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1898. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE. (Mr. MEREDITH, CHAIRMAN.)

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

ORDER OF REFERENCE. Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Tuesday, the 28th Day ov June, 1898. Ordered, "That a Public Petitions M to Z Committee, consisting of ten members, be appointed to consider all petitions tnat may be referred to it by the Petitions Classification Committee, to classify and prep-ire abstracts of such petitions in such form and manner as shall appear to it best s iked to convey to this Holism ail requisite information respecting their oontents, and to report the same from time to time to tuis 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. Field, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Holland, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Monk, Mr. Moore, Mr. Morrison, Mr. O'Meara, and the mover." —(Eon. Mr. T. Thompson.)

INDEX.

No. Petition. Page. No. Petition. Page. B. Bannerman, Rev. Wildarn (No. 1) Bannerman, Rev. William (No. 2) N. *352 *354 2 2 101 *313 Neil, James Ness, J., and Others 11 2 •306 D. 2 257 384 109 o. 9 11 5 Dryden, Henry O'Leary, Florence O'Leary, Jeremiah Olliver, William 376 F. 11 Final report H. Hoby, G., and Others 228 J 103 175 37 68 *209 *142 376 220 150 122 P. 8 5 5 8 7 9 4 11 8 6 5 178 6 Parry, Margaret Pascoe, J. J. H. Peach, J. C, and Others Percival, Alfred S. Peters, Catherine C. Pfafi, Catherine 0. Phillips, Coleman (see Appendix I.-2a) Power, Michael Price, T. E. .. Price, Eichard, and Others Parser, E., and Others .. 358 I. 10 leni Tapihana 9 128 117 123 23, 226 206 26 66 256 126 357 M. 4 5 5 7 10 7 3 3 8 6 10 Macbeth, P. .. MacMurray, Rev. G. .. Margoliouth, C, and Others Medley, Mary Catherine Meikle, J. J. .. Meikle, W., and Others Moore, T. Mountfort, Christina Mouat, Sir James Myers, John S..(No. 1) .. Myers, John S. (No. 2) .. 54 i 188 146 161 294 182 92 320 258 R. 4 6 6 8 9 10 4 9 8 Riddle, William .. Reidy, Thomas Revel, P. H. .. Roach, P. G., and Others Robinson, Thomas Holland, J. L. .. Ropotini, Timoti Rountree, John Rutherford, James, and Others .. 219 •284 1 63 55 187 170 183 331 302 58 338 •273 Me. 7 2 5 10 3 7 6 9 9 10 5 10 4 McAuiiffe, James MoClusky, A. J. McConnell, T. .. McGuinness, James Mclnnis, D. H. McKeever, William McKeown, A. .. McLaughlin, Hugh McLeod, Norman, and Others .. McNamara, Ann McNamara, Mary C. .. McSkimming, Peter, and Son McWilliams, Samuel 282 61 11 40 255 173 *315 j 203 s. Scott, John Scott, G. S., and Others Scully, J. Scully, P. Scholium, John Shearman, W. J., and Others Shirley, T. E. .. Simpkin, R. A., and Others 9 3 3 8 7 6 6 8 * 1897. J[ J •L