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1901. 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. Wednesday, the 3ed Day op July, 1901. Ordered, " That a Public 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 olassify and prepare abstracts of such petitions, in such form and manner as shall appear to it best suited to oonvey to this House all requisite information respecting their oontents and to report the same from time to time to this House, and to have power to report its opinions and observations thereupon to this House; also to have power to call for persons and papers; three to be a quorum ; the Committee to consist of Mr. Bennet, Mr. Buddo, Mr. Powlds, Mr. W. Fraser, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Monk, Mr. Morrison, Mr. O'Meara, and the mover.—(Hon. Mr. Mills.)

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No. Petition. Page. No. Petition. Page. 475 883 1260 1219 474 772 Alley, Amy J., and 9 others Ballance, A. C, and 49 others .. Barty, G., and another Bellhouse, H. 0., and 2 others .. Blackwell, Mrs., and 7 others Cairns, James, and 19 others 5 9 9 8 5 6 686 227 790 622 961 379 136 461 1169 959 187 *553 523 McMillan, Alexander, and 697 others MoNee, E. J., and 99 others McWilliams, W. F. Daldy Meikle, John James Meikle, W., and 52 others Miles, Robert Ambrose.. Miller, W. Montgarrett, John Moy, G. W., and 34 others Muffett, B. R., and 431 others Muir, James Myers, John Scott Myers, John Scott 6 8 8 6 G 5 2 3 7 7 i 8 8 357 de Weston, W. M. 6 Final Report 9 1170 Garland, Rev. C. H., and 4 others 7 567 777 Hattriok, A., and 449 others Hookham, A. E., and another .. 6 6 787 1031 Nattrass, At. A. Nicol, John, and another 7 6 524 Joyoe, E. P., and another 6 1040 689 1100 O'Oonnell, John O'Connor, E. H. B., and 2 others Owens, Patrick J. 7 6 9 1192 Kelly, Rev. H., and 3 others 7 645 135 1205 638 152 471 530 505 102) 103/ Macrae, M., and 4 others Maokenzie, Jessie, and 41 others Mannix, Martin Marfell, Edward, and 3 others .. Mark, Jane Matheson, Lewis McCarthy, Thomas McDonnell, Elizabeth 7 2 8 7 2 5 4 3 382 385 1101 635 1159 1120 641 153 525 Pain, John A. .. Patterson, Thomas Payling, George, and 85 others Perry, S. J., and 2 others Peterson, John, and Co., and 58 others .. Pinfold, J. T., and another Petherick, G., and 2 others Plummer, Albert Progressive Liberal Association, Christohurch 4 4 7 6 8 7 6 3 6 McClusky, A. J. (Nos. 1 and 2) .. 2 *1'