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MACHINERY. See under PUBLIC WORKS. MAIL-SERVICES. See under POST AND TELEGRAPH. MAIN HIGHWAYS. See under PUBLIC WORKS. MARCONI, MARCHESE— Death of : Observance of two minutes' silence by Broadcasting Services, F.-l, 26. MARINE— Harbour-works and lighthouses: Construction, D.-l, xxxvi, 65. Shipping : Radio-telegram charges from British ships to New Zealand, F.-l, 21. MENTAL HOSPITALS. See under HEALTH. METEOROLOGICAL— Telegraph services, F.-l, 22. MINERALS. See under MINING INDUSTRY. MINING INDUSTRY— Annual Mines Statement, C.-2— Appendices : Reports relating to — Inspection of coal-mines, C.-2, 56-81. Metalliferous mines and stone-quarries, C.-2, 20-55. Report of Board of Examiners, C.-2, 82-95. Carbonizing and briquetting, C.-2, 6, 7. Coal-miners' Relief Fund, C.-2, 12. Coal-mining, C.-2, 4. Coal-mining legislation, C.-2, 5, 6. Co-operative mining, State Coal Reserve, C.-2, 8. Geological survey, C.-2, 10, 11. Gold and silver mining, C.-2, 1, 2. Goldfields revenue and gold duty, C.-2, 3. Laboratory investigations, C.-2, 7. Miners' pensions—Pensions Act, 1926, C.-2, 11, 12. Mining legislation, C.-2, 2, 3. Mining privileges, C.-2, 3. New avenues of coal-utilization, C.-2, 5. Petroleum oil, C.-2, 3, 4. Rescue stations, C.-2, 6. School of Mines, C.-2, 11. Social amenities in mining townships, C.-2, 6. Staff, C.-2, 12, 13. State aid to mining, C.-2, 12, 13 — Government prospecting drills, C.-2, 12. Roads and tracks, C.-2, 13. School of Mines, C.-2, 13. Subsidized prospecting—Subsidies to unemployed to prospect for gold, C.-2, 13. State coal-mines, C.-2, 8-10 — Development of new mine, C.-2, 10. Housing, C.-2, 10. Items from balance-sheet, C.-2, 9, 10. Output and sales, C.-2, 8, 9. Statistics — Coal-mining, C.-2, 4. Gold and silver-mining, C.-2, 2. Mineral production, C.-2, 1. Mining and quarry accidents, C.-2, 7. Persons employed in or about mines and stone-quarries, C.-2, 7. Wastage of coal, C.-2, 5. Tables— CoalExports, bunker and cargo, C.-2, 18. Imports, C.—2, 18. Output from different fields, C.-2, 16. Output of different classes, C.-2, 16. Coal and oil-shale : Annual production and coal imported since 1878, C.-2, 17. Export of minerals and coal-output, C.-2, 14. GoldQuantity and value exported from districts and counties or boroughs, C.-2, 15. Quantity of gold exported annually from 1857, C.-2, 16. Persons employed in mining, C.-2, 19. CoalState mines : Annual report, C.-2a — James Colliery, C.-2a, 3. James Mine extended, C.-2a, 3. Liverpool Colliery, C.-2a, 1. Statement of accounts, &c., C.-2a, 6-14. Mining privileges : State forests, C.-3, 2. MUSIC— School, E.-l, 39. NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE. See under BROADCASTING.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS — Report for the year, with schedule showing aggregate area of land excluded from the endowment, C.-14. Settlement of Crown lands, C.-l, 7. NATIONAL PARKS. See under LANDS. NATIVE AFFAIRS — Broadcasting : Maori sessions, F.-3, 7. Department : Annual report, G.-9 — Board of Native Affairs, G.-9, 1. District reports, G.-9, 5-11. Finance, G.-9, 3, 4. General Maori welfare, G.-9, 2. General report, G.-9, 1. Legislation, G.-9, 4. Maori Land Boards, G.-9, 2. Native housing, G.-9, 3. Native-land consolidation, G.-9, 3. Native Land Courts, G.-9, 3 —• Alienations of land, G.-9, 4, 13. Business and fees, G.-9, 12. Native-land purchase— Blocks acquired but not proclaimed Crown lands, G.-9, 13. Blocks fully acquired and proclaimed Crown lands, G.-9, 13. Blocks partly acquired and under negotiation, G.-9, 14. Native rates, G.-9, 3. Native Trustee, G.-9, 2. Ngaruawahia celebrations, G.-9, 2. Education. (See under EDUCATION). Lands — Development: Report of Board of Native Affairs, G.-10— Area and population under schemes, stations, and farms, G.-10, 87. East Coast Native Trust lands, G.-10, 84-85. Finance— Cash receipts for the year, G.-10, 89. National housing : Financial returns, G.-10, 91. Receipts and payments accounts for the year, G.-10, 86. State schemes : Total receipts from districts, G.-10, 89. General report, G.-10, 4-7. Key to North Island schemes, G.-10, 92. Maori Land Board activities, G.-10, 77-79. Native housing— Authorizations, showing number of dwellings to be erected, purchased, or renovated, G.-10, 90. Financial returns, G.-10, 91. Operations, G.-10, 7-14, 90. Native Trust activities, G.-10, 80-83. Photographs, G.-10, 93-114. Population under schemes, stations, and farms, G.-10, 87. Principal development and farming activities undertaken during the year, G.-10, 88. State development schemes — Aotea Maori Land District, G.-10, 66-71. Ikaroa and South Island Maori Land District, G.-10, 72-76. Tairawhiti Maori Land District, G.-10, 60-65. Tokerau Maori Land District, G.-10, 15-22. Waiariki Maori Land District, G.-10, 35-59. Waikato-Maniapoto Land District, G.-10, 23-34. East Coast Native Trust lands — Balance-sheet and statement of accounts for the year, G.-3. Mangatu Nos. I, 3, and 4 Blocks : Balance-sheet and statement of accounts for the year, G.-4. Settlement: Development, D.-l, xxxvi. Surveys, C.-la, 3. NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS, 1940— Publication of atlas, C.~la, 4. Railways Department preparations, D.-2, vii. NIUE ISLAND — Money-order telegram service, F.-l, 22. NUKUNONO, UNION ISLANDS— Proposed radio station at, F.-l, 27 OPOSSUM-TRAPPING— C.-3, 2 ; C.-10, 9. PACIFIC ISLANDS — Schools : Inspection, E.-3, 6. PARLIAMENT— Debates : Broadcasting, F.-3, 4,

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