finance — Cable, radio-telegraph, and radio-telephone business transacted during the year as compared with previous year, F.-l, 39. Money-orders issued and money-orders payable in New Zealand since the year 1863, F.-l, 33. Paid telegrams and toll calls (including cable and radio messages and overseas toll calls) during the years ended 31st March, 1936 and 1937, F.—l, 38. Receipts and payments, F.-l, 3, 12 — For the years 1881-82, 1891-92, 1901-2, 1911-12, 1921-22, and following years, F.-l, 33. Savings-bank, F.-l, 3, 21, 35, 36. School savings-branch, F.-l, 22. Inspections, F.-l, 21. Letters and letter - cards, post - cards, book - packets, —newspapers and parcels, posted and delivered in the postal-districts of New Zealand during the year : Estimated number, F.-l, 37. Literature for the blind : Free transmission by post of talking-book records, F.-l, 18. Mail services— Air, F.-l, 6. 19. Inland, F.-l, 18. Ocean, F.-l, 6, 18. Mechanical office-appliances, F.-l, 17. Money-orders, F.—l, 21. Motor-vehicles : Departmental, F.-l, 17. Motor-vehicles and associated work : Registration, F.-l, 22. Parcel-post- rates : Reduction, F.-l, 18. Parcels exchanged with other countries during the years 1935 and 1936 : Number and weight, F.-l, 34. Postage-stamps, F.-l, 6, 20. Postal-notes, F.-l, 21. Postal business, F.-l, 5. Postal-orders, British, F.-l, 21. Postal packets, missing, F.-l, 21. Post Office investment certificates, F.-l, 22. Post Office premises, &c. : Burglary, F.-l, 21. Radio-broadcasting— Aeradio services, F.-l, 10. Broadcasting reception : Interference, F.-l, 32. Broadcasting service, F.-l, 11, 32. Frequency measuring equipment, F.-l, 27. Overseas radio-telephone service, E.-l, 10, 23, 27. Press telegram service between Tonga and New Zealand, F.-l, 24. Private broadcasting stations, F.-l, 32. Private experimental stations, F.-l, 32. Public radio-stations in Pacific Islands, F.-l, 24. Radio-dealers' licenses, F.-l, 32. Radio-stations in Northern Cook group : Installation, F.-l, 27. Radio-telegrams, F.-l, 24. Radio-telegraph and telephone services, F.-l, 26. Receiving-station licenses, F.-l, 32. Ship-to-shore and other private radio-telephone services, F.-l, 27. Rates and charges : Booklet, F.-l, 18. Staff, F.-l, 4, 12— Appeal Board, F.-l, 14. Engineeering officers : Visit to Australia, F.-l, 4. Personal, F.-l, 13. Permanent : Health, F.-l, 13. Persons employed in the Department, F.-l, 13. Political Disabilities Removal Act, 1936, F.-l, 14. Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1936, F.-l, 14. Post and Telegraph Officers Sick Benefit Fund, F.-l, 4. 14. Promotion Board, F.—l, 14. Protective clothing to members of line construction and maintenance staff, F.-l. 17. Salaries — Forty-hour week, F.-l, 13. Increase, F.-l, 13.

NATIVE AFFAlßS—continued. Department: Annual Report, G.-9—continued. Native Land Courts, G.-9, 4— Alienations of land, G.-9, 6, 13. Business and fees, G.-9, 12. Native-land development and assistance to Maori farmers, G.-9, 2. Native-land laws, G.-9, 4. Native-land purchase— Blocks acquired but not proclaimed Crown lands, G.-9, 13. Blocks fully acquired and proclaimed Crown lands, G.-9, 13. Blocks fully acquired and under negotiation, G.-9, 14. Native Trustee, G.-9, 3. Promotion of employment amongst Maoris, G.-9, 2. Education — Native children : Annual report, E.-3. Schools : Minister's report, E.-l, 33. Lands — Development: Report of Board of Native Affairs, G.-10— Area and population under schemes, stations, and farms, G.-10, 92. East Coast Native Trust lands, G.-10, 89-90. Finance — Cash receipts for the year, G. 10, 94. Receipts and payments accounts for the year, G.-10, 91. State schemes : Total receipts from districts, G.-10, 94. General report. (J.-10, 3. Live-stock returns far G.-10. 93. Maori Land Board activitiesTGfr-10, 79-82. Native Trust stations, G.-10, 83-88. Principal development and farming activities undertaken during the year, G.-10, 92. State development schemes — Aotea Maori Land District, G.-10, 70-74. Ikaroa and South Island Maori Land District, G.-10, 74-78. Tairawhiti Maori Land District, G.-10, 62-69. Tokarau Maori Land District, G.-10, 6-14. Waiariki Maori Land District, G.—lo, 27—61. Waikato-Maniapoto Land District, G.-10, 15-26. East Coast Native Trust lands — Balance-sheet and statement of accounts for the year, G.-3. Mangatu Nos. 1, 3, and 4 Blocks : Balance-sheets and statements of accounts for the year, G.-4. Report of the Board of Native Affairs on, G.-10, 89. Surveys, C.-la, 2. Native Purposes Act, 1935 : Report and recommendation on petition of — Potikai leni Tapihana, G.~6a. Tarehurangi Te Waari, G.-6. Native Purposes Act, 1936 : Report and recommendation on petition of— Tupito Maruera and others, G.-60. Tutawa Paraeroa and others, G.—6b. Waaka Te Arakai and others, G.-6a. NEW ZEALAND BROADCASTING BOARD. See under BROADCASTING. NEW ZEALAND ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL— Report, D.-l, 170. NEW ZEALAND WORKERS' UNION — Agreement with Public Works Department, D.-l, 1. NORTHERN COOK ISLANDS GROUP — Installation of radio-stations, E.-l, 27. OIL. See PETROL. OPPOSSUMS — Trapping, C.-3, 2. PARLIAMENT— Broadcast of proceedings, F.-3, 3. PACIFIC COUNTRIES— Education — Conference on Native education, Honolulu, E.-d, 3. Schools : Inspection, E.-3, 7. Radio-stations, public, opening of, F.-l, 24. PENSIONS— Miners, C.-2, 11. PETROL— Petroleum oil: Mines statement report, C.-2, 3, 4. PHOTOPRINTING. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. PLANT AND MACHINERY. See under PUBLIC WORKS.

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POST AND TELEGRAPH—continued. Department—continued. Annual report—continued. Staff—continued. Salaries— continued. Minimum wage for male officers of adult age, F.-l, 13. Regrading, F.-l, 13. Regulations : Amendment..l --1. 13. Teleg/Ajh-traiiaing schools» F.-l, 14. i, 17■ r ' Stamp-vending machines, I. 1. ;;i. Suggestion Board, F.-l, 15. Telegraph and telephones— Birthday and congratulatory telegrams : F.-l, 23. Carrier-current telephone systems, F.-l, 25. Charges— Dunedin suburban districts, F.-l, 28. Private-line circuits, F.-l, 29. Inland Christmas and New Year greetings telegram service, F.-l, 23. Inter-island telegraph and telephone communication channels, F.-l, 9. Poles and wires, F.-l, 26. Public cable offices, F.-l, 29. Summary of operations, F.-l, 29. Switchboard accommodation, and installation of new exchanges, F.-l, 29. Telegraph and toll systems : Extension, F.-l 25. Telegraph batteries and power supply, F.-l, 23. Telegraph and telephone communication : Maintenance, F.-l, 25. Telegraph service, F.-l, 7, 23. For Meteorological Offices, F.-l, 23. Telephone-exchanges— Additional press telegraph facilities on Sundavs F.-l, 24. J Appointment of managers and change of control at main centres, F.-l, 14. Machine printing circuits, opening, F.-l, 23. Services, F.-I, 7, 23. Telephone service to school dental clinics, F.-l, 28. Telephone statistics, F.-l, 30. Toll service, F.-l, 8, 23, 24. Workshops, F.-I, 16. Work performed for other Departments, F.-l, 22. POTIKAI IENI TAPIHANA— Report and recommendation on petition of, G.-6a. PRESS— Additional telegram facilities on Sundays, F.-l, 24. Telegram service between Tonga and New Zealand, F.-l, 24. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC DOMAINS. See under LANDS. PUBLICITY— Railways Department, D.-2, xxvi, xxx. PUBLICATIONS— Maps, C.-la, 3. PUBLIC SERVICE - Regrading : Post and Telegraph Department, F.-l, 13. PUBLIC WORKS— Annual statement, D.-l— Chief Electrical Engineer : Annual report — Broken wires and poles, D.-l, 97. Electrical accidents, D.-l, 99. Electrical wiremen : Registration, D.-l, 100. Electric-power Boards, D.-l, 93. Generating-schemes in operation— Design office, D.-l, 90. North Island electric-power system, D.-l, 75. South Island electric-power system, D.-l 86. Tables : North Island and South Island Electricpower systems, D.-l, 103-57. Growth of load, D.-l, 98. Inspections of electric lines, also private generatinaplants, D.-l, 98. Licenses and permits issued, D.-l, 99. Local electric-supply systems, D.-l, 94. Engineer-in-Chief : Annual report— Aerodromes : Establishment, D.-l, 59. Construction and improvement of roads and bridges, D.-l, 38. Designing office, D.-I, 70. Harbour-works, D.-l, 5-7. Hydro-electric development, D.-l, 38. Irrigation, D.-l, 34. Lands-improvement, D.-l, 51. Naval and defence works, D.-l, 69. Plant and mechanical equipment, D.-l, 63. Public buildings, D.-l, 70. Railways, D.-l, 26.

PUBLIC WORKS—continued. Annual Statement, D.-l—continued. Small-farms scheme, D.-l, 54. Tramways, D.-l, 69. Finance— Expenditure— And liabilities on public buildings out of Public Works Fund, D. —1, 12. For the year : Audited statement of expenditure out of Public Works Fund for the year, D.-l, 24. Railways, statement showing expenditure on, D.-l, 9. Total: Summary showing total expenditure out of Public Works Fund, D.-l, 2. Yearly out of Public Works Fund, 1914-15 to 1936-37, D.-l, 3. Irrigation and water-supply : Schedule of schemes completed or under construction and under investigation, D.-l, 21. Water-power development: Statement of accounts, D.-l, 13. Government Architect: Annual report on buildings, &c., Main Highways Board : Annual report— Bridges, D.-l, 166, 168, 196. Bush preservation and amenity planting, D.-l, 172. Construction, D.-I, 195. Co-operation with Transport Department, D.-l, 174. Declarations and adjustments of main highways, D.-l, 174. Engineering services : Payment, D.-l, 170. Finance, D.-l, 159, 191, 194. Foremen and overseers of road construction : Examination, D.-l, 173. General, D.-l, 158. Highway materials, testing of, D.-l, 173. Legislation, D.-l, 158. Lengths of main highways, D.-l, 195. Local Authorities— Advances, D.-l, 172. Contact with, D.-l, 171. Magnetic truck, D.-l, 173. Maintenance, D.-l, 162, 196. Mileage of main highways metalled and surfaced since inception of Board's operations (9th June, 1924), D.-l, 196. New Zealand Road Safety Council, D.-l. 170. Plant, D.-l, 172. Progress report, D.-l, 175. Promotion of employment, D.-l, 162. Railway level-crossings, elimination of, D.-l, 167. Renewals and improvements, D.-l, 163. Sign-posting, centre-line marking, &c., D.-l, 172, State-highways system, D.-l, 168. Tests of stone completed during the year, D.-l, 197. Traffic— Census, D.-l, 170. Control, D.-l, 173. Minister's report— Accidents, D.-l, v, xi. Aerodromes, D.-l, ii, vi, xxxi. Agreements with — New Zealand Workers' Union, D.-l, i. Young Men's Christian Association, D.-l, ii. Co-operative contract system, D.-l, i. Finance, D.-l, iii, iv, vii. Harbour-works, D.-l, xxxvi. Hydro-electric development, D.-l, v, vi, xx. Irrigation and water-supply, D.-l, vi, xxv. Lands-improvement, D.-l, xxvii. Lighthouses, D.-l, xxxvi. Main highways and roads, D.-l, x. Backblock, D.-l, iii. Highways made State highways, D.-l, vi. Improvement, D.-l, v. Roading system, D.-l, i. Roads other than main highways, D.-l, vi. Settlement and other roads, D.-l. xxiii. Plant and machinery, D.-l, ii, iii, vii, xxxv. Public buildings, D.-l, vi. Railways, D.-l, xii. Construction, D.-l, iv, v, xii. Improvements and additions to open lines, D.-l, xix. Level crossings : Elimination, D.-l, v. River control and river maintenance, D.-l, vii. Social amenities, D.-l, i. Telegraph extension, D.-l, xxxii. Tourist and health resorts, D.-l, xxxiv. Unemployed workers— Employment, D.-l, v. Settlement, D.—l, xxxiv. Workmen— Accommodation, D.-l, ii. Training, D.-l, ii. Buildings, public : Construction, &c.— Post and Telegraph Department, F.-l, 4, 16. Schools, &c., E.-l, 9 ; E.-2, 11. Native, E.-3, 7.

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SPORT.- AND RECREATION — Sporting broadcasts, P.-3, 3. STATE COAL MINES. See under MINING INDUSTRY. STATE FOREST SERVICE. See under FORESTRY. STORES — Post and Telegraph De)»-teaf ft.--1- '■ t Railways DepartiA;xit, 2, xxiv. SURVEYS. See LANDS AND SURVEY. SWAMP-DRAINAGE. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. TAREHURANGITE WAARI — Report and recommendation on petition oi, br.-b. TEACHERS. See under EDUCATION. TELEGRAPHS, see POST AND TELEGRAPH. TIMBER. See under FORESTRY. TONGA Press telegram service between New Zealand and, P.-l, 24. TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK BOARD Report, C.-10, 4. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS— | Construction, &c., D.-l, xxxiv. TRADE— Timber, C.-3, 14. TRAMWAYS— Construction, &e., D.-l, 69. TRANSPORT Department: Co-operation with Public Works Department, D.-l, 174. Motor-vehicles — Post and Telegraph Department, P.-l, 17. Registration of Motor-vehicles and associated work, P.-l, 22. New Zealand Road Safety Council, D.-l, 170. Road Railway services, D.-2, ii, xix. " Safety-first " instruction in schools, E.-2, 6. Traffic — Census, D.-l, 170. Control, D.-l, 173. TUPITO MARUERA AND OTHERS— Report and recommendation on petition of, Or.-oc. TUTAWA PARAEBOA AND OTHERS— Report and recommendation on partition of, G.-6b. UNEMPLOYMENT Gold-prospecting : Subsidy, C.-2, 12, 13. Maoris, G.-9. Tax : Collection, P.-l, 22. WorkersEmployment, D.-l, v. Settlement, D.-l, xxxiv. WAAKA TE ARA.KAI AND OTHERS— Report and recommendation on petition of, G.-oa. WAITAKI ENDOWMENT— Tree-planting, C.-3, 8. WATER-SUPPLY. See under PUBLIC WORKS. WEST TAUPO TIMBER LANDS — Report, C.-3, 7. WORKERSAccommodation : Public works, D.-l, 11. Training of— Domestic, 15.-2, 12. Public works, D.-l, ii. WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION— Report, E.-7, 9, 15. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Agreement with Public Works Department, D.-l, n.

PUBLIC WORKS —continued. Main highways and roads — Mining townships : Subsidy, C.-2, 12. Surveys, C.-la, 2. RAILWAYS — Annual statement, D.-2 — Balance-sheets and statements of accounts and statistical returns, 1936, D.—2, I—3l. General Manager's report — Advertising service, D.-2, xvii. Bookstall service, D.-2, xix. Branch lines, D.-2, xxix. Commercial Branch, D.-2, xxx. Departmental dwellings, D.-2, xxiii. Finance, D.-2, ix. Forestry Branch, D.-2, xxiv. Goods and live-stock, D.-2, xv. Isolated sections, D.-2, xxix. Lake Wakatipu steamers, D.-2, xxiii. Parcels, luggage, and mails, D.-2, xiv. Passenger traffic, D.-2, xiii. Publicity, D.-2, xxx. Railway publicity, D.-2, xxvi. Refreshment service, D.-2, xviii. Road motor services, D.-2, xix. Sick Benefit Fund, D.-2, xxiii. Signal and electrical, D.—2, xxxiii. Staff, D.-2, xxi. Stores Branch, D.-2, xxiv. Subsidiary services, D.-2, xiii. Suggestions and Inventions Committee, D.-2, xxm. Timber areas, D.-2, xxi. Train services, D.-2, xxvi.^ Transportation, D.-2, xxvi. Ways and Works Branch, D.-2, xxxii. Workshops, D.-2, xxv. Ministers report — Government policy, D.-2, ii. Infantile paralysis epedemic: Effect on passenger traffic, D.-2, i. Mechanical office appliances, D.-2, v. Outlook for the future, D.-2, vi. Passenger and freight business, D.-2, iii. Revenue, D.-2, i. Road transport, D.-2, ii. . Rolling-stock : Additions and improvements, D.-A, lv. Suburban travel, D.-2, v. Timber areas, E-2, v. Track improvements, D.-2, iv. Wellington Station, new, D.-2, vi. Workshop activities, D.-2, iv. Working results, last five years, D.-2, vm. Construction: Public Works Statement, D.-l, iv ,v, xii, 26. Level crossings : Elimination, D.-l, v, 167. Superannuation Fund : Annual report, D.-5. RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE. See under LANDS. RIVER CONTROL. See. under PUBLIC WORKS. ROADS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. SALARIES AND WAGES — National Broadcasting Service, F.-36. Post and Telegraph Department— Minimum wage for male officers of adult age, r , l, io. Restoration, F.-l, 13. Teachers, E.-l, 24. SCENERY PRESERVATION. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— Laboratory investigation, Mining industry, 0.-2, o. SETTLEMENT OF CROWN LANDS. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. SHIPPING. See under MARINE. SILVER-MINING. See under MINING. SMALL-FARMS SCHEME. See under LANDS. SOCIAL AMENITIES— Mining townships, C.-2, 6. Public Works Department, D.-l, i.

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