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MIDDLE EAST— A-l, 29. MINING INDUSTRY— Coal-mines: Acquisition, B-l [Pt. ll], 35; B-6, 25. Department: Public securities held by, B-10, 6. Gold: Acquisition of New-Zealand-produced gold by Reserve Bank of New Zealand, B-16, 5. MINISTRY OF SUPPLYCessation, B-l [Pt. ll], 27. MINISTRY OF WORKS— Cook Islands, A-3, 45. Hydro-electricity Development, B-6, 8, 23. Roading lands for settlement, B-l [Pt. ll], 23. Western Samoa, A-4, 34. s.s. " MONOWAI " B-l [Pt. ll], 36. MOTOR-VEHICLES. See under TRANSPORT. IVfUSICNational Orchestra, B-l [Pt. ll], 28. NARCOTIC DRUGS— A-l, 57 ; A-2, 96 ; A-4, 41. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME— B-6, 23. NATIONAL DISASTERS— Insurance against, B-6, 29. NATIONAL INCOME— Statistics, B-6, 26, vi. NATIONAL ORCHESTRA— Expenditure, B-l [Pt. ll], 28. NATIONAL SAVINGS— B-6, 12, xx. NAURU AND OCEAN ISLANDS— Phosphates, B-l [Pt. ll], 33. NETHERLANDS— Exchange of notes with regarding abolition of visas, A-15. NEW ZEALAND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS— B-6, xv. NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD— B-l [Pt. Jl], 39. NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATION OVERSEAS. See under EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. NEW ZEALAND WOOL DISPOSAL COMMISSION— Public securities held by, B-10, 7. NIUE ISLAND. See under ISLAND TERRITORIES. NORTHERN IRELAND— Reciprocal arrangements with relating to family allowances and family benefits, A-12. OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS— A-2, 133; A-10.

OLD-AGE RIGHTS— A-2, 104. OLDMAN COLLECTION— Purchase, B-l [Pt. ll], 21. OVERSEAS-PASSENGER DUTY— B-l [Pt. ll], 28. OVERSEAS REPRESENTATION IN NEW ZEALAND. See under EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY OFFICIALS— B-l [Pt. ll], 24. PACIFIC— A-l, 13, 15. South Pacific Commission, A-l, 13 ; A-3, 6. PALESTINE (see also ISRAEL)— A-l, 29, 33 ; A-2, 37, 42, 104. S.S. "PAMIR"— B-l [Pt. ll], 24. PASSPORTS— A-l, 88. PERSONAL AND PRIVATE INCOME— Table, B-6, vii-xiv. POLICE— Cook Islands, A-3, 8. Western Samoa, A-4, 12. POPULATION— Cook and Niue Islands, A-3, 4, 5, 32, 34. Population Commissions, United Nations, A-l, 56. Tokelau Islands, A-6, 3, 5. Vital statistics, A-3, 14, 38. Western Samoa, A-4, 42, 53. POST AND TELEGRAPH— Cook and Niue Islands, A-3, 26, 44, 45. Department-Motor-vehicles, B-l [Pt. ll], 29. Profits, B-l [Pt. ll], 29. Public securities held by, B-10, 8. Post Office Savings-bank : Western Samoa, A-4, 29. Telegraph, B-6, 25. Western Samoa, A-4, 33. PRESS— Convention on the international transmission of news and the right of correction, A-2a, 60. PRICES— Basic foodstuffs : Retail prices, B-6, xix. Budget Statement, B-6, 2. Control, B-6, 11. Cook and Niue Islands, A-3, 31, 50. Wheat, A-20, 15. PRIME MINISTERS— Meeting, April, 1949 : • Text of final communique, together with press statement by the Right Hon. P. Fraser, A-19. PRODUCTION— Budget Statement, B-6, 1, 7.