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LABOUR —continued. Unemployment— Gold-prospecting subsidy, C.-2, 12, 13. Maoris, G.-9, 2. Tax : Collection, F.-l, 22. Workers — Employment, D.-l, v. Settlement, D.-l, xxxiv. Workers' compensation, 8.-9, 1937, 7. Western Samoa, A.-4, 18. LABOUR BILLS COMMITTEE, SELECT. See under COMMITTEES. LAND-AGENTS — Licenses granted, H.-22, 14. LANDS— Committee, Select. See under COMMITTEES. Department, public securities held by, 8.-10, 24. Development, &c., D.-l, 51. Drainage— Operations — Hauraki Plains : Annual report, C.-8. Rangitaiki Land Drainage : Annual report, C.-11. Swamp : Annual report, C.-4. Inprovement, D.-l, xxvii. Budget Statement, 8.-6, 15. Kauri-gum industry : Annual report, C.-l 2. Land for Settlements Act, 1925 : Annual report, C.-5 — Estates, private, acquired to 31st March, 1936 : Summary, C.-5, 2. Land, private, purchased and paid for during year: Return, C.-5, 2. Land Purchase Controller : Report, C.-5, 1. Land for Settlement Account for the year — Balance-sheet, C.-5, 7-9. Payments from, during year, C.-5, 2. Receipts and Payments Account for the year, C.-5, 3-5. Revenue Account for the year, C.-5, 6. Properties considered during year. Number, C.-5, 2. National Endowments : Annual report, C.-14. Native — Consolidation, G.—9, 4. Development, and assistance to Maoris, G.-9, 2. Land laws, G.-9, 4. Maori Land Boards, 6.-9, 3. Surveys, C.-la, 2. Public Domains and National Parks: Annual report, C.-10— National Parks, C.-10, 3. Arthur Pass, C.-10, 6. Egmont, C.-10, 6. Tongariro, C.-10, 4. Public Domains, C.-10, 1. Scenery preservation — Annual report, C.-6 — Expenditure — Comparison of, C.-6, 9. On scenery preservation for the year, C.-6, 8. Future operations, C.-6, 5. General, C.-6, 1. Gifts of scenic areas, C.-6, 4. Glacial Scenic Reserves of Westland, C.-6, 5, 10. Kapiti Island Reserve, C.-6, 18. Private Scenic Reserve declared under section 6 of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1933, C.-6, 8. Reserves made in 1936-37 under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and amendments, C.-6, 6. Revocations of reservations, C.-6, 7. Scenery Preservation Board, C. 6. 3. Summary of Reserves, C.-6, 8. Supervision of Reserves, C.-6, 3. Bush preservation and amenity planting, D.-l, 172. Settlement — Backblock roads : Metalling, D.-l, i. Crown-lands settlement: Annual report — Educational endowment, C.-l, 6. Finance — Expenditure C.-l, 7. National endowment, C.-l, 6. Rebates, C.-l, 6. Receipts, arrears, and postponements, C.-l, 6, 38. Lands— All lands held on lease, C.-l, 36. Development, C.-l, 2. Drainage operations, C.-l, 24. Endowment: Leased and administered by Land Boards, C.-l, 37.

4 LANDS —continued. Settlement —continued. Crown-lands settlement: Annual report—continued. Lands—continued. For selection, C.-1, 6. Selection during year, C.-l, 36. Inferior : Special settlement, C.-l, 5. Lands-for-settlement, C.-l, 37. Of the Dominion : Position, C.-l, 35. Reserved for various purposes, C-l, 7, Legislation, C.-l, 2. Reports of Commissioners of Crown Lands : Extracts from, C.-l, 8-12, 21-24. Review of past year, C.-l, 2. Settlements established : Summary, C.-l, 13-21. Small farms, C.-l, 4, 31. Discharged soldiers— Annual report— Applications received and lands allotted, C.-9, 2. Dominion Revaluation Board : Report, C.-9, 4. Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Account— Balance-sheet, C.-9, 11. Transactions for year, C.-9, 9. General review, C.-9, 2. Lands acquired by discharged soldiers, C.-9, 8. Lands proclaimed, C.-9, 2. Mortgages, transfer, C.-9, 3. Reports of Commissioners of Crown Lands, C.-9, 5. Mortgages transferred to State Advances Corporation, 8.-13 A, 14. Settlement and other roads : Construction, &c„ D.-l, xxiii. Small-farms scheme, D.-l, 54. Budget Statement, 8.-6, 15. Unemployed workers, D.-l, xxxiv. Surveys— Annual report, C.-lA— Appreciation, C.-IA, 3. Adjustment of triangulation and standard traverses, C.-IA, 3. Drawings for photolithography, C.-la, 3. Examination and recording of plans, C.-IA, 2. Field inspections, C.-IA, 2. Geodetic triangulation, C.-la, 2, 7. Head Office : Draughting Branch, C.-IA, 4. Housing surveys, C.-IA, 2. Map publications, C.-IA, 3. Native land surveys, C.-la, 2. Other work, C.-la, 2. Plan drawing, C.-la, 2. Proposed operations, C.-la, 3. Road surveys, C.-la, 2. Rural surveys, C.-la, 2. Second and third order triangulation, C.-la, 2. Standard of accuracy, C.-IA, 2. Standard surveys, C.-IA, 2. Staff, C.-IA, 3. Summary, C.-la, 2. Survey Board, C.-IA, 6. Tables — Areas surveyed for Lands and Survey Department. C.-IA, 8. Areas surveyed for other Departments, C.-IA, 8. Field work executed, C.-IA, 7. Office work, C.-la, 10. Rural surveys area, C.-la, 7. Work on hand, C.-la, 10. Tidal survey, C.-la, 3. Topographical survey, C.-la, 2. Town and suburban surveys, C.-la, 2. Town schemes, C.-la, 3. Warrants for title, C.-la, 3. Geological, mining industry, C.-2, 10. Taxation : Budget Statement, 8.-6, 23. Western Samoa, A.-4, 5, 24. LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT— Annual report — Arrears in the Land Transfer Department, H.-3, 4. Business transacted, H.-3, 1, 2. Compulsory registration, H.-3, 1. Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st December, 1936 ; received for registration and registered during the year ended 31st December, 1937 ; also number remaining on that date and the amount of fees collected during the same period, H.-3, 4. Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the year, H.-3, 3. Money secured by mortgage under the Land Transfer Act, H.-3, 3.

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