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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND

LANDS COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE). (Mr. E. NEWMAN, Chairman.)

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

ORDERS OF REFERENCE.

Extracts from- the Journals of the House of Representatives. Wednesday, the 3rd Day of July, 1912. Ordered, " That Standing Order No. 219 be suspended, and that a Committee be appointed, consisting of eleven members, to whom shall stand referred after the first reading all Bills affecting or in any way relating to the lands of the Crown, or educational or other public reserves ; the Committee to have power to make such amendments therein as they think proper, and to report generally when necessary upon the principles and provisions of the Bill; the Committee to have power to call for persons, papers, and records ; three to be a quorum : the Committee to consist of Mr. Anderson, Hon. Mr. Buddo, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Lang, Mr. E. Newman, Mr. Nosworthy, Mr. T. W. Rhodes. Mr. R. W. Smith, Mr. Witty, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. T. Mackenzie.) Tuesday, the 13th Day oe August, 1912. Ordered, " That the names of Mr. Coates, Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Statham, and the mover be added to the Lands Committee, and that the name of Mr. Lang be omitted."—(Hon. Mr. Massey.)

INDEX.

No. Petition, Bill, or Paper. Page. . No. I Petition, Bill, or Paper. Page. Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Bill Auckland Education Reserves Bill Auckland Harbour Board Empowering Bill 2 Napier Harbour Board Amendment and Endowment Improvement Bill Nevill, W. R., and others New Plymouth Huatoki Stream Diversion and Exchange Bill 7 2 4 250 5 2 145 24 Black, E.., and others Bussell, W. S., and others 5 3 Oamaru King George's Park Reserve Vesting Bill Opunake Harbour Amendment Bill O'Reilly, W. G, and others 3 46 69 27 Clover, H., and others Corston, Harriet Croix, Charles Do St . . 4 2 6 303 0 7 336 Page, Albert William .. .. Paper No. C .183, Case of John Maher .. Paper No. C226, Runanga No. 1a Block (vide Paper I.-5a) Patangata County Council Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Bill 5 3 6 391 Doig, George, and another Dunedin Garrison Hall Trustees Empowering Bill 7 5 168 2 6 286 Edgecombe, C. R., and others Ellesmere Land Drainage Amendment Bill 6 4 Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Bill Rhind, Joseph Ross Borough Council Vesting and Empowering Amendment Bill 7 8 130 2 3 Final report 334 136 Gollan, James D. Gordon-Jones, W. F., and others 6 4 Special Report re Chairman Special Report re Clerk .. .. Steedman, J. B., and Sons Sutherland, Robert .. 8 8 5 4 240 Hardy, E. H., and others Hauraki Plains Amendment Bill Henderson, R. F., and. others 5 4 6 272 213 295 270 Voght, Harry .. .. 5 137 Johnstone, G, and others 2 Wallis, A. R., and others (vide Paper I.-5c) Wellington City Empowering and Amendment Bill Wellington Harbour Board Empowering Bill Westland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Vesting and Empowering Bill Whakatane Harbour Bill Wouldes, John, and another 6 3 Land Agents Registration Bill . . Land Laws Amendment Bill (vide App. I.-5b) Maher, John Mair, Gilbert Marslin, E., and others Murphy, Patrick J. McConnell, James McDonnell, Constance 4 4 3 336 338 201 222 157 40 5 6 4 5 3 2 339 3 3 7 273 Young, R., and others 5