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Schedule. No. 299.—M. H. Jones and 248 others. No. 324.—E. E. Clarkson and 1,614 others. No. 300.—Mary G. Bibby and 67 others. No. 325.—H. J. Marriner and 2,373 others. No. 301. —Catherine Curtis and 22 others. No. 321.—Edith Emmerson and 144 others. No. 310.—Margaret Harding and 222 others. No. 326. —Right Rev. Bishop Julius and 1,892 No. 311.—Rose E. Wilson and 32 others. others. No. 316. —Elizabeth Willis and 3,076 others. No. 329. —M. Alice Jennings and 130 others. No. 317.—P. Palliser and 2,042 others. No. 330.—Alice F. Webb and 100 others. No. 318.—N. L. D. Webster and 1,026 others. No. 331.—Violet A. H. Hard and 2,162 others. No. 319. —J. Campbell and 270 others. No. 331.—Bertha Forrester and 63 others. No. 320.—A. C. D. Spencer and 422 others. No. 333.—C. Flutey and 126 others. No. 322.—J. C. Adams and 1,230 others. No. 334.—H. W. Mockett and 240 others. No. 323.—Linnet Hardv and 327 others. No. 339.—R. W. Coppard and 70 others.

No. 76. —Petition of Oliver Mewhinney, of Wellington. Praying for reimbursement of his costs of certain Supreme Court proceedings. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for consideration and inquiry. 12th January, 1922.

No. 340. —Petition of Henrietta W. Mason, of Christchurch. Praying that in the event of section 4 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Amendment Act, 1920, being amended so as to take away from the guilty party the right of filing a divorce petition, the granting of a decree absolute against your petitioner may be forbidden and the existing decree nis-i. quashed. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for urgent favourable consideration. 19th January, 1922.

No. 270. —Petition of Arthur L. Souter, of Auckland. Praying for a refund of legal expenses in connection with certain litigation. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 19th January, 1922.

No. 290. —Petition of Wallace H. Ross, of Ramarama Creek. Praying for compensation for certain losses incurred in litigation. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for consideration. 25th January, 1922.

No. 371/20.—-Petition of Marion C. Soupplot, of Ohakune. Praying for a compassionate allowance in consideration of the valuable services of her late husband in the Public Works Department. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 25th January, 1922.

No. 338. —Petition of the Wanganui River Trust, of Wanganui. Praying for a publicly owned transport service on the Wanganui River between Taumarunui and Wanganui, or the empowering of the Wanganui River Trust to set up a transport service. I am directed to report— -(1) That, the member presenting this petition desiring to withdraw the first prayer thereof, the Committee has no recommendation to make on it; and (2) that in the opinion of the Committee the second prayer of this petition should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 25th January, 1922.

No. 196.—Petition of the Waiapu County Council and 3 other Local Bodies. (Second Report.) Praying for an amendment of the Gisborne Harbour Board Enabling Act, 1919. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 25th January, 192?