Report on Petition of Members of the Ngaiterangi Tribe.

The petitioners are members of the Ngaiterangi tribe, and state that they inherit through their mother a block of land in the Tauranga District of 13,000 to 15,000 acres, that such land was confiscated in consequence of the rebellion of their tribe, and that the petitioners are dissatisfied with the quantify of land awarded to them for settlement, and pray the House to grant them additional quantities.

I am directed to report as follows:—The petitioners have not offered any evidence in support of their claim, and such inquiries as the Committee have been able to make of officers of the Government are not favourable to the petitioners. Under the circumstances, the Committee cannot see their way to making any specific recommendation upon the subject-matter of this petition.