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EEPOETS. Xos. 792, 793, and 794 (1910). —Petitions of D. Anderson and 45 Others, W. H. Greenville and 28 Others, and A. W. Sawyer and 35 Others. Petitioners represent that a proposed amendment of " clause 5, section 7," of the Mining Amendment Act, 1910, would prove to them a hardship, inasmuch as most of the petitioners are at present acting as mine-managers of small mines. The Goldfields and Mines Committee have the honour to report on the petitions of D. Anderson and others, W. H. Greenville and others, and A. W. Sawyer and others that, having carefully considered and conserved the interests of managers of small mines in the Mining Act Amendment Act of last session, they have now no recommendation to make. 22nd August, 1911.

No. 50. —Petition of R. Fairhall and 18 Others. Petitioners pray thai your honourable House will see fit to provide that all lands set aside for mining purposes which have been worked oui or abandoned as non-payable should be thrown open for settlement under the ainety-nine-years provisions of the Land Act. The Goldfields and Mines Committee have the honour to report mi the petition of R. Fairhall and others that they liave no recommendation to make. 22nd August, 1911

No. 39.—Petition of Lilian Blanche Robinson. Petitioner represents that her late husband was employed in the battery (if the Waihi Gold-mining Company for a lon<j- period ; thai through pneumoconiosis he became incapacitated and died; that no compensation is payable to her under the Workers' Compensation Act; that she is unable to claim any relief from the Gold-miners' Relief Fund; that her late husband was in the receipt of a compassionate allowance from the Waihi Gold-mini iany <>!' three guineas per wee!;, but by reason of the Act, which constrained the company to contribute to the Gold miners' Relief Fund, that allowance was withdrawn. Petitioner lias three children, and she furnishes a statement of her assets. She prays that a measure of relief may be granted to her. The Goldfields and Mines Committee have the honour 1" report on the petition of Lilian Blanche Robinson that they recommend that a oompaseionate allowance be granted to the petitioner, the said allowance to be £50. 22nd August, 1911.

Coal-mines Amendment Bill. The Goldfields and Mines Committee have the honour to report that, having duly considered the provisions of the Coal-mines Amendment Bill referred to them \n your honourable House, they recommend that the said Bill be allowed to proceed subject to the amendments shown in a copy of the Bill hereto attached. Ist September, 1911.

No. s.—Petition of John Dillon, of Otama. The Goldfields and Mines Committee, having taken evidence and given consideration to the matters involved in the petition of John Dillon, have the honour to report to your honourable House that they are of opinion that the questions raised are not properly a matter for the Goldfields and Mines Committee; they therefore recommend that the petition be referred to the Public Petitions A to L Committee. Ist September. 1911.

No. 161.—Petition of T. .1. Franklin. The Goldfields and Mines Committee have the honour to report to your honourable House that, as the matters embodied in the petition of T. J. Franklin are not associated in any way with mining, they recommend that the eaid petition be referred to the Public Petitions A to L Committee, 28th September. 1911.