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REPOKTB. No. 9. —Petition of William Conybrs, Melbourne, Victoria. PBTITIONBB prays for compassionate allowance on account of injuries received while in the Government Railway service. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 31st July, 1908. No. 43.—Petition of Thomas Patterson, Invercargill. PBTITIONBB prays for full compensation for injuries sustained as a result of a railway accident. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 31st July, 1908. No. 46.—Petition of George S. Ross, Riccarton. Pbtitionbb prays for compensation for the invention of a protective plate in locomotive boilers. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. .'(lst July, 1908. No. 12. —Petition of William Goldsworthy, Pukekohe, Auckland. Petitioner prays for compensation for loss of a horse and damage to cart by an engine at Pukekohe Railway-station. . . . 1 am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition be referred to the Government for consideration. (ill. August, 1908. No. 19.—Petition of R. H. W. Hanson, Auckland. Petitioner prays for relief on account of accidents, Ist May, 1891, and, secondly, 29th May, 1908, at Frankton Railway Junction, Auckland. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends thai this petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 6th August, 1908. No. 47.—Petition of William Hodge. Petitioner prays for relief on account of injuries received while working on the railway, and also being deprived of his sick-pn\. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition be referred to the Government for consideration. Bth September, 1908. No. 222. —Petition of James Jackson. Petitioner prays for compensation on account of an accident while working in a ballast-pit on the Otago Central Railway. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that this petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. Bth September, 1908.