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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND.

LANDS COMMITTEE (REPORT OF) ON PETITION No. 115, SESSION II, A. R. WALLIS AND OTHERS; TOGETHER WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDIX.

(Mr. E. NEWMAN, Chairman.)

Report brought up on the 31st October, 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. 210 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 o" the Crown or educational! or other public reserves ; the Committee to have power to make such amendmentelhereta an V° r n P ,° rt geneially Whm «P™ principles and provisions rf XBi 1 tne Committee to have power to call for persons, papers, and records; three to be a quorum " the Committee to consist Rh™LM Mr - J°l beS ' Mr ' Guthrie ' Mr ' Mr - E - N ™ n > Mr. Cworthy, Mr. TW Rhodes, Mr. R. W. Smith, Mr. Witty, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. T. Mackenzie.) Tuesday, the 13th Bay of August, 1912. Ordered "That the names of Mr. Coates, Mr. Mac Donald, 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.)

REPORT.

Report on the petition (No. 115) of A. R. Wallis and Others, of Southland, praying for an inquiry into certain sawmill-areas in Southland, and that the law he amended to allow for an appeal to the Supreme Court as to the validity of the titles thereto. I am directed to report that, in the opinion of the Committee, this petition should be referred to the Government with a recommendation that the prayer of the petitioners be granted. qi +r. + i m,o Edward Newman, Chairman. 31st October, 1912.

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