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

No. 116 of Session I., 1879.—Petition of Rawiri te Rangikaurua

No. 116 of Session I., 1879.—Petition of Rawiri te Rangikaurua.

The petitioner states that the proposed line of railway between Waikato and Taranaki will, for a distance of fifty miles, run through his land, and claims compensation from the public money of the colony.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Committee do not think it necessary to report an opinion on the subject-matter of this petition.

8th October 1879.