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H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS—First Annual Report of the Registrar of. H.—2. FRIENDLY SOClETlES—Thirteenth Annual Report of the Registrar of. H.—3. NEW ZEALAND POLICE FORCE—Annual Report on the. H.— i. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH—Report on, for Year ending 31st December, 1889. Also Report on the Operation of " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886," for Year ending 31st December, 1889. H.—s. THE SWEATING COMMISSION—Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into certain relations between the Employers of certain Kinds of Labour and the Persons employed therein. H. —sa. Expenditure in connection with. H.—6. KAIHU VALLEY RAILWAY —Report of Commission appointed to inquire into Transactions between the Government and the Kaihu Valley Railway Company (Limited). H._7. THAMES HARBOUR BOARD BOUNDARIES—Report on, by Mr. A. E. G. Rhodes, M.H.R., together with the Evidence taken thereon. H— 8. INSPECTION OF STOCK—Annual Reports of the Inspectors for Year ended 31st March, 1890. H.—9. THE RABBIT NUISANCE—AnnuaI Report on. H.—lo. THE MILITARY FORCES AND DEFENCES OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on, by Major-General J. Bevan Edwards, C.B. H.—ll. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN THE COLONY—Report on, by the Inspector of Hospitals. H.—l2. LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF THE COLONY—Report on, for 1889. H.—l3. THE ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 31st May, 1889. H.—l4. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION—AnnuaI Report of Departments, 1889-90. H.—ls. THE NEW ZEALAND FORCES—Report on. H.—l6. PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report on the. H.—l7. WILLS AND ESTATES ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE—Return relative to, for each Year since 1872. H—lB. MARINE DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report for 1889-90. H.—l9. COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE REPRESENTATION ACTS—Report of the. H.—2o. CONVICTIONS AMONGST PERSONS COMMITTED FOR TRlAL—Return showing Number of. H.—2l. PARLIAMENTARY HONORARIUM — Return showing Deductions therefrom and Attendance of Members during Session 1889. H.—22. ESTATES OVER 2,000 ACRES AND £10,000 IN VALUE OWNED BY ABSENTEES-Return of. H.—22a. OWNERS OF 5,000-ACRE BLOCKS AND UPWARDS—Return showing Absentee Owners, Banks, and Individual Owners. H.—23. VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO ABSENTEES—Return of. H— 24. APPOINTMENT OF Mb. W. B. EDWARDS—Correspondence relating to the. H.—25. OFFENDERS UNDER TWENTY YEARS OF AGE—Return showing Nationality, Religion, and Education of. H— 26. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MEAT BILL—Copy of, introduced into the Imperial Parliament. H—27. REGULATIONS UNDER " THE PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS ACT, 1889." H —28. APPOINTMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE made during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890. H—29 INTERCHANGE OF COLONIAL PRODUCTS BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, WITH THE AMOUNT OF DUTY LEVIED THEREON— Return of. H.—3o. LOCAL OPTION POLLS AND LICENSING ELECTIONS—Return of Number of Votes polled at. H.— 31. GOVERNOR'S ORDERS UNDER " THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTIES ACT, 1888." H. —31a. ■ Further Orders. H —32 GOVERNMENT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER—AnnuaI Report of the, for Year ended 31st December, 1889. H.—33. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on, by Mr. John Sawers, Dairy Instructor. H.—34. BOTANIC GARDEN BOARD, 1889-90—Twenty-first Annual Report. H.—35. NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 1889-90—Twenty-second Annual Report. H.—36. MANUFACTURE AND GROWTH OF PHORMIUM, OR FLAX—Report on the. H—37. SALARIES, HOUSE-ALLOWANCE, AND TRAVELLING-ALLOWANCE AND EXPENSES OF MINISTERS—Return of, for each Year from 1869-70 to 1888-89. H —38 VOGEL V, THE QUEEN—Copy of Petition of Right filed in the Supreme Court of New Zealand by the Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G. H.—39. AUDIT OFFICE ESTlMATES—Correspondence with the Controller and Auditor-General respecting the. H. —39a. Further correspondence.