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MARINE —continued. Fishing industry—continued,. Sea-fisheries Investigation Committee report —continued. Survey of fishing-vessels, H.-44a, 87-88. Tiraus (fish-traps), H.-44a, 27. Toheroas, H.-44A, 40, 94. Transport and shipping, H.-44A, 4, 41-43, 61-71. Trawlers — Australian, H.-44a, 92. Value for defence purposes, H.-44a, 11. Trawling, H.-44A, 6-12. Tuna fishery, H.-44A, 92-93. Wastage in dressing fish, cost of, H.-44a, 47, 61. Waste fish, utilization of, H.-44A, 85-86. Whitebait, H.-44a, 40-41. Witnesses, number of, H.-44a, 2. Wholesale firms at Auckland, H.-44a, 43. Wholesale trade, H.-44A, 48-63. Harbour-works, D.-l, xxxvi, 57. Lighthouses, D.-l, xxxvi. Port and harbour services, Western Samoa, A.-4, 5. Radio beacons : Expenditure, 8.-6, 22. Shipping — Arrangements, Primary Products Marketing Department, 8.-6, 7. Cook Islands, A.-3, 2. Imperial Conference, 1937, report on, A.—7, 18. Mail services, F.-l, 6, 18. New steamship lines : Dutch East Indies and Japan, H.-44, 19. Niue Island, A.-6, 6. Primary Products Marketing Department report, H.-30, 24. Radio-telegram rates to shipping at sea, F.-l, 24. Tourist shipping and cruises, H.-2, 3. Western Samoa, A.-4, 5, 13. MARKETING — Primary products— Budget Statement, 8.-6 — Dairy Industry Account, 8.-6, 8. Department, 8.-6, 7. Guaranteed price— Current year's, 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 Pieot 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.—3o, 36, 39-45. Dairy companies, H.-30, 33. Advertising and publicity, H.-30, 22. Arrivals at United Kingdom ports, H.-30, 15. ButterConsumption, H.-30, 21. Imports, H.-30, 30, 46. Prices, H.-30, 30, 50. Purchases, quality of, H.-30, 8. Cheese — ' nsumption, H.-30, 21. Imports, H.-30, 32, 46. Prices, H.-30, 30, 52. Purchases, quality of, H.-30, 9. Cold storage in United Kingdom, H.-30, 26. Costs of — Dairy companies, H.-30, 33, 34. Farm working and maintenance, H.-30, 5. 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.-30, 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.

MARKETING —continued. Primary products —continued. Department: Annual report —continued. 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, 11.- 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. Paid and realized. H. -30, 36. Trend, 1936-37, H.-30, 28. 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 — To ports outside United Kingdom, H.-30, 27. In United Kingdom : Weekly graph, H.-30, 12, 13. 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. Fruit and vegetables, investigation into marketing and handling of, H.-44, 30. Fishing industry, H.-44a, 65-68. MARRINER, G.Report on petition of, 1.-3, 10. MARRINER, G., AND OTHERS Report on petition of, 1.-3, 10. MARRYAT, E.— Report on petition of, 1.-8, 2. MARSICH, M.— Report on petition of, 1.-9, 2; MARTIN, C. A. B.— Report on petition of, I,- 12, 3. MATERNAL WELFARE. See under HEALTH. MATTHEWS, E. M.— Report on petition of, I,- 12. 3. MAUNGAPOHATU VILLAGE — Dental condition and diet of the Maoris in, H.-31, 64. MEIKLE, J. J.— Report on petition of, 1.-2, 2. MENTAL DEFECTIVES ACT, 1911Administration of estates of persons under disability, 8.-9, 1936, 4. MENTAL HOSPITALS. See under HEALTH. MERE TE IWINGARO WAIRAMA AND OTHERS — Report on petition of, 1.-3, 12. METEOROLOGICAL— Cook Islands, A.-3, 14. Niue Island, A.-6, 6. Scientific and Industrial Research Department report, H.-34, 6, 131. Telegraphic weather reports, F.-l, 23. Western Samoa, A.-4, 23. MIGRATION — Cook Islands, A.-3, 6. MILES, I. A.— Report on petition of, 1.-l, 4. MILLIGAN, C. E.— Report on petition of, 1.-2, 2.

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