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1903. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE. (Mr. BUDDO, Chairman.)

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

ORDER OP REFERENCE. Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Friday, the 3rd Day of July, 1903. Ordered, " That a Public Petitions M to Z Committee, consisting of ten members, be appointed to consider all petitions that may be referred to it by the Petitions Classification Committee ; to olassify 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 tim<> to this 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. Alison, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Buddo, Mr. Davey, Mr. Fowlds, Mr. W. Fraser, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Smith, and the mover." —(Hon. Mr. Mills.)

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No. Petition. Page. No. Petition. Page. 441 363 863 244 442 877 174 884 322 867 362 869 400 10 Andrew, Thomas, and 77 others Andrews, S. P., and 3 others Atkinson, R. C, and 9 others Bell, N. H., and 7,218 others Birch, A., and 97 others Bond, E., and another.. Brass, G. S., and 4 others 6 7 10 5, 6 6 10 3 10 5 10 7 10 9 8 342 446 267 726 61 116 370 447 142 121 321 307 830 212 687 875 MoDermott, P, McDonald, D., and 72 others .. McDonald, R. A., and 14 others McDonald, J. K. McGibbon, J., and Co., and 113 others .. McGregor, G. .. Mclntyre, W. . McKay, W., and 65 others McMenamin, J. Merry, Alice Meikle, J. J. .. Moeller, 0. Murray, J. H., and 449 others Myers, J. S. .. Myers, J. S. .. J. S. .. 5 6 9 10 5 4 7 6 4 4 5 6 10 4 10 11 Carr, T. G., and 4 others Chapman,' P., and 4,366 others Church, Lieutenant, and 7 others Clark, L. E., and 3 others Clow, T. R., and 16 others Collington, A., and 15 others Cooper, W. H., and 31 others (and 82 similar petitions re Bank of New Zealand) Final report 11 403 697 Newlyn, J. H. Noble, W., and another 9 9 392 444 37 445 Harris, W., and 8 others Hiscock, F., and 48 others Holcroft, H. 0., and 28 others Hopkins, Olivia, and 34 others .. 7 6 5 6 723 730 148 O'Dwyer, P., and 19 others Old, J., and 10 others .. Oldfield, Elizabeth Jane 9 9 4 44 Kerr Bros., and 18 others 5 402 729 570 35 1 211 772 178 851 184 438 879 Page, S., and another Pain, J. A. Parker, H. .. Pascoe, J. G. .. Paton, J. A., and 83 others Patterson, J. .. Patten, Gandace Peters, J. Petrie, M. .. Pettigrew, G., and 23 others Powell, J. H., and others Pratt, M. A. R., and another 7 10 7 2 5, 6 4 10 4 10 5 6 10 889 Laws, C. H., and another 10 857 33 890 448 70 397 MacDougall, Alexander Mackenzie, Jessie, and 21 others Macky, J. W., and 223 others Macphail, R. C. A,, and 13 others Mayor of Wellington Mayors of Roslyn, Mornington, and Maori Hill Mayo, G. C., and 34 others McAlester, P., and 9 others (with 16 similar petitions re Kawakawa Railway) McAnally, G. .. .. McCaskill, J. M. 11 2 10 6 3 7 761 288 9 5 101 163 !76) !77t !78) 8 7 39 Qualter, M., and 12 others 2 McClusky, A. J. 6 102 637 17 316 Redding, J. Redmond, W., and 4 others Reeoe, W. .. Reece, W., and 27 others 2 7 3 7