No. 241, Session II.—Petition of Tapa te Whata and Others.
Petitioners state that they presented a petition in 1877, praying that inquiry might be made relative to the wrongful way their land was taken; that the Government were requested to investigate their page 18claims, but have not done so. They pray that the recommendation of the Native Affairs Committee of 1877 may be fulfilled.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That this Committee indorses the report of the Native Affairs Committee of the 17th August, 1877.