National Art Library. See Education, III. 2.

National Debt:

General Accounts. See Finance, III. 1.

1. Annuities:

Account of the gross amount of all Bank Annuities and any Annuities for terms of years
transferred, and of all sums paid to the National Debt Commissioners; and the gross amount
of Annuities for lives and for terms of years granted for the same, and Contracts for
Payments on Death made, within the year ended 5th January 1900; 1900 (103) XLVII.
333.

2. Liabilities, Assets, and Expenditure :

Return showing the aggregate gross Liabilities of the State as represented by the nominal
Funded Debt, estimated capital value of Terminable Annuities, Unfunded Debt, and other
Liabilities in respect of Debt, estimated Assets, and the Exchequer Balances at the close
of each financial year, from 1835-36 to 1899-1900; and the gross and net Expenditure
charged annually against the Public Revenue, on account of the National Debt, and other
Payments connected with Capital Liabilities (in continuation of [c. 9438] of 1899); 1900
[Cd. 350] XLVII. 295.

See also Statistical Tables 1.

3. Sinking Funds:

Account of the National Debt Commissioners, showing the amount received from the
Exchequer in respect of the Old and New Sinking Funds, in the financial year ended 31st
March 1900; 1900 (190) XLVII. 585.

See also Consolidated Fund. Income and Expenditure. Savings Banks.

National Defence. See Imperial Defence. Finance, III. 1.

National Education (Ireland). See Education (I.)

National Gallery:

Report of the Director of the National Gallery, for 1899, with Appendices; 1900 (44) XXVI.

771.

National Gallery (Ireland) :

Report of the Director of the National Gallery of Ireland for 1899; 1900 [Cd. 280] XXVI.

787.

National Gallery, &c. (Scotland):

Sixth Annual Report by the Board of Manufactures in Scotland, as to their proceedings in
regard to the National Gallery, School of Art, Museum of Antiquities, and other Buildings
and Establishments under their charge, for the year ending 30th September 1899; 1900
[Cd. 137] XXVI. 795.

Nationality. See Naturalization.

National Library (Ireland). See Education, III. 2.

National Portrait Gallery:

Forty-third Annual Report of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, for 1899-1900;
1900 [Cd. 220] XXVI. 807.

National Society Schools. See Education, III. 2.

at uralization:

Return showing the names of all Aliens to whom Certificates of Naturalization have been
issued, and whose Oaths of Allegiance have, during 1892, been registered at the Home
Office, giving the Country and place of Residence of the person Naturalized, and including
Information as to any Aliens who have obtained Acts of Naturalization from the Legislature
(in continuation of No. 140, of 1899); 1900 (113) LXVII. 481.

Navigation and Shipping.. See Merchant Shipping. Trade.

Navigation Schools. See Education (S.), 11. 1.

Navy and Marines :

1. Bill:

Reserves:

Bill to make further provision for a Naval Reserve; 1900 (303) 111. 565.
Reserves (Volunteers) Act, 1859, Amendment.

II. Reports of Commissioners:

1. Hydrographical Survey:

See Volunteer Corps.

Report on Admiralty Surveys for 1899, by the Hydrographer; 1900 [Cd. 216] LI. 583.
Pensions. See Patriotic Fund.

III. Estimates:

1. Annual Estimates, 1900-1:

Navy Estimates for 1900-1; with Explanation of Differences; 1900 (41) L. 1.

2. Annual Estimates, 1900-1 (Explanatory Statement):

Statement of the First Lord of the Admiralty explanatory of the Navy Estimates for 1900-1;
1900 [Cd. 70] L. 297.

3. Supplementary and Additional Estimates, 1900-1:

Additional Estimates of the sums required for Naval Services for 1900-1; 1900 (270)

L. 319.

Statement of First Lord of the Admiralty explanatory of the Additional Estimate for the
Navy, for 1900-1; 1900 [Cd. 252] L. 323.

4. Appropriation Account, 1898-99 :

Appropriation Account of the sums granted by Parliament for Navy Services, for the year
ended 31st March 1899; also a Statement of the Surpluses and Deficits upon the Grants,
showing all cases in which the Navy Department has obtained the sanction of the Treasury
to Expenditure not provided for in the Grants for that year, with the representations made
to the Treasury by the Admiralty; also the Balance Sheet showing the Ledger Balances
on the date on which the account of Naval Receipt and Expenditure for the year was closed;
1900 (56) L. 327.

5. Surpluses on Votes, 1899-1900:

Treasury Minute, dated 24th March 1900, under the Appropriation Act, 1899, authorising
the temporary application of Surpluses on certain Navy Votes for 1899-1900 to meet
Excesses on certain other Navy Votes for the same year; 1900 (119) L. 585.

IV. Accounts and Papers:

Naval Defence. See Imperial . . . Defence.

Civil Employment of Retired Officers. See Civil Service, 111. 1.

Contracts. See Contracts. Dockyards . . . Naval.

Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy, for 1899; 1900 (342) LI. 369.

2. Munœuvres :

Naval Manœuvres for 1899; 1900 [Cd. 92] LI. 599.

Manufactures at Victualling Yards. See Dockyards. . . Naval.

Pensions. See Greenwich Hospital.

3. Prizes (Action of Naval Authorities in South Africa):

Correspondence respecting the Action of the Naval Authorities with regard to certain Foreign
Vessels [the "Bundesrath," "Herzog," and others, suspected of Contraband for the forces
of the South African Republics]; 1900 [Cd. 33] LVI. 83.

See also United States, 4.

4. Prize Money, Bounty, Salvage, &c.:

Account showing the Receipt and Expenditure of Naval Prize, Bounty, Salvage, and other
Moneys between the 1st April 1899 and the 31st March 1900; 1900 (309) LI. 617.

5. Savings Banks:

Account of Deposits in Naval Savings Banks, and the Payments thereof, and of Interest
thereon; of all Investments under the Naval Savings Banks Act, 1866; and the application
of the Interest or Dividends accruing in respect thereof; and of the proceeds of any Sale of
any Stocks, Annuities, or Securities, during 1898-99; 1900 (343) LI. 625.

Navy and Marines - IV. Accounts and Papers-continued.

6. Ships:

(a.) Seagoing Force; Naval Expenditure; Revenue; Mercantile Marine Tonnage and
Commerce:

Return showing aggregate Naval Expenditure on Seagoing Force; aggregate Revenue;
aggregate Tonnage of Mercantile Marine; annual clearances of Shipping in the foreign
trade, and in the coasting trade; annual Value of Imports and Exports by sea, including
bullion and specie and transhipment trade of various Countries, exclusive of China and the
South American Republics but including British Self-governing Colonies, for 1899 (in
continuation of No. 310 of 1899); 1900 (380) LI. 363.

(b.) Boilers Water Tube (Memorandum):

Memorandum respecting Water Tube Boilers in Her Majesty's Ships; 1900 [Cd. 250)

LI. 305.

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(c.) Boilers (Cost of Repairs):

"Niobe"

Return showing the Cost of Repairs to the Boilers of H.M.S. "Diadem,"
Arrogant,' "Furious," "Powerful," and "Terrible," since they were Commissioned;
1900 (166) LI. 347.

(d.) Programme Original and Revised, 1899-1900:

Statement showing the Original and Revised Programme of Estimated Expenditure in Cash
and in Net Value of Stores to be issued for Shipbuilding during 1899-1900; 1900
[Cd. 157] L. 315.

7. Works:

(a.) Expenditure to Date, Amount Available, Cost, and Date of Completion:
Statement showing the total Estimated Cost of each Naval Work, the Estimated Expenditure
thereon to 31st March 1900, and the amount available to meet Expenditure in 1900-1, with
the expected Date of Completion; 1900 [Cd. 240] LI. 645.

(b.) Plans (Hong Kong) :

Plan of Works proposed to be carried out at Hong Kong in accordance with the Naval Works
Act, 1899 (in place of the plan issued with No. 332, of 1897); 1900 (81) LI. 661.

Netherlands Trade:

Consular Reports. See Trade, 1.

Trade, Shipping, Railways, and Economic Condition (East Indies).
East.

See Asia Sout

New Guinea:

Report on British New Guinea, for 1898-99; 1900 [Cd. 3–15] LIV. 775.

Nicaragua:

Canal:

Convention between the United Kingdom and the United States of America, supplementary
to the Convention of April 19, 1850, relative to the Establishment of a Communication by
Ship Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Signed at Washington, February 5,
1900; 1900 [Cd. 30] cv. 901.

Nigeria Southern :

1. Annual Report:

Report on the Niger Coast Protectorate, for 1898–99; 1900 [Cd. 3–12] LIV. 831.

2. Royal Niger Company:

Account of the Money Expended and Borrowed, and the Securities Created, under the Royal
Niger Company Act, 1899; 1900 (364) XLVII. 521.

0.

Oats. See Corn. Agriculture.

Offences-Offenders:

Youthful Offenders:

Bill, intituled An Act to amend the law relating to Youthful Offenders and for other purposes
connected therewith; 1900 (189) v. 695.

General Statistics. See Judicial Statistics.

Agrarian Offences (Ireland). See Agrarian Outrages (I.)

Prosecutions. See Prosecutions Public.

Offices Public:

Sites Acquisition :

Account showing the moneys issued, the moneys borrowed and the securities created in respect
thereof, the disposal of moneys issued to the National Debt Commissioners for temporary
investment, and the expenditure, under the Public Offices (Acquisition of Site) Act, 1895;
the Public Offices (Westminster) Site Act, 1896; the Public Offices (Whitehall) Site Act,
1897; and Public Buildings Expenses Act, 1898, to the 31st March 1899; with the Report
of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon; 1900 (53) XLVII. 487.

Ordnance Factories:

I. Estimates:

1. Annual Estimates, 1900-1:

Estimate of the sum required in the year ending 31st March 1901, to defray the Expense of the
Ordnance Factories, the cost of the productions of which will be charged to the Army, Navy,
and Indian and Colonial Governments, &c.; 1900 (68) XLVIII. 573.-Revised Estimate
for 1900-1; 1900 (291) XLVIII. 581.

2. Supplementary Estimates, 1899-1900:

Estimate of the further amount required during the year ending 31st March 1900, for the
Service of the Ordnance Factories; 1900 (49) XLVIII. 625.

3. Appropriation Account, 1898-99:

Appropriation Account of the sums granted by Parliament for the Expense of the Ordnance
Factories; and the statement of the Surpluses and Deficits upon the grants, for the year
ended 31st March 1899; with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon;
1900 (54) XLIX. 199.

II. Accounts :

Annual:

Annual Accounts of the Ordnance Factories, for 1898-99; with the Report of the
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon; 1900 (104) XLVIII. 323.

Report of the Progress of the Ordnance Survey to the 31st March 1900; 1900 [Cd. 327]

Oxford University. See Universities.

Oyster and Mussel Fisheries :

Sea Fisheries Act, 1868 (Proceedings):

Report by the Board of Trade of their Proceedings in 1899-1900 under Pt. III. of the
Sea Fisheries Act, 1868 [Oyster and Mussel Fisheries]; 1900 (257) LXXIX. 347.

P.

Pacific Cable. See Telegraphs.

Pacific Western (Trade). See Trade, I.

Palæontological Department. See Education, III. 2.

Paraffin. See Petroleum.

Paraguay Trade. See Trade, I.

Parishes:

Parish Councils and Meetings (Accounts). See Local Taxation, II. 1.

Parish Councils (Audit, Finance, Councillors' Tenure, Byelaws, Recreation Grounds, Land
Purchase and Hire, Joint Committees, &c.). See Local Government, II. 1.

Parish Meetings (Proceedings, &c.). See Local Government, II. 1.

Divided Parishes Act (Orders). See Local Government, II. 1.

New Parishes Constituted, Boundaries Altered, New Churches Substituted for Old, &c. See
Ecclesiastical Commission.

Parishes (Scotland) :

Bill:

Parish Councils (Loans):

Bill to make further provision for Parish Councils in Scotland Borrowing for the purpose of
providing Public Offices; 1900 (154) 111. 393.

Accounts and Papers:

Parish Councils and Heritors Accounts. See Local Taxation (S.) 1.

Parish Council Elections (Costs, &c.). See Local Government (S.).

Parish Councils (Audit, Forms, Councillors, Sale of Property, Trusts, &c.). See Local
Government (S.) II.

Parish Rates. See Local Taxation (S.) 1.

Parks and Gardens Accounts. See Local Taxation.

Parliamentary Papers:

List of the Bills, Reports, Estimates, and Accounts and Papers printed by order of the House
of Commons, and of the Papers presented by Command, Sessions I. and II. of 1900, with
a General Alphabetical Index thereto; 1900 (376; 392) cvI. 1.

Pasture Land. See Agriculture.

Patents for Inventions:

Report of Comptroller-General and others:

1. Annual:

Seventeenth Report of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks, with
Appendices, for 1899; 1900 (165) XXVI. 837.

2. Development of Patent Office Benefits:

Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider various
suggestions which have been made for Developing the Benefits Afforded by the Patent
Office to Inventors; 1900 [Cd. 210] xxvI. 821.

Paper:

Patents Applied for and Sealed; and Designs and Trade Marks Registered. See Statistical
Tables 1.

Patriotic Fund:

1. Report of Commissioners:

Annual:

Thirty-eighth Report of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund; 1900 [Cd. 344]

X. 191.