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1904. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF LANDS COMMITTEE. (Mr. A.W. HOGG, Chairman.)

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

ORDER OF REFERENCE.

Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Thubsday, the 30th Day of June, 1904. Ordered, " That Standing Order No. 21S be suspended, and that a Committee, consisting of eighteen members, be appointed to consider all Bills and petitions that, may be introduced into this House affecting the lands of the Crown, and to report generally upon the principles and provisions which they contain ; the Committee to have power to call for persons, papers, and records ; five to be a quorum: the Committee to consist of Mr. Bennet, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Ell, Mr. Platman, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hall, Mr. Harding, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Lang, Mr. Laurenson, Mr. Lawry, Mr. R. McKenzie, Mr. J. W. Thomson, Mr. Vile, Mr. Witty, Mr. Wood, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. Duncan.)

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No. Name. Page. No. Name. Page. 886 198 907 822 523 841 Adams, E., and others Ashburton County Council Askew, Albert, and others Atkinson, Rose C, and others .. Atkinson, Samuel, and others .. Ayson, John, and others 9 3 !) 5 4 9 759 27 812 519 4 541 Cogan, Michael, and others Cook County Council.. Cooper, A. H. Cooper, J. G, and others Coromandel County Council Cossar, George, and others County Councils — Ashburton Bay of Islands Cook Coromandel Eketahuna Groy Hutt Inangahua Kaikoura Lake Mackenzie Manawatu Masterton Mauriceville Opotiki Otamatea Patea Pohangina Rodney Selwyn Southland Tauranga 7 3 5 4 3 1 181 510 539 554 742 543 507 525 948 835 516 910 526 527 531 175 Bay of Islands County Council.. Beard, G. H., and others Bensemann, F., and others Bishop, James Blaine, J. B... Bond, Job, and others Bowman, R. H., and others Boyd, Matthew, and others Bradley, Robert, and others .. Brady, J. T., and others Breading, William, and others.. Brown, J., and others.. Brown, T. H., and others Bryant, A. D., and others Buckland, H., and others Buller, Sir W. L. 3 3 4 5 6 4 8 4 9 9 4 9 4 4 4 4 198 181 27 4 136 108 183 85 199 428 2 109 313 135 506 312 47 182 75 134 197 463 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 408 489 530 Campbell, Alexander Cheyne, John Chittock, Charles, and others .. 3 4 4