No. 376, Session II.—Petition of Susannah Sorensen.

Petitioner says that she, her sister and brother, petitioned Parliament in 1877 with reference to their claim to a portion of the Hopuhopu Block, in Waikato; but the Committee, owing to the difficulty of getting evidence, requested the Government to make inquiries. An extract from Mr. Clarke's letter shows that an inquiry was made, but petitioners assert that they did not know about the inquiry. Previous to the war petitioner's father took them to reside at Waiuku. That after the war the land was confiscated. A Compensation Court was held, and many persons in the same position as petitioner received grants. Petitioner has four children, and is left without land.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the Committee regret that the time at their disposal has not been sufficient to enable them to make such inquiries as would justify them in reporting an opinion on the subject-matter of this petition.