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STATE ADVANCES CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND— Annual report and accounts, B-13. Housing Branch: Public securities held by, B-10, 15. STATE FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE— Public securities held by, B-10, 16. STEEL. See under INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. STERLING. See under BANKING AND CURRENCY. STORES— Defence Forces, B-l [Pt. ll], 37. Written off, B-l [Pt. ll], 44, 45. SURVEYS— Western Samoa, A-4, 31. TAXATION— Amusement-tax, B-6, 29. Budget Statement, B-6, 11, 15. Income — Departmental returns, B-l [Pt. ll], 31. £lO rebate, B-6, 11, 31. Married taxpayer : Dependent wife and two children, B-6, xix. Private income— And incidence of direct taxation, B-6, x. Before and after taxation, B-6, xiii. Reductions, B-6, 28. Revenue : Expenditure, B-6, 28. Western Samoa, B-4, 26. TELEGRAPH. See POST AND TELEGRAPH. TERMITES ACT, 1940 B-13, 14. THORN, Mr. J.— Extracts from speech of, at United Nations' meetings, Paris, September, 1948, A-2, 144. TIMBER. See under FORESTRY. TORNADO DAMAGE, HAMILTON— B-l [Pt. ll], 28. TOWN-PLANNING— Western Samoa, A-4, 43. TRADE. See INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. TRANSPORT— Cook and Niue Islands, A-3, 26, 44, 45, 47. Motor-vehicles — Government: Control, &c, B-l [Pt. ll], 27. Numbers, B-6, 8. Post and Telegraph Department, B-l [Pt. ll], 29. Tokelau Islands, A-6, 11. Transport and Communications Commission, A-l, 54. Western Samoa, A-4, 32. TRAVELLING AND ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES— Boards, &c, B-l [Pt. ll], 40. TREASURY DEPARTMENT— Public securities held by, B-10, 18.

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TREATIES— Revival of pre-war treaties and agreements between New Zealand and Finland, Hungary, Italy, and Roumania, A-9. Treaty List, A-l, 9, 100. TRUSTEESHIP— A-l, 39, 62 ; A-2, 9, 109, 117 ; A-4. UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS— New Zealand Legation, A-l, 98. Violation by the Soviet Union of human rights and diplomatic practices, A-l, 69 ; A-2, 139. UNITED NATIONS— A-l, 35. Finance, A-2a, 56. ,Guard to protect the security of members of missions, &c, A-2a, 28. Legal questions, A-l, 69 ; A-2,126 ; A-2a, 58. Third regular session of the General Assembly— Paris, 1948—First Part: Report of New Zealand delegation, A-2. New York, 1949 : Report of New Zealand delegation, A-2a. UNESCO, A-l, 75. Third session of the General Conference, Beirut, November, 1948 : Report of New Zealand delegation, A-l 8. UNRRA, A-l, 81. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA— Exchange of notes with—■ Amending the agreement, dated September, 1948, for the use of funds made available in accordance with the Lend-Lease Settlement Agreement, July, 1946, A-14. Concerning visas for travel between U.S.A. and New Zealand, A-16. Loans to other countries, B-6, 3, 7. New Zealand Consulate-General, New York and San Francisco, A-l, 97, 98. New Zealand Embassy, Washington, A-l, 94. Property Educational and Cultural Fund, B-l [Pt. ll], 41. VISAS— Abolition : Between New Zealand and—- • Denmark, A-l 3. Netherlands, A-15. Issue by High Commissioner's Office, London, A-l, 88. Travel between United States of America and New Zealand, A-16. VITAL STATISTICS— A-3, 14, 38. WAGE LEVELS— B-6, 12. WAR— Disarmament, A-l, 41. International Military Tribunal for the Far East, A-l, 19. WAR ASSETS REALIZATION BOARD— B-l [Pt. ll], 27, 39. WAR DEBT— B-18, 25.

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