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Schedule— continued. No. 73.— H. Daysh and 350 others. No. 121.—A. Butler and 39 others. No. 74.—A. Bray and 214 others. No. 122.- -Elizabeth Davidson and 44 others. No. 7.'.— E. D. Knapping and 739 others. No. 123.— H. Ward and 350 others. No. 88.— W. G. Nairn and 358 others. No. 124.— W. A. Bain and 13 others. No. 89. —C. L. Rose and 76 others. No. 125.— J. F. Sunnex and 70 others. No. 90.— N. J. Ellingham and 238 others. No. 126.— J. A. Hickey and 3 others. No. 91. —G. H. Armstrong and 33.1 others. No. 127. —J. Marsh and 23 others. No. 92.— W. I. Connor and 3,972 others. No. 135.—0. Walker and 8 others. No. 93.—A. R. Agnew and 192 others. No. 136. —G. Smart and 16 others. No. 102. —R. Ashby and 441 others. No. 137.— R. J. Agnew and 9 others. No. 103.—C. R. S. 'Martelli and 227 others. No. 144.—L. J. Shaw and 152 others. No. 104. —James Fisher and 122 others. No. 145. —T. C. Smith and 11 others. No. 112.— W. E. Thomas and 7 others. No. 146.— W. J. McCutcheon and 25 others. No. 113.—A. F. Liddell and 21 others. No. 150.— T. Burns and 420 others. No. 114.— E. A. Kirby and 42 others. No. 151.— W. C. Mooney and 34 others. No. 115.— R. G. Shaw and 43 others. No. 186. —W. Plowman and 1,199 others. No. 120.—Robert Leader and 1,893 others.

No. 175.—Petition of T. H. B. Styles, of Hastings. Praying for a certain readjustment of succession duty in respect of the estate of a deceased, person. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 13th September, 1922.

No. 183.—Petition of E. H. Porter, of Wellington. Praying for an increased retiring-allowance on retrenchment from the; Post and Telegraph Department. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred, to the Government for favourable consideration. 13th September, 1922.

No. 134. —Petition of Minnie Macdonald, of Wellington. Praying for a compassionate allowance in respect of the services of her late husband in the Lands and Survey Department. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for consideration. 13th September, 1922.

No. 178. —Petition of J. L. Spenoe, of Ruakituri, Wairoa, and 11 Others. Praying for legislation defining the boundaries between the Gisborne Harbour Board District and the Wairoa Harbour Board District, so that petitioners remain in the former district. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 13th September, 1922.

No. 173. —Petition of John J. Meikle, of Auckland. Praying for further compensation for wrongful imprisonment. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should bo referred to the Government for favourable consideration, with a suggestion that it should consider the granting to petitioner of a sum of £4 per week for the remainder of his life. 26th September, 1922.

No. 292. —Petition of James McGibbon, Jun., of Christchurch. Praying for compensation for injuries sustained in a Territorial camp. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee this petition should be referred to the Government for most favourable consideration. 26th September, 1922.

No. 364/21. —Petition of S. C. K. McConnell, of Hanmer Springs Hospital. Praying for reinstatement in the.Public Service. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 26th September, 1922.