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H.—MISCELLANEOUS. H.—l. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND TRADE-UNlONS.—Fiftieth Annual Report by the Registrar of Friendly Societies, for the Year ended 31st December, 1926. H.—2. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report by the Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Tourist and Health Resorts, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H.—3. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION.—AnnuaI Report of Department, 1926-27. H.—4. STORES CONTROL BOARD—Annual Report of, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H.—s. NEW ZEALAND NAVAL FORCES.—Report of the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station for the period Ist April, 1926, to the 31st March, 1927. H.—6. STATE FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE. —Annual Report of the General Manager for the Year ended 31st December, 1926. H. —6a. Accident Branch of the, Annual Report for the Year ended 31st December, 1926. H.—7. MENTAL HOSPITALS OF THE DOMINION—Report on, for 1926. H.—7a. MENTAL DEFICIENCY AND ITS TREATMENT. —Report on Visits of Inspection to various Institutions in Great Britain, America, and the Continent, by Dr. Theo. H. Gray, Inspector - General of Mental Hospitals in the Dominion of New Zealand : Part I. H. —8. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. —Triennial Investigation, 1926. Fifteenth Division of Profits, and Annual Report of the Commissioner for the Year ended 31st December, 1926. H.—9. ARTICLES IN COMMON USE, Consumption of—Table showing Rate of, per Head of Population. H.—lo. PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS.—Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Registrar. H.—ll. LABOUR DEPARTMENT —Report of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H.—l2. FIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION—Report on the, for the Year ended 30th June, 1927, by Inspector of Fire Brigades. H.—l3. RETURNS OR STATEMENTS required by Law or Resolution to be laid before the House. H.—l4. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER—Fifteenth Report of the. H.—ls. MARINE DEPARTMENT. —Annual Report for 1926-27. H.—lsa. NAPIER HARBOUR BOARD MATTERS —Report of Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon. H.—l6. POLICE FORCE OF THE DOMINION—AnnuaI Report on, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H. —17. NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND.—Sixteenth Annual Report of the Board, for the Year ended 31st December, 1926. H. —17a. Statement of Amounts paid into by way of State Subsidy. H. —18. PENSIONS DEPARTMENT —Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927 H.—l9. DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND.—Report of the General Officer Commanding the Forces, for the period Ist June, 1926, to 31st May, 1927. H.—2o. PRISONS DEPARTMENT—Report on, for the Year 1926-27. H. —20a. PRISONS BOARD —Annual Report of, for 1926. H. —20b. OFFENDERS PROBATION under Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and Crimes Amendment Act, 1910 Report on Operations of, for the Year 1926-27. H.—2l. FISHING INDUSTRY PROMOTION.—AnnuaI Report for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H.—22. INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H.—23. ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS for the Year ended 30th April, 1927. H. —23b. SHEEPOWNERS —Return of, and of the Number of Sheep and Lambs in each County, on the 30th April, 1926 and 1927. H.—25. ENEMY PROPERTY IN NEW ZEALAND—Seventh Report on, by the Public Trustee, as Custodian of Enemy Property and Controller of the New Zealand Clearing Office. H.—26. PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BOARD—Nineteenth Annual Report of the, w;th Accounts, for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1927. H. —26a. PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND.—Actuarial Examination as at 31st March, 1924. H.—2B. CUSTOMS TARIFF COMMISSION, 1926-27—Report of. H. —29. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. —Annual Report for 1926-27. H.—3o. STOCK SLAUGHTERED AND COMPENSATION PAID during the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H. —31. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. —Annual Report of Director-General of Health for the Year 1926-27. H. —32. GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY. —Renort of the Chief Librarian for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H. —34. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of the, for the Year .ended 31st March, 1927. H.—36. PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT—AnnuaI Report of the, for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. H.—44. INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT —Tenth Annual Report of the, for the Year ended 30th April, 1927. H. —44a. Proprietary Articles Trade Association—Report of the Committee of Inquiry, together with Minutes of Proceedings and Minutes of Evidence. 11.—45. REPRESENTATION COMMISSIONS' REPORT-