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1931. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC PETITIONS A TO L COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE). (Mr. E. F. HEALY, Chairman.)

Presented to the House of Representatives and ordered to be printed.

ORDERS OP REFERENCE.

Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Tuesday, the 21st Day of July, 1931. Ordered, " That a Select Committee be appointed, consisting of ten members, to consider all petitions from A to L that may be referred to it, to classify and prepare abstracts of such petitions in such form and manner as shall appear to it best suited to convey to this House all requisite information respecting their contents, and to report the same from time to time to this House, and to have power to report its opinions and observations thereon to this House ; three to be a quorum : the Committee to consist of Mr. Ansell, Mr. Chapman, Captain Rushworth, Mr. Healy, Mr. Ma'cmillan, Mr. Macpherson, Mr. McDougall, Mr. W. W. Massey, Mr. O'Brien, and the mover."—(Hon. Mr. Donald.) Tuesday, the 28th Day of July, 1931. Ordered, "That all petitions not finally dealt with during the session of 1930 be again referred to the same Committees as they were referred to during the said session, and that all petitions received during the first session of 1931 be dealt with as if they had been received this session." —(Right Hon. Mr. Forbes.) Wednesday, the 9th Day of September, 1931. Ordered, " That the report of the Public Petitions A to L Committee on the petition of J. E. Doolan be referred back to the Committee for further consideration." —(Mr. Howard.) Friday, the 2nd Day of October, 1931. Ordered, " That the petition of P. N. Denton be referred direct to the Public Petitions A to L Committee."— (Mr. Eraser.) Wednesday, the 21st Day of October, 1931. Ordered, " That the report of the Public Petitions A to L Committee on the petition of W. S. Cooper be referred back to the Committee for further consideration." —(Mr. J. A. Nash.) Ordered, " That the report of the Public Petitions A to L Committee on the petition of C. H. Greenhead be referred back to the Committee for reconsideration." —(Mr. J. N. Massey.) Thursday, the 22nd Day of October, 1931. Ordered, " That the petition of M. G. Templeton be referred direct to the Public Petitions A to L Committee."— (Mr. Wright.) Tuesday, the 3rd Day of November, 1931. Ordered, " That the petition of Rhoda Jane Kelly be referred direct to the Public Petitions A to L Committee."— (Mr. McDougall.)