No. 230.—Petition of Chiefs or Ngatitipa, of Waikato.

The petitioners state that in the year 1853 they gave six hundred acres for the establishment of a school, which has for many years been discontinued. They pray that, as the object for which they gave the land is disregarded, it may be restored to them.

I am directed to report that the Committee, while admitting that this and some other trusts of a like character are not in a satisfactory condition, is not prepared to recommend that the prayer of the petitioners for the return of the land be granted.