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1911. NEW ZEALAND.

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

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

ORDER OF REFERENCE. Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Friday, the 4th Day of August, 1911. Ordered, " That a Committee be appointed, consisting of ten members, to consider all petitions from A to L 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 thereon to this House; also to have power to call for persons and papers; three to be a quorum : the Committee to consist of Hon. Mr. T. Duncan, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Hine, Mr. Mac Donald, Mr. Newman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Smith, Mr. Taylor, Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward, and the mover." —(Hon. Mr. R. McKenzie.)

INDEX.

No. Petitioner. Page. No. Petitioner. Page. 11 312 132 !/10 114 283 299 247 Adams, Eliza Jane Aitkon, J. G. W., and another Andersen, Lars Bell, John . M Bell, Joseph N., and 18 others Boulton, Florence E. .. Brown, Maurice, and 68Jothers.. Buckley, Ellen < . 2 7 3 4 3 6 7 5 40 41 15 143 241 116 161 34 Feltus, Richard J. Feltus, Richard J. Ferris, Charles, and 20 others Final Report Flynn, John Fogarty, John Foley, John T. Franklin, T. J. Fraser, Donald, and 75 others 2 2 3 8 5 5 3 6 2 284 115 248 123 60 84 61 313 2 Carrigan, Edmond, and 2flothers Cashen, Matthew Chapman, Sarah E. .. Chisholm, James, and 2 others Clarke, William Henry Coyle, Margaret Mary Craigie, Richard, and 294 others Crawford, Ann Cunnabell. Alexander De Wolf, and 37 others Cuthbertson, Mary Ann 6 3 5 4 2 2 3 7 3 162 234 268 18 16 106 242 Gallagher, Robert George, George, and 3 others Gill, Martha M. Glynn, H. W. Goldsmith, Thomas J. Greer, Hugh Lament Guthrie-Smith, H., and 40 others li 5 7 7 2 3 5 226 155 149 Hales, Norman St. C. Harkness, W. J., and 45 others (and 3 similar petitions) Hawke's Bay Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Haynes, Henry, and another Hosking, W. H., and 338 others 7 6 5 78 4 308 107 7 4 12 133 5 160 200 49 Dawson, C. M., and 2 others Dawson, James Dillon, John Drury, J. H., and 65 others Dryden, William Smith Dunodin New Cathedral Board (Incorporated) Dunn, R., and 553 others (and 5 similar petitions) 3 4 4 4 4 2 165 166 301 Inglis, Thomas Janion, Charles Johnston, John, and 3 others 5 4 7.8 186 6 i 274/10 35 Kearns, Richard Kelsall, John E. (two reports) .. 2 5 14 174 Ellis, John, and 14 others Ellis, S. H., and 165 others (and 15 similar petitions) 3 6 249 253 Le Grice, Edward, and 209 others Lynch, John 5 5 Special Report 8