Extract from the Journals of the Souse of Representatives. Wednesday, the 24th day o_ August, 1870. Ordered, That the Petition of certain Settlers in the Province of Otago residing in the Tuapeka, Blacks, Lower Manuherikia, and Mount Bengev Districts be remitted to the Waste Lands Committee for consideration. A true extract, F. E. Campbell, Clerk, House of Bepresentatives. (On motion of Mr. Driver.)

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