SESS. 11, 1897.

CONTENTS.

H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. FRIENDLY SOClETlES—Twentieth Annual Report by the Registrar of. H. 2. PRIVATE BENEFIT SOCIETIES—Report and Evidence of the Royal Commission on. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Departments, 1896-97. H. 4. PENSIONS: "THE PENSIONS ACT, 1884."—Schedule of Retiring-allowances proposed to be granted to Officers of the Civil Service. H 5. <■ CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT, 1886 " —Return of Appointments made under Section 4of the. H.—6. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR—Report of the. H.—Y. LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF THE COLONY—Report on, for 1896. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report by Commissioner. Triennial Investigation. Fifth Division of Profits. H.—9. CONSUMPTION OF ARTICLES IN COMMON USE—Table showing Rate of, per Head of Population. H.—lo. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS.—Eighth Annual Report of the Registrar. H.—ll. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE—Report relating to the. H.—l2. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—Cost of Additions to and Alterations of the. H.—l3. TRAVELLING - ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— Schedule of, from 1892 to 1897. H.—l4. NEW ZEALAND DIAMOND JUBILEE CONTINGENT—Report of the Visit to England of the. H.—ls. MARINE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for 1896-97. H.—l6. THE POLICE FORCE OF THE COLONY—Annual Report on. H. 17. PROTECTION OF MULLET—Report oh, by Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., and Evidence taken by him. H.—lB. OLD-AGE 1 . PENSIONS.—CIaims under " The Registration of People's Claims Act, 1896." H. 18a. Paper read by Mr. James Pullar, F.F.A., at the Monthly Meeting of the Insurance Institute of Victoria, held on the 9th September, 1896. H. —18b. Letter from the Commissioner of the Government Life Insurance Department relative to the Annual Payment (commencing at the Age of Eighteen) necessary to secure a Pension of £26 a Year on and after the Age of Sixty-five. H.—l9. DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on the, by Colonel A. P. Penton, R.A., Commander of the Forces. H.—2o. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH—Report on, for Year ending 31st December, 1896; also Report on the Operation of " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886," for the Year ending 31st December, 1896. H. 21. BEET-ROOT SUGAR. —Cultivation of Sugar-beet and Manufacture of Sugar therefrom in Victoria, and Statistical Data of other Countries relating thereto. H.—2la. Report from Select Committee, House of Assembly of Tasmania, with Minutes of Proceedings and Appendix. H.—22. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COLONY—Report on the, by the Inspector of Hospitals. H.—23. THE ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 30th April, 1897. H.—23a. SHEEP-RATES COLLECTED, AND COST OF THE DEPARTMENT. H.—24. FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES' DEPOSITS ACT—Deposits under. H.—25. FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES ACT AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES ACT—Nature and Value of Securities deposited under. H.—26. CIVIL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE—Fees levied on Suitors in the. H.—27. NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE—Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the. H.—2B. DIRECT SERVICE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND WESTERN AUSTRALlA.—Comparative Statement of Freights between Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. H.—2Ba. Further Correspondence. H—29 IMPORTS FROM BRITISH POSSESSIONS AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND DUTIES PAID THEREON. H.—3o. " GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT, 1881 "—Permits granted under, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1897. H.—3l. QUEENSLAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, BRISBANE, 1897. H.—32. " THE AWARUA SEAT INQUIRY ACT, 1897 "—Report of Proceedings and Decision of the Court of Appeal in the Matter of. H.—33. CHARGES AGAINST DETECTIVE ALEXANDER HENDERSON—Report of Richmond Beetham, Esq., S.M., on.