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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE PETITION OF LAZARUS BERLOWITZ.

EXTRACTS FROM THE YOTES AM) PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Votes, No. 5, Monday, Ant it, 28, 1856. 12. Petition of Lazarus Berlowitz:—Mr. Fitzherbert, pursuant to amended notice, moved, That the Petition of Lazarus Berlowitz be printed, and referred to a Select Committee, to consist of ifr. "Wells, Mr. Brodie, Mr. Macandrew, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Cargill, Mr. Domett, and the mover; and, with a. view to the information of such Committee, that copies of all correspondence between the General Government and the Collector of Customs at Nelson, and copies of the information and evidence upon v hich the Resident Magistrate and other Justices at Nelson actcd in this case, be laid upon the table of this House; and that the Report be not brought up until such correspondence and evidence be obtained, unless the latter should not be received on the return of the " Zingari." Question put and passed. Votes, No. 16, Tuesday, Mat 13, 1856. 4. Papers :—The Colonial Secretary laid upon the table the correspondence, also the informations and evidence, in the case of Lazarus Berlowitz, as called for in Resolution of the House No 12, of the 28th April, 1856. Votes, No. 30, Tuesday, June 3, 1856. 6. Lazarus Berlowitz, Petition of: —Mr. Fitzherbert, Chairman of the Committee to whom th. Petition had been referred, brought up the Report of the Committee, which was re." , ani ordered to be printed.

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