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1895. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF WASTE LANDS COMMITTEE. (Mr. R. THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN.)

Presented to the House of Representatives, and ordered to be printed.

ORDERS OF REFERENCE. Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Feiday, the 21st Day of June, 1895. Ordered, " That a Committee be appointed to consider all Bills and petitions that may be introduced into this House affecting the waste lands of the Crown, and to report generally on the principles and provisions which they contain, with power to confer and sit together with any similar Committee which may be appointed by the Legislative Council, and to agree to a joint or separate report; the Committee to have power to call for persons, papers, and records; three to be a quorum. The Committee to consist of Mr. Duncan, Mr. Green, Mr. Hall, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Lang, Mr. T. McKenzie, Mr. Mackintosh, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Thompson, and the mover." —(Hon. Mr. J. McKenzie.)

Fbiday, the 28th Day of June, 1895. Ordered, " That the Auckland and Parnell Endowment Lands Bill be referred to the Waste Lands Committee." —(Hon. Mr. J. McKenzie.)

Tuesday, the 16th Day of July, 1895. Ordered, " That the petition of J. Stevenson and others be referred to the Waste Lands Committee."—(Mr. Mebedith.)

Feiday, the 26th Day op July, 1895. Ordered, " That the Wilson Land Bill be referred to the Waste Lands Committee."—(Hon. Mr. J. McKenzie.)

Peiday, the 18th Day of Octobee, 1895. Ordered, " That the Land Act Amendment Bill, the Reserves Disposal and Exchange Bill, and the Pastoral Tenants' Belief Bill be referred to the Waste Lands Committee."—(Hon. Mr. J. McKenzie.)

INDEX.

No. Petitions, &o. Page. No. Petitions, &o. Page. A. G. 223 137 444 Abbey, William.. Anderson, Duncan Anderson, D. M., and Others Auckland and Parnell Endowment Bill Austin, Samuel.. 4 3 6 2 5 40 324 Galway, John Garrard, W. G... 2 5 196 186 416 95 433 H. Heron, Henry H., and Others Hilford, Frank 0., and Others .. Hogg, Peter Dods .. Hudson, Josiah 3 7 3 6 57 184 243 134 267 118 167 6. Beamish, George John Newman Beere, William Henry Bell, Richard G. Bentley, John Daniel Brace, John Brooks, Thomas Broadbent, William 4 4 6 4 3 4 S 119 I. Isherwood, James C. B. .. 3 361 K. Kemper, G. W., and Others D. Deerness, James Augustus Draper, George Ward Dorwood, T. E. W., and Others .. L. Land Act Amendment Bill Lodder, William 7 2 10 88 231 3 2 5 6 337 225 287 23 498 154 505 170 262 M. 5 5 6 2 7 4 8 5 6 , 245 271 E. Edwards, Edwin, and Others Elwin, James J., and Others (vide also Appendix I.-Sα.) .. .. F. 5 7 Maher, Mary McCready, James McDonald, John K. McLay, Thomas, and Others McLarin, Charlotte McKeever, William Mewburn, William Morrison, Anne Mullooly, Michael 12 221 311 Firman, Thomas Fowler, John Fulton, John 2 4 5