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ELECTORAL— Electoral Office, H-22, 32. Local elections and polls, H-22, 6, 8. Masterton special licensing polls, H-22, 33. ELECTRICAL. See under MINISTRY OF WORKS. ELLERSLIE BOROUGH EMPOWERING BILL— Select Committee report on, 1-16, 6. EMERGENCY REGULATIONS COMMITTEE. See under COMMITTEES. EMPLOYMENT. See LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT. "ENEMY PROPERTY EMERGENCY REGULATIONS 1939 B-9, 3. ESTATES— Administration, B-9, 2. ESTCOURT, L. M.— Report on petition of, 1-1, 4. ESTIMATES— Budget Statement, B-6, 11. Main, B-7£Pt. I]. Supplementary, B-7 [Pt. ll]. EUROPE— A-l, 27 ; A-2, 54 ; B-6, 4, 5. EXCHANGE OF NOTES Between New Zealand and the undermentioned countries regarding abolition of visas—• French Republic, A-11. Sweden, A-18. Switzerland, A-20. EXCHANGE-RATES. See under BANKING AND CURRENCY. EXIT PERMITS— H-22, 35. EXPLOSIVES— H-22, 33. EXPORT MARKETING. See MARKETING. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS— Agreements— Bilateral, A-l, 107. Between New Zealand and — Canada: For the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, A-l 6. Czechoslovak Republic: Regarding granting of credits for the purchase of New Zealand wool, A-10. French Republic : Regarding granting of credits for the purchase of wool and other New Zealand products, A-9. Other countries, Ist April, 1947, to 31st March, 1948, A-l, 105.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued Agreements—continued Between New Zealand and—continued United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand: For the formation of British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Limited, A-6. United States of America — For the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, A-l 7. For the use of funds made available in accordance with the Lend-lease Settlement Agreement, July, 1946, A-21. Civil aviation : International air services, H-37, 13 ; H-37a, 23, 33, 69, 77, 82, 129, 135, 140. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, H-34, 37. Copyright, A-15, 15 ; H-32, 3. International Copyright Conference, Brussels, 1948 : Report by Minister of Justice and text of revision of Copyright Convention, A-22. Department — Annual report, A-l. Publications, A-l, 15. Exchange of notes between New Zealand and the undermentioned countries regarding abolition of visas— French Republic, A-11. Sweden, A-18. Switzerland, A-20. Fifth British Empire Forestry Conference, 1947, C-3, 3. Food and Agricultural Organization,-A-l, 60, 83, 85 ; C-3, 12 ; H-29, 1, 45. International Emergency Food Committee, A-l, 85 ; H-44, 24. Third Session, Geneva, 1947 : Report of New Zealand delegation, A-2b. International Children's Emergency Fund, A-l, 46, 62, 87, 88 ; A-7a, 62 ; H-44, 25. International Conferences at which New Zealand was represented, A-l, 109. International Labour Organization— Conference, San Francisco, June-July, 1948 : Report of Government delegates, A-7a. Conventions and recommendations, H—ll, 34. Preparatory Asian Regional Conference, New Delhi, October-November, 1947: Report of New Zealand delegation, A-7. International situation, B-6, 3. International Telecommunications Conference, Atlantic City, 1947. F-l, 11. Marshall Plan, A-l, 28, 29 ; A-2, 54 ; B-6, 4, 5. New Zealand representation overseas, A-l, 91 ; B-l [Pt. ll], 24. New Zealand Treaty List, A-l 9. Overseas representation in New Zealand, A-l, 103. Protocol for the regulation of whaling during season 1947-48, A-l 3. Supplementary: Entry into force of the whaling protocol of 26th November, 1945, A-12. Reparations— Germany, H-4 , 23. Japan, H-44, 24. Security Council: Veto, A-l, 42, 55 ; A—2, 24.

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