CONTENTS. H.—34. CHARGES AGAINST INSPECTOR EMERSON—Copies of Letters, &c, leading up to Commission of Inquiry on. H.— 34a. Report of Royal Commission on. H.—35. "PROHIBITION" IN CLUTHA LICENSING DISTRICT—Report by Mr. R. S. Hawkins, S.M., Balcluth.'i, with Reference to the Operation of. H.—37. S.S. " TUTANEKAI "—Cost and expenses of. H.—3B. PERMANENT ARTlLLERY—Appointments to the, and Transfers from, to the Police Force, from Ist January, 1890, to Ist January, 1897. H.—3Ba. Appointments to the, and Transfers from, to the Police Force, from Ist January, 1883, to Ist January, 1890. H. —38b. ■ Appointments to the, and Transfers from, to the Police Force, from Ist January, 1880, to Ist January, 1897. H.—39. ELECTORAL ROLLS—Persons employed in Completion of the. H.—4o. LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FOUR PRINCIPAL CITIES DURING 1896.

I.—REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. I.—l. PUBLIC PETITIONS A TO L COMMITTEE—Reports of the. 1.—2. PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE—Reports of the. 1.—3. NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE—Reports of the. I. —3a. Report of, on the Petition of Wiremu Pakiha and 653 Others, together with Petition and Minutesof Evidence. I.—3b. Report of, on the Horowhenua Block Act Amendment Bill, together with Minutes of Proceedings, &o. I.—3c. Report of, on the Kapiti Island Public Reserve Bill, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence. 1,-*-4. GOLDFIELDS AND MINES COMMITTEE—Reports of. I.—4a. Report of, on the Cyanide Process Gold-extraction Bill, together with Minutes of Evidence. 1.—5. WASTE LANDS COMMITTEE—Reports of the. 1.—6. PRIVILEGE COMMITTEE — Report of, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Appendix. 1.—7. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE.—Report bringing up the Papers relating to the Deposit of £150,000 by the Government with the Colonial Bank of New Zealand in November, 1894. I.—B. NATIVE LAND LAWS AMENDMENT BILL COMMITTEE (JOlNT)—Report of, together with the Bill, the Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Appendix. 1.—9. RAILWAYS COMMITTEE—Reports of the. I.—9a. Report on the Petition of Murdoch McLean and Another, together with Petition, Minutes of Evidence, and Exhibits. I.—lo. JOINT AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL, AND STOCK COMMITTEE—Reports of the.

J.— PETITION. J.— l. PETITION OF J. BROSNAN AND 126 OTHERS, FOR EXEMPTION OF TUAPEKA DISTRICT" FROM OPERATION OF THE EIGHT HOURS BILL IF IT BECOMES LAW.

NOTE. LIST OF PEINTED PAPERS LAID UPON THE TABLE OF THE LEGISLATIVE, COUNCIL, AND BOUND WITH THE JOURNALS OF THE COUNCIL. No. 1. ASIATIC EESTRICTION BILL, 1896.—Message relative to the Protest thereon. No. 2. TECHNICAL EDUCATION BlLL.—Eeport and Minutes of Joint Committee thereon. No. 3. WAGES PROTECTION BlLL.—Report and Minutes of the Labour Bills Committee thereon. No. 4. "FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES' DEPOSITS ACT, 1894."—Statement of Deposits. No. 5. "LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES ACT, 1873," AND "FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES." DEPOSITS ACT, 1891."—Statement of Securities deposited by each Company. No. 6. " REGISTRATION OF PEOPLE'S CLAIMS ACT, 1896."—General Return. No. 7. DUCHESS OF TECK—Telegram of Sympathy relating to the Death of the. No. 8. PENSlON—Notification of an Intention to grant a, to Mr. Treseder. No. 9. LEASES OF EAILWAY PROPERTY—Particulars of. No. 10. VALIDATION COURT DECREES—Auckland, Gisborne, and Wellington. No. 11. NATIVE LAND COURT.—Orders made in respect of certain Lands, Arahura Survey District. No. 12. NATIVE CLAIMS—Middle Island.