Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1887, No. 2.

No. 408, Sess. II.—Petition of Sir James Fergusson

No. 408, Sess. II.—Petition of Sir James Fergusson.

Petitioner prays that a Crown grant for the Maungatautari Block may be issued, free from all restrictions as regards alienation, as promised by Mr. H. T. Clarke, Under-Secretary for the Native Department, in his letter dated the 5th January, 1874.

I am directed to report as follows: That, in the opinion of this Committee, the Crown grants should issue in accordance with the recommendation of the Court. (For Evidence vide I.—3b.)

22nd December, 1887.