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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF WASTE LANDS COMMITTEE. (Mr. R. THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN.)

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

ORDER OF REFERENCE. Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Fbiday, the 6th Day of July, 1900. Ordered, " That a Committee be appointed, consisting of ten members, to oonsider all Bills and petitions that may be introduced into this House affecting the waste lands of the Crown, and to report generally upon the principles and provisions which they contain, with power to confer and sit together with any similar Committee which may be appointed by the Legislative Council, and to agree to a joint or separate report; the Committee to have power to 'call for persons, papers, and records; three to be a quorum: the Committee to consist of Mr. Bennet, Mr. Flatman, Mr. Gilfedder, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Lang, Mr. MoLaohlan, Mr. R. Thompson, Mr. J. W. Thomson, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. Duncan.)

INDEX.

No. Petitioners, &c. Page. | No. Petitioners, &c. Page. 510 606 2 Allan, Thomas Anderson, B., and Others Angelo, Mary 7 8 4 508 554 555 359 180 134 599 Mathieson, John, and Others McElroy, John, and Others (No. 1) McElroy, John, and Others (No. 2) McEwen, Henry, and Others McKay, Alexander, and Others .. McKeown, Arthur MoLoskey, A. 2 7 7 5 3 3,7 7 325 380 482 50 201 459* Bates, Russell Bolton, P. Bradley, M., and Co., and Others Brennan, R., and Others Burke, James, and Others Burnett, B., and Others 5 6 6 3 4 2 357 Nathan, Joseph C, and Others .. 5 138 Old, John 3 81 95 96 78 Carruthers, John, and Others Cheal, Peter Edward (No. 1) Cheal, Peter Edward (No. 2) Cooper, J. C, and Others 2 2 2 2 183 Parsons, W. F., and Others 3 250 Quealy, Thomas, and Others 4 315 381 449 Davies, James, and Others Dobbs, James, and Others Draper, G. W. 4 5 5 522 295 Reed, F., and Others Robertson, Samuel, and Others 6 5 156 156 588 124 Ellis, Riohard Campbell (No. 1).. Ellis, Richard Campbell (No. 2).. Erskine, J. H., and Others Evans, Thomas, and Others 3 4 7 3 366 558 503 222 174 Sahisbury, T. C, and Others Sanders, G. E., and Others Saunders, T., and Others Sohischka, Edward Smith, T. W. P., and Others .. 5 7 2 6 3 328 Ford, James, and Others 5 262 525 Taylor, J. C, and Others Trounson, E., and Others 4 6 63 155 122 596 255 597 486 123 Hall, William, and Others Harding and Adams and Others Harnett, Edward, and Others Harris, L. B., and Others Hatfield, A. J., Jun., and Others Heath, S., and Others Hills, Alfred, and Others Hislop, William, and Others 2 3 2 8 4 7 6 2 251 154 528 491 182 43 181 544 306 213 Urquhart, D., and Others Wagland, Charles Wakeham, John, and Others Walmsley, H. A. Wells, Robert, and Others White, Walter A. Wilkinson, G., and Others Wouldes, John, and Others Wyatt, Frederiok Wyber, James, and Others 4 6 6 7 3 5 3 7 5 4 518 Kirk, A., and Others 6 241 85 Laing, James, and Others - Lester, Robert E. Land for Settlements Consolidation Bill.. 4 4 7 358 Masters, H. Stuart, and Others 5 126 Yeoman, Thomas A., and Others 6 ♦1899.