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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1938 Session I

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

VOLUME 11, PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS C-G.

NOTE. —Paper Number before Page Number.

ACCIDENTS— Mining and quarry, C.-2, 7. Railways— Annual statement, D.-2, vii. Aylesbury, D.-2, vii. Derailment of special excursion train near Ratana on 26th March, 1938, D.-2, vii, xl; D.-3. ADVERTISING— Railways Department, D.-2, xix. AFFORESTATION. See FORESTRY. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL— Fruit industry : Fruit-inspection-fee stamps, F.-l, 18. ARTHUR PASS NATIONAL PARK— Annual report, C.-10, 9. AVIATION— Aeradio services, F.-l, 8, 26, Aerial-survey mapping, C.~la, 3. Layout of aerial survey-map sheets, C.-la, 15. Aerodromes and subsidiary services : Establishment, D.-l, xxxi, 68. Air-mail services, F.-I, 6, 17. BRIDGES. See under PUBLIC WORKS. BROADCASTING— National Broadcasting Service : Annual report, F.-3 — Finance— Accounts — National Broadcasting Servioe, F.-3, 4, 5. National Commercial Broadcasting Service, F.-3, 9, 10. Advertising, F.-3, 8. Commercial Broadcasting Service, F.-3, 6. Hours of transmission, F.-3, 2. New stations, F.-3, 8. Percentage of licenses to population, F.-3, 2. Private broadcasting-stations, F.-3, 4. Programmes, F.-3, 2, 6. Receiving-licenses, F.-3, 1. Special services, F.-3, 4. Staff, F.-3, 8. Technical, F.-3, 4, 8. CABLES. See under POST AND TELEGRAPH. CHILD WELFARE. See under EDUCATION. COAL-MINING. See under MINING.

COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING. See under BROADCASTING. COOK ISLANDS— Northern Group : Radio stations, F.-l, 27. CORONATION— His Majesty King George Vl— Coronation medals, F.-l, 14. Letter-telegram service, New Zealand-United Kingdom, F.-l, 22. CROWN LANDS. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. DEER-DESTRUCTION. See under INTERNAL AFFAIRS. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. DRAINAGE OPERATIONS. See under LANDS AND SURVEY. EAST COAST NATIVE TRUST LANDS. See under NATIVE AFFAIRS. EDUCATION— Child welfare, State care of children, special schools, and infant-life protection : Annual report, E.-4— Child welfare— Minister of Education—Extract from 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, 12. Religious beliefs, E.-4, 12. Adoptions, E.-4, 9. Blind children, E.-4, 13, Boarding-out or placement of ohildren in private homes, E.-4, 3. Boys' Training Farm, Weraroa, 15. Cases appearing before Children's Courts, E.-4, 6. 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, 8, 10. Children before the Courts during the year, and placed under the supervision of Child Welfare Officers, E.-4, 11. Children in residence in children's homes registered under Child Welfare Amendment Act, 1927, E.-4, 9.

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EDUCATION —continued. Child welfare —continued. Statement of the Superintendent, &c. —continued. Children's homes, list of, E.-4, 19. Child Welfare Officers, E.—4, 2, 3. Committals and admissions during the year, E.-4, 10. Costley Trust, E.-4, 6. ExpenditureBackward children, E.-4, 18. Child welfare, 19. School for the Deaf, 18. Functions of the Child Welfare Branch, E.-4, 2. Girls' Home, Burwood, E.-4, 17. Girls' Hostel, Wellington, E.-4, 16. Illegitimacy, E.-4, 18. Infant-life protection, E.-4, 8. Inmates discharged from control during year, E.—4, 12. Institutions, E.-4, 3. Nature of employment, E.-4, 8. Placement of children in situations, and the allocation of their earnings, E.-4, 4. Post-primary and higher education, E.—4, 5. Preventive cases, E.-4, 8. Preventive work, E.-4, 8. Primary education, E.-4, 4. Private organizations, E.-4, 6. Reports to Children's Courts, E.-4, 5. School for the Deaf, E.-4, 14, 18. Special School for Boys, Otekaike, E.—4, 13. Special School for Girls, Richmond, E.-4, 14. Endowments —Settlement of Crown lands : Rentals, &c., C.-l, 7. 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, 27. University of New Zealand, E.-7, 5. Victoria, E.-7, 15. Minister of : Annual report, E.-l— Attendance : Regularity, E.-l, 22. Child welfare, E.-l, 43. Classes — Evening technical and part-time day, E.—l, 36. Size of, E.-l, 24. Special for backward children, E.—l, 35. Education — Cost of, E.-l, 12. Higher (University), E.-l, 40. Educational institutions : Enrolments, E.-l, 15. Examinations, annual, E.-l, 41. Finance : Statement of expenditure and recoveries, &c., E.-l, 45. Introductory and general, E.—l, 2. Manual instruction, E.-l, 39. Physical education, E.-l, 39. Post primary— Education, E.—l, 35. Free places, E.-l, 35. Length of course, E.-l, 34. Pupils — Commencing post-primary course in State schools, E.-l, 29. Conveyance and board, E.-l. 38. Destination, E.-l, 30. Leaving public primary school, E.-l, 29. Number of, and adult teachers, in the public primary schools of the different education districts, E.-l, 24. School music, E.-l, 39. Schools— Buildings and sites, E.-l, 13. Consolidation of, E.-l, 38. Correspondence, E.-l, 37. Kindergarten, E.-l, 37. Intermediate and departments, E.-l, 35. Native, E.-l, 36. Number, E.-l, 14. Private secondary (registered), E.-l, 37. Registered private primary, E.-l, 36. Staffs of, E.-l, 22. Types of, E.-l, 12. Teachers — Classification, E.-l, 25. Number of adult teachers in the public primary schools of the different education districts, E.-l, 24. Salaries, E.-l, 27.

EDUCATlON—continued. Minister of: Annual Report, E.-l —continued. Teachers—continued. Superannuation Fund, E.-l, 44. Training of, E.-l, 39. Vocational guidance and placement, E.-l, 33. Native children : Annual report— • Report of the Senior Inspector— Aesthetic activities, E.-3, 3. Arts and crafts, E.-3, 2. Attendance, E.-3, 5. Buildings, E.-3, 6. English and arithmetic, E.-3, 3. Home and health, E.-3, 1. Pacific Islands : Inspections, E.-3, 6. Schools— Curriculum, E.-3, 1. Maori mission, E.-3, 5. Scholarships, E.-3, 5. Secondary education, E.-3, 4. Social studies, E.-3, 3. Staff, E.-3, 5. Tables— Proficiency Examination results, E.-3, 9. Pupils : Roll and average attendance, &e., E.-3, 7. Schools— Classification as regards ages and standards of children on the Native school rolls of, E.-3, 10. Maori mission and Maori boarding, with attendance of pupils, E.-3, 7. Number of, classified according to grade, &c., E.-3, 7. Public : Classification and ages of Maori scholars attending, E.-3, 9. Public : Maori children attending, E.-3, 8. Teachers : Certificates held by teachers in Native primary schools (excluding Junior Assistants), E.-3, 11. Teachers — Junior assistants, E.-3, 4. Meetings, E.-3, 4, 5. Post and Telegraph Department Correspondence School: Reopening, P.—l, 4. Primary and post primary, Annual report — Report of Chief Inspector of Primary Schools— Correspondence school, E.-2, 5. Inspectorate, E.-2, 2. Libraries, E.-2, 4. New Education Fellowship, E.-2, 3. Physical education, E.-2, 5. Radio and cinema, E.-2, 6. Safety measures, E.-2, 6. Special classes, E.-2, 5. Swimming and life-saving, E.-2, 6. Training colleges, E.-2, 4. Report of Chief Inspector of Secondary Schools— Examinations, E.-2, 10. Free places and leaving certificates, E.-2, 8. Free secondary education, E.-2, 9. New Education Fellowship Conference, E.-2, 10. Routine work, E.-2, 8. School libraries, E.-2, 10. School rolls and staffing, E.-2, 8. Schools, overseas, E.-2, 10. Staff, E.-2, 8. University bursaries, E.-2, 9. Report of the Superintendent of Technical Education — Notable advances during the year, E.-2, 16. Part-time students in technical schools: Certain occupations, E.-2, 15. Technical education in the rural community, E.-2, 18. Tables— Financial — Education Boards, E.-2, 62. Secondary, combined, and technical schools and classes, E.-2, 75. Wanganui College Board of Trustees, E.-2, 89. Intermediate schools and department— Pupils, ages of, E.-2, 37. Pupils, staff, &e. : Roll and classification, E.-2, 37. Primary education and reports (extracts) of Education Boards — Children : Destination, E.-2, 25. Education Boards : Reports, E.-2, 31. Proficiency examination results, E.-2, 24. Pupils : Age and attainment of, who left school, E.-2, 24. Schools— Correspondence : Roll, &e., E.-2, 30. Private primary— Ages of pupils, E.-2, 29. Registered, E.-2, 28.

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EDUCATION —continued. Primary and post primary, Annual Report —continued. Tables —continued. Primary education and reports, &c. —continued. Schools —continued. Public primary— Age and sex, E.-2, 22. Attendance, E.-2, 21. Average age of pupils, E.-2, 24. Classification, &c. : Number, E.-2, 21. Standard classes, &c., E.-2, 23. Secondary : Lower departments, E.-2, 30. Staff, E.-2, 26. Teachers — Adult, according to grade of salary, E.-2, 27. Classification, E.-2, 26, 27. Training of: University subjects taken by students, E.-2, 59. Secondary and technical education — District high schools (secondary department) — Pupils— Age of, at date of admission, E.-2, 53. Ages, 15.—2, 53. Average attendance : Roll, free-place holders, E.-2, 51. Subjects taken by, E.-2, 54. Years of attendance, E.-2, 53. Post primary— Education, particulars relating to, E.-2, 38. Schools (exclusive of district high schools) — Correspondence : Roll, &c., E.-2, 47. Pupils (full-time) — Age, E.-2, 41. Age at date of admission, E.-2, 42. Average attendance, roll, free-place holders, staii, &c., E.—2, 39. Boarding away from home, E.-2, 46. Subjects taken by, E.-2, 45. Years of attendance, E.-2, 42. Post-primary schools and manual instruction : Pupils (part-time)— According to occupations, E.-2, 48. Ages, E.-2, 48. Attending special manual-training centres, E.-2, 50. Combined roll, day and evening classes, E.-2, 49. Free-place and other pupils according to year of attendance, E.-2, 48. Private secondary schools — Ages of pupils, E.-2, 56. Roll, &c„ staff, E.-2, 55. School of Mines, C.-2, 11, 13. Teachers' Superannuation Fund : Annual report, E.-8. EGMONT NATIONAL PARK— Annual report, C.-10, 8. FINANCE— Broadcasting services, F.-3, 4, 5, 9, 10. Education — Child welfare, &c., E.-4, 18. Higher, E.—l, 40 ; E.-7, 5. Minister's report, E.-l, 12, 40, 45. Primary and post-primary, E.—2, 62, 75, 89. Teachers' Superannuation Fund, E.-8. Government Superannuation Funds — Railways, D.-5. Teachers, E.-8. Lands — Drainage operations — Hauraki Plains, C.-8, 5. Rangitaiki land drainage, C.-l 1, 3. Swamp, C.-4, 3. Kauri-gum industry—Exports : Value, C.-12. 1. Lands for Settlement Act, 1.925, C.—s, 3—9. Scenery Preservation, C.-6, 10, 11. Settlement of Crown lands, C.-l, 4-, 5, 7, 8, 31, 32, 38, 39. Settlement : Discharged soldiers, C.-9, 2. Mining industry, C.-2, 1-3, 9, 12, 14, 18, 20, 40-55. State Coal-mines, C.-2A, 6-14. Native affairs — Board of Native Affairs, G.-10, 86, 89. Department: Annual report, G.-9, 3, 4. East Coast Native Trust lands, G.-3 ; G.^. 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, P.-l, 33. Paid telegrams and toll-calls (including cable and radio messages and overseas toll-calls) during the year ended 31st March, 1938 and 1937, F.-l, 38.

FINAN CE —continued. Post and Telegraph—continued. Receipts and payments, P.—l, 3, 10, 33. Revenue and expenditure for the year : Graph, P.-l, 40. Revenue under separate headings : Graph, P.-l, 41. Savings-bank, P.-l, 3, 19, 35, 36, 43. Letters of credit, P.-l, 20. School savings branch, P.-l, 20. Thrift clubs, F.-l, 20. Total turnover : Graph, P.-l, 42. Public works, D.-l, v, vi, viii, ix, xiv, xxii, 1, 2-19, 23-24, 175, 234. Railways, D.-2, ii, ix, x. State Forestry Service, C.-3, 19. FORESTRY— State Forest Service : Annual report — Five-year programme of forest works, 1938-43 — Employment, C.-3, 7. Establishment, C.—3, 3. General policy, C.-3, 3. Management, C.-3, 5. Silviculture, C.-3, 4. Summary, C.-3, 3. Utilization, C.-3, 6. General— Finance, C.-3, 19. Honorary forest rangers, C.-3, 20. Legislation, C.—3, 19. List of common and botanical names of species mentioned in the report, C.-3, 23. Management— Areas of State forests, C.-3, 7. Forest reconnaissance, demarcation, and surveys, C.-3, 9. Protection forests, C.—3, 9. State afforestation, C.-3, 10. Timber sales, C.-3, 11. Waitangi endowment, C.-3, 11. West Taupo timber lands, C.-3, 11. Protection — Fires and fire districts, C.-3, 12. Forest fires, C.-3, 12. Forest Pathology, C.-3, 13. Forest protection : Animal destruction, C.-3, 12. General, C.-3, 11. Reports, summarized, on State afforestation in forestconservation regions, C.-3, 21-22. Summary— Afforestation, C.-3, 2. General, C.-3, 2. Imports and exports of timber, C.-3, 2. Mining privileges, C.-3, 2. Opossum-trapping, C.-3, 2. Production of timber, C.-3, 2. Sawmills, C.-3, 2. Timber-sales, C.-3, 2. Timber trade — Domestic markets, C.-3, 16. Exports, C.-3, 16. General, C.-3, 16. Imports, C.-3, 18. Utilization — Drying of timber, C.-3, 14. General, C.-3, 13. Grading, C.-3, 15. Logging technique, C.-3, 14. Miscellaneous, C.-3, 15. Sawmill technique, C.-3, 14. Wood preservation, C.-3, 15. Timber areas : Railways Department, D.-2, xxix. GOLD-MINING. See under MINING. GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION FUNDS— Railways : Annual report, D.-5. Teachers : Annual report, E.-8. HARBOUR-WORKS. See under MARINE. HAWKE'S BAY— Floods, D.-l, xxiii; D.-2, 179. HOSPITALS. See under HEALTH. HOUSEHOLD REMOVALS By Railways Department, D.-2, xxxvi. HOUSING Native, G.-9, 3. Railways Department, D.-2, vi. i Departmental dwellings, D.—2, xxvii. State coal-mines, C.-2, 10. C.-la, 3.

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HYDRO-ELECTRICITY. See under PUBLIC WORKS. ILLEGITIMACY— E.-4, 18. INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST AND PUBLICITY— Commercial Branch— Post and Telegraph Department, F.-l, 5, 14. Railways Department, D.-2, xxxv. Publicity : Railways Department, D -2, xxxiv. Tourist and health resorts : Construction, &c., D.-l, xxxiv. INFANT-LIFE PROTECTION. See under EDUCATION. INTERNAL AFFAIRS— Deer-destruction, C.-10, 7. INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, CAIRO, 1938— F.-l, 5. IRRIGATION. See under PUBLIC WORKS. KAPITI ISLAND RESERVE— Report, C.—6, 14. KAURI-GUM INDUSTRY— Annual report, C.-12. • KAWAU ISLANDClosing of radio station, F.-l, 26. Telegram.charges : Reduction, F.-l, 21. KINDERGARTENS. See under EDUCATION. LABOUR— Unemployment— Gold-prospecting : Subsidy, C.-2, 13. Workers : Land-settlement, D.-l, xxxv. LANDS AND SURVEY— Drainage operations— Hauraki Plains : Annual report, C.-8. Rangitaiki Land Drainage : Annual report, C.-11. Swamp drainage : Annual report, C.-4. Improvement, D.-l, xxxiv. Kauri-gum industry : Annual report, C.-12. National endowment: Annual report, C.-14. Native— Annual report of Department, G.-9. Development, D.-l, xxxvi. Report of Board of Native Affairs, G.-10. East Coast Native Trust lands, G.-3 ; G.-4. Surveys, C.-la, 3. Noxious-weeds menace, C.-10, 11. Public Domains and National Parks : Annual report, C.-10— F National parks— Arthur Pass, C.-10, 9. Egmont, C.-10, 8. Tongariro, C.-10, 6. Public domains, C.-10, 1. Scenery preservation— Annual report, C.-6— Areas purchased but not proclaimed by end of year, C.-6, 5. Condition of reserves, &c., C.-6, 6. Expenditure— Comparison of, 1904-5 to 1937-38, C.-6, 11. For the year, C.-6, 10. Future operations, C.-6, 7. General, C.-6, 6. Gifts of scenic areas, C.-6, 5. Kapiti Island Reserve, C.-6, 14. Lewis Pass Road : A short account, C.-6, 12. Private Scenic Reserve declared under section 6 of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1933, C.-6, 10. Reserves made during year under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and amendments, C.-6, 8. Revocations of reservations, C.-6, 9. Scenery Preservation Board, C.-6, 5. Summary of reserves, C.-6, 10. Supervision of reserves, C.-6, 5. Settlement— Crown-lands settlement: Annual report— Educational endowment, C.-l, 7. Finance— Expenditure, C.-l, 8. National endowment, C.-l, 7. Rebates, C.-l, 7. Receipts, arrears, and postponements, C.-l, 7, 39.

| LANDS AND SURVEY —continued. I Settlement—continued. Crown-lands settlement: Annual report —continued. Lands— All lands held on lease, C.—l, 37. Development, C.-l, 3, 25. Disposed of, C.-l, 38. Drainage operations, C.-l, 25. Endowment : Leased and administered by Land Boards, C.-l, 38. For selection, C.-l, 6. Selection during year, C.-l, 37. Inferior : Special settlement, C.-l, 6. Land-for-settlements, C.-l, 14. Of the Dominion : Position, C..-1, 36. Reserved for various purposes, C.-l, 7. Legislation, C.-l, 2. Reports of Commissioners of Crown Lands : Extracts from, C.-l, 9-13, 22-24. Review of past year, C.-l, 2. Settlements established : Summary, C.-l, 14-22. Small farms, C.-l, 5, 31, 34, 35. Discharged soldiers : Annual report, C.-9 — Applications for land, C.-9, 2. Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account, C.-9, 2. Lands proclaimed, C.-9, 1. Total lands acquired for the Crown by Discharged Soldiers and held at 31st March, C.-9, 2. Land for Settlements Act, 1925 : Annual report, C.—s— Estates, private, acquired during year: Summary, 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. Roads : Construction, D.-l, xxi. Small-farms scheme : Development, D.-l, 64. Surveys— Annual report, C.-la— Aerial survey mapping, C.-la, 3. Lay-out of aerial survey map sheets, C.~la, 15. Appreciation, C.-la, 4. Centennial celebrations, 1940, C.-IA, 4. Computing branch, C.-IA, 3. Examination and recording of plans, 3.-la, 3. Field inspections, C.-la, 3. Geodetic triangulation, C.-la, 2, 11. Geographic Board, C.-la, 10. Head Office : Draughting Branch, C.-la, 5. Housing surveys, C.~la, 3. Map publications, C.-IA, 3. Native land surveys, C.-IA, 3. Other work, C.-la, 3. Precise levelling surveys, C.-la, 2. Proposed operations, C.-la, 4. Road surveys, C.-la, 3. Rural surveys, C.-la, 3, 11. Staff, C.-IA, 4. Standard of accuracy, C.-IA, 3. Standard surveys, C.-la, 2. Summary, C.-la, 2. Survey Board, C.-IA, 10. Tables— Areas surveyed for Lands and Survey Department, C.-IA, 12. Areas surveyed for other Departments, C.-la, 13. Field work executed, C.-la, 11. Office work, C.-la, 14. Rural surveys area, C.-la, 11. Work on hand, C.-la, 14. Topographical survey, C.-IA, 2. Town and suburban surveys, C.-la, 3. Town schemes, C.-la, 4. Triangulation surveys, C.-la, 2. Uniform system of recording, C.-IA, 3. Warrants for title, C.-la, 4. Geological: Mining industry, C.-2, 10, 11, LEWIS PASS ROAD - A short descriptive account, C.-6, 12. LIGHTHOUSES. See under MARINE. LOCAL AUTHORITIES— And Public Works Department— Advances, D.-l, 209. Appeal of local authority against decision as to apportionment of cost of work, D.-l, 215.

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MACHINERY. See under PUBLIC WORKS. MAIL-SERVICES. See under POST AND TELEGRAPH. MAIN HIGHWAYS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. MARCONI, MARCHESE— Death of : Observance of two minutes' silence by Broadcasting Services, F.-l, 26. MARINE— Harbour-works and lighthouses: Construction, D.-l, xxxvi, 65. Shipping : Radio-telegram charges from British ships to New Zealand, F.-l, 21. MENTAL HOSPITALS. See under HEALTH. METEOROLOGICAL— Telegraph services, F.-l, 22. MINERALS. See under MINING INDUSTRY. MINING INDUSTRY— Annual Mines Statement, C.-2— Appendices : Reports relating to — Inspection of coal-mines, C.-2, 56-81. Metalliferous mines and stone-quarries, C.-2, 20-55. Report of Board of Examiners, C.-2, 82-95. Carbonizing and briquetting, C.-2, 6, 7. Coal-miners' Relief Fund, C.-2, 12. Coal-mining, C.-2, 4. Coal-mining legislation, C.-2, 5, 6. Co-operative mining, State Coal Reserve, C.-2, 8. Geological survey, C.-2, 10, 11. Gold and silver mining, C.-2, 1, 2. Goldfields revenue and gold duty, C.-2, 3. Laboratory investigations, C.-2, 7. Miners' pensions—Pensions Act, 1926, C.-2, 11, 12. Mining legislation, C.-2, 2, 3. Mining privileges, C.-2, 3. New avenues of coal-utilization, C.-2, 5. Petroleum oil, C.-2, 3, 4. Rescue stations, C.-2, 6. School of Mines, C.-2, 11. Social amenities in mining townships, C.-2, 6. Staff, C.-2, 12, 13. State aid to mining, C.-2, 12, 13 — Government prospecting drills, C.-2, 12. Roads and tracks, C.-2, 13. School of Mines, C.-2, 13. Subsidized prospecting—Subsidies to unemployed to prospect for gold, C.-2, 13. State coal-mines, C.-2, 8-10 — Development of new mine, C.-2, 10. Housing, C.-2, 10. Items from balance-sheet, C.-2, 9, 10. Output and sales, C.-2, 8, 9. Statistics — Coal-mining, C.-2, 4. Gold and silver-mining, C.-2, 2. 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— CoalExports, bunker and cargo, C.-2, 18. Imports, C.—2, 18. Output from different fields, C.-2, 16. Output of different classes, C.-2, 16. Coal and oil-shale : Annual production and coal imported since 1878, C.-2, 17. Export of minerals and coal-output, C.-2, 14. 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. CoalState mines : Annual report, C.-2a — James Colliery, C.-2a, 3. James Mine extended, C.-2a, 3. Liverpool Colliery, C.-2a, 1. Statement of accounts, &c., C.-2a, 6-14. Mining privileges : State forests, C.-3, 2. MUSIC— School, E.-l, 39. NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE. See under BROADCASTING.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS — Report for the year, with schedule showing aggregate area of land excluded from the endowment, C.-14. Settlement of Crown lands, C.-l, 7. NATIONAL PARKS. See under LANDS. NATIVE AFFAIRS — Broadcasting : Maori sessions, F.-3, 7. Department : Annual report, G.-9 — Board of Native Affairs, G.-9, 1. District reports, G.-9, 5-11. Finance, G.-9, 3, 4. General Maori welfare, G.-9, 2. General report, G.-9, 1. Legislation, G.-9, 4. Maori Land Boards, G.-9, 2. Native housing, G.-9, 3. Native-land consolidation, G.-9, 3. Native Land Courts, G.-9, 3 —• Alienations of land, G.-9, 4, 13. Business and fees, G.-9, 12. Native-land purchase— Blocks acquired but not proclaimed Crown lands, G.-9, 13. Blocks fully acquired and proclaimed Crown lands, G.-9, 13. Blocks partly acquired and under negotiation, G.-9, 14. Native rates, G.-9, 3. Native Trustee, G.-9, 2. Ngaruawahia celebrations, G.-9, 2. Education. (See under EDUCATION). Lands — Development: Report of Board of Native Affairs, G.-10— Area and population under schemes, stations, and farms, G.-10, 87. East Coast Native Trust lands, G.-10, 84-85. Finance— Cash receipts for the year, G.-10, 89. National housing : Financial returns, G.-10, 91. Receipts and payments accounts for the year, G.-10, 86. State schemes : Total receipts from districts, G.-10, 89. General report, G.-10, 4-7. Key to North Island schemes, G.-10, 92. Maori Land Board activities, G.-10, 77-79. Native housing— Authorizations, showing number of dwellings to be erected, purchased, or renovated, G.-10, 90. Financial returns, G.-10, 91. Operations, G.-10, 7-14, 90. Native Trust activities, G.-10, 80-83. Photographs, G.-10, 93-114. Population under schemes, stations, and farms, G.-10, 87. Principal development and farming activities undertaken during the year, G.-10, 88. State development schemes — Aotea Maori Land District, G.-10, 66-71. Ikaroa and South Island Maori Land District, G.-10, 72-76. Tairawhiti Maori Land District, G.-10, 60-65. Tokerau Maori Land District, G.-10, 15-22. Waiariki Maori Land District, G.-10, 35-59. Waikato-Maniapoto Land District, G.-10, 23-34. East Coast Native Trust lands — Balance-sheet and statement of accounts for the year, G.-3. Mangatu Nos. I, 3, and 4 Blocks : Balance-sheet and statement of accounts for the year, G.-4. Settlement: Development, D.-l, xxxvi. Surveys, C.-la, 3. NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS, 1940— Publication of atlas, C.~la, 4. Railways Department preparations, D.-2, vii. NIUE ISLAND — Money-order telegram service, F.-l, 22. NUKUNONO, UNION ISLANDS— Proposed radio station at, F.-l, 27 OPOSSUM-TRAPPING— C.-3, 2 ; C.-10, 9. PACIFIC ISLANDS — Schools : Inspection, E.-3, 6. PARLIAMENT— Debates : Broadcasting, F.-3, 4,

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PENSIONS— Miners, C.-2, 11, 12. PETROL— Mines Department report, C.-2, 3, 4. PLANT AND MACHINERY. See under PUBLIC WORKS. PLAYS AND SKETCHES— Broadcasting, F.-3, 3. Theatre and film broadcasts, F.-3, 7. POST AND TELEGRAPH— Department— Annual report — Bicyoles, F.-l, 16. Buildings and land, F.-l, 5, 15. Cables : Empire cable rates, F.-l, 4. Cables, New Zealand submarine— Cook Strait cables, F.-l, 25. Foveaux Strait cables, F.-l, 25. New inter-Island submarine telephone cable, F.-l, 25. Commercial branch, F.-l, 5, 14. Coronation medals, F.-l, 14. Correspondence schools : Reopening, F.-l, 4. Dead-letter office, F.-l, 19. Employment work, F.-l, 21. Examinations, F.-l, 13. 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, 1938 and 1937, F.-l, 38. Receipts and payments, F.-l, 3, 10— For the years 1881-82, 1891-92, 1901-2, 1911-12, 1921-22, and following years, F.-l, 33. Revenue and expenditure for the year : Graph, F.-l, 40. Revenue under separate headings : Graph, F.-l, 41. Savings-bank, F.-l, 3, 19, 35, 36, 43. Letters of credit, F.-l, 20. School savings-branch, F.-l, 20. Thrift clubs, F.-l, 20. Fruit-inspection-fee stamps, F.-l, 18. Total turnover : Graph, F.-l, 42. Inspections, F.-l, 19. Letters and letter-eards, 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. Mail-services— Air, F.-l, 6, 17. Inland, F.-l, 16. Ocean, F.-l, 6, 16. Money-orders, F.-l, 19. Money-order-telegrajn service : Rarotonga and Niue, F.-l, 22. Motor-vehicles : Departmental, F.-l, 16. Motor-vehicles and associated work: Registration, F.-l, 20. Parcel-post service, direct: New Zealand and Jamaica, F.-l, 18. Parcels exchanged with other countries during the years 1936 and 1937 : Number and weight, F.-l, 34. Postage-stamps, F.-l, 18. Postal business, F.-l, 6, 45. Postal-notes, F.-l, 19. Postal-orders, British, F.-l, 19. Postal packets, missing, F.-l, 19. Post Office investment certificates, F.-l, 20. Post Office premises, &e. : Burglary, F.-l, 19. Radio-broadcasting— Advisory services for other Departments, F.-l, 27. Aeradio services, F.-l, 8, 26. Awarua Radio, F.-l, 26. Broadcasting reception : Interference, F.-l, 32. Broadcasting service, F.-l, 9, 31. Emergency radio stations, F.-l, 26. Kawau Island : Closing of radio station, F.-l, 26. Marchese Marconi, death of : Observance of two minutes' silence, F.-l, 26. Overseas radio-telephone service, F.-l, 10, 27. Private broadcasting stations, F.-l, 32. Private experimental stations, F.-l, 32. Private radio-communication services, F.-l, 26. Radio-dealers' licenses, F.-l, 32. Radio stations — Northern Cook Islands group, F.-l, 27. Proposed, at Nukunono, Union Islands, F.-l, 27.

POST AND TELEGRAPH—continued. Department—continued. Annual report —continued. Radio - broadcasting—continued. Radio-telegram charges from British ships to New Zealand, F.-l, 21. Radio-telegraph and telephone services, F.-l, 26. Receiving-station licenses, F.-l, 31. Wellington Radio, F.-l, 21. Staff, F.-l, 3 — Appeal Board, F.-l, 12. Appeal fee : Abolition, F.-l, 12. Classification list, F.-l, 12. Permanent— Health, F.-l, 11. Number : Graph, F.-l, 44. Personal, F.-l, 11. Persons employed in the Department, F.-l, 11. Post and Telegraph Officers' Sick Benefit Fund, F.-l, 13. Regrading, F.-l, 12. Regulations : Amendment, F.-l, 12. Salaries, &c., F.-l, 10 — Fortnightly pay, F.-l, 13. Minimum wage for male officers of adult age, F.-l, 12. Stores Branch, F.-l, 14. Suggestion Board, F.-l, 13. Telegraph and telephones— Carrier-current telephone systems, F.-l, 23. Coronation letter-telegram service, New Zealand and United Kingdom, F.-l, 22. Distribution of football news, South African Rugby team tour, F.-l, 22. Inland Christmas and New Year greetings telegram service, F.-l, 22. Inter-Island telegraph and telephone communication channels, F.-l, 7. International Telecommunications Conference, Cairo, 1938, F.-l, 5. Interphone equipment: Reduction in charge, F.-l, 29. Money-order-telegram service, Rarotonga and Niue Island, F.-l, 22. Overseas Christmas and New Year greetings telegrams, F.-l, 22. Poles and wires, F.-l, 25. Printing telegraphs, F.-l, 21. Public call offices, F.-l, 29. Switch-board accommodation, increases in, F.-l, 29. Telegrams and toll calls : Number, F.-l, 46. Telegrams to or from Kawau Island and other wireless-telegraph stations : Reduction in charges, F.-l, 21. Telegraph and telephone communication : Maintenance, F.—l, 24. Telegraph and toll systems : Extension, F.-l, 24. Telegraph batteries and power supply, F.-l, 21. Telegraph service, F.-l, 7. For Meteorological Offices, F.-l, 22. Telegraph traffic, F.-l, 21. Telephone density, F.-l, 27. Telephone directories, F.-l, 29. Telephone-exchanges : Services, F.-l, 8, 27, 28, 29. Telephones—Number : Graph, F.-l, 47, 48. Telephone statistics, F.-l, 30, 47, 48. Toll-room practice, F.-l, 23. Toll service, F.-l, 7, 22, 38, 46. Workshops, F.-l, 15. Work performed for other Departments, F.-l, 20. Mail services : Establishment of air-route facilities, D.-l, 68. Telegraphs : Extension, D.-l, xxxii. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC DOMAINS. See under LANDS. PUBLIC WORKS— Annual statement, D.-l— Chief Electrical Engineer : Annual report— Broken wires and poles, D.-l, 107. Condensed review of electrical progress, D.-l, 108. Electrical accidents, D.-l, 114. Electrical fires, D.-l, 116. Electrical Supply and Electrical Wiring Regulations, D.-l, 113. Electrical wiremen : Registration, D.-l, 116. Electric-power Boards, D.-l, 102. Generating-schemes in operation— Design office, D.-l, 98. North Island electric-power system, D.-l, 82, 109, 119.

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PUBLIC WORKS —continued. Annual statement, D.-l—continued. Chief Electrical Engineer : Annual report—continued. Generating-schemes in operation—continued. South Island elect-ric-power system, D.-l, 92, 119. Tables : North Island and South Island Electricpower systems, D.-l, 119. Growth of load, D.-l, 108. Inspections of electric lines, also private generatingplants, D.-l, 113. Licenses and permits issued, D.-l, 114. Local electric-supply systems, D.-l, 102. Electric-supply— North Island system : Maximum quantity loads, D.-l, xii. South Island system : Maximum quantity loads, D.-l, xiii. Engineer-in-Chief : Annual report — Aerodromes, landing-grounds, and air-route facilities : Establishment, D.-l, 68. Construction and improvement of roads and bridges, D.-l, 41. Designing office, D.-l, 75. Harbour-works, D.-l, 65. Hydro-electric development, D.-l, 39. Improvements to school-sites, D.-l, 65. Irrigation, D.-l, 36. Lands-improvement, D.-l, 60. Plant and mechanical equipment, D.-l, 73. Public buildings, D.-l, 76. Railways, D.-l, 25. Small-farms scheme, D.-l, 64. Tramways, D.-l, 75. Irrigation : Total area for which irrigation water is available, D.-l, xxvi. Finance— Annual public-works expenditure : Loan-money, D.-l, vi. Annual main highways accounts, D.-l, 234. Development of water-power : Statement of accounts, D.-l, 12-19. Expenditure and liabilities on public buildings out of Public Works Fund, D.-l, 11. Expenditure for the year: Audited statement of expenditure out of Public Works Fund for the year 1937-38, D.-l, 23. Net expenditure on road-construction, including main highways, for years 1913—14 to 1938-39, D.-l, xxii. Percentage earned on operating-capital after paying net operating-expenses, D.-l, xiv. Railways Statement, showing expenditure on construction of railways, D.-l, 8. Receipts and expenditure, Public Works Fund, 1937-38, D.-l, ix. Total expenditure : Summary showing total expenditure out of Public Works Fund, D.-l, 1. Yearly expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1916—17 to 1937-38, D.—l, 2. Government Architect : Annual report on buildings, &c., D.-l, 77. Irrigation and water-supply— Schedule of schemes, completed or under construction, D.-l, 20. Total area for which irrigation .water is available, D.-l, xxvi. Main Highways Board : Annual report — Beautification of highways, D.-l, 209. Bridges, D.-l, 184. Classification of roads, &c., D.-l, 210. Complaints during reconstruction, D.-l, 207. Construction, D.-l, 238. Declarations and adjustments of main highways, D.-l, 214. Finance, D.-l, 175, 234. Flood damage, D.-l, 178. Foremen and overseers of road construction : Examination, D.-l, 214. General, D.-l, 175. Highway engineering and design, D.-l, 210. Highways materials, testing of, D.-l, 210. Improving visibility at corners and intersections, D.—l, 207. Legislation, D.-l, 175. Lengths of main highways, D.-l, 238. Lighting on main highways, D.-l, 208. Local Authorities — Advances, D.-l, 209. Appeal of local authority against decision of Board as to apportionment of cost of work, D.-l, 215. Contact with, D.-l, 207. Magnetic truck, D.-l, 213. Maintenance, D.-l, 162, 239.

PUBLIC WORKS —continued. Annual statement, D.-l—continued. Main Highways Board : Annual report —continued. Mileage of main highways metalled and surfaced since inception of Board's operations (9th June, 1924). D.-l, 239. Personnel, D.-l, 175. Plant, D.-l, 209. Progress report, D.-l, 216. Renewals and improvements, D.-l, 179. Residential accommodation for regular surfacemen, D.-l, 209. Road-safety measures, D.-l, 206. Sign-posting, centre-line marking, &c., D.-l, 208. Speeds on main highways, D.-l, 205. Standardization of road signs, D.-l, 208. State-highways system, D.-l, 185. Tables — Annual main highways accounts, D.-l, 234. Construction of work completed during the year 1937-38, D.-l, 238. Length of main highways, D.-l, 238. Lengths of main highways metalled and surfaced since inception of Board's operations (9th June, 1924), D.-l, 239. Maintenance of main highways (including bridges), D.-l, 239. Tests of stone completed during year, D.-l, 240. Traffic census, D.-l, 186. Working-conditions and rates of wages, D.-l, 208. Minister's report — Aerodromes and subsidiary services : Establishment, D.-l, xxxi. Education buildings, D.-l, xxxi. Finance— Expenditure, 1937-38 : Public Works Fund, D.-l, viii. Receipts, Public Works Department, 1937-38, D.-l, ix. Votes under control of Minister of Public Works : Summary, D.-l, v. Votes under control of Ministers other than Minister of Public Works : Summary, D.-l, vi. Hawke's Bay floods, D.-l, xxiii. Health and hospital institutions, D.-l, xxx. Mental hospitals, D.-l, xxx. Harbour-works and lighthouses, D.-l, xxxvi. Hydro-electric development, D.-l, xii. Irrigation and water-supply, D.-l, xxiv. Land-improvement, D.-l, xxxiv. Main highways, D.-l, x. Native-land settlement, D.-l, xxxvi. Plant and mechanical equipment, D.-l, xxxv. Public buildings, D.-l, xxvii. Railway-construction, D.-l, xvi. Railways : Improvements and additions to open lines, D.-l, xx. Settlement and other roads, D.-l, xxi. Settlement of unemployed workers, D.-l, xxxv. Telegraph extensions, D.-l, xxxii. Tourist and health resorts, D.-l, xxxiv. Main highways and roads — Lewis Pass Road : A short descriptive (scenic) account, ' C.-6, 12. Roads and tracks : Mining areas, C.-2, 13. RADIO. See BROADCASTING ; also under POST AND TELEGRAPH. RAILWAYS— Accidents — Aylesbury accident, D.-2, vii. Derailment of special excursion train near Ratana on 26th March, 1938, D.-2, vii, xl; D.-3. Annual statement, D.-2 — Balance-sheets and statements of accounts and statistical returns, 1936, D.-2, 1-31. General Manager's report — Accident to special excursion passenger-train near Ratana, D.—2, xl. Advertising service, D.-2, xix. Bookstall service, D.-2, xxi. Branch lines, D.-2, xxxiii. Commercial Branch, D.-2, xxxv. Departmental dwellings, D.-2, xxvii. Farmers' excursions, D.-2, xxxvi. Finance, D.-2, ix, x. Forestry Branch, D.-2, xxix. ' Goods and live-stock, D.-2, xvi. Household removals, D.-2, xxxvi. Isolated sections, D.-2, xxxiii. Lake Wakatipu steamers, D.-2, xxvi. Parcels, luggage, and mails, D.-2, xv.

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RAILWAYS —continued. Annual statement, D.-2—continued. General Manager's report—continued. Passengers' luggage, D.-2, xxxvi. Passenger traffic, D.-2, xiv. Publicity, D.-2, xxxiv. Rail-car services, D.-2, xxvii. Refreshment service, D.-2, xx. Road motor services, D.-2, xxi. " Save to travel " stamps, D.-2, xxxvii. Sick Benefit Fund, D.-2, xxviii. Signal and electrical, D.-2, xxxviii. Staff, D.-2, xl. Stores Branch, D.-2, xxviii. Subsidiary services, D.-2, xiii. Suburban passenger traffic, D.-2, xxxvi. Suggestions and Inventions Committee, D.-2, xxviii. Timber areas, D.-2, xxlx. Transportation, D.-2, xxx. Truck rates, D.-2, xxxvi. Ways and Works Branch, D.-2, xxxvii. Workshops, D.-2, xxix. Minister's report — Accidents, D.-2, vii. Business : Increase, D.-2, i. Centennial-year preparations, D.-2, vii. Christchurch new station and yard, D.-2, vi. Finance, D.-2, ii. Housing programme, D.-2, vi. Improvements to existing railways, D.-2, v. Level crossings : Elimination, D.-2, vi. Locomotives, steam and electric : Construction, D.-2, ii. Rail-cars : Development, D.-2, i. Road services, D.-2, iv. Rolling-stock, additional, D.-2, v. Wages and conditions, D.-2, iii. Wellington new station, D.-2, ii, iv. Working results, past five years, D.-2, viii. Construction, D.-l, xii, 25. Expenditure, D.-l, 8. Superannuation Fund : Annual report, D.-5. RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE. See under LANDS. RAROTONGA— Money-order-telegram service, F.-l, 22. RATANA ACCIDENT— Derailment of specif.', excursion train near Ratana on 26th March, 1938 — Railways Department statement, D.-2, vii, xl. Report, D.-3. RATES— Native, G.-9, 3. ROADS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. SALARIES AND WAGES— Post and Telegraph Department, F.-l, 10, 12, 13. Railways Department, D.-2, iii. Teachers, E.-l, 27.

SAWMILLS. See under FORESTRY. SCENERY PRESERVATION. See under LANDS. SCHOOLS. See under EDUCATION. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH— Mining industry, C.-2, 7. SETTLEMENT OF CROWN LANDS. See under LANDS. SMALL-FARMS SCHEME. See under LANDS. SPORTS AND RECREATION— Alpine climbing, C:-10, 9. Physical education, E.-l, 39. Social amenities in mining townships, C.-2, 6. Sporting broadcasts, F.-3, 7. Distribution of football news during tour of South African Rugby team, F.-l, 22. Winter sports and excursions, C.-10, 7, 10. STATE COAL-MINES. See under MINING INDUSTRY. STATE FORESTS. See under FORESTRY. STONE-QUARRIES. See under MINING INDUSTRY. SWAMP DRAINAGE. See under LANDS. TEACHERS. See under EDUCATION. TIMBER. See under FORESTRY. TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK— Annual report, C.-10, 6. TOURIST AND PUBLICITY - Railways Department, D.-2, xxxiv. Tourist and health resorts : Construction, &c., D.-l, xxxiv. TRAMWAYS— Construction, &c., D.-l, 75. TRANSPORT— Motor-vehicles : Registration, F.-l, 20. Road motor services : Railways Department, D.-2, iv, xxi. Road-safety measures, D.-l, 206. UNEMPLOYMENT— Gold-prospecting : Subsidy, C.-2, 13. UNIVERSITIES. See under EDUCATION. WAITANGI : ENDOWMENT - Management, C.-3, 11. WEST TAUPO TIMBER LANDS Management, C.-3, 11.

Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 939.

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Vol. 11. 1938. TWith Index.] C-G.