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Tahunanui Town Board Empowering I^ll The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report:— (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have been complied with. (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are not affected. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with thfe amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 31st July, 1946.

Christchurch Domains Board and Christchurch City Empowering Bill The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has thfc honour to report:— (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have been complied with. (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are affected, in that the provisions of the Bill deal with the management of lands which are vested in the Crown. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with th& amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 3Jst July, 1946.

No. 24. —Petition of Agnes V. Wigram and Others, of Canterbury Praying for amendment to the proposed Christchurch Domains Board and Christchurch City Empowering Bill. I am directed to report that, as the subject-matter of the petition has been considered by the Committee in connection with the Bill to which it relates, and on which the Committee has reported, the Committee has no recommendation to make. 31st July, 1946.

Lyttelton Borough Council Empowering Bill The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, haA thfc honour to report:— (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have been complied with. (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are not affected. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with thfe amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 7th August, 1946.

Christchurch City Empowering Bill The Local Bills Committee, to which, was referred the above-mentioned Bill, ha's thfe honour to report: — (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have been complied with. (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are not affected. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with the as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 21st August, 1946.

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