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Mining Amendment Bill. The Goldfields and Mines Committee, to which was referred the Mining Amendment Bill, has the honour to report that it has carefully considered the same, and recommends that it be allowed to proceed with the amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 3rd December, 1913.

Special Report. That this meeting place upon record its appreciation of the able manner in which the Chairman (Mr. R. Scott) has conducted the business of the Committee and of the impartiality he has shown. 12th December, 1913.

Final Report. The Committee held 8 meetings during the session. The Committee considered the Mining Amendment Bill and reported the same to the House with amendments. The number of petitions referred to the Committee was .. .. .. .. .. 8 The. number of petitions dealt with by the Committee and referred to the Government for consideration was .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. 1 The number of petitions dealt with by the Committee and referred to the Government for favourable considerat on was .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. 3 The number of petitions on which the Committee had no recommendation to make was. . .. 4 The average attendance of members for the 8 meetings was . . .. . . . . . . 6 The average attendance of members for each meeting was .. .. .. .. .. 9 L2th December, 1913.

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