No. 34, Sess. I.—Petition of Alice Grey Dearle.

Petitioner states that she was one of the original owners of the Te Aroha Block, and agreed to sell her interest to the Government, and signed the deed for that purpose, for which she was to receive her proportion of the purchase-money, in addition to an area of land reserved for her from the said block. Petitioner alleges she has never received any part of the purchase-money, nor the land awarded to her. In May, 1879, the Native Minister promised petitioner a grant of 50 acres of land upon her foregoing her claim to the Te Aroha Block; but the Government now decline to issue the grant. She prays for relief.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That this Committee recommends the Government to give effect to the promise of Mr. Sheehan, as set forth in his memorandum of the 15th November, 1881.