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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE. (Mr. MEREDITH, CHAIRMAN.)

Presented to the House of Representatives, and ordered to be printed.

ORDER OF REFERENCE. . : Extract from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Tuesday, the 3rd Day of July, 1900. Ordered, That a Public Petitions M to Z Committee, consisting of ten members, be appointed to consider all petitions that may be reftsrred to it by the Petitions Classification Committee, to classify and prepare abstracts of suoh petitions in such form and manner as shall appear to it best suited to convey to this House all requisite information respeoting their contents, and to report the same from time to time to this House, and to have power to report its opinions and observations thereupon to this House; also to have power to call for persons and papers; three to be a quorum: r.he Committee to oousiet of Mr. Bennet, Mr. Budtio, Mr. Fowlds, Mr. W. Fraser, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Monk, Mr. Morrison, Mr. O'Meara, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. McGowan.)

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No. Petition. Page. No. Petition. Page. 218 259 Atkinson, H. W., and 19 Others.. Burgess, H. W., and 51 Others 7 7 4 147 147 MoMillan, Thomas MePherson, Robert Henderson .. McPherson, Robert Henderson ... 4 6 I 10 217 145 257 Chrisp, Thomas, and 25 Others Curtis, John, and 46 Others Curtis, B., and 50 Others 7 5 7 329 282 110 271 244 99 28 120 Neave. James Sampson Nicholis, C, and 32 Others Nightingale, James Nimmo and Blair and 5 Others .. Nolan, R. H., and 103 Others .. Norgate, William Northeote, Hugh, and 70 Others Nutfc, Lucy Janet 8 7 " 8 8 7 3 2 ■' 6 258 Dalton, J. H., and Co. and 42 Others 7 219 247 Farrell, R., and 34 Others Final report Fisher, John, and 9 Others 7 11 7 256 Gilmour, Robert, and 21 Others.. 7 121 478* 127 7 161 O'Brien, Elizabeth O'Connor, Michael O'Donohue, J. J. Outram, John .. . -. Owens, Patrick James 4 5 5 4 5 220 Kearas, Younghusband, and Co. and 25 Others 7 18 54 55 166 49 274 70 31 568 230 437 327 552 62 165 221 593 598 292 133 94 Mackenzie, Jessie, and 24 Others Mackay, Alexander (No. 1) Mackay, Alexander (No. 2) Magrath, Belinda P. Maling, T. J., and 19 Others Marangoni, Filippo Mason, W. F. .. Mellish, Edith, and 189 Others Menzies, Stewart Miller, David, and Another Miller, James, and 7 Others Mitehelson, R., and 127 Others Monk, B., and 89 Others Montgarrett, John Mooney, Amelia Morton, E., and 271 Others Morrison, A. R., and 331 Others Mouldey, E. C. Murch, George, and 51 Others Murphy, Paul Joseph Murphy, Paul Joseph .. 2 3 4 10 2 8 5 2 11 6 9 7 10 3 7 7 11 11 7 5 4 215 118 297 77 209 393 231 210 438 170 216 44 Page, G., and Sons and 19 Others Palmer, A., and 96 Others Parker, Henry Pascoe, John George Pascoe, John George Paterson, James G., and 618 Others Patterson, Thomas .. Petrie, Donald Porter, E., and Co. and 22 Others Powell, Henry C, and Another .. Price, A., and 52 Others Pye, John (Pollok Road Board) .. 6 3 7 4 8 9 6 7 10 6 7 3 148 102 Quane, H., and Co. and 47 Others Quirke, Thomas 5 5 249 10 557 159 439 287 Reynolds, Alfred Roberts, Sydney, and 202 Others Robertson, W., and 2 Others Rolland, John Louis .. Ross, John, and 37 Others Ryan, Simon, and 9 Others .. . 6 3 11 6, 9 9 445 87 McAlister, T. T. McMahon, John 10 6 * 1899.