Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1879, No. 2.

No. 15, Session II., 1879.—Petition of Ihaia te Awanui and Others

No. 15, Session II., 1879.—Petition of Ihaia te Awanui and Others.

Petitioners pray the publichouses may be closed against the Maori people, and that no intoxicating liquors should be allowed to be brought into Maori settlements.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Committee recommend the prayer of the petitioners to the favourable consideration of the House.

14th October 1879.