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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC PETITIONS A TO L COMMITTEE. (Mr. SYMES, Chairman.)

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

ORDER OF REFERENCE. Extract front the Journals of the House of Representatives. Tuesday, the Bth Day of July, 1902. Ordered, "That a Public Petitions A to L 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 information respecting their contents, 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. Colvin, Mr. Hall, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Lawry, Mr Lethbridge, Mr. R. McKenzie, Mr. Symes, Mr. J. W. Thomson, Mr. Witheford, and the mover." —(Hon. Mr. Hall-Jones.)

INDEX.

* Of 1901.

i i No. Petitioners. Petitioners. I Page. 90 . Allen, T. 4 463 164 219 468 480 I 385 375 .284* 1286* 60 457 204 162 364 441 36 Bakewell, R. H., M.D. 6 I Baucke, H. .. Beale, J., and others .. Bird, E. Blake, A. C. .. Bonfield, P. .. 5 6 6 4 6 I Bouvy, E. .. Boyes, T. Brent, D. Bruce, A. Bryant, T. M. Burgess, L. .. Buttle, G. A., and others 3 5 3 6 5 5 8 157 45 29 64 307 394 L279* 229 283 85 79 39 Christophers, A. G. Clarke, W. .. Cookroft, S. .. Conboy, W. H. Coney, J. E. Connor, E. .. Corkhill, J., and others Cowie, E. J., and others Crawford, R. Cronin, J. Crotty, J., and others Cummins, J. 4 6 3 3 4 5 2 6 5 3 2 2 476 318 Dance, E. A., and others Dixon, L. 6 6 427 24 126 450 L280* Eaton, A. Edwards, W. B. Fantham, A. A. ... Ferguson,C. Ferguson, W. Final Report Fitzgerald, W. 0. Foreman, W. 6 2 2 6 3 6 2 4 70 343 I

No. ■ Petitioners. Page. 248 Freke, E. J. H. 251 Friend, M. .. 4 2 351 Gallagher, J. 110 Garrard, W. G. 293 ! Gauntlett, C. W. 411 : George, H. Rees 389 Gibson, S., and others 363 Giles, T. H., and others 381 Graham, W. 140 Grubb, J., and others 231 j Gubbins, K. P., and others 5 3 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 277 ! Hall, W. J. .. 213 ; Hare, J., and others .. 315 ' Healey, J., and others 143 Henderson, B A. 4 Hogg, A. W., and others 327 j Hulme, F. W., and others 5 4 5 3 3 5 451 Isherwood, J. C. R. .. 6 166 ! Jelliooe, E.G. 5 Ill J Kennedy, T., jun. 249 ; Kerry, T. G. 26 King, Dr. T. R. 3 4 2 148 Lane, J., 80 Langley, A., and others 42 Large, G. E. 8 I Leech, S. A. .. 376 Little, R. 428 Littledale, W. L. 3 2 2 4 6 6 169 Mallard, F. .. 4 171 Smith, S. G. 4 230 ! Townsend, G. L., and others .. 6 481 i Wheatly, P. J., and others 412 Willis, W. N. de L., and others 6 6