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1908. NEW ZEALAND.

LANDS COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE). (Hon. Mr. DUNCAN, Chairman.)

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

ORDERS OF REFERENCE. Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Friday, the 3rd Day of Jttly, 1908. Ordered, " That Standing Orders Nos. 219 and 339 be suspended, and a Committee be appointed, consisting of fifteen members, to whom shall stand referred after their first reading all Bills affecting or in any way relating to the lands of the Crown or educational or other public reserves ; the Committee shall have power to make such amendments therein as they think proper, and to report generally when necessary upon the principles and provisions of the Bill; the Committee to have power to call for persons, papers, and records ; three to be a quorum : the Committee to consist of Hon. Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ell, Mr. W. Eraser, Mr. Greenslade, Mr. Hall, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Lang, Mr. Lawry, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Macpherson, Hon. Mr. Mills, Mr. Remington, Mr. Symes, Mr. Witty, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. McNab.) Ordered, " That Paper No. 135, ' Correspondence, Plans, &c, relative to an Exchange of Land at Woodward Street and Wellington Terrace between the Government, the Wellington City Council, and the Company of T. K. Macdonald Limited) ' be referred to the Lands Committee."—(Mr. Fisher.)

INDEX.

No. Name. Page. Auckland University College Land Bill .. 6 402 614 554 Brodie, John Ross Brown,'A., and 13 others Bruce County Council 5 5 6 Carterton Borough Council Vesting and Enabling Bill 6 28 124 Dallas, A. A., and 153 others Doney, W.*F. 5 5 Education Reserves Leases Validation and Empowering Bill 6 Foxton Harbour Board Bill Forrest and Clarke Final Report 6 7 7 547 565 Gilchrist, Thomas, and 13 others Gore Public Librarv Vesting Bill 5 6 V»S Hansen, CM. Hawera Technical School Site Exchange Bill Hauraki Plains Bill 2 5 6 31 Moriarty, Timothy Mental Hospitals Reserves Bill Milne, Margaret 2 6 6 491* 311 McKenzie, A. G. 6

No. Name. Page. Otago Heads Native Eeserve Road Bill .. 5 Paper No. 48 .. .. .. 2 Paper No. 81 C .. .. 2 Paper No. 99 G .. .. .. I 2 Paper No. 100 C .. .. .. - 3 Paper No. 101 C .. .. .. 3 Paper No. 104 0 .. .. .. | 3 Paper No. 122 0 .. .. .. ! 3 Paper No. 152 C .. .. .. ! 3 Proposals to withdraw certain lands from ! 3 reservation (Report on) Public Bodies' Leases Bill .. .. j 3 Paper No. 135 (Woodward (Street exchange 4 of land: vide Appendices C—13 and I.—5a) Palmerston North Dairy School Reserve Bill j 7 103 32 Rowe, John, and 813 others .. .. 2 Reynolds, F. others .. .. 5 55 Sim, James ,. .. .. .. 3 48 422 Taupo No. 2 Block Bill .. .. 2 Tabor. Mary Theresa .. .. .. 2 Tizard, Edward F. .. .. .. 7 Whakatane Foreshore Reclamation Bill .. 4 Whangarei Abattoir Site Bill . . .. ! 3 Waipuka Block Road Revesting Bill .. 4 Wade, C. W., and 19 others .. .. 5 Wellirgton (City) Town Belt Reserves Bill 7 497