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Session 11. 1921. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE). (Mr. J. McC. DICKSON, 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 28th Day of September, 1921. Ordered, " That a Select Committee be appointed, consisting of ten members, to consider all petitions from M to Z that may be referred to it by the Petitions Classification Committee ; to classify 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 time to this House, and to have power to report its opinions and observations thereon to this House ; also to have power to call for persons and papers ; three to he a quorum : the Committee to consist of Mr. Craigie, Mr. J. McC. Dickson, Mr. A. Hamilton, Mr. Hawken, Mr. Horn Mr. Mander, Mr. T. W. Rhodes, Mr. Statham, Mr. Sullivan, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. Lee.) Tuesday, the 11th Day oe October, 1921. Ordered, " That all the petitions not finally dealt with during the session of 1920 and the short session of 1921 be again referred to the same Committees as they were referred to during the said session."—(Right Hon. Mr. Massey.) Wednesday, the 21st Day op December, 1921. Ordered, " That the report of the Public Petitions M to Z Committee on the petition of the Waiapu County Council and others be referred back to the Committee for further consideration."—(Mr. Lysnar.)

INDEX.

No. Petitioner, &c. Page. No. Petitioner, &c. Page. 123 Auckland, Right Rev. Bishop of, and 10,129 others Auckland, Right Rev. Bishop of, and 15 others 2 231 Nottingham, A. C. .. 4 236 3 367/20 Pearce, Mary A. 2 164 354 2 7 290 Ross, Wallace H. .. 6 Baker, Ethel M., and 85 others Burnett, Frances, and 138 others 243 272 Sadlier, Edith, and 74 others Scott, Agnes, and 293 others (and 7 similar petitions) Shadbolt, E. F. Shadbolt, E. P. Sinclair, Ada M. J. .. Soufflot, Marion C. .. Souter, A. L. Southey, H.. and 88 others Special report Stephenson, C. W. .. Stone, David .'. 4 4 135 Christchurch, Right Rev. Bishop of, and 3,964 others 2 255 263 4, Sess. 1. 371/20 270 169 7 7 2 6 6 3 8 3 5 Crimes Act, 1908 2 Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Amendment Act, 1920 4, 5 Final report 8 114 244 242 347 245 Helyer, Eliza, and 315 others Herbert, E., and 110 others Hutchinson, Edith, and 621 others 2 7 4 294 168 157 Tabor, Rebecca Tauranga Borough Council Troutbeck, H. E., and 15 others 5 3 3 297 Johnston, S. M., and 97 others (and 23 similar petitions) 5 14 Vaile, E. E., and 124 others 3 13 271 340 355 285 286 76 65 232 302/20 100 348 352/20 Kusabs, Charles E., and 24 others Mason, David Mason, Henrietta W. Mayo, Henry W. .. Meikle, J. J. Meikle, J. J. Mewhinney, Oliver Moore, Alexander Mullany, Mary Myers, John Scott Macalister, Robert McCarthy, A. and W McDougall, E., and 303 others 3 5 6 7 4 5 6 3 5 3 4 7 2 116 116 292 359 338 298 104 29 Waiapu, Right Rev. Bishop of, and 2 others Waiapu County Council, and 3 other local bodies Waitt, Thomas G. .. Wanganui and Inland District Development League Wanganui River Trust White, Henry White, J. J. W. Williams, W. J., and 4,174 others (and 45 similar petitions) Williams, W. J., and 1,052 others Wrenn, Thomas A. .. 3 5, 6 5 7 6 7 3 2 163 259 4 4