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AGRICULTURAL AMD PASTORAL—continued. Department —continued. Horticulture Division : Report of Director— Bee-keeping industry, H.-29, 46. Cider-making, H.-29, 44. Fruit and vegetables : Local markets, H.-29, 42. Fruit: Cold storage, H.-29, 43. Fruit export, H.-29, 42. Fruitgrowing, H.-29, 41. Fruit, plants, &c., imported, H.-29, 43. Hop-culture, H.-29, 45. Instructional and experimental work, H.-29, 43. New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, H.-29, 45. Nurseries : Registration and inspection, H.-29, 45. Orchard registration and orchard-tax, H.-29, 45. Te Kauwhata Horticultural Station, H.-29, 44. Tobacco-culture, H.-29, 44. Tung oil, H.-29, 45. Viticulture and winemaking, H.-29, 44. Live-stock Division : Report of Director — Dairy inspection, H.-29, .10. Health of live-stock, H.-29, 6. Noxious weeds, H.-29, 14. Poultry, H.-29, 11. Rabbits : Nuisance, H.-29, 14. Stock— Exportation, H.-29, 11. Importation, H.-29, 11. Slaughter of, H.-29, 10. Statistics, H.-29, 10, 11. Wool, H.-29, 13. Minister's report— Dairying stock : Decrease in number, H.-29, 2. Farming industry : Supply of skilled labour, H.-29, 2. Flock House : Purchase by Government, H.-29, 2. Guaranteed prices, H.-29, 1. Live-stock research, H.-29, 2. Pig-production : Increase, H.-29, 2. Sheep : Increase in number, H.-29, 1. Wool-prices : Increase, H.-29, 1. Veterinary Laboratory, Wallaceville : Report of officer in charge, H.-29, 15. Education, Native, E.-3, 5. Empire Agricultural Council, proposal for the establishment of, A.-7, 20. Fertilizers : Price, &c., H.-46, 32. Fruit industry— Fruit-cold-storage research, H.-34, 57. Fruit research, H.-34, 10, 12. Investigation into marketing and handling of fruit and vegetables, H.-44, 30. Rarotongan fruit inquiry, H.-44, 31. Imperial Agricultural Research Bureau, H.-34, 80. Marketings—Primary products— Budget Statement — Dairy Industry Account, 8.-6, 8. Department, 8.-6, 7. Guaranteed price— Current year, 8.-6, 9. Origin, 8.-6, 8. High quality essential, 8.-6, 9. Internal— Butter and cheese, 8.-6, 12. Honey and eggs, 8.-6, 12. Local markets, 8.—6, 11. Picot Bros. : Acquisition, 8.-6, 11. New markets, 8.-6, 7. Season's results, 8.-6, 8. Shipping arrangements, 8.-6, 7. Success of policy, 8.-6, 7. Department: Annual report, H.-30 — Accounts— Annual, H.-30, 36, 39-45. Dairy companies, H.-30, 33. Advertising and publicity, H.-30, 22. Arrivals at United Kingdom ports, H.-30, 15. Butter — Consumption, H.-30, 21. Imports, H.-30, 30, 46. Prices, H.-30, 30, 50. Purchases, quality of, H.-30, 8. Cheese— Consumption, H.-30, 21. Imports, H.-30, 32, 46. Prices, H.-30, 30, 52. Purchases, quality of, H.-30, 9. Costs of— Dairy companies, H.-30, 33, 34. Farm working and maintenance, H.-30, 5.

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL —continued. Marketing —continued. Primary products—continued. Department—continued. Cold storage in United Kingdom, H.-30, 26. Dairy industry in Great Britain, H.-30, 20. Dairy-produce, purchase of, by Crown, H.-30, 4. Exports— From New Zealand ports, H.-30, 11. To west coast ports, United Kingdom, H.-30, 15, 47. F. 0.8. selling, H.-30, 19. Freight rates, H.-20, 26. Ghee, H.-30, 32. Gradings— 1935-36 and 1936-37, H.-30, 10. Quality percentages, H.-30, 8. Guaranteed prices, 1936-37 and 1937-38, H.-30, 7. Imports into United Kingdom— Butter, H.-30, 30, 46. Cheese, H.-30, 32, 46. Insurance rates, H.-30, 26. Internal Marketing Division, H.-30, 37. Margarine and butter consumption, H.-30, 21. Market conditions, 1936-37, H.-30, 28. Marketing methods — Effect of elimination of F. 0.8. sales, H.-30, 19. History of, H.-30, 11. Objective of Department, H.-30, 14. Payouts by dairy companies, H.-30, 33, 34. Prices— Average of eight to ten years for guaranteed-price basis, H.-30, 4. Guaranteed purchase, 1936-37 and 1937-38, H.-30, 7. In London, H.-30, 30. Trend, 1936-37, H.-30, 28. Paid and realized, H.-30, 36. Primary Products Marketing Act, H.-30, 3. Procedure of payment, &c., in New Zealand, H.-30, 9. Quality— Of produce purchased, H.-30, 8. Premiums for, H.-30, 7. Sales— In United Kingdom : Weekly graph, H.-30,12, 13. To ports outside United Kingdom, H.-30, 27. Shipments to — West coast ports, United Kingdom, H.-30, 15, 47. Outside markets, H.-30, 27. Shipping, H.-30, 24. Shipping inspection, H.-30, 25. Storage in United Kingdom, H.-30, 26. Store warrant advances, H.-30, 10. World trade in butter and cheese, H.-30, 49, 54. Investigation in marketing and handling of fruit and vegetables, H.-44, 30. Niue Island, A.-6, 5. Onion-growing, H.-44, 29. Rural Intermediate Credit Board : Annual report, 8.-14. Sheep returns : Annual report, H.-23. Tobacco-growing, H.-44, 28. Growing and research, H.-34, 2 ; H.-44, 28. Western Samoa, A.-4, 24. Wheat — Wheat, flour, and bread: Industries and Commerce Department report, H.-44, 28. Wheat Research Institute, H.-34, 9, 41. Woollen manufacturing, H.-34, 2. Woolpacks, H.-44, 31. AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ACT, 1936 H.-li, 17. ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY— Report, H.-22, 19. AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF RAILWAY SERVANTS— Report on petition of, 1.-l, 5. ANIMALS PROTECTION AND GAME ACT— Report, H.-22, 6. APIA OBSERVATORY— Report, H.-34, 144. APPRENTICES. See under LABOUR — APPROPRIATIONS— Chargeable on the — Consolidated Fund and other accounts for the year, 8.-7. Public Works Fund and other accounts for the year, 8.-7 a.