No. 293 of 1881.—Petition of Hoterene Wi Pou and 15 Others.

Petitioners ask for payment of £300 for kauri timber cut down on their lands at Ninihi, at the station of Joseph Patrick.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That some trees seem to have been cut down in the progress of a survey by Mr. Patrick. The surveyor was virtually in the employment of the Natives themselves, and, under the circumstances, the petitioners have no claim against the colony.