No. 100.—Petition of Te Otene Wiwini and Others.

The petitioners pray that certain pieces of land in the Patutahi Block, Poverty Bay District, may be returned to them.

I am directed to report that the Committee, having taken the evidence of Mr. Clarke, of the Native Department, and Mr. Locke, a gentleman intimately acquainted with the questions raised by this petition, and having also examined three of the petitioners, are of opinion that the petitioners have utterly failed to establish a grievance.