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1904.

NEW ZEALAND.

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

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

ORDERS OF REFERENCE. Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Thuhsday, the 30th Day op Jhne, 1904. 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 abstraots 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. Hall, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Lang, Mr. Lawry, Mr. R. McKenzie, Mr. Remington, Mr. Symes, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wood, and the mover."—(Hod. Mr. Mills.) Tuesday, the 2nd Day of August, 1904. Ordered, " That the name of the Hon. Mr. Hall-Jones be substituted for the name of the Hon. Mr. Mills on the Public Petitions A to L Committee." —(Hon. Mr. Mills.)

INDEX.

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No. Petitioners. Page. No. Petitioners. Page. 196 307 13 917 347 748 935 89 678 504 175 818 90 Arndt, Fanny Ashworth, H. Baker, E. S... Bell, Thomas, and 62 others Bennett, William Boggon, H. M. Boyle, Lizzie, and 4 others Brent, D." .. Brown, Jessie .. Brown, J. G. Buller, Sir W. L. Burrow, William, and 113 others Bystrom, M. 4 5 2 II 4 8 M) 2 5 8 l<) 9 3 469 682 409 Deller, G. W., and another Dβ Weston, W. M. .. Douglas, James, and others of the Wakatipu Steam Shipping Company (vide al?o Appendix I.-lc) 5 (i II 503 704 399 933 310 712 Eaves, W. H. and 27 others Edgeoombe, W. Edwards, G. Edwards, A. R., and 24 others Elliott, W., and 149 others Enright, J., and 88 others 5 8 !) II 5 9 43 305 Causley, W. Chisholm, R., and 155 others (with two similar petitions) (Catlin's River Railway) Clarke, W. H. (No. 1) Clarke, W. H. (No. 2) Clark, George, and 21 others Clark, J. J. (vide also Appendix I.-In) .. Cleary, W. .. Cochrane, G., and 40 others Cohen, Sara, and 137 others Conboy, W. H. Coney, M. E. (No. 1) .. Coney, M. E. (No. 2) . . Crawford, R. Currie, S., and 8 others 8 5 97 705 424 498 Ferguson, E., and 7 others Final Report Fisher, 0., and 180 others Fraser, P. B., and 4 others Freeman, J. W. 3 I I (i (i 5 343 365 752 35 706 660 12 173/03 45 816 367 632 5 6 10 II 6 5 3 3 2 10 4 7 83 609 721 740 420 397 176 711 723 470 817 96 11 284 6 87/03 229 922 Garrard, W. G. Gerkin, J. H. H., and 46 others.. Gilchriat, S. H., and 54 others Gubb, T. A., and 101 others Guthrie, C. .. Hall, J. A. L., and 20 others Hamilton, H. J. Harris, G. H. Haycock, J. A., and 56 others .. Hayter, J. A., and 62 others Hill, J. C, and 4 others Horn, J., and 99 others Howard, J. .. Huddlestone, H. B. .. Hulme, A. J. Hunt, W. J. (with another similar petition) Hunter, W. .. Hunter, W. A., and 34 others 3 9 9 9 7 4 !l 7 10 4 10 3 4 4 2 II 5 10 792 548 Dallas, Charles, and 8 others (with five similar petitions) (licenses in the Kingcountry) Dash, George, and another (with seventy similar petitions) (Bruce Licensing Poll) Dean, G. W. H., and 4 others .. De Launay, Ann ., 6 7 827 927 9 10