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favourable consideration by the Parliamentary Committee of the proposed extension of the railway-line to Taupo, such extension being of vital importance not only to local residents but to all surrounding districts. C. M. Dowd, Chairman Meeting.

EXHIBIT No. I. [Telegram.] W. D. S. Mac Donald, M.P., Wellington. Wairakei, 28th September, 1911. The executive committee of the Taupo District Railway League, the members of which have an intimate knowledge of the country traversed by the Taupo Company's line and the proposed extension, affirms opinion scheme for land-settlement embodied in company's proposals as only means practicable of developing these pumice lands, giving to neighbourhood immediate benefits of railway communication, and will be of inestimable value Europeans Maoris alike, and it commends the scheme to the favourable consideration Committee of the House. Present state affairs entails annual loss revenue to Dominion, being impracticable collect rates from Native lands at present being unproductive. Further opposition can only be considered as against true interests of district. Graham, Chairman.

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