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EEPOETS.

No. 14.—Petition of William Eobeet Tuenbull, of Invercargill. Petitionee prays for a compassionate allowance of £300. He received injuries in a railway accident between Dunedin and Invercargill. I am directed to report that the Committee recommend the petition to the favourable consideration of the Government. 3rd August, 1900.

No. 16.—Petition of E. A. Eably, of Wellington (late of Lyttelton). Petitionee prays for a compassionate allowance. He broke a blood-vessel whilst on duty, which rendered him unfit for further work. I am directed to report that the Committee recommend the petition to the favourable consideration of the Government. 3rd August, 1900.

No. 73. —Petition of Edphemia Dempsey, of Lyttelton. Petitionee prays for a compassionate allowance, her husband having been killed on the railway whilst On duty. I am directed to report that the Committee recommend the petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. The Committee is of opinion that the circumstances of this case, in conjunction with others of a similar nature, show the urgent need of the department paying a larger premium than at present in the case of casual hands, in order that the amount of the policy in the case of fatal accidents might be not less than £100. 3rd August, 1900.

No. Petitioner. Page. No. Petitioner. Page. 337 373 Long, A. D., and Others Long, Andrew, and Others 5 5 5 Quinn, Annie 3 302 507 289 304 128 420 469 333 352 *500 276 419 470 468 278 90 254 265 404 627 Maoky, J. 0., and Others Madigan, J., and Others MacDonald, H. A., and Others .. Martin, Maria.. Matheson, A., and Others Mennie, Agnes, and Others Merryweather, Jno., and Others Miller, A., and Others Mills, C, and Others .. Morpeth, C. D. Mueller, M., and Others Murcott, Charles, and Others .. MoCallum, Jane, and Others McCarthy, G., and Others McCornish, Annie, and Others .. McGill, Walter, and Others McLaughlan, H., and Others MoMillan, Donald, and Others .. McWilliams, Archibald A. (No. 1) McWilliams, Archibald A. (No. 2) 5 7 5 6 3 6 6 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 7 7 195 280 249 203 311 56 Rainger, Jane, and Others Ralph, R. R., and Others Reynolds, Alfred Roberts, F., and Others Rowland, Mary, and Others Russell, Albert H., and Others .. 5 5 7 5 5 6 378 191 421 423 288 149 422 471 226 473 472 338 374 424 Sainsbury, T. C, and Others Sandford, C. C, and Others Saunders, W., and Others Soott, John H., and Others Sergeant, Ann, and Others Serle, W., and Others Simon, T., and Others Sinclair, John, and Others Slevin, J. E., and Others Smith, L. S., and Others Speakman, G., and Others Sparling, A. H., and Others Staff, C, and Others .. Swain, P. H., and Others 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 290 353 *513 508 212 99 99 99 600 301 187 Nathan, A., and Others Needham, Elsie, and Others Neilson, James, and Others Newton, E. S., and Others Nioholson, Geo. C, and Others .. Norgate, William (No. 1) Norgate, William (No. 2) Norgate, William (No. 3) Norris, E.J... Notton, Robert, and Others Nye, W. D., and Others 5 5 6 7 5 3 4 7 7 5 5 474 354 150 475 14 Taylor, W., and Others Thompson, Isaac, and Others .. Thwaites, J. C, and Others Tribe, Clara, and Others Turn bull, William Robert 6 5 5 6 2 184 Usher, T. G., and Others 5 386 162 Ohatson, John, and Others O'Shea, P. J., and Others 6 5 76 332 425 490 426 74 •137 291 243 107 477 476 15 478 266 Wallace, James Webb, Alfred, and Others Webber, M., and Others Wharfe, William, and Others .. Whitehead, H., and Others Whiteley, T. 0. P., and Others (No. 1) Whiteley, T. C. P., and Others (No. 2) Williams, Warwick, and Others.. Willoughby, Fanny, and Others Wilson, Jane, and Others Wishart, G. 0. H., and Others .. Woodward, E., and Others Wright, Arthur Blundell Wright, F. L., and Others Wright, J. H., and Others 3 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 3 6 6 4 6 5 556 336 33 231 196 197 509 Parata, Mate, and Others Park, James, and Others Patterson, Mary Patterson, Thomas Piokford, Allan W., and Others .. Pickford, F., and Others Power, J., and Others 7 5 3 4 5 5 7 * 1899.