No. 332, Session II.—Petition of Arama Karaka.

Petitioner prays that the laws of the Europeans should not affect the deep-sea fisheries and pipi-beds, because the Europeans have only a right to the dry land; that the Native Office should not be abolished; that Assessors should not be dispensed with; that the requests of the Maoris should not be refused by the Government.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Committee has no recommendation to make, believing it to be a matter to be decided by the Law Officers and the law-courts.