CONTENTS. A. LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL. A. — I. DESPATCHES from the Governor of New Zealand to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. A. 2. from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of New Zealand. A. 3. COOK AND OTHER ISLANDS. (In continuation of A. 3, 1915.) A. 4. ECONOMIC CONFERENCE OF THE ALLIES. Telegram from the Secretary of State to the Governor of New Zealand. B. FINANCE. B. 1. [Part [.] PUBLIC ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1915 Hi. -Presented to Parliament in accordance with the Public Revenues Act, 1910, and the Constitution Act. B. I. [Part ll.] PUBLIC ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR,, 1915-16. Prepared by the Treasury Department and certified to by the Controller and Auditor-Genera] : also Statement showing the Public Debt of the Dominion as on Hist March, 1916. 8.—3. THE PUBLIC REVENUES ACT. 1910—Statement of Amounts transferred from Votes In the Appropriation Act, 1915, to other Votes in the same ('lass in Terms of Section 47 of. B. -4. WAX EXPENSES ACCOUNT. Statement of Expenditure from Beginning of War to 31st March, 1916. 8.—5. INCOME-TAX.—Amount collected from Farmers; also Amounts received from Payers of £50 and under and £50 and over of Farmers' Income-tax. B. 6. FINANCIAL STATEMENT made by the Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward, Bt._ P. 0., K.0.M.G., Minister of Finance, in Committee of Supply on 16th June, 1916. B. —7. APPROPRIATIONS chargeable on the Consolidated Fund and other Accounts for 1916-17. B. —7a. chargeable on the Public Works Fund and other Accounts for 1916-17. B.—B. SINKING FUNDS. Reports and Accounts of the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds for the Year ended 31st March, 1916. 8.—9. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE Report relating to the. B. 9a. Accounts of the, for the Year ended 3lst March, 1916. B.—ll. INVESTMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL FUNDS— Return showing. B. 12. COST OF COLLECTING CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE BY THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AT EACH PORT OF ENTRY. -Return for the Year ended 31st March, 1916. B.—lB. STATE ADVANCES OFFICE—Report by the Superintendent of the, for the Year ended lilst March, 1916. B—l4. GRADUATED LAND-TAX paid on Urban and Rural Land for the Years 1913-14 anil 1914-15—Return showing the Amount of. 8.— 15. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND- Balance-sheet of the, for the Year ended 3lst March. 1916. 8.—17. VALUATION OF LAND DEPARTMENT. -Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1916. 8.—19. FRUIT-PRESERVING INDUSTRY ACT, 1913— Statement regarding the Total Amount advanced under the. 8.—20. THE PUBLIC DEBT EXTINCTION ACT, 1910 -Certificate of Controller and Auditor-General under. 8.—21. SAMOA—Statement showing the Whole of the Cost to New Zealand of the Military Occupation of. C. GROWN LANDS AND MINES. G—l. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT, 1915-16. C—la. SURVEYS Annual Report on, for 1915-16. C—2. MINES STATEMENT FOR 1915, by the Hon. VV. D. S. Mac Donald, Minister of Mines. C. -2a. STATE COAL-MINES Report on Working of, for 1.915-16. C. 2b. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Tenth Annual Report (New Series).