Final Report.

I am directed to report that the Native Affairs Committee held its final meeting on Friday, the 9th day of October, 1908.

During the session the Committee held thirty-seven meetings.

The Committee had before it 194 petitions, including 18 petitions undealt-with last year. Of these, 176 were considered and reported upon; the remaining 18, as per schedule attached, are held over till next session for consideration.

The following Bills were referred to and duly reported on by the Committee: viz., the Maori Land Laws Amendment Bill and the Validation Court Empowering Bill.

[Translation.]
Ripoata Whakamutunga.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata, i tu te huinga whakamutunga o te Komiti mo nga Mea Maori i te Paraire, te 9 o nga ra o Oketopa, 1908.

I roto i i tenei teehana e toru tekau ma whitu nga huihuinga o te Komiti.

Kotahi rau e iwa tekau ma wha nga pitihana i takoto ki te aroaro o te Komiti, hui atu ki nga pitihana tekau ma waru kaore nei i whakahaerea i te tau ka taha nei. O roto i ena pitihana kotahi rau e whitu tekau ma ono nga mea i whiriwhiria i ripoatatia: ko nga mea tekau ma waru e toe nei a e mau na i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei kua waihotia mo tenei teehana e haeremai nei whiriwhiri ai.

Ko nga Pire e whai ake nei i tukua ki, a i whiriwhiria hoki e, te Komiti, ara, te Pire Whakatikatika i nga. Tu re Whenua Maori, me te Pire Whakawhiwhi Mana ki te Kooti Whakamana Take.