Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1882.

No. 121 of 1882.—Petition of Henare Tomoana

No. 121 of 1882.—Petition of Henare Tomoana.

Petitioner gives a list of Maori burial-places upon leased land in the Napier District, and prays that provision be made to prevent any one from using or destroying them.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Government has no interest in or control over any of the lands named, and therefore the Commitiee can only express the general view that Native burial-grounds ought to be respected.

11th July, 1882.