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No. 150.—Petition of T. C. Thwaites and 999 Others, of Auckland District [and 69 similar petitions, as per Schedule.] No. 149. W. Serle and 999 Others. No. 280 : . R. R. Ralph and 199 Others. No. 151. Hugh Campbell and 199 Others. No. 281. G. Alexander and 99 Others. No. 162. P. J. O'Shea and 299 Others. No. 288. Ann Sergeant and 199 Others. No. 164. W. R. Byrne and 219 Others. No. 291. Warwick Williams and 100 Others. No. 163. W. H. Hancox and 379 Others. No. 299. Simon Coombe and 266 Others. No. 184. T. G. Usher and 198 Others. No. 301. Robert Notton and 899 Others. No. 185. G. S. Kirkham and 6,059 Others. No. 302. J. C. Maoky and 142 Others. No. 186. G. Edgecumbe and 199 Others. No. 303. Jeannie Henderson and 159 Others. No. 187. W. D. Nye and 99 Others. No. 309. Johanna Johnson and 19 Others. No. 188. J. Graham and 599 Others. No. 310. Ada Hume and 219 Others. No. 189. E. M. Henderson and 299 Others. No. 311. Mary Rowland and 19 Others. No. 190. David Hotham and 159 Others. No. 313. S. N. Howie and 19 Others. No. 191. C. C. Sandford and 999 Others. No. 314. Thomas Hewitt and 19 Others. No. 195. Jane Rainger and 99 Others. No. 332. Alfred Webb and 20 Others. No. 196. Allan W. Piokford and 1,219 Others. No. 333. A. Miller and 19 Others. No. 197. F. Pickford and 99 Others. No. 334. T. Adams and 104 Others. No. 198. W. F. Buckland and 98 Others. No. 335. H. J. Greenslade and 219 Others. No. 203. F. Roberts and 2,439 Others. No. 336. James Park and 419 Others. No. 204. L. King and 279 Others. No. 337. A. D. Long and 546 Others. No. 205. William Coe and 399 Others. No. 338. A. H. Sparling and 384 Others. No. 206. J. M. Jefferson and 999 Others. No. 339. C. Carton and 131 Others. No. 212. George C. Nicholson and 147 Others. No. 351. George Grant and 819 Others. No. 225. Rev. F. Latter and 999 Others. No. 352. O. Mills and 19 Others. No. 226. J. E. Slevin and 79 Others. No. 353. Elsie Needham and 19 Others. No. 227. George Chappell and 299 Others. No. 354. Isaac Thompson and 18 Others. No. 242. H. Huckstep and 439 Others. No. 355. Jessie Chapman and 40 Others. No. 243. Fanny Willoughby and 239 Others. No. 356. William Beal and 499 Others. No. 254. H. McLaughlin and 999 Others. No. 369. B. Davey and 119 Others. No. 265. Donald McMillan and 79 Others. No. 370. Annie Baxter and 99 Others. No. 266. J. H. Wright and 99 Others. No. 371. Michael Brown and 167 Others. No. 275. A. Ledingham and 159 Others. No. 372. Robert Heron and 699 Others. No. 276. M. Mueller and 102 Others. No. 373. Andrew Long and 99 Others. No. 277. R. Goard and 1,019 Others. No. 374. C. Staff and 99 Others. No. 278. Annie McCornish and 19 Others. No. 375. M. J. Cossen and 1,060 Others. No. 279. M. Johnston and 264 Others. Petitionees pray for the speedy completion of the North Island Main Trunk Eailway. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that the petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 30th August, 1900.

No. 137 (1899). —Petition of T. C. P. Whiteley and Others, of Otahuhu and adjacent Eoad Districts (No. 2). Petitionees pray that the Otahuhu Eailway-station may be removed, without unnecessary delay, to some convenient point on the Survey deviation between Eailway Street and Otahuhu Station Eoad. I am directed to report that this Committee recommends that a branch-line be constructed between Otahuhu Eailway-station and the township. 21st September, 1900.

No. 350.—Petition of Joseph Gyde, of Auckland. Petitionee prays that provision may be made for the maintenance and support of George Norman Gyde, his son, an infant, who was injured by a railway turntable on the Eailway Wharf at Auckland. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that, although the petitioner has no legal claim, as the accident occurred on the public Eailway Wharf, the lad being of very tender years, and his parents not in good circumstances, the department should provide him with a mechanical leg, and that, later in life, if qualified, suitable clerical employment should be given him. 21st September, 1900. ___

Nos. 289, 290, 300, and 312.—Petitions of H. A. Mac Donald and others, A. Nathan and Others, G. H. Cole and Others, and W. A. Elb and Others, of the Provincial District of Wellington. Petitionees pray for the speedy completion of the North Island Main Trunk Eailway. I am directed to report that the Committee recommend that the petitions be referred to the Government for consideration. 21st September, 1900.

No. 361.—Petition of W. Caelton and Others, of Catlin's and surrounding districts. Petitionees pray that the Catlin's Eiver Eailway extension may be pushed on to completion, and that another section may be authorised and surveyed to the Tahakopa Valley. I am directed to report that the Committee recommend that the petition be referred to the Government for consideration. 21st September, 1900. ! ,•_■ "

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