INDEX TO THE PRINTED DOCUMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1856.

Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, 1856 Session I

INDEX TO THE PRINTED DOCUMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1856.

Votes SUBJECT OF PAPERS. Paper. md Proceedings. KO. PAGE. Bishop of New Zealand. A—No. 6. 69 Despatch from Secretary of State respecting salary of. (In continuation of papers laid on the table 21st August, 1855). Canterbury—Provincial Council. A—No. 2. 5 Land Fund—Letter from Speaker enclosing resolution of, respecting an alleged overpayment on account of the Land Fund. Supreme Court —Letter from Speaker enclosing resolution ot, respecting the incon- A—No. 11. 151 venience sustained by the Province in not having a Session of the Supreme Court held there. Chatham Islands, British authority at. C—No. 5. 73 Correspondence relative to the establishment of; and copies of all correspondence with Mr. Shand since his official appointment at. Tarimissions of his Excellency. B—No, 5. 5 Copies of Commission as Governor of New Zealand, with Royal Instructions, also Commission as Vice-Admiral of the same. (institution Act. A—No. 3. 94 Extract of Despatch from his Excellency to the Secretary of State for the Colonies dated 25th September, 1855, relative to the power of the General Assembly to make alterations in the. Customs. C—No. 14. 155 Estimated Receipts and Expenditure on account of the Customs Department for the year ending 3"th June. 1856 ; also, return of probable Receipts from Duties of Customs at each of the vaiious Ports of the Colony during the same period. Estimated Revenue for the year ending 3.th June, 1857; under "Customs Duties C—No. 15. 260 Act, 1856," of 5th August. AucUand —Return of all Spirits, &c., taken out of bond during four weeks ending * 260 ith August, 1856.* Duppa, George. C—No. 6. 147 Decision of Mr. Justice Stephen relative to a Land Claim in the matter of. Electoral Rolls. A—No. 9. 203 Scrutiny of. Finance. A—No. 1. 91 Assets and Liabilities of the General Government, returns of. Detail, d accounts of Expenditure on account of the management and survey of B—No. 6. 152 Waste Lands of the Crown. Also cost of management and collection »f the Customs' Revenue. ■Estimated Ordinary Revenue and Expenditure for 1856-7. Estimated Expenditure t for 1856-7 chargeable on the Temporary Loan. Additional Estimates for 1856-7, chargeable on the Ordinary Revenue. Expenditure in comparative statements on account of each branch of the public C—No. 3. 5/ service from 1st January, 1853. ; I 1 • Printed in Government Gazette with Mr. Brodie's return of August 8th, Votes and Proceedings folio SCO, 4 Comprised in C No. 15 (see Customs).

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Votes SUBJECT OF PAPERS. and Pr,i ceedings. No. PAGE. Finance—continued. Financial Statements of Receipts and Expenditure for the periods included between B—No. 4. 11 1st January, 1853, and 31st December, 1855, Memorandum of Auditor-General relative to the foregoing, added as an appendix. B—No. 4. 42 Expenditure on account of Surveyor-General's Department for the year 1855, also C—No. 1. 15 to 3 st March, Ih56. Printing and Returns to the Houses of Assembly, cost of. C—-No. 2. | 55 Government House —Auckland. A—No. 8. 117 Correspondence relative to cost of erection of. Immigration. C—No. 8. 139 Correspondence relative to proposed immigration from Canada and Nova Scotia. Correspondence relative to immigration from Victoria (Melbourne); in continuation C—No, 9. 1S9 of foregoing papers. Land Purchase Department. q < I Return of all Lands purchased from the Natives between 5th July, !850, and 3ist March, 1856. Return showing the Expenditure of Mr. McLean in the purchase of Lands. C—No. 7. 228 Return showing the probable amounts required for completing Native land purchases A—No. 12. for the year ending 30th June, 1857. Return showing the detailed estimate of Expenditure on aocount of the Land A—No. 12. 203 Purchase Department for the year 1856-57. (Appendix to the foregoing). Land, sold. C—No. 12. 104,255 Return of the number of acres of land sold iu all the Provinces, in each quarter, from 5th July 1850, to 31st March, 1856. Lighthouses. C-No. 10. 133 Despatch from Secretary of State, with enclosures, relative to the erection of Colonial Light Houses. Magistrates, not Justices of the Peace. C—No 11 147 Opinion of Mr. Attorney-General as to the validity of such appointments. Ministerial Government. jg Minute of his Excellency as to the relations between himself and hi* responsible advisers. Native Affairs. B—No. 3. 177 Copy of the Report of the Board of Enquiry into Native affairs, with sundry papers annexed. Native Disturbances, New Plymouth. q jj 0 jg Reply of Secretary of State for the Colonies to a memorial of Superintendent and Provincial Council of New Plymouth, on this subject. Natives. Education of. A—No. 7. 203 Copy of Despatch to the Secretary of State, dated 16th June, 1853, relative to the appropria ion of sums devoted to Native education. Correspondence relative to the distribution of money grants for the above object in A No. 7- 75 the Northern Division, and report of the appropriation of the same, including report of the Church of England Board for Native Education in the Northern Division. Ditto in continuation of foregoing, for the Wellington District. I A—No. 7'* 17S Natives, Use of Ardent Spirits by. g i 20 Copies of letters and petition from Waikato tribes, praying for a restriction of the sale of spirits to the Natives. Natives, Vaccination of. jq_ j77 Report of Central Board of. Natives, Wairarapa. j^ 0- 5 <J9 Statement of 5 per cent due to them, 011 proceeds of certain land salcfi. Naval Officers, Allowance to. A—No. 4. 69 Correspondence respecting pecuniary allowance to, similar to that given to Military Officers in New Zealand. Postal Steam Communication. jj a H Circular Despatch from Secretary of State, dated 30th November, 1855, upon the subject of Postal Steam Communication between Great Britain and the Australian Colonies.