CONTENTS.

I.—EEPOETS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. I.—1. PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE. I.—2. NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. I.—3. GOLD FIELDS AND MINES COMMITTEE. I. —3a. General Report. I.—3b. Report of a Resolution. 1.3=4, WASTE LANDS COMMITTEE. I,_4a. Report on Petition of F. D. Rich and W. H. Williams, together with Petition, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix. I.—5. JOINT SHEEP AND RABBIT ACTS COMMITTEE, together with Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. I.—6. NORTH ISLAND. TRUNK RAILWAY COMMITTEE, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, and Appendix. I.—6a. — Report of Mr. Morgan Carkeek on the Western Route. I.—7. JOINT SOUTH SEA ISLANDS TRADE COMMITTEE, together with Minutes of Proceedings.

H.—MISCELL ANEOU S. H.—I. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES—Seventh Report by the Registrar of. H.—2. THE RABBIT NUISANCE—Annual Report on, by the Superintending Inspector. H.—3. VOLUNTEER FORCE OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on the. H.— i.. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD—Annual Report of the. H.—5. THE GENERAL ELECTION, 1884.—Votes recorded, Numbers on Roll, and Population in each Electoral District. H.—6. MARINE DEPARTMENT—Annual Report of the. H.—7. GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT—Report on the, for 1883. H.—8. INTRODUCTION OF SCAB INTO NELSON DISTRICT—Papers relating to the late. H.—9. DAIRY FACTORIES IN NEW ZEALAND—Report on. H.—10. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION—Annual Report of Departments for 1883-84. H.—11. BOTANIC GARDEN BOARD, 1883-84—Fifteenth Annual Report of the. H.—12. NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 1883-84—Sixteenth Annual Report of the. H.—13. HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE-AID EXPENDITURE, 1883-84—Memorandum on. H.—14. THE CULTIVATION OF THE WATTLE—Memoranda respecting. H.—15. NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, held at Christchurch in December, 1883, and January, 1884—Report on. H.—16. ARMED CONSTABULARY AND MAORIS—Return of, for each Provincial District of North Island. H.—17. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HOKITIKA—Return giving Particulars in Relation to. H.—18. SEAMEN IN VESSELS REGISTERED OR OWNED IN THE COLONY—Return of the Number of. H.—19. LEASES OF RAILWAY PROPERTY—Further Return showing Particulars of. H. 19a. Return showing Particulars of. (Laid on Table, Session I., 1884.) H.—20. EXPORTS SINCE GOLD DISCOVERIES IN OTAGO—Return showing Value of. H.—21. GUIDING LIGHTS AT THE MANUKAU HEADS—Correspondence relating to placing. H.—22. PERSONS DROWNED IN NEW ZEALAND RIVERS—Return of, from 1st July, 1883, to 30th June, 1884, with Summary'of Previous Returns. H.—23. UNEMPLOYED WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR WORK—Memorandum relative to the Numbers of.

G.—NATIVE AFFAIRS. G.—1. REPORTS FROM OFFICERS IN NATIVE DISTRICTS, (In continuation of G.-Ia, 1883.) q 2. THE NATIVE LAND LAWS —Memorandum on, by Mr. W. L. Bees. G —3 ABORIGINAL NATIVES IN MIDDLE ISLAND—Return showing Numbers of and Reserves set apart for. G.—4. NATIVE CLAIMS TO LAND, ETC., POVERTY BAY—Report by H. T. Clarke, Esq., upon. (Laid on the Table, Session 1883.) G —5. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS ON ALIENATION OF MAORI LANDS—Return of Cases of. (Laid on the Table, Session I., 1884.)