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Borough of Lyttelton Corporation Enabling Bill. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered this Bill, and recommends that, in so far as it affects the rights and prerogatives of the Crown, the Bill be allowed to proceed without amendment. 14th October, 1929.

Wellington City Empowering and Amendment Bill. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered this Bill, and recommends that, in so far as it affects the rights and prerogatives of the Crown, the Bill be allowed to proceed without amendment. 14th October, 1929. .

No. 237. —Petition of John Coleman Moore. Praying for £253 lis. 6d. compensation in respect of the erection of a fence on a wrong boundaryline, allegedly because of incorrect information supplied by the Lands Department. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered this petition, and recommends that it be referred to the Government for consideration ; and the Committee desires to express the opinion that the matter should be passed on to the Land Board for the district with a view to affording the petitioner some relief. 14th October, 1929.

No. 250.- Petition of Norman Randal McMurtry. Praying for relief from liability to the Crown in respect of lands at Kikiwa Settlement taken up under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, and sold up by the Department. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered this petition, and recommcnds that it be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 14th October, 1929.

No. 341. —Petition of John Thomas Bicknell. Praying for water-supply for stock, for drainage, and for compensation for losses sustained on land at Tawaha Settlement. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered this petition, and has no recommendation to make. 14th October, 1929.

Sumner Borough Land Vesting Bill. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered this Bill and recommends that, so far as it affects the rights and prerogatives of the Crown, the Bill be allowed to proceed. 21st October, 1929.

No. 315.—Petition of Percy Fisher and 5 Others. Praying that the retrospective legislation of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1918, be repealed, so that the petitioners may be again entitled to renewals of their leases of small grazing-runs at a rental of 2J per cent, on the unimproved value. I have the honour to report that, as the subject-matter of this petition is one of policy, the Committee has no recommendation to make. 21st October, 1929.

No. 316. —-Petition of M. J. and D. Bates. Praying that the retrospective legislation of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1918, be repealed, so that the petitioners may be again entitled to renewals of their leases of small grazing-runs at a rental of 2f per cent, on the unimproved value. I have the honour 'to report that, as the subject-matter of this petition is one of policy, the Committee has no recommendation to make. 21st October, 1929.

Gisborne Harbour Board Amendment Bill. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered the above Bill, and recommends that it be allowed to proceed, with the amendments shown in the copy of the Bill hereto attached. 31st October, 1929.

Reserves and other Lands Disposal Bill. I have the honour to report that the Lands Committee has carefully considered the above Bill, and recommends that it be allowed to proceed without amendment. 31st October, 1929.