Report on Petition of Korako Karetai and Others.
Petitioners pray for increased Native representation for the South Island.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Committee recommend the prayer of the petitioners to the consideration of the House when the question of the readjustment of the representation of the colony is brought before it.
John Bryce,
Chairman.
[Translation.]
Ko te kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka a Korako Karetai me etahi atu.
Ko nga kai-inoi e inoi ana kia whaka-tokomahatia nga mema mo te Waipounamu.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—
E mea ana te Komiti ma te Whare e whakaaro te inoi a nga kai-inoi, ana tae ki te wa e whiriwhiria ai nga mema mo te Koroni.
John Bryce,
Tumuaki.