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H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES—Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Registrar of. H.—2. NEW ZEALAND MIDLAND RAILWAY—Report of the Royal Commission on, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence and Appendices. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Departments, 1900-1901. jj 4, PENSIONS. —Retiring-allowances proposed to be granted to Officers of the Civil Servioe of New Zealand. H. 5. " CIVIL SERVIOE REFORM ACT, 1886 "—Return of Appointments made under Seotion 4of the. H.—6. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENTS FOR SOUTH AFRlCA.—Nominal Roll of Sixth Contingent. H. —6a. Nominal Roll of Seventh Contingent. H.— 6b. Names of Members of Fourth and Fifth Contingents who returned to Colony by s.s. " Tagus." H.—6c. Report by Lieut.-Colonel Porter, commanding Seventh Contingent. jj. 6d. Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men who have been brought to Notice for " Meritorious Servioes." H. 6b. Names of killed and wounded and those who have died from Disease. H. 6f. Historical Account of Two Captured Guns. H.—7. LUNATIC ASYLUMS OF THE COLONY—Report on, for 1900. H.—B. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER—AnnuaI Report of, for Year ended 31st December, 1900. H.—9. CONSUMPTION OF ARTICLES IN COMMON USE—Table showing Rate of, per Head of Population. H —10. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS.—Twelfth Annual Report of the Registrar. H.—ll. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR—Report of the. H.—lla. "INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT, 1900 "—Return showing Number of Members in each Industrial Union registered under. H.—l2. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE—Report relating to the. H.—l3. RETURNS OR STATEMENTS required by Law or Resolution to be laid before the House. H.—l4. UNITED FIRE BRIGADES' ASSOCIATION.—Report by the Delegates to the Paris Fire Congress. H.—ls. MARINE DEPARTMENT.—AnnuaI Report for 1900-1901. H.—lsa. EXPERIMENTAL TRAWLING—Report on, by L. F. Ayson, Inspector of Fisheries. H.—l6. POLICE FORCE OF THE COLONY—Annual Report on. H.—l6a. POLICE PROVIDENT FUND.—Report of the Board of Administration for the Year ended 31et Maroh, 1901. H.—l7. " NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACT, 1885 "—Particulars relating to Plantations under the. H.—lB. OLD-AGE PENSIONS—Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1901. H.—l9. DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND—Report on, by Colonel A. P. Penton, R.A., Commandant of the Forces. H.—l9a. NEWTOWN PARK CAMP—Report of Inquiry into Conduct of. H. —19b. DEFENCE —Information relating to Proposed Commandant, Major and Brevet-Colonel St. George Charles Heury. H.—2o. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH—Report on, for Year ended 31st Deoember, 1900; also, Report on the Operation of " The First Offenders' Probation Aot, 1886," for Year ended 31st December, 1900. H.—2oa. PRISONS DEPARTMENT—Particulars relating to Officers of the. H.—2ob. Particulars relating to Escapes of Prisoners from Wellington Gaols. H.—2l. RIVERS COMMISSION.-Reports of Commission to inquire into certain Matters relating to Watercourses. (In continuation of H.-21, 1900.) H.—22. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COLONY—Report on, by the Inspector of Hospitals. H.—23. THE ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 30th April, 1901. H.—23a. INTERIM RETURN OF SHEEP IN THE COLONY on 30th April, 1901.