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Session II 1918. NEW ZEALAN D.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1918.

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

Sir, — Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 31-st October, 191 ft. I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report of (lie Department for the year ending 31st March, 1918. I have, &c., J. Hi slop, Under-Secretary. The Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL REPORT. I. Titr Work of the Year. 1. Work arising out of the War. 2. The Ordinary Work of tho Head Office —■continued. The Military Service Act, 1916. (3.) Animals Protection Act. Permits and Passports Sanctuaries. Registration of Aliens Act, 1917. Opossums. WaTlunds ActTlW Importation of Birds and Animals. Revocation of Naturalization Act. 1917. Lhe 1 » a t ara - Sub-Departments. ( 4 -) I?Jre Brigades Act. New Zealand Gazette.. _ Fire Districts. National War Museum. * Inspection of Fire Brigades. Exhibition of War Trophies at Burlington House. (5.) Motor Regulation Act. War Section, Dominion Museum. ) Inspection of Weights and Measures. War Collections by Provincial Museums. ( 7 .) Board of Science and Art. 2. The Ordinary Work of the Head Office. (8.) Censorship of Films. (1.) Local Government. (9.) Hector Observatory. Boroughs and Town Districts. (10.) Old Soldiers' and Historical Graves. Counties. (II.) Graves of Members of Expeditionary Force Road Districts. dying in New Zealand. Land-drainage and River (|2 }Hj t of the New Zoalan(l Wars , Lake, Coleridge Watei'-power Act, 101/5, v ' Cost of Living Act, 1915. Alien Electors of Local Bodies. X The Work of tho Sub-Departments during the Local Legislation. [ Year. (2.) Inland Fisheries. Census and Statistics Office. General Registrar-General s Office. Sha"s. Dominion Laboratory Trout-hatchery. Dominion Museum. 11. Staff. TTT. Assistance rendered hy other Departments. . APPENDIX I. Report of Government Statistician. LI. Report of Registrar-fleneral. 111. Report of Dominion Analyst and Chief Inspector of Explosives. '"■SKI S# i®j IV. Report of the Director, Dominion Museum V. Report of Officer in Charge, War Funds Office. VI. Report of the Government Astronomer. VII. Report of Conservator of Fish and Game I—H. 22,