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Sess. 11.—1897. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE. (Mr. MEREDITH, CHAIRMAN.)

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

ORDER OP REFERENCE. Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Friday, the 15th Day of Ootobeb, 1897. Ordered " That a Publio Petitions M to Z Committee, consisting of ten members, be appointed to consider all petitions that may be referred to it by the Petitions Classification Committee, to classify and prepare abstracts of such petitions in such form and manner as shall appear to it best suited to convey to this House all requisite intermat oil respecting their contents, and to report the same from time to time to this House and to have power to Zort its opinions and observations thereupon to this House; also to have power to call for persons and papers: thieo to be a quorum. The Committee to consist of Mr. Field, Mr. Frasor, Mr. Holland, Mr Lang, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Monk, Mr. Morrison, Mr. O'Meara, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. T. Thompson.)

INDEX.

Petition. Page. No. Petition. Page. lo. F. 6* 224 Pennefather, Alfrod A. .. Purdon, Peter.. (> 6 Final Report .. 8 Mi K. 148 67 9Quicke, Arthur Frank Quinn, Ann 7 2 342 Kent, M., and Others .. 7 iao 67 84 37 4* 72 92 145 238 150 149 M. Manuell, Thomas, and Others .. Maxwell, A. A. S. 1 Meikle, John James .. Mitohelson, Edwin, and Others .. Morgan, William Mountfort, Christina Murphy, Peter Myers, J. S., and Others 2 255 3 86 4, 5 10; 3 3 7 7 6 126 42 ins 2 3 255 86 10* 1* 3 R. Reid, James, and Others Eeid, Walter, and Others RetchEord, E., and Others Robert, 0. W., and Others Runoiman, James, and Others .. 5 3 2 5 8 4, 5 3 7 7 4 6 s. 335 80 22 73 81 110 28 286 254 76 280 200 Me. Maokay, Logan, Steen, and Co. .. McAtamny, James McDonnell, Lieut-Colonel T. .. McDowell, John Molntosh, G. N., and Others .. MoKeoghan, Owen I McLeod, William and Jessie .. MoMahon, John McMenamin, John McNaught, Alexander MoTaggart, John, and Others .. 105 307 7 1 2 117 2 235 3 88 2 232 3 3' 3, 8 2 39 113 n 125 7 2 2 3 2 3 126 42 105 307 1 117 235 88 232 3* Soandrett, W. B. Sohischka, Christian, and Othors Shore, James Slattery, Sarah Jano Smith, David Thornton Smith, Jame3 Smith, J., and Others Staunton, Elizabeth Stenhouse, W. M., and Another .. Stiller, John, jun. 3 2 4 6 3 4 5 2 5 4, 6 3, 8 T. 6 2 6 5 39 113 125 Thomson, John Thorne, Joseph, aud Others Turnbull, A. H. 4 4 2 30 V. N. 30 Vitaglioh, Louisa 152 20 Neale, George Nightingale, James 4 6 3OQ 6 309 223 229 194 228 270 293 103 93 w. Walkor, John Johnson .. 8 o. 309 223 7 5 4 I Walls, Elizabeth Webber, R., and Others Wigg, Thomas, and Others Willis, W. N. de L., and Others .. Wilson, George Gilos .. Worthington, Richard .. Wyatt, William Thomas 7 236 166 7 O'Brien, William O'Connor, Hannah O'Leary, Jeremiah 7 229 5 194 4 228 270 5 5 7 7 2 4 P. 293 3 6 13 283 Paton, John Peebles, John, and Others 8 103 6 93 * Sess. I., 1897.