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1899. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF RAILWAYS COMMITTEE. (Mr. W.W. TANNER, CHAIRMAN.)

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

ORDER OP REFERENCE. Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Tuesday, the 18th Day of July, 1899. Ordered, " That Standing Order No. all be suspended, and that a Committee, consisting of eighteen members, be appointed to examine into and report upon questions relating to the railways; with power to call for persons and papers ; five to be a quorum : the Committee to consist of Mr. E. G. Allen, Mr. Carson, Mr. Crowther, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Flatman, Mr. Graham, Mr. Holland, Mr. Lawry, Mr. Massey, Mr. McLean, Mr. Morrison, Mr. O'Meara, Mr. Rawlins, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Taylor, Mr. J. W. Thomson, Mr. Wright, and the mover." —(Hon. Mr. Cadman.)

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[o. Sioner. 'age. to. :ioner. Page. 190 183 Armitage, L. F., end Others Atkinson, Henry, and Others 3 4 498 349f 136 288 338 102 328* 149 501 274t Madden, John Marshall, John, and Others MoCluggage, Thomas MoLaughlin, H., and Others McRae, George, and Others Mitchelson, Hon. E., and Others Moore, James Moriarty, Timothy Mori arty, Timothy Murray, W. H., and Others 6 3 4 6 5 2 , 2 4 6 3 286 323 16* 311 95 244 370 180 Betzer, Julius, and Others Birt, E. T., and Others Blaokley, W. S. C, and Others .. Bodle, Frank, and Others Broomfield, John, and Others .. Brown, J. M., and Others Burns, John, and Co., and Others Burton, Colonel H., and Others 3 4 2 4 2 i v> 3 351* 228 177 141 249 296 261 176 316 343 70 368 Campbell, Margaret (Mrs) Carlton, John, and Others Carter, C. H. {Vide Appendix I.-6a.) Carruth, W. A., and Others Cbadwin, W., and Others Chaplin, T., and Others Clark, F., and Others Clifford, Sir George, and Another Collard, William Crawford, William, and Others .. Cray, Frederick George Cruickshank, G. A., and Others.. 3 3 G 4 3 3 3 5 G 4 4 4 272 161 189 250t Napier, W. J., and Others Niblook, James J., and Others .. Nieol, Walter .. Nioolls, J. H., and Others 3 4 3 3 294f 309 Ogle, Charles, and Others O'Neill, John, and Others 3 4 21* 6 351 Paterson, R. M. Patterson, Thomas Price, William, and Others 2 4 5 24 372 Dempsey, Eupbernia Dye, Frank, and Others 2 4 482 349 323* 336 339 Rapley, C. A. .. Redwood, J. H., and Others Reid, Charles, and Another Robertson, Colin, and Others Rutherford, D., and Others 6 5 5 5 5 258 270 Earley, H. Ellen, W. N., and Others 5 3 20 226 269 378 329 Soott, John Smith, Richard, and Others Shaekelford, J. W., and Others .. Stephenson, J. B., and Others .. Stewart, W., and Others 3 3 3 4 5 21* Fairlie, Henry Carlyle 2 36* 248 352 353 324 Gardiner, John Goldie, D., and Others Goulter, R. T., and Others Greensill, G. A. N., and Others .. Griffin, Joseph, and Others 2 3 5 5 4 109 420 7 251 341 271 354 421 Tash, Charles Taylor, G., and Others Thomson, Elizabeth Wilson Thomson, G. L., and Others Thompson,William F. Trewin, J., and Others Trevor, G., and Others Troughton, W., and Others 2 5 2 3 i 3 5 5 357 342 297 404 287 350 483 Hare, A. R., and Others Hayward, C. E., and Others Healey, Timothy, and Others .. Hood, Andrew Hook, Henry, and Others Houldsworth, G., and Others Howell, James 5 4 3 4 3 5 G 182 250 200 Kelman, James, and Others Killen, J. M., and Others King, D. T., and Others 5 3 5 71t 76* 85 140 112 Vaile, Samuel.. Vaile, Samuel Vaile, Samuel.. Vaile, Samuel Vince, C. F. .. 3 3 3 4 2 419 310 247 Law, James, and Others Laxon, J. M., and Others Lester, R. E., and Others 5 4 3 199* 273 1S7* 123 237 210 471 Wallace, James Watson, W., and Others Whiteley, T. C. P. Whiteley, T. C. P., and Others .. Whitelaw, M. F. M., and Others Wilson, Jane Williams, George, and Others .. 2 3 5 3 4 6 6 329* 379 268 Mackle, Henry Mackay, A. M., and Others Macky, J. 0., and Others 2 4 8 *1898 11897.