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1904. NB W ZEAL A N D

REPORTS OF PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE. (Mr. BUDDO, Chairman.)

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

ORDER OF REFERENCE.

Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Thursday, the 30th Day of June, 1904. 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 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. Alison, Mr. Buddo, Mr. Davey, Mr. Fowlds, Mr. W. Frasor, Mr. Kidd, Mr. Rhodes. .Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Smith, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. Mills.)

INDEX.

No. Name. Page. No. Name. Pago. 659 419 810 382 Barclay, R. .. Bennett, F., and 27 others Black, R., and 8 others Clarke, W., and 20 others 10 2 !) 5 5 567 03/667 19 491 544 Payne, T. G., and 257 others Petherick, G., and 11 others Petherick, G., and 6 others (and twenty similar petitions, as per schedule) (deaths through drunkenness) Phillips, S. C. Picton '*? Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Piatt, W. J., and 46 others Pollok Settlement Road Board Prince, C. H. 4 3 II 9 379 Edwards, A. W., and 54 others. . Final Report 12 809 66 282 380 Good, J. C, and 21 others 5 8 558 653 557 Halley, W. .. Harnett, R. H., and 175 others Houldsworth, H. G. .. 10 5 10 412 556 377 77 858 370 381 411 Rawnsley, S., and 85 others Redmond, W. Reed, V, H., and 110 others .. Rhodes, C, and 47 others Ritchie, R., and 29 others Robinson, H. W. Robinson, H. S., and 28 others. . Rountree, J., and 33 others 3 10 5 86 Invercargill Borough Council (and eleven similar petitions, as per schedule), (Ore-puki-Waiau Railway) 3 10 3 5 5 378 Ludbrook, H. S., and 35 others.. 5 25 Sanson, H., and 11 others (and twenty similar petitions, as per schedule) (safe custody of ballot-papers) Scandrett, W. B., and 843 others Soarrow, C. D., and 259 others.. Scully, Hannah Searle, E. J... Shaw, H. L., and 31 others Smith, Louise E. Smith, F. .. Stephenson, J. J., and 9 others Stubbs, J., and 9 others (and eighteen similar petitions, as per schedule) (State bars) Stubbs, J. (and 212 similar petitions, as per schedule) (liquor in the Cook Islands) 6 64 802 65 921 925 180 44 771 342 532 533 747 661 763 658 13/12 422 309 Mackenzie, Jessie McFarlane, R. J., and 4 others. . McKeever, W. MoKinney, C. S. H. .. Magrath, Mrs. B. P. .. Malcolm, Emilie M. .. Mander and Bradley and 70 others Maori Hill Borough Council and 45 others Meikle, J. A. L., and 8 others Mercier, Francis F. .. Mercier, J. F. Millar, D. .. Moore, T., and 20 others Morrison, J. .. Mueller, G. J. Muirhead, T., and 28 others Murray, Mary J. Myers, J. S. .. 2 10 8 12 12 5 2 11 4 5 5 : 8 5 11 4 2 8 8 716 566 471 03/876 231 662 340 29 8 9 4 6 I I 3 8 9 4 7 9 417 909 460 23 Taylor, J. E., and 137 others Thompson, A. C. Travers, R. H., and 42 others Turner, N., and 7 others (and nine similar petitions, as per schedule) (case of Mary Richards) Turton, Marguerite A. 2 II 4 9 724 New Zealand Coal and Oil Company (Limited) Nicol, J., and 15 others Nilsson, F., and 76 others 9 459 366 9 3 458 8 687 770 801 Oldfield, Elizabeth J... Opotiki County Council and 254 others Orr, A., and 22 others.. 8 9 10 756 Vogel, Lady, and 3 others 12 Page, R., and 84 others Parker, H. .. Parsons, W. F., and 41 others Paul, Mabel F. 10 5 5 11 216 418 652 208 714 Wairoa Road Board Waitemata County Council Ware, J., and 287 others Warnes, Catherine Wilson, N., and 48 others 2 2 5 II s 843 92 490 884